that nixon and kissinger used to pursue the diplomatic opening with china in the early one nine hundred seventy s. it's not their achievement was not based already talking to. the united states have been talking to beijing for years but it was this very narrow kind of dialogue very focused on grievance american grievances toward china and what china was going to need to do to to bring itself in line with american preferences nixon and kissinger flip that on its head they said we are going to convey to the chinese both in words and in actions that we we accept the people's republic of china and on that basis the rest of these issues can be taken care of that's what enabled this dramatic turn in american diplomacy toward china that's what we need to do toward the islamic republic of iran to accept it and then to back that up with concrete actions in terms of rolling back covert action programs in terms of stopping economic warfare against iran but what are the chances for diplomacy i mean iran is surrounded by u.s. military bases by nato patriot missiles they have to sanctions that are cr

they wanted henry kissinger to run that commission. not even full time.his foreign funding sources and clients. so i got to believe that hagel won't. >> that's right, of course kissinger got into a lot of trouble there and had to pull out. hare reid said at the time what are they hiding? the kissinger folks and the bush administration. that's the same question that hagel is facing now. i think the real question is the long game. if you've got a defense secretary who comes in with this much controversy and people are not just questioning his donors but his competence after that disastrous hearing, you've got to think about what happen notice future? there are things that come up. things like benghazi, terror attacks. do you want your president to be in a position where people are questioning his judgment because he came in with a defense secretary who came in with so much trouble. that's the main reason with each passing day that hagel's chances start to diminish and the obama administration has got to start thinking about alternatives like michelle florno

no kissinger. chris: when we come back, the big question of the week. look at these two cover boys, marco rubio and chris christie, are they the leading chris: welcome back. joe's "time" magazine has marco rubio on the cover this week, calling him a republican save your. -- republican savior. chris christie and rubio are considered the leading republicans. who is ahead now, joe? >> jeb bush. chris: i knew you'd say that. gloria? >> paul ryan. chris: you're just playing this up. what game are you playing? paul ryan? come on. >> i think marco rubio is a very attractive candidate. chris: paul, take it back. paul ryan. >> he's staying in the house. chris: we read the same stuff. >> he wants to be speaker of the house. chris: that's a good scoop. >> these guys are overexposed and i think the next attention goes to jeb bush and somebody else gets a turn. >> if chris christie is talking about losing weight, he is serious. >> no, i think he is the guy that can shoot the lights out. we saw that at the end o

no kissinger. chris: when we come back, the big question of the week. look at these two cover boys, marco rubio and chris christie, are they the leading [ female announcer ] the best thing about this bar it's not a candy bar. 130 calories 7 grams of protein the new fiber one caramel nut protein bar. delicious. but say i press a few out flat... add some beef sloppy joe sauce... and cheese fold it all up and boom! i just made an unbeatable unsloppy joe pillsbury grands biscuits. let the making begin. chris: welcome back. joe's "time" magazine has marco rubio on the cover this week, calling him a republican save your. -- republican savior. chris christie and rubio are considered the leading republicans. who is ahead now, joe? >> jeb bush. chris: i knew you'd say that. gloria? >> paul ryan. chris: you're just playing this up. what game are you playing? paul ryan? come on. >> i think marco rubio is a very attractive candidate. chris: paul, take it back. paul ryan. >> he's staying in the house. chris: we

. >> doesn't henry kissinger more than compensate for president nixon's sexual insecurity? >> that's like, are you still beating your wife? anything i say is impossible. >> we were photographed together. since kissinger was, i think, pretty much the only unmarried person in the nixon administration, somebody from "the new york times" called me up and asked me about it. >> this week, gloria steinem, almost unbelievably to me, is voted as having said she's not now and never has been a girlfriend of henry kissinger. but, i would like to tell you, i'm not discouraged. >> people think being pretty or beautiful solves everything, which, of course, it doesn't. the hard part, for me, i must say the painful part, is i work really hard, and then the result is attributed to looks. that's -- it's really painful, and you would think at 76 that would go away, but it's still there sometimes. >> you know, there's a saying now, we are becoming the men we wanted to marry. >> wonderful. >> yeah, and it's very true. and i would go out with very nice people, writers, because i wanted to be a wr

this is the model that nixon and kissinger used to pursue the diplomatic opening with china in the early one nine hundred seventy s. it's not their achievement was not that they started talking to. the united states have been talking to beijing for years but it was this very narrow kind of dialogue very focused on grievance american grievances toward china and what china was going to need to do to bring itself in line with american preferences nixon and kissinger flip that on its head they said we are going to convey to the chinese both in words and in actions that we we accept the people's republic of china and on that basis the rest of these issues can be taken care of that's what enabled this dramatic turn in american diplomacy toward china that's what we need to do toward the islamic republic of iran to accept it and then to back that up with concrete actions in terms of rolling back covert action programs in terms of stopping economic warfare against iran but what are the chances for diplomacy i mean iran is surrounded by u.s. military bases by nato patriot missiles the they have to

we certainly know henry kissinger who i don't necessarily agree with kissinger doctrine. still unclear what the doctrine. the thing with hillary clinton is people either lionize her or despise her. as opposed to look at her like a person who is very talented at the same time also flawed. we have to look very realistically. i think she has had some accomplishments. and some set backs. set back with russia was one that didn't quite work. benghazi obviously is benghazi. so, again, i will say this as a democrat despite all of that we need to look at her realistically. certainly not the saint people think she is and spinner other people think she is. >> laura: when you think about the attempt to repair our global image. more countries probably say they like us now. with russia a place i know something about. this idea we would give a reset button to russia. poorly translated. russia was going to help us in sir yand a other places around the world. guess what the russians saw that as a sign of weakness and on issue after issue the russians are blocking our way or actually actin

and what china was going to need to do to bring itself in line with american preferences nixon and kissinger flip that on its head they said we are going to convey to the chinese both in words and in actions that we we accept the people's republic of china and on that basis the rest of these issues can be taken care of that's what enabled this dramatic turn in american diplomacy toward china that's what we need to do toward the islamic republic of iran to accept it and then to back that up with concrete actions in terms of rolling back covert action programs in terms of stopping economic warfare against iran but what are the chances for diplomacy i mean iran is surrounded by u.s. military bases by nato patriot missiles they have to sanctions that are crippling the iranian economy it seems there's more ground for blackmail now than for diplomacy unfortunately i think that is the american hope that we can still force coerced out that's what the united states has been doing really since the end of the cold war we have focused on coercing outcomes by as flynt said projecting norm . this amounts

kissinger is correct. it's a very important security issue that we have to face. and one as i said we work on every day in concert. >> what is the chance that egypt will fall apart and the streets are full of people who are have not gone home. the temperature of the pressure of the protest seems to be rising. what's going to happen and what are the possibilities and what are our options. >> the president morsi's government has a number of challenges. the egyptian revolution occurred because the egyptian people wanted to have a response oif government that would deal with the problems that they faced every day in terms of their economic future, and would allow them the space to participate politically to try to decide that future. so the morsi government, president morsi's government has a number of challenges. it has an economic challenge. and it is absolutely critical this is a country of almost 90 million people. it is a largest arab country. >> rose: largest standing army. >> very large standing army, and it has to deal with its economic issues and we have been

kissinger got laid all the time. >> really? >> he had chicks set up with him. >> yeah, yeah! he's right. he looks like a ralph steadman cartoon. he is not a good-looking dude. so have you a perfect storm of power, working at this level. but a lot of ugly people who before they got to d.c., probably didn't date that much. were not the casting of the -- the captain of the football team. and if they were getting -- if they were having anything happen, they were getting married at stean or something and they moved to d.c. and lo and behold, attractive women like them because they have some semblance of power. then it turns into a sex ride to which there are no survivors. >> the photographs -- [growling]. >> they go nuts. >> hey, when i first heard this, i was surprised vegas was not on the list, but then, that's where you go to cheat, if you are from there. >> that's a great point, exactly. >> d.c. beat vegas. >> but vegas wasn't in the top 10. no one in vegas is going to go, i just had sex with a prostitute, put me on the stats. >> when you see something, you say something in d.

this is the model that nixon and kissinger used to pursue the diplomatic opening with china in the early one nine hundred seventy s. it's not their achievement was not that they started talking to. the united states have been talking to beijing for years but it was this very narrow kind of dialogue very focused on grievance american grievances toward china and what china was going to need to do to to bring itself in line with american preferences nixon and kissinger flip that on its head they said we are going to convey to the chinese both in words and in actions that we we accept the people's republic of china and on that basis the rest of these issues can be taken care of that's what enabled this dramatic turn in american diplomacy toward china that's what we need to do toward the islamic republic of iran to accept it and then to back that up with concrete actions in terms of rolling back covert action programs in terms of stopping economic warfare against iran but what are the chances for diplomacy i mean iran is surrounded by u.s. military bases by nato patriot missiles the they have

a great speech last month from kissinger who can still look for a great punchline.we were so impressed. i said to the person sitting next to me, he realized that bobby jindal and i combined are still younger and henry kissinger. >> one thing i was struck by during the campaign, governor romney was a transitional figure between an older generation, baby boomers generation and the 40 somethings. they increasingly dominate gop politics. one of those figures as paul ryan. you talk to him a lot. is his future in the house or do you think he wants to make another run? >> paul is not driven by ambition. he is courageous and sincere. up until he was a nominee for vice president, even democrats in the city would acknowledge that overwhelmingly. he will go to where he thinks he can be most useful. if that means there is a void and he thinks he needs to run for president, he will do that. he will go to the spot he thinks it makes most sense for him to help her it >> where is the most useful right now? >> right now, clearly the house. he is exceptionally optimistic and relevant

. >> doesn't henry kissinger more than compensate for president nixon's sexual insecurity? >> that's like, are you still beating your wife? anything i say is impossible. >> we were photographed together. since kissinger was, i think, pretty much the only unmarried person in the nixon administration, somebody from "the new york times" called me up and asked me about it. >> this week, gloria steinem, almost unbelievably to me, is voted as having said she's not now and never has been a girlfriend of henry kissinger. but, i would like to tell you, i'm not discouraged. >> people think being pretty or beautiful solves everything, which, of course, it doesn't. the hard part, for me, i must say the painful part, is i work really hard, and then the result is attributed to looks. that's -- it's really painful, and you would think at 76 that would go away, but it's still there sometimes. >> you know, there's a saying now, we are becoming the men we wanted to marry. >> wonderful. >> yeah, and it's very true. and i would go out with very nice people, writers, because i wanted to be a wr

. >> henry kissinger said it is our most important pressing security issue. >> it is an absolute. >> that you consider the most important pressing foreign policy issue as henry kissinger said. >> there are a number of pressing security issues that we have. but i would have to say in all seriousness that drkissinger corre. it's a very important security issue that we have to face. and one as i said we work on every day in concert. >> what is the chance that egypt will fall apart and the streets are full of people who are have not gone home. the temperature of the pressure of the protest seems to be rising. what's going to happen and what are the possibilities and what are our options. >> the president morsi's government has a number of challenges. the egyptiaevolution occurred because the egyptian people wanted to have a response oif government that would deal with the problems that they faced every day in terms of their economic future, and would allow them the space to participate politically to try to decide that future. so the morsi government, president morsi's government has a n

kissinger made the decision rather than disclose them to withdraw. which was a reasonable decision for him to me. that's one precedent. a second president was the nomination of hillary clinton for secretary of state. in that instance, russians were likewise raised about potential foreign funds. and secretary clinton did something quite admiral. she voluntarily disclosed every foreign donation in the clinton foundation even though the committee rules didn't require, because there was a reasonable question that would be raised if foreign funds have gone to that foundation. i would suggest those two paths are both reasonable passed today. not one, if reasonable questions are raised about financial topics of interest in a sense of measures he could position, of the receipt of foreign funds, one position is to say i won't make that disclosure and i will withdraw from a nomination. and i will point out henry kissinger was for an advisory board, not to be the chief civilian officer of the foreign -- or the second round is to provide disclosure in have to ma

this, colin powell, completely with this agenda, george schultz completely with this agenda, henry kissinger has joined schultz and former secretary bill perry and sam nunn, two democrats, in leading the charge for a world free of nuclear weapons. part of the inspiration for president obama's strategy. you see former chairmen of the joint chiefs siding with this. former leaders of the strategic command. they recognize we don't need 5,000 nuclear weapons anymore. we can go to much lower numbers. the president of the united states is clearly on a path to doing that, and part of what you saw today was shots across the bow. trying to stop president obama from continuing to modernize u.s. nuclear strategy, to reduce the cost and the expense and the saliency of this obsolete arsenal. >> politically it will be amazing if the republican party decides they want to go all curtis le may on this issue. but i almost welcome it. joe cirincione, president of the ploughshares fund. always great to have you here. >> thanks very much, rachel. >>> republicans have got anne round recently to saying that they ha

let's bring in illinois congressman adam kissinger. >> thanks.nnis: are we overexaggerating or are we in for a rocky ride? >> we're in for some hysteria here. the ag committee has had conversations from the usda they don't expect any closures of any processing plants because they're going to be working furloughs in a way they can keep everything going. the sequester is not the way we want to go about this. this is really up to the president. he could drive 1.7 miles to have a conversation with harry reid what they wi do to avert this from happening. instead he is pointing fingers at congressional republicans who twice voted for replacement plan to do something about these but, absent the president's leadership, absent harry reid doing anything we'll not sit here to debate against ourselves. it is time for real leadership out of washington and we're not seeing tha dennis: president obama has been warning us, women and poor children, will go without being able to eat if we have the sequester cuts. yet he hasn't scheduled an emergency meeting at whi

. >> remember kissinger, i am going to disneyland. the guy got laid all the time. >> did he really? >> oh absolutely. he was a player. >> that happened, but he is right because he looks lake a ralph stedman cartoon. he is not a good looking dude. you have this perfect storm of power working at this level, but a lot of ugly people who before they got to dc probably didn't date that much, were not the captain of the football team. >> anthony wiener. >> excellent point. if they were having anything happen they were getting married at like 17 or something like that. then they move to dc and all of a sudden low and behold, attractive women like them because they have a semblance of power. and then it turns into a sex riot to which there are no other survivors. they go nuts. >> i was surprised vegas wasn't on the list. but i thought that's where you go to cheat and not if you are from there. >> that's a great point. >> it wouldn't be recorded. no one in vegas would say just had sex with a prostitute. put me on the stats. >> when you see something you say something in dc. >> so i shouldn't

. >> do you agree with henry kissinger, george shultz, when they said "the four of us have come together in a non-partisan effort deeply committed to building support for a global effort to reduce reliance on nuclear weapons, to prevent their spread into potentially dangerous hands, and ultimately to end them as a threat to the world. we remain committed to working toward this vision and advancing the steps essential to achieve this goal." do you agree with those for bipartisan national leaders in the area of national security and foreign policy? >> yes. >> i wanted to take a few minutes to talk about some of the things we talked about in my office and some people are saying here she goes. the audit ability of the defense department. i know you want to hold people accountable. i don't think most americans realize as we face shrinking budgets and want to secure the pre-eminence of our military and not hollow out the spending at the defense department, that auditability is crucial. can you reassure me that auditability needs to happen no later than 2017? can you make a commitment that will

kissinger said i hope they both lose. i hope they both lose. >> this islamic summit.eetering on the brink. maybe the government is teetering on the brink. economy not good. they have had internal problems. audit arabia, they are a passive player and the united states is becoming energy independent. this looks to me like a decline in the middle east. a decline for them. they may not see it, but it is. >> the problem is why do you see decline in the middle east amongst traditional powers. you are seeing a rise of extremists, whether it is the extreme fringes of the muslim brotherhood or iran sponsored groups. at the same time you are seeing a decline in the united states. you're seeing us. the president decided today not to send a second carrier battle group into the middle east. it is the first time we haven't had a second group in a long time. we have allies there. it's not really all about oil. >> we'll leave it there. >> thank you very much for helping out. president reagan also went after the opposition with humor and biting prose. he was an optimist and a uniter a

i mean, in the old days politicians learn from henry kissinger who said does anybody have any questions answers i'm already going to give? twitter is an opportunity to just put out messages, but you got to be very, very careful about how you do that. >> let's talk about another tweet. this was from senator ben car n cardin. it reads could a carbon text be part of future budget negotiations? but then the website politwoods tracks it. so is there really no advice that people could have except you better think about that before hitting send. >> well, yes. you need to filter. some filter. not just in the emotional spur of the moment that you're going to send something out that you want to take back. look what gets the attention. what gets the attention is the website that tracks deleted tweets. >> yeah. >> that's the place that gets the attention. so you better be darn sure if you're going to tweet it, that you want it to stick out there permanently. >> and then there's these back and forths sometimes. senator john mccain got some flack for a tweet a few days ago. so amehmadinejad wants to

now, the ink wasn't even dry on this book when henry kissinger came out and said this is a must read for anybody in any section and at any level of the finance industry. on that one. well, no sooner did he do that, okay? paul volcker came out and wanted to make a comment about how this is a must read, and it was a must read, and and he wanted to put a forward into the book, so we added the forward into the book. finish and then, and then we saw it again when steve forbes, another good friend, you know, was working on the european crisis at the time and was trying to make sense of certain aspects, and he came out and said this is a must read for angela merkel, nicolas sarkozy and dave cameron. now, in my way of thinking he left out some southern european countries that might also have gotten something out of it. but it's easy to see why, you know, after you get a read of it, you know, why so many people need to know what bill knows and how he knew it and what he did with it. in terms of doing it. now, everybody knows that bill spent 53 years at citigroup. now, i've heard over 50, bill

once he game president, he and his national security advisor, henry kiss kissinger explored differentforms of communication, and then china extended an invitation to the president to visit pay peking. because of kind's self-imposed isolation, one of a limited group of westerners who had ever been there. as a result, there was tremendous worldwide interest in the trip. when china decided to allow the american press to tag along with the president and mrs. nixon, people around the world followed the february 1972 journey with tremendous interest. dick had to remained sequestered with the chinese leaders much of the time. pat was the representative who introduced americans to china, represented the american people to the chinese. if she had not already realized what a great cement had, the briefing papers from the state department made it clear. emphasizing her role and the unique opportunity the trip represented to re-establish communications between the women of china and america, the state department remind her that she would be the first leading american woman the chinese had met. in

>> i think do obviously henry kissinger is. he's unique. >> rose: why is he unique? >> because i think -- by the way he was very funny. he called me when i first became secretary of state and he said madeleine, you have taken away my one unique aspect which is being a refugee in the secretary of state. and i said "no, henry, i don't have an accent." >> rose: (laughs) but i think he has a great kind of world view and he expresses it well and i think he has -- >> rose: that's a different world view from brzezinski. >> very different but i have enjoyed reading and talking to both of them. and i think that there are people out there there that have good interesting ideas. >> rose: but the world is changing very rapidly. take the arab spring, what's happening in asia in terms of shifting paradigms of economic power in the last ten years. so do their ideas that were formed at an earlier time to the world we live in today? >> i think some of them do. not all of them. i think some of the aspects doing kind of balancing interests and trying to figure out how to have win-win s

clear if she had been left to her own devices or if obama had played richard nixon and made her his kissinger, whether she would have taken positions very different from his. as it is, because she was the implementer she tried to carve out some areas of her own, networking, public diplomacy, and working on women's issues. but even in those areas, including women's issues, i'm not sure how lasting the impact is going to be. for example, if we pull completely out of afghanistan all the games that women have made, maybe lost. >> susan glasser, quick final thoughts. >> well, i guess we're all going to be talking about hillary clinton for some time to come. we are have four years to wait and speculate to see whether she runs for president or not. >> suarez: susan glaser, trudy rubin, thank you both. >> woodruff: and to the analysis of shields and brooks-- syndicated columnist mark shields and "new york times" columnist david brooks. well congress-- welcome, gentlemen. so hillary clinton, we just heard this discussion, david. the two of you weighed in on her legacy last week. and i think both of yo