proceeds with what used to be call the war on terror, there is a war of words between the obama administration and the number two man from the previous white house. catherine herridge reports on the administration's reaction to dick cheney's verbal volley toward the president. >> the white house was critical and highly dismissive of mr. cheney. >> i think the vice president, if he watched some of his interview, was clearly had his facts on a number of things wrong. >> this response, after the former vice president was relentless in his criticism of the obama administration. in an rain ter view with chris wallace on sunday. >> it is a terrible precedent plawvment cheney is referring to the decision by eric holder to investigate and possibly prosecute c.i.a. employees who acted outside of the approved interrogation tactics. >> it's a very, very devastating, i think, effect that it has on morale inside the intelligence community. if they assume that they're going to have to be dealing with the political consequences, and it is clearly a political move. >> a political move, because m cheney says t

this is why the deal was acceptable to the obama administration. because least in the optics of it they can claim no administration officials had made the concession. president clinton can be seen as an independent actor. of course his wife is the secretary of state, and he is the former president and the people that he took with him on the trip, including former chief of staff are still very involved in these issues, but at least the obama administration can hold out the carrot for the koreans of a senior visit by the acting secretary of state or president obama himself which would be seen as greater concessions by the north koreans if they, and unless they do certain things we want them to do. >> other things that helped to bring about the release of the two women. the role of the swedish ambassador. talk about that. >> so the united states and the north koreans have no formal diplomatic relations. so any communications that go through the two sides are conveyed through a third party. in this case the swedish embassy in the capital of north korea,

the obama administration's trying to reach some kind of common ground that would move or relaunch the peace process. >> president obama has been criticized by some who say his administration's been too quick to embrace what they consider mubarak's utilitarian regime. >> i think it's probably showing the obama administration's pragmatism in dealing with this issue. on the one hand it is calling -- it is still upholding presidential freedom, democracy and human rights, but it's not making a big issue out of these matters which makes it easier for the mubarak government. at the same time, there is this criticism that perhaps the current administration is not as serious about spreading democracy in that part of the world and that of course hurts it's credibility to some extent. >> salameh nematt, thank you for joining us tonight. >> you're welcome. >> one important programming note. charlie rose has an exclusive interview with hosni mubarak. check your local listings. >>> we want to end on a positive part note so we start with thailand. where a 48-year-old elephant has been fitted with a

certainly the obama administration is also trying to turn over a new leaf. i think there are two keys to an improved strategy. the first is obviously increased security. and that's not only about killing insurgents but also about making the afghan population feel more secure. and it's about justice. it's about rooting out the problems of corruption that have turned many afghans away from the government. >> no matter who wins, is it likely to change the nature and the duration of the american mission there? >> well, i do think that the outcome of this election could have a serious impact on the american engagement in afghanistan. ultimately, leadership from the top is going to be necessary from the afghan side to clearly turn things around and whether it's a question of political reconciliation with the taliban, improving the record of afghan security forces, rooting out corruption, dealing with the narcotics problem, these are things that ultimately require afghan leadership, and without strong afghan leadership, the united states can't deal with these probl

it does tell you something about the obama administration.ng ahead on this, and i think you will agree, juan, unless the president agreed. if he didn't agree, he would tell him not to do it, because it is not just that there are flu facts out there that holder has to pursue.they are r. this is being done, i assume, with president obama's full approval. >> well, there is a difference between approval and not telling him to stop. i think that president obama's position is the attorney general should be an independent force when it comes to the law, that the problem the bush administration got into was when it was perceived that alberto gonzalez was following marching orders coming from the white house. i might add there is a problem with politicization of the c.i.a. don't forget the arguments about whether or not the vice president cheney and others were demanding that the c.i.a. give them certain information to justify pre-existing ideas. >> juan, we know that's not true! >> but that is the whole notion of politicization if you want to get int

. >> the obama administration holding a meeting at the white house on immigration reform. homeland security secretary janet napolitano leading the session which included religious, business and special interest groups but which excluded the media. president obama was not scheduled to attend the meeting but apparently he did make an appearance. a white house spokesman said the president understands our nation's immigration system is broken and needs to be fixed and that's why he asked secretary napolitano to meet with stake holders and members of congress to move the legislative process forward. today scotland released the only person convicted in the 1988 bombing of pan am flight over lockerbie scotland. the attack killed 270 people. ali mohmed al megrahi is home after the scottish government sent him free. crowds estimated at 1,000 cheered his arrival. a hero's welcome as he arrived. scottish government officials releasing the libyan on compassionate grounds. he has terminal prostate cancer. the victims' families expressing outrage over the terrorist release. it happened i

administration? what are they attempting-- what is president obama trying to get for us? >> i think in coping, to unbush foreign policy that we're going to talk to the people that don't like us and that like them and a difficult relationship and this ye year-- engage them. >> but for the sake of not being bush, i mean, certain, surely there's got to be a larger strategy at work ear? >> it's hard to tell so far. because, i think there's a stake for president obama keeps repeating to change america's image in the world, that before we're seeing it as a standoffish nation and now we're the nice guys and in terms of getting a return on this investment in the-- in policy, i don't see that at least on the results so far, you don't really see what they aim to get from russia. >> niceness has never delivered a lot of foreign policy that i can observe. >> i think that the obama administration calculus is that america's problem, foreign policy in the bush years was fundamentally a public relations problem. and to some extent that's true. we did have a big pr problem in europe for e

dan, you and i were talking about the fact that the obama administration has been quite tight-lipped about how all of this has unfolded, is taking place. give us a sense of president obama himself. his message and his approach with kim jong-il has been very different than president bush, former president bush. he has really tried to reach out and create a dialogue with this leader, but he has been faced with a nuclear test, with these kinds of missiles, these kinds of things that have happened in the first month of his -- six months of his presidency. is there a sense of frustration there at the white house in terms of making steps with north korea? >> it is true, not just north korea but iran what the white house has seen as a different tone to the countries, in terms of nuclear ambitions, using a con sill tary tone rather than hitting them over the head. north korea, in fact, firing off these test missiles and nuclear missiles as well and so yes, even though the white house continues to reach out, north korea keeps reacting the way people pretty much expect north korea to act. the w

the obama administration has a sterling way to change that. onomic circumstances are making trade more important not less and the chamber look forward to working with the administration, congress, and many of you here today to advance the trade agenda that avoids protectionism, that continues to welcome imports and proudly advances the exports interests of the american workers and companies. thank you. >> thank you very much, john. there are lots of individual points and questions that i have, i'm sure, others have from your individual presentations. but i want t turn to the audience. i dohave one general question and that's one worst case scenario and that's not where i started from this and i know the answer to this will lead you to conjectures about the overall political situation in the united states, but it seems to me that there's a plausible case to be made that over the next couple of years that you could go right to 2007 -- 2011 that we won't advance. ed have made the point and others have made it that the administration -- part of the

as the obama administration declared war on fox news? at is the subject of tonight's talking points memo. it is known that some in the media, cnn and msnbc, generally support president obama in the health-care arenas. this was said to matt lauer. -- in the health-care koarena. >> putting the special interests back in charge. bill: he is obviously criticizing foxnews.com and it sounds like he is pointing for a fight, is seen not -- he is obviously criticizing fox news. is he not? 14 these numbers tell the story. even the fox news has big ratings, fox news has nothing to do with the negative ratings. now, we invited robert gibbs on the program tonight, and once again, he declined, which is foolish. he and his cohorts should all over fnc to convince you that what they are doing is good, but, instead, gibbs is living in cheap-shot alley. yesterday, president obama said this. >> there is this notion that somehow we will be cutting or medicare benefits. we are not. the aarp would not be endorsing a bill if it were undermining medicare. bill: bu

whether by design or by accident the obama administration has played the north korean situation just about perfectly. for the first eight months of the administration, they largely ignored north korea. i and others were arguing for negotiations earlier for this kind of move earlier. whether it was policy drift or arguments within the administration, they didn't do that. as a result north korea issued a lot of provocative statements, took some provocative actions in terms of tests, etc., got them nowhere. the north korean government is now more isolated than ever. it's been deserted by its major partners, including china who secretary of state clinton praised just last week for the role they're playing as well as russia and their neighbors. in this w wkened position, in this weakened transition period where the leaderr is dying and looking to solidify his role, possibly pass it on to his son, they made their power play, when north korean behavior moderated, when north korea hasn't done anything particularly pro havingive the in the last couple months they move in this piece to ask to p

the obama administration has yet to rule that out.e senators who voted for it earlier this year now believe that the funding should actually require more and include more fuel-efficient cars and also that it should include used vehicles in the program as well. some say these fuel-efficient vehicles should be in the mix sooner than later. ross? >> susan roberts in washington, thank you. >>> this morning we have new music from mozart, who died over 200 years ago. scholars in austria say two piano works from the 1760s have just been identified as mozart's. the musical prodigy was 7 or 8 years old when he composed them. they were performed yesterday on mozart's own piano. take a listen. ♪ ♪ >> i'm ross plom bow, and this is the "cbs morning news." discover a smoothie like no other! new activia smoothies. creamy, delicious, and above all, it contains bifidus regularis and is clinically proven to help regulate your digestive system. new activia smoothies. >>> good morning maryland. >>> hello again, in 30 seconds it will be 5:00. it is a sa

resolution by the obama administration condemning the release and the welcome home? >> caller: well, i am all for it. i agree with them, with obama's administration, and -- but don't agree with him on the health care reform ideas and the public option. but it is refreshing that i can agree with him on something. i think that... the resolution even if the security council with libya, as a member now, can beat -- at least we'll have our opportunity to express or opinion and present the resolution to the general assembly. >> eric: the u.s. ambassador, we have no word if indeed the administration may submit such a resolution, but, look, the administration, in other areas, tried to work with these countries, do you think the obama administration would actually want to try and get the ire of libya by doing something so public introducing a resolution, knowing libya, the president of the security council, five months ago, they certainly would have such a condemnation. >> i am sure the administration, our administration, has got to make a decision, whether it is worth someth

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right now there's a system of war crimes trial that the bush administration created that ta obama administrationis not really happy with. so there are issues that need to be sorted out. along with the issues, and it's not going to be easy, people in the administration who i talk to seem optimistic that they still could make january. >> woodruff: so in that answer you make it southbound fairly orderly, yet the impression many of us have is that this has been all over the map. >> congress is never exactly orderly. and one big challenge has been congress, that the obama administration really didn't anticipate the enormous amount of pushback. one person said to me, the attitude on guantanamo has turned 180 degrees from a year ago. during the presidential campaign, john mccain and barack obama both supported closing guantanamo, and yet now the majority of americans have serious qualms about bringing guantanamo detainees to the united states, i think republicans in congress see an opportunity to score some points politically, to make their constituents' concerns known, and i think they are trying to u

the obama administration did signal a real clear break from the bush administration.a much tougher line on the settlements. called a total freeze. this is played very poorly in israel. and in fact as an op-ed piece in "the times" pointed out this week and apparently the obama administration was listening there's a sense that president obama may not have explained his case directly enough to the israeli people. because it's gotten people's backs up. at the same time of course that has some value when you are trying to prove to the arab world that you're more neutral but they may have put themselves in a little bit of a short-term box because on the one hand having put down a very, very clear hard line about the total freeze, it makes it difficult to compromise without suggesting to the arab world that once again from their perspective the united states doesn't take a hard enough line about israel. >> who's going to bend first in this? >> well, you know it's an interesting question, whether they realize just -- whether the obama administration realized just how tough th

it is a hugely hypocritical position by the obama administration.ret: and, juan, the soros connection really gained a lot of attention on-line, because he had 22% of his holdings why in this company. he sold millions of shares right before this announcement. he mean, the guarantee had already happened. >> it looked like a quid pro quo, that he was being enriched because he was pumping money into the obama campaign and the obama administration. bret: and we don't know the answer there. >> we still don't know the answer, but to me, this whole thing is oil and water. i do not see the p president's analogy at all. the brazilian government and people had to get permission for offshore drilling immediately adjacent to their shore. the american people, even in states like florida, they have clearly said we don't want that kind of drilling, north carolina, they don't want that drilling. that's the will of the voters and the american people. in some cases they might want it, but i'm just saying, you know what, there was an election, president obama didn't hi

the obama administration is starting to already do this, they are creating wildlife corridors, how toe properly used land, redefining some areas as wilderness. i think you will find a progressive and energetic conservation agenda, but the obama administration will have it and a year or two. another focuses on health care and is hard to get the parks in there. with the documentary coming out and hopefully my book is helpful and it reminds people we have a great park system, forest, monuments, scenic wonders, but we have to fight to continue to protect them, and that was r.r.'s legacy. -- t.r.'s legacy. folks like lyndon johnson and kennedy also fought hard. the hope is that the obama administration will do that, and so far it looks good and looks encouraging. tavis: finally, i know they have talked about this is somewhat, but when you refer to the theodore roosevelt crusade for america, a great phrase, what you mean by that? >> he believed that if we did forest like a lot of europe, we would be in terrible trouble -- if we deforest it like a lot of europe, that we would be in terrible

remember when the obama administration declassified some cia memos that detailed these interrogation techniques? at that time, both president obama and eric holder said publicly, we do not have any interest investigating cia agents. obama even said, they do not have to get lawyered up. now they are looking backward. the white house is trying to put out is, the president does not really want to do that, but he has to let his intrepid attorney-general follow the law. the reality is that the attorney general is the president's employees. as dick cheney said, the president of the united states is the chief law-enforcement officer in the country. if he thinks this is a bad investigation, he could certainly stop it. bill: thank you to fritzsche -- thank you for that. we will talk about the division of power between the attorney general and the white house. for more on the exclusive interview, and to our website. under that dick cheney had line, you can click on links to watch the entire interview. you can watch it or read it right now. patti ann: new video of the lockerbie bomber in a libya

obama. but he faults him in the way he's run the administration thus far. in what ways? >> he said a really interesting thing. he said he basically thinks obama needs to appoint a really good manager for the stimulus package. that that money hasn't gotten spent fast enough. >> isn't joe biden doing that? >> well, he thinks that under f.d.r., f.d.r. had managers who were more specifically in charge of the stimulus who didn't have other responsibilities and who got more done more quickly. >> do you realize there are conservatives/libertarians that read your magazine? >> we are indeed. we're very popular in the military actually. >> are you? >> get a lot of soldiers reading us and hear back from a lot of them. >> okay. i'm just saying once in a while... well, actually, you had p.j. edge o'rourke in the '80s. he was a conservative guy, had great articles. >> i think conservatives like to read us to disagree with us. >> just like the "new york times." i buy two copies, one to read and one to burn my n my backyard after i finish reading it. >> rose: well, that was from this mor

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well, is this the recovery the obama administration wants our gratitude for? and joining me now to discuss this and more, former arkansas governor, mike huckabee is here with us. of course, host of "huckabee" right here on fox news channel. good to see you. this is interesting to me because we were -- we revised upwards the projections of the obama administration from $7 trillion today 9 trillion. >> each trillion is a million million. we have become numb to these figures but a billion is like a thousand million. a trillion is -- sean: go slow with this i can't even keep up with you. >> think about a millionaire times a million. and nine times more than that. sean: i keep using one phrase, unsustainable. i keep saying, we're not going to be able to do this. none of these numbers include health care. and we're talking -- they keep saying, $1 trillion for the first 10 years. what they aren't telling you is that the real cost will be in years 11 through 20, not years one through 10. sean: governor, i am by nature an optimistic person and i believe -- >> except wh

the obama administration has a sterling opportunity here to change that. ladies and gentlemen, our economic circumstances are making trade more important, not less, and the chamber looks bored to working with the administration, congress, and many of you here today to it bans the trade policy that avoid protectionism, that wellcome's imports, and advances the export interest of american workers and companies. >> there are a lot that individual points and questions from the individual presentations. but i want to turn to the audience. one general questions, the worst-case scenario. it is not where i started from in this. and i know that the answer to this will lead you to conjectures about the overall political situation around the united states. but it seems to me that there as a plausible case to be made that if you go right to 2011, and i am picking up on things that people say. ed has made the point and others had made it that the administration says that they need a much better base internally, and that means domestic reform. initially they have said, a

the obama administration wants to reform export controls on weapons and technology. we'll talk to an expert. the army bet all its marble on a modernization program. a combat system. but now fcs is no more. unmanned aircraft, robots, gates wants the army to develop a clearer plan for the future vehicles it needs and how they will be different from the one army is buying for iraq and afghanistan. at the same time the army is continue to go rabidly introduce new soldier level equipment from small arms to body arm more and ground vehicles. here with me to discuss this is lieutenant steven speaks. general, welcome back to the show. >> it is an honor to be here. >> let's start with what was fcs. on the vehicles secretary gates had them stripped down because he was concerned that the smaller lighter more agile vehicle might not as well suited for an i.e.d. future. what kind of vehicles is the army leaning toward developing for the future? >> i'd like to focus on the importance of what he told us. he affirmed critical elements of our strategy. he said spin-outs were the way

it says, "the obama administration is talking with allies and congress about the possibility of imposing an extreme economic sanction against iran. if it fails to respond to president obama's offer to negotiate on its nuclear program. cutting off a country's imports of gasoline and other refined oil products." it goes on to say, "the option of acting against companies around the world that supply iran with 40% of its gasoline has been broacopean allies and israel." legislation that would give mr. obama that authority already has 71 sponsors in the senate and similar legislation is expected to sail through the house. >>> joining us to discuss the possibility of new sanctions in iran and developments there is trita parsi, founder and president of the nonprofit national iranian american council in washington, d.c. thanks for speaking with us. >> thank you for having me. >> what do you think will happen if the united states were to try to impose gasoline sanctions on iran? >> well, i think first of all, it's going to be very difficult to impose effective gasoline sanctions on iran because yo

thanks. >> take care. >> laura: is the obama's administration decision to -- why is president obama making 9/11 a national day of service? critics say is he trying to white wash america's memories of that horrific day. we'll get to it. so? mmmm ok. you were right. these healthy choice fresh mixer thingys, they taste fresh... say it again! what? say it like, "mmmm, these healthy choice fresh mixers taste freshh!!" they taste fresh... wait. what are you doing? got it. you're secretly taping me? you were good too! but you know, it wasn't a secret to us, we knew... yes, but it was a secret to me. of course, otherwise i would be sitting like this and completely block his shot. so that's why i was like... lawyer hour in the factor follow up segment tonight, is the obama administration doing all it can to keep america safe. some think eric holder's decision to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate possible cia abuse is hurting our ability to keep america safe. dan henninger wrote in the "wall street journal" today: laura: with us now my old classmate who worked on bill clinton's security co

what are they housed invested in the outcome of this election, the obama administration? iority in the war right now is to have a credible election in afghanistan. the administration has really made this the center point of what's going on. because if they cannot demonstrate that there is a credible, free and fair election in afghanistan, it will be very tough to keep the u.s. military mission going there. but here's the real bottom line, suzanne, everyone expects that there will be a runoff, that there will be no clear winner tomorrow. >> true. >> the runoff will not happen until early october. so, we're talking about several more weeks of potential violence in a very fragile country. >> i know you'll be watching very closely. thank you very much, barbara. >>> well, debt collectors laying on the abuse. >> and there is even more to this story than bullying and insults. one state is investigating. >>> iraq's insurgents are back with a vengeance. half a dozen bombings hit baghdad just minutes apart, leaving hundreds dead and wounded. >>> and more than two years after a mass

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he left his seat to join the obama administration. his spokesperson said the claims were not true. >>> we have had a lovely day. >> the good weather here for the holidays. we have a very picturesque evening. these are low clouds that will not amount to anything. tabriz will fall quickly tonight. let's make a couple stops. they had a high of 75. upon there is apo northerly bree a 5 miles per hour. reagan national, washington officials a record location for weather, had 76 and 64 tempters for today. 1953 was the record high with 100 degrees. clause will decrease over the next few hours. by early tomorrow morning, many parts of the area will be in the low 50's. west of here might see some temperatures in the low 40's. there is a stationary front to separate the very cool, dry air from the customary late summer weather just to the south. we are seeing clouds and showers. on the satellite image, much clearer skies. to keep the system down there, it appears that it will stay down there for a while. this winter's day and friday, there is an

is the obama administration pushing a death book on our veterans? and how will history judge ted kennedy's life and career. we'll hear from our sunday panel, right now on "fox news sunday." and hello again from fox news in washington. the obama justice department made big news this week launching a review that could lead to prosecution of cia officers. now, you'll hear from former vice president dick cheney. barack obama's leading critic when it comes to the war on terror. onfriday, we traveled to cheney's vacation home just outside jackson hole, wyoming. he told us he feels liberated now that he's left office. and as you'll see, cheney was surprisingly candid, not only about this president, but also about ars he disagreed with president bush. mr. vice president, welcome back to "fox news sunday." >> it's good to be back, chris. >> this is your first interview since attorney general holder named a prosecutor to investigate possible cia abuses of terror detainees. what do you think of that decision? >> i think it's a terrible decision. president obam

the other point, fascinating that bill clinton does something to help the obama administration. we talk about team of rivals, a savannah. normally we think of hillary clinton and barack obama because they ran against each other but in fact, there was really a great deal more attention during the campaign and took a longer time to heal between barack obama and bill clinton. >>> it took a longer time for him to get past this, perhaps even more so than hillary clinton, but all of that seems like a distant memory all good feelings and warm words today. not a full debriefing, not a long conversation, that will come down the road but an opportunity for to okay thank former president clinton for his good auspices in north korea. >> you can bet they all want to know one important thing, what is the health and condition of kim jong-il and what did you pick up about a possible succession fight in north korea? there will be a lot of conversation at various levels going on including between bill clinton and his wife, of course, the secretary of state. thank you, savannah and all the help you

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at a time when the obama administration is pushing charter schools. how do you weigh in on that. >> i support president obama and arne duncan in their effort to transform our public schools. that's what we've been trying to do for four years with resistance from that school district. i can tell you that the ten schools that i currently operate are the lowest performing schools in los angeles, some of the most violent middle schools, lowest performing elementary and high schools in one year. our progress in nine out of ten schools, english proficiency is up, eight out of ten math is up. we've done roughly slightly better than the school district. remember, we're comparing our lowest performing schools to schools overall. we need to move beyond that i support charter schools. in fact, supporting resolution of the school board that will adopt all new schools and failing schools, program improvement schools should go to either charter operators, my partnership schools, or a collaborative of teachers and parents who agree to metrics-driven reform. the fact

, it has in fact continued in practice under the obama administration. but beneath that venire is a steady interest in real strategic resources, primarily oil, uranium, other vital resources that flow from africa, and in particular from east africa. and i think it is those interests in addition to the geostrategic placing of somalia on the gulf of aden that makes it vital to the obama administration. >> we have about 20 seconds left. secretary clinton heads to south africa tonight. what can we expect there? >> secretary clinton will be looking to solidify u.s. interest in trade. south africa has been a big trading partner of the united states and there will be continued interest not only ine really encountering china and other -- other key leaders in this now multi-polar world. >> amira woods. thank you so much for speaking with us. >> a pleasure. thank you, martin. >>> we have been read ago additional commentary today on clinton's visit in some of africa's media including a opinion piece in "the daily monitor," a website in uganda. the writer states, af

the obama administration has a sterling opportunity here to change that. ladies and gentlemen, our economic circumstances are making trade more important, not less, and the chamber looks bored to working with the administration, congress, and many of you here today to it bans the trade policy that avoid protectionism, that wellcome's imports, and advances the expor interest of american workers and companies. >> there are a lot that individual points and questions from the individual presentations. but i want to turn to the audience. one general questions, the worst-case scenario. it is not where i started from in this. and i know that the answer to this will lead you to conjectures about the overall political situation around the united states. but it seems to me that there as a plausible case to be made that if you go right to 2011, and i am picking up on things that people say. ed has made the point and others had made it that the administration says that they need a much better base internally, and that means domestic reform. initially they have said, an

after watching the obama administration's message get buried in the health care debate the last couple weeks, there was some good news today for supporters who wondered if the obama message machine still works. in our big picture this hour, the president interrupted his vacation this morning to take the focus away from some new startling reports about the federal deficit. he put the spotlight on what's been working in the economy. the actions of fed chair ben bernanke. the president and bernanke appeared at a school this morning. he said he was reappointed bernanke when the fed chair's term is skecheduled to end at t end of the year. >> as an expert on the causes of the great depression, i'm sure ben never imagined he would be part of a team responsible for preventing another. because of his background, his temperament, his courage, and his creativity, that's exactly what he's helped to achieve. that's why i'm reappointing him to another term as chairman of the federal reserve. ben approached the financial system on the verge of collapse with calm and wisdom, with bold action and out o