this week marine veteran jane blair and her first book, "hesitation kills."n it the marine major details the chaos of war and highlights the combat performance of her squadron in iraq. she talks with representative loretta sanchez, founder and chair of the congressional caucus on women in the military. >> host: so major jane blair, you are the first woman to write a book about your experience with respect to iraq. why? why would, why would you want to write a book? >> guest: ma'am, thanks for the question. you know, i had a lot of reluctance, actually, about writing the book. you know, being a marine, i think there's a natural tendency to not want to highlight my be experiences, to just be a marine and not kind of get involved with writing and all that. but i had kept a journal during my time in iraq, and after i had gone through the notes i realized, wow, i had some incredible stories about marines in if here that no one knows about. so i felt it was almost an obligation to me to paint this portrait of my time in the iraq, but also highlight the stories of o

. >> host: major jane blair, you are the first woman to write a book about your experience with respect to iraq. why? why would you want to write a book. >> guest: thanks for the question. i have a lot of reluctance about writing a book, being a marine. i think there there's a natural tendency to want to not highlight my experiences to just be a marine and not get involved in writing with all that. after i had -- i realized i had some incredible stories about marines in here that no one knows about, so i felt these allegations for me to paint his portrait of my time in iraq. and highlight the stories of other marines that i served with that i felt had done such incredible things and no one was talking about it. i thought i have to commit to this paper because all the stories are never going to get told if i don't. >> host: that is very interesting because our men and women who go to war, they rarely discuss what they have seen, and so it is really interesting to have read "hesitation kills" and to see the perspective of a woman and how she deals with being in the military and how she de

. >> host: so, major jane blair, you're the first woman to write a book about your experience with respect to iraq. why? why would you want to write a book? >> guest: thanks for the question. i had a lot of reluctance about writing the book. being a marine i think there is a natural tendency to want to not highlight my experience, it just be a marine and not kind of get involved in writing and all that, but i kept a journal during my time in iraq and after i had come to the cup i realized i had incredible stories about marines that no one knows about so i felt there was an allegation for me to paint this portrait of my time in iraq but also highlight the stories of other marines i served with five felt hat done such incredible things and no one was talking about it and i felt it got to commit this to peter because all these stories are not free to get hold if i don't write this. >> host: it's interesting because men and women who go to work mac rarely discuss with the scene, so it's really interesting to have read hesitation kills and to see the perspective of a woman and how she deals wit

[applause] >> host: major jane blair your the first woman to write a book about your experience with respect to iraq. why? why would you want to write a book? >> guest: thank you for the question. i have a lot of reluctance about writing a book and being a marine there is a natural tendency to not a highlight my experience but to just be a marine and not get involved with right thing. but i did keep a journal with my time and there are some incredible stories nobody knows about. i almost felt it was an obligation to paint a portrait to highlight the stories of the other marine said i served with you felt had done in such incredible things and thought i have to commit this to paper because the stories will not be told if i don't. >> host: that is interesting because men and women going to war they discuss what they cease go it is interesting to read hesitation kills to see the perspective of the zero men and the perspective of being in the military and the whole aspect of four that i am targeting someone to be killed. i am sure there was some hesitation like your colleagues because my

. >> hi, i am jane blair, author of hesitation coils and this summer i am reading bernese armorers, zero through -- "zero to breakthrough" and i'm also reading malcolm gladwell and cosmic warrior >> so, let me get right into it. i will begin by telling you a story. it sounds melodramatic, sounds kind of purple prose, but it's the story, the story of a would-be suicide bomber who lies in wait outside the home of a man about to leave for church. the assailant sits in his car, ignored by security, but the man's wife comes to the door with a child to see the man often the bomber does not want to strike, so he stays his hand in four days later he was captured. now all make the story completely over-the-top. the man in question, the target was the president-elect of the united states. the only reason why that story is not ridiculously implausible is that it happened. it would be suicide bombers name is richard pavlik is 73 years old and a retired postal worker with the deep hatred countries cdk trade. his target was john kennedy in palm beach. he socked him across the country and on the burnin

. >> hi, i'm jane blair and i'm the author of hesitation kills, a female marine officer's combat experience in iraq and this summer i'm reading verniece arm breakthrough and i'm reading jame gleek the inspiration and i'm reading outliers by malcolm gladwell and the cosmic war. >> visit booktv.org to see this and other summer reading lists. ♪ >> coming up next, booktv presents "after words" an hour-long program where we invite guest hosts to interview authors. this week global intelligence expert george friedman discusses his new book the next decade. in it the professor calls the u.s. an imperialist power that will be forced to reduce its dominance. the author of the next 100 years predicts that china and turkey will challenge the remaining superpower in the coming decade in ways the government may not currently anticipate. he talks with the executive editor of foreign policy magazine susan glasser. ♪ >> george, thank you so much for joining us today. i'm thrilled to have the chance to talk to you in some depth about your new book, the next decade. i see that it represents a little bit of w

jane blair relives her experiences on the front lines in iraq. in railroaded, the impact of the transcontinental and in eisenhower 1956, david nichols look at the suez canal crisis, eisenhower faces a change. look for the complete booktv schedule at booktv.org and sign up for booktv alert, weekend schedules in your inbox. >> this is the great hall here at the library of congress. the largest library in the world. did you ever wonder if you were to read one book a day in the library how long it would take you? you'll find lots of answers in c-span's original documentary. the library of congress. airing this monday night. we'll tour the iconic jefferson building, including the great hall and the reading room. we'll show treasures, sound in the rare books, and special collection, including the original thomas jefferson library, and presidential papers from george washington to calvin coolidge, and learn how the library is using technology to discover hidden secrets in the collection and preserve it's holdings for future generations. join us for the

this weekend on book tv on c-span 2 and afterwards in hesitation kills marine major jane blair relives her experiences on the front lines in iraq. and in eisenhower 1956 david nichols looks at the su ezz canal crisis. look for the complete book tv schedule at book tv.org and sign up for the alerts in your inbox. >> at the house oversight and government reform subcommittee, many question the t.s.a. about airport security and a report documenting 25,000 security breeches since november, 2001. security officials with amtrak and israel's airport also testified. this is an hour and 45 minutes. >> good morning. the committee will come to order. like to welcome ranking member tierney and members of the audience here participating and those of you watching on television. today's proceedings are the second designed to the develop the status of airport security and the things -- first and foremost, we have learned that there have been 25,000 security breeches at u.s. airports since november of 2001, and i do appreciate t.s.a. in tracking and providing those incidents. we also are deeply concerne

." >> this weekend on a booktv, in "hesitation kills" jane blair we lisser experiences in a rock. the transcontinental railroad in the gilded age. in eisenhower 1956, we look at the suez canal crisis. eisenhower faces a change in the cold war's balance of power. but for the complete schedule at booktv.org. >> every weekend, american history tv on c-span3 highlights the 150th anniversary of the civil war. this week, historians on the events that led to the attack on fort sumter. in two weeks, marked the battle of bull run with 48 hours of civil war programming. the civil war, every weekend on american history tv on c-span3. >> house republican leaders tell capitol hill reporters that the budget they passed this year would put federal spending on track to keep the government from defaulting on their obligations. they said the obama administration has not yet put forward their own plan. this is just under 15 minutes. such an agreement should include a deficit trajectory that leads to stabilization and a decline in the ratios of federal debt to gdp and debt to revenue beginning as soo

jane blair relives her experiences on the frontline in iraq. >> tonight on c-span2, white house advisor testified on capitol hill about the new consumer financial protection bureau. the senate foreign relations committee holds a hearing on sudan and the new nation of south sudan. and later today's funeral for former first lady betty ford. >> consumer financial protection bureau advisor e -- elizabeth warren faced the committee today. there was her third trip on the agency set to begin work next thursday, july 21st. it was created as part of the dodd-frank. it's primary is to over see financial products, including mortgages and credit cards. this is three and a half hours. >> we exist for two fundamental principals. first americans have a right to know that the money washington takes from them is well spent. and second, americans deserve an efficient, effective government that works for them. our duty on the oversight and government reform committee is to protect these rights. our solemn responsibility is to hold government accountable to taxpayers. because taxpayers have a right to know