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we'll be back with john mclaughlin, robert baer and john o'sullivan. >> what i think happened sent shock waves through the region as well as iran, so that it no longer has the standing it had and it no longer seems like this force that cannot be stopped in the region. i think i'll go with the preferred package. good choice. only meineke lets you choose the brake service that's right for you. and save 50% on pads and shoes. meineke. >>> we are back with john mclaughlin, the former deputy former cia case officer and john o'sullivan, radio for europe. john mclaughlin, do you believe there are important rifts emerging within the iran regime? and do you think this is significant in a broader sense? >> the iranian republic is one of the great survivors of the last three decades, so i think we should not underestimate the resillience of the regime. but i don't think these things can be papered over as it was before the election. it's impossible to know at this point where it's going, what it might look like a year from now, but i think it's fair to say that iran will never be quite the same aga

host: robert baer, former cia operative, andauhto author of ts book, from berkeley, california. we appreciate your calls and will be back tomorrow. here's a quick look at our guests. this week the commission plans to release the report at $9 trillion. so, our guest will speak to that. also president of the national organization for women. the topics -- abortion and single-payer healthcare. mike evans will also be along. he talks about president carter and the policy with israel. enjoy the rest of your weekend. see you tomorrow. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2009] . . >> our guest this week is the president and c.e.o. of group health cooperative mr. armstrong. thanks for joining us. >> my pleasure. >> also joining us in the questioning, nole of the los angeles times and david with mclatchy newspaper. he is their national reporter. >> mr. armstrong, if i'm sitting in wherever, charlotte, north carolina, sacramento, et cetera, and i'm being told that your model is the one that congress may adopt, what does

host: the phone number is on the bottom of the screen for robert baer, talking about iran.will begin taking your calls in a moment. remind us of your career with the cia to the extent you can. how years, where were you? what did you see in iran in your considerable time there. guest: 21 years in the cia, almost all of it in the middle east -- i learned arabic. morocco, syria, lebanon, i have been to iran on visits before the revolution. most recently, it wasn't rock. i was in france where cover the middle east. -- most recently it was iraq. i resigned in december 1997. i was involved in the coup in iraq in 1995. i left mainly to write. host: when you look at the iranians themselves, you write that it is a country of nuances. americans see it ron's president and mullahs as relics from a dark age, when in reality they are driving force behind the country's modernization. speak to the religious leadership and the people. guest: look at the religious leadership today and they are truly the opposition to the supreme leader. they are the ones at the center of opposition. rafsmanj

also, author robert baer discusses his latest book and the developments in iran. the world war ii memorial in washington honors all those who served on the front lines and on the home front. a group of veterans talked about their experiences during the war in the 65th anniversary of the d-day invasion. this is about one hour, 20 minutes. >> welcome to the eisenhower presidential library museum and our camera -- commemoration of the 65th anniversary of the d- day invasion. we intend it the commemorative program to be a tribute to all veterans and veterans of the second world war in particular. , but to veterans o we could think of no better way to pay tribute to them than to simply listen to them and honor their personal stories of honor, sacrifice, and bravery. i want to preface their remarks with the words of another veteran of the second world war, general john s. d. eisenhower, who wrote the following in honor of this occasion. please convey my greetings and best wishes to all those gathered at the eisenhower library to observe the 60th anniversary of d-day, th