general let me add my thanks to the work of senator feinstein and former secretary george schultz and former mayor my good friend willie brown to i'll of you to say a happy occasion we match the dedication with fleet week we don't know how inspiring it is for the city we also made a promise over 82 years ago to get the dedication define i was reminded to remind i that charlotte shurts was not around 80 years ago to make that promise (laughter) but thanks to her and george and the incredible veterans committee raising all the funds a special thanks to steve and everyone on that list that you see today, this came to fruition over a year ago i mohammed in the eye and naomi he said we've got to make sure all the agencies honor our veterans by getting this memorial done not only did they go to work as a team with the arts and rec and park and the public works and the veteran war memorial committee and trustees they went to work almost as if they were called to go into the beach so thank you to all the city agrees for working so well together to honor our veterans this is another example as

part of the problem was george schultz was travelling a lot in this time. so after the interagency meetings, he didn't have the strong voice of the secretary of state behind him. admiral you thought this was a fool's mission. he said in one meeting he said to the president, do you want to risk the lives of american soldiers from peoria illinois from the dictator when the panamanian people themselves aren't willing to risk their lives to get rid of him. that's a strong argument. >> how did you know that he in a private meeting said you don't want to risk people from peoria, illinois to get this dictator out of there. >> i was able to get notes from some of the meetings. in other cases i had sources tell me what was said. then i would take that account of the meeting to the other side. in other words to get -- to admiral crow's people or people close enough to admiral crow or people in the pentagon involved in one way or the other and i would check the account yes, that's true no it's not true. that's the way it would play out. >> are you suggesting he said p

when i worked in government, george schultz in the state department was upset about the control the white house was exerting and went to regan and said "i'm not going to stay unless i have impact", and the president began to listen to him. that's why gates and pennetta should have said "look, this is not what i signed up for, and i'm going." you need have you been with stature and gravitas in that job. >> and did you find carter's comments in the op ed on bombing north korea, i guess years ago - strange or peculiar, do you think it will come up in the confirmation hearing? >> i find them outrageous, the fact that he is his mentor, bill perry, secretary of defense in the '90s. bombing north korea. imagine what would happen if we had done that. it will come up, but again the republicans may lead that way. the democrats will not want to the embarrass their own president. they have had enough problems. >> lawrence korb, senior fellow and former assistant secretary of defense. >>> one of ashton carter's biggest challenges as defence secretary is i.s.i.l. the u.s. and allies are making slow but

for elliottproblem abrams was george schultz was traveling during this time. at the interagency meeting he did have a strong voice of the secretary of state behind him. was aniral thought this mission. at one meeting he said to the president, do you want to risk the lives of american soldiers from illinois to unseeded dictator when the panama people themselves are willing to risk their lives to get rid of him? that is a strong argument. >> how did you know he said you don't want to risk people from illinois? will able to get notes from some of the meetings. in other cases i had sources tell me what was said. i would take that account of the meeting to the other side. side who had been involved in meetings in one way or another. i would check the account. they would either say yes that is true, no that is not true. that is the way i would play it out. illinoismiral said because the president was from there? >> i didn't say he knew how to speak reagan's language. fromnted out reagan was tempe go, illinois. illinois area. he picks the way of saying that because h

sitting at the feet of henry kissinger and george schultz, picking their brains about what's going onworld, that has paid great dividends. if i make the decision to run for the presidency, i will be prepared. >> reporter: but this is the second largest state in the union and you have talked about the great strides you've made with this state. why isn't that enough experience? >> well, there's a great deal of difference between putting economic policies into a state and being very cognitive and versed in foreign policy, in monetary policy or domestic policy for that matter. >> reporter: last week, jeb bush became the first republican to make official news towards a 2016 run. >> jeb's a good man, a good friend. great family, good governor of florida. as a matter of fact, i think jeb getting into the race will help the field. >> reporter: how so? >> he's been a successful governor. again, having a person of his background in the race makes a lot of sense. but it won't make a difference about whether i get in or not. >> reporter: in texas, there are a lot of donors that jeb bush might wel

like george schultz went to reagan, because the white house was trying to keep schultz out because he wasn't, back then kind of the neo cons type of thing. he said to the president, i don't need this job, i'm out of here, okay? and basically -- so they were trying to show that, okay, and you hear all these stories about hagel. he's lazy. i mean, come on, you know? they're trying to demean him. at the staff meetings he agreed with kerry and general dempsey. they were right, why not. in other words, there are some pen people who say, i've got to say something whether it agrees or disagrees. i think we're trying to show that they're shaking things up because things are not going as well as we would like in the middle east, like, you know, we were surprised by isil, okay? oh, general clapper's fault. do you want to fire him? no. so hagel was easy sacrifice because he's a republican, who the republicans don't like. and, of course, he was weakened by the confirmation hearing. and again, you know i've known chuck, we worked together in the reagan administration, and what people don't know ab

but george schultz, former secretary of the treasury has a tattoo. >> what is it. >> a tiger.e he went to princeton. there are plenty of jobs out there. for people willing to work, learn a skill, save, be disciplined, the economy is fine. >> what about holiday spending? >> we don't know whether we'll break down. that's a very short-term phenomenon. so far we count online and brick and mortar it's been quite good. brick and mortar alone, not so great. but it doesn't matter that much. that's only a very smart part of the total economy. it is good for a couple of days headlines, a couple of days talk on talk television and talk radio but it doesn't really much about the economy. the economy is basically in very strong shape. we have goosed it, bumped it up with lots and lots of deficit spending. some day we'll have to deal with the deficit. some day we'll have to deal with real interest rates but for now it is no good shape. the rest of the world is not in such good shape. >> when you see my husband this week you tell him i need to shop and it is all for the good. >> i would say,

working on for the last 22 months spent time with henry kissinger yesterday a great example, george schultz at the hoover aei with the brookings institute folks, listening to both sides, absorbing that listening to them coming up with concept itself and how to deal with this myriad of issues you nation as the leader of the free world. before that as a candidate and you are going to be tested and you will be tested greatly, as you should be. >> and again, getting fogged down and beaten up we've always talked about i. every time we go out and give speeches to young people. we say, what's the best thing that can happen to you? we say, get the left hook you never see coming the next time you get knocked down you will see it coming. >> that's why i was asking you. >> let me tell you, texas governor's detail do not try to run through the governor's mansion. >> okay. >> because shannon o'neal the lady on our detail. >> she will knock you down. >> dead down. >> you will meet justice. >> you will meet justice. get down baby. >> okay. no, that's why i was saying. it is such a difficult process being

sitting at the feet of henry kissinger and george schultz, picking their brains about what's going on that has paid great dividends. if i make the decision to run for the presidency, i will be prepared. >> reporter: but this is the second largest state in the union, and you have talked about the great strives you've made with this. so why isn't that enough experience? >> there's a great deal of difference between putting economic policies into a state and being very cognitive and versed in foreign policy and monetary policy, or domestic policy for that matter. >> reporter: last week, jeb bush became the first republican to make official moves toward a 2016 run. >> jeb's a good man, good friend. good governor of florida. as a matter of fact, i think jeb getting into the race will help the field. >> reporter: how so? >> he's been a successful governor and, again, having a person of his background in the race makes a lot of sense. but it won't make a difference whether i get in or not. >> reporter: in texas, there are a lot of donors that jeb bush might well be dipping into that you migh

getting access to a lot of people's personal diaries, like the defense secretary caspar weinberger, george schultz, the second state. his key adviser kept tremendous notes. these all came out at least some degree during the investigations. to that extent they are available and they are such the window in of the government operates but it's not just about the scandal and about this particular bizarre episode. it's really an insight into how our government works at all kinds of levels. >> did you learn anything in this project that either relates to or affects how the government handles hostages today's picks that's a very good question and a tough question. you can love reagan or you can really blame him for this. because a lot of his motivation was purely to managing. he was a guy who had his goal firmly in mind and he knew what he wanted to do. this was a case where he just put al all the site and decidedi had to get these guys out. again, you can blame him but he was willing to go so far as to break the law. that is in the notes of caspar weinberger and his defense secretary was at a meeting wit