. >> his wife turned the journals over to jon krakauer who wrote "piecing together pat tillman's story". >> who takes a perfect life and ruins it? if i do not strangle someone while i was here, i was touched by an angel. >> tillman and his wife were married only a few days when he enlisted and then two months later he's in boot camp. >> marie is always on my mind. i miss the sound of her voice. >> pat and his brother kevin enlisted together and served together in the elite army rangers. their platoon mates remember them as inseparable. >> they're the closest brothers. >> pat wanted to fight in afghanistan to hunt for osama bin laden. shortly after he completed rangers school in 2003, the united states invaded iraq. >> pat was extremely upset about this. he thought that the war was illegal, he thought it was a mistake, he thought it was going to be a disaster. and, you know, you don't -- in the army you're not supposed to talk about that. you're not supposed to talk politics and pat didn't shut up. he told everyone who he encountered this war is illegal as hell. >> as it turns out pat's

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. >> reporter: tillman's private letters and journals, revealed in jon krakauer's book, "when men winhere was more to this army ranger than managed. >> it strokes my vanity enough to fool me into thinking it's important. >> reporter: even though pat and his brother, kevin, who enlisted with him, had doubts about iraq, they never doubted how they would fight. >> if kevin and i are part of a situation where we must fight, everyone part of my soul will fight harder than anyone ever has. >> this mission will be a p.o.w. rescue. a woman named jessica lynch. i do believe this to be a big public relations stunt. >> reporter: tillman told his platoon mates, he feared if something were to happen to him, he, too, would be used as a prop gan to tool for the army. >> i'm afraid, if i die, they're going to make me this symbol and parade me through the streets. don't let that happen. >> reporter: in april 2004, pat tillman finally got a chance to fight the war he signed up for, in afghanistan. but two weeks after he arrived, he was gunned down by friendly-fire. >> someone at the highest levels of g

. >> reporter: tillman's private letters and journals revealed for the first time in jon krakauer's book "where men win glory," show there was much more to this hard charging safety and army ranger than most imagined. >> my job is challenging, enjoyable and strikes my vanity enough to fool me into thinking it's important. >> reporter: even though pat and his brother kevin, who enlisted with him, had doubts about the iraq war, they never doubted how they would fight. >> if kevin and i are part of a situation where we must fight, every bit of my soul knows we will fight as hard as anyone ever has. >> reporter: tillman was also skeptical about his very first mission in iraq. >> this mission will be a p.o.w. rescue a woman named jessica lynch. i do believe this to be a big public relations stunt. do not mistake me, i wish everyone in trouble to be rescued but sending this many folks in for a single low ranking soldier screams of media blitz. in any case, i'm glad to be able to do my part and i hope we bring her home safe. >> reporter: tillman told his platoon mates he feared that if somethin

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. >> this weekend, best selling author, jon krakauer. "where men win glory."part of book tv's weekend. >> congressman ron paul wants to hold the federal reserve for the economic crisis. he talks about his new book. follow us on twitter for the latest schedule update. >> in 1971 as a new york times reporter, neil sheehan write a story. this weekend, he'll discuss his latest. a fiery peace in a cold war. sunday night on c-span. >> c-span supreme court week is two weeks away with an insiders view of the court. >> this is the auto highest court in the land. the framers created it after studying the great law givers in history and taking a look at what they thought worldwide was important for their judicial branch to do. >> supreme court week starting october 4th on c-span. go on line now to c-span.org/supreme court for virtual tour and photos. washington journal continues. host: on the 14th of september, you wrote an op-ed, the headline was "some blacks now have doubts about obama." guest: it intrigued me with what i saw. we saw a little bit of blacks fall in thos

[laughter] >> this weekend, jon krakauer, bestselling author, on his latest, a biography of pap tillman, killed by friendly fire in afghanistan five years ago. c-sp [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2009] >> next month, get a rare visit inside the supreme court as we talk to justice is about the history of the court. >> brandeis would not come in here. the reason is because he said the building is so elaborate, it would go to their heads. and maybe he was right. it has become overtime a symbol of the third branch of government and the need for stability and rule of law, which is what americans stand for. >> as a complement to this production, c-span offers teachers free resources on our judicial system. go to c-spanclassroom.org. >> michael chertoff join us on this morning's "washington journal." this is about 40 minutes. >> michael chertoff, in your new book "homeland security: assessing the first five years" you write about the september 10 mindset. this is where you ride, "the voice of complacency sounds somethi

this weekend, jon krakauer, on his book "where men win glory." >> congressman ron paul wants to hold federal reserve accountable for the economic crisis. he wants to end the fed. he talks about his new book on sunday. >> susan rice briefed reporters today on the president's scheduled during the you and general assembly meeting next week. topics include a resolution on nuclear proliferation. >> good afternoon. to enlivened the week, described the week ahead, we have susan rice with us. she will walk you through that, and then we will do our regularly scheduled interview. >> good afternoon, everyone. in anticipation of the president's historic first visit to the united nations next week, i want to talk about the work we have been doing at the u.n. over the past eight months to advance our interests and make american safer. also, how the president intends to use his time next week. the united states has dramatically changed the tone, the substance, and the practice of our diplomacy at divided nations. our approach to the u.n. as an institution. as well as our approach to multilateralism