>>> we are back with retired general michael hayden and congresswoman jane harman.esident cheney essentially said in his interview earlier, listen, i am all for these drone attacks, i am really glad they got these people, but for an administration to kill two americans in yemen without benefit of a trial or any kind of due process to criticize us for the enhanced interrogation techniques is completely hypocritical. i want to get first your reaction to the killing by the united states government of two americans and whether you think the vice president has a point. >> well, what i would say is what happened in yemen two days ago is a national and lawful outgrowth after premise we've accepted as a nation. we are a nation at war. we are at war with welcome and its affiliates. two successive presidents, the congress an american courts have all recognized the legitimacy of that and if you accept that premise and not everyone in america does, not everyone -- we didn't attack yemen. we attacked an enemy in yemen beyond the reach of yemeni sovereignty or american law enforc

cia director michael hayden, and the former ranking member of the house intelligence committee, jane harman. >>> then restlessness with the republican presidential field. insights from mississippi governor haley barbour. i'm candy crowley. and this is "state of the union." >>> five months after navy s.e.a.l.s raided a house in pakistan and killed osama bin laden, the cia launched an armed drone into yemen killing the intended target, famed terrorist recruiter and propagandist, anwar al awlaki, an american. here to talk about the terrorists' bad year is former vice president dick cheney and his lawyer, liz cheney, chair of a national security advocacy group, keep america safe. together they wrote "in my time: a personal and political ma'am war." thank you both for joining us. i want to start with the drone strike that took out the top propagandist, at least for al qaeda in the iranian peninsula, perhaps took out the bombmaker for the same group, al aserei and also took out samir kahn. what's your reaction to that? >> well, i think it was a very good strike. i think it was justified. i think

i'm jane harman, president and c.e.o. of the wilson center and we are delighted to welcome you to the second lee hamilton lecture. last week madeleine albright, fred and marlene malik, both of whom are here, and i were in prague to celebrate the statute of woodrow wilson that had been destroyed by the nazis in 1941. wilson is widely considered to have provided crucial support for czech independence in 1918 at the end of world war i. at the base of the new statue are his words, quote, the world must be made safe for democracy. almost a century later that admonition resonates. the confluence of dire economic and security challenges poses exponentially more dangerous threats to democracy here and abroad than those the world faced in 1918. leadership is needed everywhere and surely at the helm of the department of defense. not only was leon panetta confirmed 100-0 as defense secretary by a congress that cannot agree on the time of day, little more response, but my intel is that he even has a record of that vote signed by ever

00 p.m., state of union and they will have michael payton and former democratic congressman and jane harmandirector of the woodrow wilson center. also former vice president dick cheney on his new memoir. at 4:00 p.m., it is face the nation from cbs. they will talk with senator john mccain and maryland democratic governor martin o'malley who is chairman of the democratic governors association. also mississippi governor haley barbour. reairs of the five tv talk shows begin at noon eastern. listen to them all on cspan radio, 90.1 f m in the washington, d.c. area and nationwide on ex-im satellite radio, channel 119 or online at cspanradio.org. >> the head of the american association of university professors says that tenure and academic freedom are in jeopardy and need to be protected. >> tenure creates an atmosphere on campus where people can speak freely, not just in their teachings, but also in terms of university governor as great if you don't like the proposal that the board of trustees for the president makes, you have to be able to speak freely about it. with administrators should be abl

i am jane harman, president and ceo of the wilson center, and we're delighted to welcome you to the second lee elkton lecture. last week, madeline albright i weren't proud to celebrate the replacement of a huge statue of woodrow wilson that had been destroyed by the nazis in 1941. he is said to have provided crucial support. at the base of the new statute, he said the world must be made safe for democracy. almost a century later, it resonates. the confluence of security challenges is more of a threat. leadership is needed everywhere. surely at the helm of the department of defense. not only was he convinced that a congressman cannot agree on the time of day, a little more response. he even had ahat record of its time by every senator. a master of the budget process, may he cheered -- he chaired the house budget committee. a consummate politician and nine term member of the house, he is familiar with the workings of capitol hill and the white house and respected by republicans alike. the former army intelligence officer that included directing the takedown of osama bin laden. it would be hi