election of carter in 76 and reagan in 1980 as twin reactions against the amoral polity of the nixon kissinger approach. when reagan challenges ford, he's challenging nixon and kissinger. he's wanting to read more allies the american policy. i think the broader sense of american values and democracy diminished its staying power and sense of build. >> three things on the relationship, which i think is remarkably complicated, he was the deputy at the nfc. bush cannot stand kissinger, and therefore you have this interesting dynamic where you have the mentor to bush's chief strategist as a person bush cannot generally stand. this in the way charlie was kind enough to remark upon. singles basically no insult in the entire document. thee is no profanity in entire document, which is amazing considering it was not written but dictated. and usually after a few drinks at night. bush refers to kissinger as not a gentleman. thing hethe worst could possibly be in his worldview. is indicative of a broader problem that bush and those like him see kissinger as operating not only in the diplomatic and bureaucr

i deliberately stay away from normative governments on the nixon-kissinger policy. i am critical of them and a lot of ways, my first effort is to understand what they were trying to do. even their fiercest critics would agree, why do we criticize them? because they got what they wanted done. we can later decide if it was good or bad. inside theet policies themselves, they set the template for every national security council system that has followed. matt bundy gets a little bit of credit here. security the national visor to a policy position, kissinger takes it one step further. we are now the state where the state department and defense department can't do anything without running it through an xt first. , what i think at the time did look like and understand is nixon's very unusual choice,

a preferred solution is to look at our historical experience in the nixon, kissinger administration,tmaneuverrerred the russians in the middle east, and specifically in syria, making deals with local leaders, obviously with president assad, and the president of egypt and with president assad of syria, and if you start a process where all, i think, agreed is the right way to negotiating political progression in syria, and that political process in syria will not work without very strong economic assistance which can be provided only by the united states and our allies in the gulf. that would provide us, if that process starts, with very powerful leverage, not only to avoid future attacks on civilians but reducing the russian role in the region in that kind of competition, one economic factor would be important,. >> we have two more questions. one here and one here. >> i'm an attorney in washington, dc, and my question in some ways is suggested by what dimitri just said. have been wondering, hoping for some insight on the internal political possibility of life after assad, and that als

a copy of the presidents a daily brief which he had not been seeing yelling since president nixon dr. kissinger had been himming the transportation to -- -- they asked him he wanted to see it. they offer nod only the president's daily brief gerald ford and offered him a permanent briefer who every day would bring the product, not drop offic and pup later but to sit with gerald ford and talk through the contents to brief him on it and to answer questions on the spot. to talk about be stuff left on the cutting room floor when it was presented. the richness behind the analysis. ford loved it. he hosted the briefer at his kitchen table at his house in alexandria or the car ride under. not too long from them richard nix ongoing reef soards spirit gerald ford becomes president. the real estate for the briefer change from a kitchen table in alexandria to the oval office in the white house him was the first president to receive the brief but a president's daily brief cia working analyst briefer while in office and continued this for his first year in office. before he decided he understood this well en

nixon also received the president's daily brief everyday. to the state with all the research i did including talking to dr. kissinger's national security advisor, we can't be sure to actually read it. nixon did not love the cia. he felt he was parties more on foreign policy and international affairs already the most sources indicate that he did read it at least to be aware of what the intelligence community wasn't saying. but he did not have a rich dialogue with its producers. but even there, it was tailored to the president picked a changed its format to look more like a legal brief thinking makes it as a lawyer, he will appreciate that format. he ended up having a short presidency. but before the end there was a new vice president, gerald ford the gerald ford came in office. had some limited experts with intelligence but he came out to the headquarters to get a tour. during that tour the director of central intelligence happened to walk into the office of current intelligence, the officer produce the david rivkin other high level intelligence and else's but intelligence announces the setting of hip-hop to be a copy

and even if the -- as you correctly point out, that the nixon and kissinger maneuver, there was a military dimension to their maneuver. and i would also look at a broader understanding with russia as another way to deal with this issue. but i wouldn't exclude -- if you are serious about that objective, exclude some road for u.s. -- [ inaudible ]. right. now under syrian military, i think it depends on what the settlement is. it may be the settlement will have a significant central force. it may include some -- if it is a con federal arrangement, they will have their own security forces to deal with. and in kurdistan and the federal constitution that i helped negotiate, the peshmerga was recognized as a regional response for local security so i think we need a consensus politically both among iraqis and other key players as are we restoring a military tastate, where it would be a large military force at the center or is it a decentralized system and the security forces are -- maybe there is a national army but a lot of local security forces to maintain order. >> thank you all very, very muc

. >> president nixon will dispatch his adviser on foreign affairs, henry kissinger, to paris for the e talks. >> it is thought that the u.s. is working out strategy. >> nixon's strategy on vietnam was to negotiate a peace agreement but at the same time to vietnamize the conflict. >> we had to turn the war over to south vietnam or it was going to be helpless. we couldn't fight their war forever. >> the south vietnamese were taught to think like americans, act like americans, fight like americans. >> south vietnam's president thieu, he wanted nothing more than to gradually take over full responsibility for the war. >> president nixon started withdrawing troops almost right away. he had a lot to withdraw. there were over 500,000 men there. >> but he did this very slowly. as they supposedly shifted the burden of the fighting to the south vietnamese. it was just going so slowly that a lot of people. >> reporter: getting killed in the process and there was no end to it. >> october 15, 1969, vietnam moratorium day. >> surely this is a day unique in our history. never have so many of our peop

early in his career as "time" magazine correspondent, strobe covert nixon and kissinger opening of china in the wake of 19:89 p.m. incident he wrote a highly article entitled how not to break up. only a few weeks ago when we're together in china i witnessed strobes engaging dialogue with chinese leaders as chinese public intellectuals discussing the challenges and opportunities presented by ongoing changes in the global geopolitical landscape. strobe, your expert knowledge and your vision are truly invaluable at this perplexing time in global affairs, especially regarding major power relations. thank you so much. and we have another round of applause. [applause] i want to join strobe in welcoming you all to this important discussion. is of the united states losing china to russia? that title of the event is not intended to echo the american debate over who lost china, as in the of the last century, but it does remind us of the fact that improvements in u.s.-china relations in the '70s and the '80s provide many advantages to the united states as they strive to win the cold war. but today

former president richard nixon henry kissinger wrote an op-ed which argued the deal would reopen the gap and deattorneys national attack due to the inability of the u.s. to provide sufficient power to match the soviets. brent scowcraft also expressed his deep reservations about the proposed deal. asserting it might lead to disaster. and not all the options came from the right. les aspen who would later be the secretary of defense under bill clinton argued it would take another ten divisions in order to make it the reykjavik framework feasible. nato allies expressed concern about what a nonnuclear united states could mean for security. u.s. information direct ker charles wick wrote poindexter following the conference noting european stations were amazed at the sweeping nature of the proposals and europe feared the united states might be away from europe as a result. the united states could not afford to eliminate nuclear weapons because without them, there was little hope of re. heing a soviet ground invasion. reagan anticipate this had criticism. while at reykjavik, he plead he noted

early in his career as "time" magazine correspond nixon and kissing kissinger's open of china, in the wake of tiananmen incident he wrote an article entitled "how not to break china." only a few weeks ago when we were together in china i witnessed the dialogue with chinese leaders and chinese intellectuals discussing challenges and opportunities presented bionic changes being global did heo political landscape. so expert knowledge and vision truly invaluable at this time in global affairs especially regarding relations. thank you so mump. >> is the united states losing china? the title of the event is not intended to echo american debate over who lost china, individual of the last century. but remind us the '70s and '80s provide many advantages to the united states as they strive to win the cold war. today the try lateral relationship between the united states, china, and russia has profoundly changed. u.s. relations with china and russia both seem to be. meanwhile china and russia are strengthening their strategic partnership or even something or someone would call closer to an allia

sign an arms deal with the soviets was criticized today by former president nixon and former secretary of state henry kissinger said it would be a profound mistake to allow medium range missiles in europe. >> many conservatives thought reagan had been charmed by gorbachev, and reagan had more problem dealing with his hard right than he did the left. so reagan had to constantly let the right know i know what i'm doing. >> reagan was being accused already of getting soft on communism, but he hadn't forgotten the problems we have. europe was still divided, there was still a berlin wall. >> there's one sign the soviets can make that would be unmistakable, that would advance dramatically the cause of freedom and peace. mr. gorbachev, open this gate. mr. gorbachev, tear down this wall. >> it was perfect. it was beautiful. he had to insist on keeping it in the speech. and he did it. don't let anybody tell you it was a staffer or anybody else that did that. >> meanwhile, in the soviet union gorbachev decides to do something bold and he says let's separate sdi from reducing the nuclear stockpile. once he does this, it

state dinner, and you sat next to henry kissinger, and i'm just thinking without henry kissinger and richard nixonur life would have been entirely different. yue-sai: yours, too. mike: and--yeah, exactly. you're absolutely right. and here you were sitting next to this man, who many--in many ways opened so many doors to you and really created this rich life. did you talk to him about it at all? yue-sai: yes, of course. i--i have interviewed henry kissinger twice, and we--we have done a number of things together, and i see him all the time, and in fact, he has incredible memory even at this--at this juncture. you look at him, he's sort of a little bit slower and, you know, is sort of stoopy, but--but he was very alert. you know, when he--when obama came over to o talk to us, obama waws actually asking him for his opinion about something. so kissinger is an extraordinary person even today, and he reminded me a few days after the state dinner when i saw him again, he said, "didn't we like ne-yo," you know, the performer, and--and i thought, wow, this guy really had an amazing--and he said, "wasn't tha

state dinner, and you sat next to henry kissinger, and i'm just thinking without henry kissinger and richard nixonlife would have been entirely different. yue-sai: yours, too. mike: and--yeah, exactly. you're absolutely right. and here you were sitting next to this man, who many--in many ways opened so many doors to you and really created this rich life. did you talk to him about it at all? yue-sai: yes, of course. i--i have interviewed henry kissinger twice, and we--we have done a number of things together, and i see him all the time, and in fact, he has incredible memory even at this--at this juncture. you look at him, he's sort of a little bit slower and, you know, is sort of stoopy, but--but he was very alert. you know, when he--when obama came over to o talk to us, obama waws actually asking him for his opinion about something. so kissinger is an extraordinary person even today, and he reminded me a few days after the state dinner when i saw him again, he said, "didn't we like ne-yo," you know, the performer, and--and i thought, wow, this guy really had an amazing--and he said, "wasn't that a

state dinner, and you sat next to henry kissinger, and i'm just thinking without henry kissinger and richard nixone would have been entirely different. yue-sai: yours, too. mike: and--yeah, exactly. you're absolutely right. and here you were sitting next to this man, who many--in many ways opened so many doors to you and really created this rich life. did you talk to him about it at all? yue-sai: yes, of course. i--i have interviewed henry kissinger twice, and we--we have done a number of things together, and i see him all the time, and in fact, he has incredible memory even at this--at this juncture. you look at him, he's sort of a little bit slower and, you know, is sort of stoopy, but--but he was very alert. you know, when he--when obama came over to o talk to us, obama waws actually asking him for his opinion about something. so kissinger is an extraordinary person even today, and he reminded me a few days after the state dinner when i saw him again, he said, "didn't we like ne-yo," you know, the performer, and--and i thought, wow, this guy really had an amazing--and he said, "wasn't that a gr

former president richard nixon and his secretary of state, henry kissinger, wrote for the "national review", which argued the proposed deal would reopen the gap and deterrence to conventional attack, due to the inability of the u.s. to provide sufficient conventional power to match that of the soviets. brent scowcroft, the national security advisor to present ford, also expressed his deep reservations about the proposed deal asserting it might lead to absolute disaster. and not all the opposition came from the right. in the same issue, the national review chairman of the house armed services committee, les aspen, who would later be the secretary of defense under bill clinton, argued it would take at least another ten divisions in order to make the reykjavik framework feasible. opposition extended beyond the united states as nato allies expressed genuine concern about what a nonnuclear united states could mean for their security. u.s. information director charles wick wrote poindexter immediately following the conference noting that european stations were amazed at the sweeping nature of th

kissinger. is that the way you read it? >> i read some implications of attack on the nixon foreign policy as carried out by kissinger and onkissinger. yes, i do. leslie: thank you very much. walter, we may not have a fight on foreign policy after all. thank you. walter: they just approved don rhodes, the congressman from arizona and the minority leader in the house of representatives, as the permanent chairman of this congressional committee and they are singing his praises right now before introducing him to the delegates, most of whom already know him. he is likely to be the majority leader of -- that is the speaker of the house of representatives and he is campaigning for that job. which means he is campaigning for a republican house of representatives next year. now we have the chairman of the ford campaign for the presidency. my guess is you are rather delighted man know that you have gotten over this test vote. >> we are really excited about it. i think it is a real victory for the president and really a victory for the republican party. i think mending the rules in the middle is a very difficult thing. walter: we ju

nixon also received the president's daily brief everyday. to this day and all the research i did including talking to kissinger's national security adviser we cannot cannot be sure that he actually read it. next and did not love the caa. he felt that he was pretty smart on foreign policy and international affairs are ready. most sources indicate that he did read it. at least he would have read it to be aware of what the intelligence community was same. that he did not have a rich dialogue with his producers. even there, it was tailored to the president of the united states. . . >> >> another case of tailoring the book to the president he loved to write any document or a memo he would write instructions but usually to his staff this is what one doesn't sure enough he wrote all over those things the caa created white space emergency room for him to write. his successor ronald reagan had a reputation that he did not read much data all in specially the intelligence report but we have several reasons to believe he did take his daily brief very seriously first of all, everybody who works closely with him if they put something in front of him he w

right before the election, secretary of state henry kissinger promised, peace is at hand in vietnam, which wasn't true. but it helped president nixonanquish his anti-war opponent, george mcgovern. since then, virtually every presidential election has raised the prospect of another october surprise. but this time, it might actually happen. we got a possible preview this week with dnc e-mails and voice maples. julian assange has well-documented antipathy toward hillary clinton and has promised nor releases of embarrassing information. remember, james comey said he couldn't be sure whether hillary clinton's private e-mail servers were hacked. but he did conclude that those with whom she regularly communicated were compromised. so imagine this scenario. in the weeks before the election, e-mails surface that originated on clinton's private e-mail servers. that they're of a public nature, but were not among the thousands handed over to the fbi for its investigation. their content need not be particularly damaging. the only thing needed to harm clinton would be that they were e-mails that should have been shared with the fbi, but instead

1972 right before the election secretary of state henry kissinger promised peace is at demand vietnam, which wasn't true. but it helped president nixonanquish his anti-war opponent mcgovern. and this has raised the prospect of another october surprise but this time it might actually happen. we got a possible preview with the wikileaks release of the dnc e-mails and voice mails. wikile wikileaks founder julian assange promises more embarrassing information. james comey said he couldn't be sure whether hillary clinton's private servers were hacked. but he did say those she regularly communicated with were hacked. so what originated on hillary clinton's private servers were not among the thousands handed over to the fbi for its investigation. their content need not be particularly damaging. the only thing needed to harm clinton would be that they were e-mails that should have been shared with the fbi but instead were deleted and nevertheless ended one in hostile hands. that would confirm republicans worst charges about how clinton jeopardized national security in a manner that james comey himself characterized as extremely careless. unl

. >> and not henry kissinger or any other members the idea that they would unleash even though the saudi oil minister said we will do that. president nixon goes on national television to address the energy crisiss and makes a statement some of you may wonder if we are turning the clock back to when other age of gas rationing and speed demits it sounds like a way of life we left behind with glenn miller in the '40's but there is no crisis for the american spirit. so looking a project independence of the uniteden states even though he does and how the political muscle to do this to get rid of the regulations in to be self-sufficient and to energy free by 9080. -- 1980 and then looking at is the role. and the we perceive ourselves to be dependent in. in that cave man as the shock. >> host: all this plays out when watergate begins to kick given.s the investigation starts having to deal with these things out one's to make us side trip to jimmy carterthem to right after the massacre when he fired the attorney-general would not do what he wanted in terms of the tapes, they called him unfit to be president. george h. w. bush chairman of the chai

nixon gives a press conference, thinks it's successful. goes back to this bedroom and can't sleep. he makes 87 calls in three hours, three to henry kissinger finally at 3:30 he shake his valet and says have you ever been to the lincoln memorial? you have to understand that the white house at this point is ringed by d.c. transit buss. the 82nd airborne are sleeping in the executive office building basement. there are tens of thousands of demonstrators on the mall to protest the cambodian invasion and the kent state shooting, and richard nixon decided it would be a great time to show his valet the lincoln memorial. so they go down. a couple -- these are demonstrators who are sleeping down there i love the expression you. know they're saying to themselves, what drug did i take? this goes on here -- he says i've never seen the secret service so petrified in my life. you can imagine, there's only two secret service people there and he doesn't look happy. he asked his val hey have you've seen the well of the house of the -- he says no. so he goeses there and wakes up security and puts minimum nola up there where the state of the union addresses

kissinger, not any of the other members of the foreign policy team. this idea they would unleash the oil weapon, even though the saudi oil ministers said we're going to do this. and nixon said, yeah, don't think you will. >> november 7, 1973, president nixon goes on national television to address the energy crisis, and he makes a statement that you have already basically kind of told us we were going to hear. some of you may wonder whether we're turning the clock back to another age. gas rationing, oil shortages, reduced speed limits. all sound like a way of life we left behind with glen miller and the war of the '40s. then he goes on to say, but there's no crisis to the american spirit. >> right. >> that would come later. >> exactly. what he does in this speech is he declares project independence, and by virtue of announcing project independence by which the united states -- this is the early version of drill, baby, drill. so he now sort of won re-election and says, even though he didn't have the political muscle to do this, he says we need to get rid of all these regulations and we'll stimulate production here, and he says we can be energy -- self-sufficient in energ

well, he sounds like richard nixon during vietnam saying, wait a second, but the tet offensive, we won it militarily. what did henry kissingerality. >> i saw research coming in from people who watched the speech. 75% of the people who watched the speech thought it was a positive speech. they thought he was tapping into a reality and providing a solution. >> it is a reality to an extent for certain. >> i want to underline this for people who are at home watching this, and we certainly have a lot of people who run washington and run the media watching this show. we have said this in the last hour. this isn't the speech i would have given. this isn't the speech you would have wanted to give or any of us would have wanted to give. it just may, though, robert costa, be the speech that america wanted to hear right now. and that is at the end of the day the genius of donald trump. >> think you nailed it just there. as a former congressman, someone who worked for a u.s. president, you at some point have been part of the political class. what was so striking about this speech it was a pure outsider espousing populism, outside of the