holbrook for the last time before he's released from holman. >> hey. mr.pippin, how are you doing today? good to see you. >> i wrote my aunt. she wrote back and said i had a place so i'm going to stay with her. >> that's a for sure thing? >> yeah, that's a for sure thing. you can call her. i told you last time i would probably go to the halfway house but i ain't going to no halfway house. it's one thing to be able to go somewhere and be comfortable where you're at and another thing to be forced to be somewhere you don't want to go. when i get out of prison, i want to be free. i don't want to have to abide by some more rules that are institutionalized, you know. >> well, keep in mind that your aunt will have expectations, also. >> right. i know, she -- >> she has chores to be done around the house. >> that's one of the main reasons why i'm going. she's -- she's not a midget but she's a small person. and she has problems getting around the house and doing stuff and running errands. she lives by herself. >> halfway house would be better for him, but like he s

karen holbrook couldn't be here. i work in the emergency preparedness section and our section is responsible for medical surge events in the city. yesterday's exchange was really helpful in forwarding that planning ?oo ?a i'm greg jones, i'm the fourth surgeon for the marine expeditionary brigedand i'm representing the excellent sailors who were responsible for setting up and operating the shock trauma platoon. >> controls ingels, california national guard. i'm one of the airmen and soldiers, almost 21,000 strong, that answers the governor's mission. it's available to all civil providers out there and emergency responders and it is in california the substantial or the equal of many third world countries in terms of military force that can be applied to a disaster. >> i'm lynn wilder, i'm the emergency management coordinate roar at san francisco general trauma center and i'm also representing the san francisco council of emergency partnership which is the group of emergency management coordinators from each of the hos

there are only three capable government entities they have identified in afghanistan, means oft holbrook's policy contract and was flawed. in vietnam, 2/3 of the development initiatives there were found after the war not to have specified out comes and development impacts in the planning that led, in part, to such a disappointment on the hill at the foreign aid act was voted down in the senate in 1974. do you think findings like the inspector general has found are going to be so serious on the hill that it in dangers the entire vote? >> maybe we should wait until the other panel gets up. that is more direct to the hilt. i don't know what will happen with the help's response. response?l's >> [inaudible] >> there is pros and cons with the approach toward local contractors. i could understand where they're coming from. i come from the midwest and i am not too sophisticated. we've got to be able to ask the question -- does our contract or decision on what ever we are doing their -- does it mean our national security and -- does it meet our national security objective? do the afghans wanted? th

there are only three capable government entities they have identified in afghanistan, means that holbrook's policy of contract and was flawed. in vietnam, 2/3 of the development initiatives there were found after the war not to have specified out comes and development impacts in the planning that led, in part, to such a disappointment on the hill at the foreign aid act was voted down in the senate in 1974. do you think findings like the inspector general has found are going to be so serious on the hill that it in dangers the entire vote? >> maybe we should wait until the other panel gets up. that is more direct to the hilt. i don't know what will happen with the help's response. -- the hill's response? [inaudible] >> there is pros and cons with the approach toward local contractors. i could understand where they're coming from. i come from the midwest and i am not too sophisticated. we've got to be able to ask the question -- does our contract or decision on what ever we are doing their -- does it mean our national security and -- does it meet our national security objective? do the afghans

list a bunch of others, including kent conrad, chris dodd, barbara boxer, donna shalala, richard holbrooke come i guess he was in business. this particular this is all democrats. were there any republicans? >> guest: i think there were some republicans. i know the bennett, his son raymond of the partnership offices, so again, it was across the aisle participation here. c-span: how good a deal with this? >> guest: is hard to know because he didn't understand what the race for. you can be sure they got special treatment is started speeding the process, lower interest rate, those kinds of things. lower interest rate has to interest rate over time in a mortgage. c-span: eisai at the beginning of your book, josh and i -- who is josh? >> guest: my fabulous co-author, who is a genius in the analysis of financial institutions and housing finance in particular. josh rossner, an analyst at graham fisher in new york. he and i have never collaborated before on a book, but he had been a source of mine for many years and was one of the first callout for homeownership goals as potentially faulty and amon

and that's what the generals did, richard holbrooke, others who drew their power from. he did a deal with particularly david petraeus, i had give you 30,000 troops on top of what's there. to gut punch the taliban and soften up the system. if you can chaung the circumstances, the military overpromised and underdelivered, and i think that the resolve of not only the president and joe biden having always been in that view, in coordination with others, and really, really recalled that deal in the terms and the deal and took troops back. and that broke the back of the notion that a large military footprint delivered automatically the kind of security deliverables that the military was promising. it created low back and counterreaction much like the lines that you showed in elizabeth miller piece, more violence after the surge than before the surge. >> that i think is the key conceptual transition that we went through, that we decoupled in our minds the idea of security advances from troop numbers. when you have the troop numbers, we didn't get the advances called, so you don

that's what richard holbrooke, that's what others who were involved in drew their power from. and he did a deal with the military, and particularly david petraeus. i will give you 30,000 troops on top of what is already there to gut-punch the taliban and try to soften up the system, and that's all you get, if you can change the circumstances. the military overpromised and underdelivered. and i think that the resolve of not only the president, but joe biden having always been in that view in coordination with others on the team like dennis mcdonough and tom donilon, really recall the deal and the terms of the deal and they took the troops back. and that broke the back of a notion that a large military footprint delivered automatically the kind of security deliverables that the military was promising. it actually created blowback and counterreaction much like the alliance that you showed in that piece that there is more violence after the surge than before the surge. >> that i think is the key conceptual that security advances from troop numbers. you didn't get the advances you

served as a senior advisor recently as 2011 for afghanistan and pakistan to the late richard holbrook, former munk bedator. now, when you think of provocktiff conversation on the big foreign policy challenges of the day you have to think about our next debator. his flagship global affairs program on cnn is seen in over 200 countries worldwide. but he is anything but a talking head on cable tv. he writes a highly respected column for the "washington post" and is the editor at large of time magazine. his numerous best-selling books include the post american world and the future of freedom. now, we are just moments from getting our debate under way but before we hear opening statements once again i am going to need this audience's assistance as the night goes on to make sure our debators stay on time in terms of their opening and closing remarks and that we move forward as a debate together. so you will see this countdown clock appear when it reaches 0 applaud this will let our debators know that their time is over for their opening and closing statements. and finally before we kick off

i think sofia vergara and hall holbrooke were any two favorites. but the star of the night was ben affleck. it keeps getting better and better for him. his movie "argo" took home the best prize and best ensemble cast in a motion picture category. now "argo" has to be considered a front-runner for best picture next month. however, most film critics will dell you, if a director is not nominated for on oscar, the movie has little chance of winning. this could buck the trend. speaking of a great awards season, mr. lincoln himself, daniel day lewis, took home best actor for a male in his role as lincoln. he swept the season. and "silver linings playbook" jennifer lawrence won statue for best female actor. and anne hathaway earned a trophy in best supporting actress category. beautiful dresses, good speeches. i think it was a good night, carol. >> speaking of beautiful dresses. it's all over the internet. jennifer lawrence's dress, did it really rip open when she stood up to take her award? >> you know, looks can be deceiving because this seems to be the

>> [inaudible] -- what about holbrook's policy?there is pros and cons with the approach toward local contractors. i could understand where they're coming from. i come from the midwest and i am not too sophisticated. we've got to be able to ask the question -- does our contract or decision on what ever we are doing their -- does it mean our national security and -- does it meet our national security objective? do the afghans wanted? -- want it? the third question is -- do they actually need it? the fourth question you want to ask is -- can they sustain it? whether it is designing a program of contract and afghan- first or building a base for -- contracting afghan first, or building a base for coming up with it program training judges, i think you have to ask those questions. those are simple questions. it is not rocket science. i used to teach in american university. used to teach courses to cops and prosecutors. this is not rocket science. i don't know if aid should be rocket science. i have been impressed that some people have sai

i'm finding it's only three capable government entities family tent i do not invest in being said holbrooke'spolicy of local contracting was flawed. and in vietnam, two thirds of the development initiatives that are were found after the war not to have specified outcomes and development impacts

let us go to holbrook, massachusetts on the democrats' line.aller: and i am greatly pleased with the job the governor is doing. the only thing that comes to mind is the vacant senate seat. patrick should nominate martha kolbe who is currently a -- currently an attorney general in that state. host: we will go to diane. would you think is going on in south dakota? caller: there is a lot going on here. i have lived here since 1979. the economy here has changed since then. we are in a mild recession. one thing going on here in hot springs where i live is, and they are planning to close our va hospital here. that is a big issue for not only south dakota but wyoming, nebraska, north dakota. people come from all over montana to go to our va. now, they want to close it. the native americans on the reservations have nowhere else to go. the point that the local head of the va had made is that people have to travel too far to get services from the hospitals. those people now will be forced to drive anywhere from 70-100 more miles to get to a va hospital t

in the obama administration you remember two very sensitive issues, the special envoys, richard holbrookerge mitchell on the middle east peace project. was that a mistake? >> i don't think that was a mistake. if you look at the overarching ark of our foreign policy, democrats had a sizeable advantage over republicans on the issues of foreign policy and keeping us safe. hillary clinton played a large role in that. if you look at -- i agree with you on the arab spring. got only knows what that is going to turn into. if you look at getting rid of gadhafi, and a large role in whether or not she runs for president because americans don't pay that much attention to foreign policy. >> if she's healthy, given the blood cloth and concussion, if she's healthy, do you think there's any doubt that she's still thinking about being the first woman as president of the united states? >> i have no idea what is in her head. she's certainly a strong institution of the democratic party, certainly stronger than joe biden does. the foreign policy will loom large. we'll ask the question, so what did the obama a

there are only three capable government i'd -- that they have identified in afghanistan means that holbrooke's was flawed and for the panel the question is in vietnam, two-thirds of the development initiatives there were found after the board not to have specified outcomes and development impacts in the planning. and that led in part to such disappointment on the hill that the foreign aid act was voted down in the senate in 74. do you think findings like the inspector general has found are going to be so serious on the hill that it endangers the entire thing? >> we should wait until the other panel can discuss the rest of that. i don't know what's going to happen and the response to the problems we have identified. i don't know if that is a good answer to that question. [inaudible] you know, there are pros and cons with the approach towards local contracting. i can understand where they were coming from on that but let me go back to what i said in the beginning. i come from the midwest and i ask simple questions. we have got to be able to ask the questions, does our decision on whatever we are

stone article, his aides were quoted and they insulted joe biden and they also insulted richard holbrookenvoy to that country. you know what? he's got no regrets. he was on the today show this morning. going to be on our show if a couple of days. shear tanly mccrystal. listen. >> i accepted responsibility. i was in command and you're responsible for everything bad that happens and good. i accept that. i walked into the room with the resignation in my pocket. i offered the president my resignation, but i said i would do whatever is best for the mission. >> was there a part of you that wanted him not to accept it? did you want to stay in the job? >> i wanted to stay in the job, but i wanted to do what was best for the mission and i felt that whatever the president felt was best for the mission was what i needed to do. >> any regrets? >> not really. >> gretchen: he's written a book and that's the reason now that he's out really telling his story. he'll be joining us later on this week on "fox & friends." >> brian: i'm about halfway through it. it's great. for those of you who don't fully un

. >> reporter: andrea holbrook is learning the abcs of pulling the trigger. important for me to get prepared, in case i ever do have to defend myself or my students. >> you're going to grab it, grip it and then rip it. >> reporter: across the country, classes like this have been packed with teachers looking to learn. some have no interest in carrying a gun in the classroom. however, many believe arming a few would make all less of a target. >> it should be something that's not publicized. they're kind of like an air marshal. somebody is, you know, there, but you don't know who it is. >> reporter: yet the idea of putting a weapon like this in the same room as a child has some parents outraged. >> i don't agree with it at all as far as -- there's enough violence. i think it's showing the kids that violence is okay. >> put your palm against it. >> yeah. >> reporter: for jennifer hutchison, who has been thinking about taking this class for three years, it was time, she says, to stop thinking and start doing. >> after the connecticut shooting and all the other sho

served as a senior advisor as recently as 2011 for afghanistan and pakistan to the late richard holbrook, a former munk debater. ladies and gentlemen, dean vali nasser. [applause] now, when you think of provocative conversation on a big foreign policy challenges of the day, you have to think about our next debater. his flagship global affairs program on cnn is seen in over 200 countries worldwide. but he is anything but a talking head on cable tv. he writes a highly respected column for the post and is the editor at large of "time" magazine. his numerous best selling books include "the post-american world" and "the future of freedom." please welcome back broadcaster and journalist, fareed zakaria. [applause] now we are just momenting from getting our debate under way but before we hear from opening statements, one again i'm going to need this audience's assistance as the night goes on to make sure our debaters stay on time in terms of their opening and closing remarks and that we move forward as a debate together. so you will see this countdown clock, this handy clock appear. when it rea

served as a senior adviser as recently as 2011 for afghanistan and pakistan to the late richard holbrooke, former munk debater. ladies and gentlemen, dean vali nasser. [applause] when you think of provocative conversation on a big foreign policy challenges of the day, you have to think about our next debater. his flagship global affairs overam on cnn is seen in 200 countries worldwide but he is anything but a talking head on cable tv. he rights a highly respected column for "the washington post" and is the editor-at-large of "time" magazine. his numerous best selling books include "the post-american world" and "the future of freedom." please welcome back to the munk debate stage, broadcaster and journalist, fareed zukaria. we are just moments from getting our debate underway but before we hear from opening statements, once again, i'm going to need this audience's assistance as the night goes on to make sure our debaters stay on time in terms of their opening and closing remarks and that we move forward as a debate together so you will see this countdown clock, this handy clock, appear. wh