and karen hughes in the same weighted smart things. one of the things she i think last accomplishment was changing some of our programs to the more demand driven programs, and sort of enhancing the visitor program aspect because of people want to come here come the one to study here, it was becoming more difficult to do so. she changed some of the aid programs in the nepy outreach program that brought students, that brought professionals here. and i think karen hughes actually did some good work on that level. where she failed was she talked at one point i remember her saying to an audience and we've done this and we've done that, and an arab woman in the audience next to me say a few really are doing good things, our culture says don't talk about it so much. [laughter] it doesn't look right. but i think it is a temptation of translating the politics that she did in america to doing that kind of work in the middle east, it wasn't an easy shift for her to make. >> host: one aspect you look at on the books that is important to what exten

and karen hughes in the same way did some smart things.ne of the things that she, i think, lasting accomplishment was changing some of our programs to more demand-driven programs and to sort of enhancing the visitor program aspect. >> host: uh-huh. >> guest: because people want to come here, they want to study here. it was becoming more difficult to do so. she changed some of the aid programs in the mepi outreach effort that brought students here, that brought mid-career professionals here, and i think karen hughes actually did some good work on that level. where she failed was talked too much and boasted too much, and at one point i remember her saying to an audience and we've done this, and we've done that, and an arab woman in the audience sitting next to me said if you really are doing good things, our culture says don't talk about it so much. [laughter] it doesn't look right. >> host: yeah. >> guest: but i think the temptation of translating the politics that she did in america to doing that kind of work in the middle east, it wasn't

steve hadley and karen hughes and dana, you were all there.tically for the president what was going on? in terms of the iraq war. >> every morning the president would get intelligence report, blue sheet to talk about what happened overnight. in 2006, the sheets were grim. we were losing. at one point the president looks up from the sheet and says this isn't working. we need a new strategy. he was of course right. that's really what started the whole review that ended up in the surge which turned around the situation that otherwise seemed loss lost. >> the review led by steve. he was a little band in the white house. a band of brothers and sisters that were fashioning a strategy that would work. we didn't believe in defeat. >> there was a moment and you write about it in the book where senator mcconnell came to your office and said mr. president, you have to pull out. >> you ought to think about pulling troops out. right. the reason i put the story in there to tell the reader what the environment is right. when your own party is saying this isn

we've got andy card and karen hughes and donna evans, former secretary of commerce with us. the old gang is back together. at 8:30 central time, rather eastern time, we'll have the president of the united states. this will be an exclusive. he will be live on "fox & friends." we're going to do something kind of new. kind of crazy. if you've got a question for the president of the united states, e-mail us, friends at foxnews.com. and i will ask him at least two of your questions. that's coming up at 8:30 eastern time right here on "fox & friends." live from dallas and downtown new york city. >> all right. >> steve, that sounds great. now you said you built that model last night, right? >> yeah. >> it was five minutes ago when you said it. does that mean you stayed at a holiday -- at an express last night? >> how did you know? have you already gone up to accounting and looked at my receipt? >> i've seen the commercial. it's going to be great. going to be fantastic. good thing you're a morning guy. you have to be at the top of your game. some v.i.p.'s will be joining us. that wi

, president of the national urban lead, marc morial, mike murphy, counselor to president bush, karen hughessident obama's former communications adviser anita dunn. welcome to all of you. i want to start. what a week and what an election day. i want to talk specifically about president obama's reaction to all of this. and it was striking to me, anita dunn, as you worked in the white house, that the president seemed to be struggling in that press conference. two years after such an important victory. he talked about some leadership failures, appearing on "60 minutes" tonight and this is part of what he had to say. >> i think that over the course of two years, we were so busy and so focused on getting a bunch of stuff done that we stopped paying attention to the fact that leadership isn't just legislation, that it's a matter of persuading people and giving them confidence and bringing them together, making an argument that people can understand. and i think that we haven't always been successful at that. i take personal responsibility for that. >> my colleague, savannah guthrie, covering the w

karen hughes, quote, whenever they hear islamic extremists, jihad, fundamentalism they perceive it as an attack on their faith or, as president bush put it -- >> these extremists extort jihad into a call for terrorist murder. some call this evil islamic radicalism, others jihadism and others islamofascism. whatever it is called, this ideology is very different from the religion of islam. >> for an assessment of the nonsemantic war of terrorism by president obama let's turn to the executive director of the national security network. thank you for your time tonight. >> thanks, keith. it's great to be with you. >> let's get that point out of the way first. what do critics want mr. obama to say about jihad and what are the meanings of the term? >> just real quick, what jihad means is an inner struggle to purify yourself or a holy struggle for a moral end. who are we kidding? obama's critics don't want to talk theology. there is nothing he could say that would be strong enough for them. >> the nuance the president has shown on the issue seemed to be, to some degree, understood well by pres

karen hughs, josh boleton, don evans and vice president dick cheney in addition to former president george bush and his wife laura and his father president bush. this will be the first time the vice president and president appeared together since president bush left office two years ago. this is a $300 million complex privately raised funds. it's the second largest presidential library in the nation. second to the reagan library in california. the third in texas. we have the lbj in austin and president bush's 41 in college station. this is going to open in two years. today is the big ceremonial push, if you will. as you mentioned, at the top, there are protesters. they are mainly war protesters and a rally scheduled today on the fringe of southern methodist. we have another camera here. if you give a look around, about 2,500 people are expected for the ground breaking. we'll bring it to you live. back to you. >> thank you, janet, appreciate it. >>> democrats are frustrating with nancy pelosi. they want to loosen her grip. luke russert is nbc news capitol hill correspondent. they are going

we're expected to see barbara spelling and karen hughes and we've already seen vice president dick cheney a few minutes ago and i will tell you, we are all aware he has medical problems but he looks very frail here today. he will be speaking, as will the president. this is the 13th presidential library to be constructed. it will be the second largest after the reagan library in semi valley, california and the third in texas. we have lbj's library in austin and president bush's father's library in college station. $300 million project, as you mentioned. it's going to be an interactive museum and include the archives which are being housed in a warehouse 30 miles from here. we'll see the opening in about 2013, according to the construction estimates. but today is mostly ceremonial. a lot of people here from the bush administration and a lot of friends of the family here to see the groundbreaking of this center at smu in dallas. >> janet, thank you so much. >>> spending projects, you know, they're called earmarks and part of politics on capitol hill forever. now the man who sponsored more th

. >> i was waiting -- i was waiting for -- well you know, karen hughes' coming over we're going to workre going to watch some football. brett favre. clean brush you know? i hated being president. i just wanted to be retired anyway so here i am. >> all right. alaska write-in ballots other than what in the heck is going on with fla. >> dude, it's unending and you know, joe miller is -- has been you know lording over them insanely and you know if the people of alas ca were silly enough to vote for lisa murkowski you would think that they at least know how to spell it instead they voted for the big lobowski. my dream is that there is going to be a second runoff between lisa murkowski and monica lewinsky. i think that's how screwed up this thing is going to get.

nepy outreach program that brought students here, that brought professionals here, and i think karen hughes did some good work on that level. where she feels is she talked to much and boasted to much, and at one point i remember her saying to an audience and we've done this and we've done that and air it women in the audience said if you really are doing good things our cultures is don't talk about it so much. it doesn't look right, and i think it is a temptation of translating the politics she did in america to doing that kind of work in the middle east. wasn't an easy shift for her to make. >> host: one aspect you look at in the look and i think is very important is what extent americans now or understanding the muslim world, the arab world, and you have some statistics i thought were distressing, if i can find them here, that only 370 u.s. colleges offer arabic and there were at least at the time you wrote this, only 2,400 students in advan ced arabic in the u.s.. what happened? i felt there is going to be this big interest in the united states and americans learning arabic? >> guest: th