. >> peter thompson "the wars of afghanistan" is an epic book and that's because peter thompson's knowledgeafghanistan goes very far back. he was involved in both the soviet period, in between the american involvement. he has had roles in afghanistan on the diplomatic level. he speaks russian and pastun. he has a gift for languages and so he was able to read documents in their original language that not many people are able to master including some archives from the soviet period that no one had ever used before in their research or in their work. and he brings a passion and a level of both detail and scope to this story that we think is unique. and it was -- it's quite -- it's quite an effort getting a book like this together but absolutely worthwhile and we're thrilled it's going to see its reading public in july. >> two books on the media that are out or coming out the deal from hell and inside the "new york times." >> the deal from hell by james o'shea is a story about the "chicago tribune" and what has happened to media businesses from an insider. jim o'shea was a long-time writer from

peter thompson, special envoy under the first president bush and worked with leaders in that region.ote this book called "the wars of afghanistan." i spoke with both of them earlier. jane, let me ask you about the report that five suspected militants were killed in what appears to be a u.s. drone attack in pakistan. do you think we're deciding to take on more of this responsibility ourselves? not trusting the pakistanis to take out the militants? >> president obama has been ratcheting up the drone attacks for a long time. they've increased gee metically on his watch, but it's also true that some pakistanis were killed by terror groups in a part of the country that hasn't seen violence today. either way you look at this, e.d., we're in a downward spiral in terms of our relationship with the pakistanis. i think this going public with the cut in the military aid package is an expression of frustration that the private efforts have not succeeded. i would like to suggest that we need a game changer here. the pakistanis have been worried about india for years. that drives their policy in a

years ago that dave thompson and i formed the company called orbital engine corp and we pioneered the commercialization of high-resolution image reform space that you see now and peter and others referred to as google earth and other things. that is where policy can be important in marshaling the resources of the government to helping the private sector capitalized on the on for burn orship and technology that is sitting out there. because the government cannot do it all in itself. we have to rely more and more on creativity and capturing the genius this country has in meeting these goals for the future. >> i would certainly echoed that. the fundamental problem has been trying to do the same thing for too long. because space programs are hard and expensive and we had such success early on, in ten years we went from nothing to landing on the moon and coming back. 12 years. we have by contrast operated the space shuttle since the mid 70s. first launch in 81. it is a remarkable achievement but it doesn't allow for dynamic growth or change or a learning curve where new folks come in and design systems and move on to design other systems. you come in now even on the nati

ago that dave thompson and i at orbital formed a company called orbital image and we really pioneered the commercialization of high resolution imagery from space that you see now and what peter and others referred to as google earth. that's where policy can really be important and marching their resources of the government to help in the chair cab relies on the entrepreneurship and the technology sitting out there because the government cannot do it ourselves. so we have to rely more and more on create dvd and capturing the genius this country has been meeting some of the schools for the future. >> i certainly echoed that. i think what the fundamental problem has been trying to do the same thing for too long. because space programs are hurt because they're expensive and also because it such success early on. in 10 years we went from nothing to maintain on the moon in coming back in 12 years. you know, we have by contrast operated the space shuttle and on the space shuttle since the mid-70s. first launch and 81. 30 years is a remarkable achievement, but it doesn't allow for dynamic growth or change or a learning curve for a few folks come in, they design systems, move on to d

dave thompson and i at orbital formed a company called orbital energy corporation and we really pioneered the commercialization of high resolution imagery from space that you see now and what peterand others referred to as the google earth and other things. that's where policy can really be important in marshalling the resources of the government to helping the private sector capitalize on the entrepreneurship and the technology that's sitting out there 'cause the government cannot do it all itself. so we have to rely more and more on creativity and capturing the genius that this country has in meeting some of these goals for the future. >> i'd certainly echo that. i think what the fundamental problem has been trying to do the same thing for too long. because space programs are hard, because they're expensive and we had success early on because we went from nothing and landing on the moon and coming back, 12 years, you know, by contrast operated the space shuttle and done the space shuttle since the mid-'70s, first launch in '81, 30 years, it's a remarkable achievement but it doesn't allow for dynamic growth or change or a learning curve where, you know, new folks come in. they