and richard barrett, discusses reports that high- level leaders of the taliban are in negotiations for a bit ending the war in afghanistan. >> the c-span networks will give you -- all available to you on television, radio, online, and of social media networking sites. sites.

richard barrett? guest: a good point. the initial objection -- intention was to capture osama bin laden. on 9/11, you have to remember the context of the attacks. i think it was natural that the forces, even while you look for them, you can try to create an atmosphere where al qaeda could not come back. how long does it go on? when do you declare victory? that is difficult and a good question. what will victory look like? you cannot just destroy them completely. even without public support. how do you make sure that they do not come back to commit those atrocities again? host: can you answer that question? guest: how the negotiations would go? host: what does success look like? guest: it looks like a stable afghanistan. which is a fairly distant prospect at the moment. if the american forces withdrew next year in july or something like that, you can guarantee that there would be even more pressure than at the moment. all of the other factors in afghanistan would be concerned over what is happening -- happening next. at th

and richard barrett, coordinator of the u.n. al qaeda monitoring team discusses reports that high-level leaders of the taliban are in negotiations over ending the war in afghanistan. . >> charlie johnson, along with william mckay, you have written a book called "parliament and congress -- representation and scrutiny in the twenty-first century." what is it? >> it's in part a comparison. it's in part an update of a book written 30 years ago by two clerks of the british parliament, ken bradshaw and david pring, called "parliament and congress," but now, totally outdated. but it's also, i'd say, a comparison. we kind of projected our various segments into each chapter and then wove, as the occasion permitted -- bill is a wonderful weaver of text and context -- between our two versions. but for me at least, more than that, it's a way after 40 years, brian, of being a nonpartisan official for the house of representatives, to be somewhat -- not personally -- but somewhat judgmental institutionally about change, and the extent of chang

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