so he remained to the end of the war general marshall whereas ike was "ike." george was "patton." >> schieffer: and marshall always called eisenhower "eisenhower." he was a very formal man. what about the relationship between churchill and f.d.r.? >> well, it starts out with the united states as the junior partner because by the time we get in the war the brits have been in since 1939, we're going into 1941. in that, i think that roosevelt deferred to churchill on military matters because churchill was a graduate of their equivalent of west point. sanders was a veteran of the world war. he had been first order of the admiralty twice and he was the head of a nation that had been in the war two years before him. it came time to decide where america was going to commit its troops first, all of f.d.r.'s generals are saying "we cross the channel. we go into western europe and drive on to berlin." churchill wants roosevelt to commit u.s. forces in the first place in north africa. why? because he can see this is the lifeline of the british empire and if he can get the coast

george marshall, born in 1880, george patten born in 1885, dwight eisenhower born in 1890, or the trigger-pullersstly born in the 1910s, 1920s, my father born in 1924. so, there are at least two generations involved. and secondly, greater than the founding fathers? greater than the civil war generation? there's a relative order of merit, i suppose. i think that acknowledging what they did and acknowledging that they all have enormous feet of clay and they all have festistitudes and affirmities, as we all do, and yet as a whole, they managed to overcome those to do what needs to be done in world war ii, that's extraordinary. and as they're dying, of that 16 million in uniform, there's 1.2 million still alive. they're dying at 800 a day now. it's about a battalion a day swept away. all the more reason for us to acknowledge them and remember them and to cherish them. >> final point, a contemporary point, and that is this investigation that's under way in the obama administration about their leak investigations and targeting of the "ap" with a pretty wide-ranging phone-tap order. you talk about censo

your point of view and that is something as i said that has been done since john adams appointed george marshall as as chief justice john marshall thank you very much as chief justice of the u.s. supreme court in seventy nine you know you know in one thousand nine hundred the way out. in any case earlier today one of the g.o.p.'s most ideological and tea party queen michele bachmann has said she's not going to seek reelection we don't know if this was because she had a conversation with a pollster or with a prosecutor i'm betting both but here's what she had to say. after a great deal of thought deliberation i have decided next year i will not seek a fifth congressional term to represent the wonderful people of the sixth district of minnesota after serious consideration i am confident that this is the right decision be assured my decision was not in any way influenced by any concerns about my being elected to congress i am not a crook i'm not she did violate the number one rule of p.r. which is don't say what your not say what you are not what you're not in which christie you know it's her name

the truman administrations hostile policy over palestine was so muted that secretary of state george marshall wrote to thank the saudi king or his conciliatory manner regarding palestine. it is clear that the tides in washington are far more important than their acclaimed attacks to the palestine cause. and i think has to be understood that given this reality, given this unwillingness of most arab governments to bush on this issue, the united states alliance with israel and their countries like saudi arabia are not contradictory. they can be seen as complementary. this is thanks to the extraordinary complacent folks, rumors of most arab countries, serving saudi arabia towards the united states' unflagging support for is a. the united states has always been able to align itself from the with basic israeli -- where palestine is concerned that jeopardizing its far ranging vital interest in the gulf and other arab countries. what sustains this unequal equation? we all know that for decades this country interests have determined washington's support, in particular the ruling families in the gulf.

george. u.s. marshals arrested him april 24 in pacifica. >> mr. white was arrested in our county, and we filed in the district attorney's office a fugitive proceeding against him in court. that's extradition proceedings. >> white was transferred back to san francisco in may facing extradition. he is accused of murdering a rapper in a parking garage near atlanta. at least four o

george. u.s. marshals arrested him april 24 in pacifica. >> mr. white was arrested in our county, and we filed in the district attorney's office a fugitive proceeding against him in court. that's extradition proceedings. >> white was transferred back to san francisco in may facing extradition. he is accused of murdering a rapper in a parking garage near atlanta. at least four other men had been charged in the case. in a phone interview with white's father david, he said, we are in total shock right now. he is the most non-violent person i have ever known in my life. this is beyond anyone's comprehension. white has ties to several bay area basketball teams. he played for serra high school and was named san mateo county player of the year in 2006. no one from the school would comment about white's arrest. he played a few months at santa clara university and then went on to play at san francisco state university, where he just finished his senior season. white also once roomed with san francisco 49er wide receiver michael crabtree while the two were

general george marshall's chief adviser on germany, at that time, head of the army, chief of staff of the army and at the same time trumans smith was one of lindbergh's closest friends and was actively working with lindbergh in the isolationist cause. the biggest of all turned out to be general arnold who was head of the air force. arnold just before pearl harbor was implicated in the leak of one of the administration's most closely guarded military secrets, a contingency plan for all-out war against germany. that bitter polarization that existed in washington was echoed throughout the country. in those angry days, i write a lot about charles lindbergh's wife who was caught in the middle of this nasty fight. she was the daughter of white tomorrow, a former jpmorgan partner who then became a u.s. ambassador and senator. she had grown up as part of the east coast establishment which tended to british and interventionist. because she supported her husband in his isolationism although he and would never convince her this was the right thing to do, she found herself a strange from virtuall

george washington of south america, and there were good reasons why. most of them came from wealthy and influential families, both argument defenders of freedom, both heroic in war, but apprehensive of marshalling the peace, and both resisted efforts to make them kings. both claimed to want to return to private lives, but they were dragged into the public sphere of shapes governments, and both were accused, as we all know, of undo ambition. those are the similarities, and it lasted twice as long as washington. the territory covered was seven times as large and spanned an astonishing geographic diversity from crocodile gung les to the snow cap mountains of the andys. unlike the war, could not have been won without the aid of black and indian troupes. the success in rallying all races to the patriot cause was the turning point in a war for independence. it's fair to say that he fought both the revolution and the civil war. perhaps what reallystguhe men ce seen in the written work. washington's words were measuredded dignified, a product of a cautious and deliberate mind. his speeches and correspondence, on the other hand, were like jefferson's, firey, passionate, elegant, and beautifully wrote. t

george washington of south america and there were good reasons why. both of them came from wealthy and influential families. oath were ardent defenders of freedom. both were heroic in war, but apprehensive about marshaling the peace. and both resisted efforts to make them kings. both claim to want to return to private lives, but they were dragged into, to the public sphere of shaping governments. and both were at used, as you all know, of undue ambition. they are, really, the similarities between george washington and simon bolivar and. bolivar's military action lasted twice as long as washington. the territory covered with seven times as large and spend an astonishing geographic diversity, from crocodile infested jungles to the snowcapped ridges of the andes. moreover, unlike washington's were, bolivar's could not have been won without the aid of black and indian troops. his success in rallying all the races to the patriot cause became a turning point in the war for independence. it is fair to say that he thought both a revolution and a civil war. but perhaps what really distinguishes both men, both simon bolivar and george washington, can be seen most of all in their written work. washington words wer

place, but, today, as the marshals get him up on the stand, and actually unlock his right hand so he can write and drink water, takes the stand and tells it to the judge. cnn's george he's covering this case. so where do they stant right now. i know o.j. has been talking for a while. how far into his story and his plea to this judge to get a new trial, to throw his lawyer under the bus, because he says that's why he deserves a new trial, how far into it is he, george? >> reporter: ashleigh, look, we have been monitoring these details and there are a lot of details that o.j. simpson is laying out here. a lot of ground work we're hearing. again, o.j. simpson explaining the details of confronting these two sports memorabilia dealers before the -- the night before it happened, the day that it happened, and then the aftermath of that. but, ashleigh, the issue, the real issue is this, the first question, did o.j. simpson's then attorney, yale galanter, he did give him bad legal advice? simpson says, yes, that happened the day before the confrontation, before the confrontation, simpson says he talked to his attorney and the attorney told him that as long as there was no t

else who could assume the role of leadership because there were other factors, the genius of george marshall and the hitler stupidity that would make a victory still possible so i try to look across and see what happens with the war was lost? not only tactically or strategically but the people whether mostly in a consensual society gave up as well and then the of war was not lost. who came in at the 11th-hour? there were dozens of people people, and they said it wouldn't work and then again i was looking for general's when there was no hope if you take the individual out of the equation it is clear that would have lost and i try to look at the personal characteristics of the level of experience they had so i took themistocles from afghanistan by would talk about the trades that were comment remember there was none they were burned to the ground in the occupied with the largest invasion of europe until the day they swept all the way down to northern greece there was no greece left just 17 city-state's and athens was the demarcation line every buddy wanted to retreat and give up. one man said

george washington did to most famous for well we have ever heard in his own hand review ever looked at a rough draft of the speech in remember eisenhower was are born -- wonderful writer and general marshall whatever he had a problem and needed a memo written he would always ask eisenhower. but in his own hand he wrote congressional industrial complex with his brother asked him why he dropped congressional he said to take on the military and industry was enough i couldn't take on the congress even though he knew that is for the problem was with the unnecessary spending on defense and is the problem today as well. the second warning came from a speech he gave in the first year of the presidency and he wrote it tim self unlike the first draft of the farewell address of the hopkins professor who was instrumental to put together that speech but in 1953 he warned about and what they cannot do the domestic arena and terms of infrastructure and schools and education for where we are today and one of the more eloquent phrases he tried to remind the american people when you spend money on defense you also spend the hopes of our children and the sweat of the of labour is ingenious and scientists an