each one said send me. >> reporter: robert mcnamara said of vietnam, we were wrong. we were wrong. >> well, that's not the case of iraq. >> reporter: we were wrong. >> that's not the case with iraq. i think the world's a better place with saddam hussein gone and with the taliban gone and the al qaeda out of afghanistan. >> we reached out to general colin powell and secretary condoleezza rice. she said she has no comment, and we're still waiting to hear from general powell. >>> and tonight on "nightline," secretary rumsfeld addresses abusive interrogation methods and what he calls his biggest regret, and he will be live tomorrow on "good morning america," and we'll have more on "world news" tomorrow. >>> still ahead tonight, protesters in egypt settling in. can you believe even a nonsmoking section of the demonstration? >>> and new evidence the fight against childhood obesity can start in the baby's very first months. >>> and we choose our own super bowl winners and losers. can you do the national anthem under pressure? [ male announcer ] how can rice production in in

however robert mcnamara the longest serving us secretary of defense has established a much more. before the vietnam war was considered nixon's war or johnson's when it was considered mcnamara's war and before vietnam mcnamara was considered a bomb damage your fish and sea expert during world war two and a top advisor to b. twenty nine bomber force commander curtis lemay did his position in training qualify mcnamara to know the true number of the at the meese killed in the war. or the vietnamese released their tally of five million souls mcnamara paid a visit to vietnam while he was there he gave them his numbers. do you mean to say it was not a tragedy for you. when you lost three million four hundred thousand of the timmy's killed which on our population bases the equivalent of twenty seven million americans what did you accomplish since it was their country their towns and villages and the mobs of their men women and children it is solely for the vietnamese to determine if their independence is more the price the us exactly. had struggled for their independence for two thousand

it was robert mcnamara, the architect of vietnam. military commander who is honest with you will say he's made mistakes which have cost lives. >> well, you're dealing with lives. there's no question, if a mistake is made by you or anyone else, it can contribute to the loss of life. that's the nature of it. it is a very difficult thing to ask people to go into battle. >> reporter: is it hard to live with? >> i have so much respect for the men and women in uniform that they're all haves, they all asked to serve. each one said send me. i think the world is a better place with saddam hussein gone and with the taliban gon

. >> reporter: robert mcnamara said we were wrong. we were wrong. we were terribly wrong. >> that's not the case with iraq. i think the world's a better place with saddam hussein and with the taliban gone and with the al qaeda out of afghanistan. >> we will hear much more from the former defense secretary, when he appears later on "good morning america." >>> safeway is apologizing for a prescription drug error that may have endangered a colorado woman's unborn baby. a safeway pharmacy near denver gave marina silva another woman's prescription for an abortion pill. doctors were able to prevent a miscarriage. but they said silva could lose the baby or have a deformed child. >>> facebook founder mark zuckerberg is trying to protect himself from an online stalker. tmz says zuckerberg retained a restraining order against a man, and his girlfriend. pradeep manukonda is also accused of sending facebook messages and a letter asking zuckerberg for money. a hearing is set for later this month. >>> keith olbermann has a new tv gig. the former msnbc anchor is e

responsible for executing the conflict no one else i really do believe that it will like like robert mcnamara in viet nam i don't think this is going to help donald rumsfeld reputation it's just a book to try and use his selective memory to to describe what happened in his own words now the russian foreign ministry says a british journalist was denied and shown arrival to a mosque because he broke a series of accreditation laws concerning foreign correspondents. no one has canceled his research was valid told me this year it was informed about numerous breaches of regulations which he signed when he received a creditor nation as a journalist working in the russian federation he used it to visit an area where an anti terror operation was underway without notifying the russian security service he visited border areas where the access of foreigners was limited here admitted his mistakes and asked us to call on his views are told me as an exception for family reasons he simply behaved in the wrong way in the field to observe basic regulations which have been in effect since ninety four. the forei

i really do believe that it will like or like robert mcnamara in viet nam i don't think this is going to help donald rumsfeld reputation it's just a book to try and use his selective memory to to describe what happened in his own words russia has announced a proposal to send a security council mission to the middle east but how a cherokee in russia's ambassador to the u.n. says it could help provide international support for the region and move stalled israeli palestinian negotiations. we are making this proposal now because we're concerned about the situation in the middle east as we all know the efforts to restart these really but is still in talks at the impasse and the situation in the region is quite fragile. is fraught with further possible complications. if it gets the go ahead it will be the first security council mission to the middle east in more than thirty years the proposal comes as the latest round of israeli palestinian talks ended without any significant result russia is a member of the middle east peace quartet that also includes the e.u. the us and the un the group m

i was in hanoi when robert mcnamara, former secretary of defense held a meeting with the conference with north vietnamese generals and members of the communist bureau. they received him with exquisite courtesy. they could afford to. they had won the war. there was one rough moment. only once in the three days to their tempers flare, and that was when mcnamara repeated the said that i heard time and again even from general william as mollen, he explained that we americans have been a disadvantage because our culture put a higher premium than theirs on human life. well, on the table with the north vietnamese. they grew tense and silent. finally one communist leader said, and he barely disguised his fairy. let me assure you, mr. mcnamara. our mothers grieve for their sons every bit as much as your edges. the fact is that as a young officer during world war ii black america purchased the firebombing of tokyo. it seems to me he will still emotionally unable to see asians as fully human. so it is understandable for me that andrew jackson and the georgians of the era could not acknowledge the i

. >> reporter: robert mcnamara said of vietnam, we were wrong.th iraq. i think the world's a better place with saddam hussein gone and with the taliban gone and the al qaeda out of afghanistan. >> just hearing that interview i think it's evident what the tone of the book is going to be like when you read the memoir, which comes out today. "washington post" did a review and said at its heart it is a revenge memoir. >> revenge, really? defensive as well in terms of defending the war and -- >> they said the language is very angry and aggressive. in addition to colin powell, secretary condoleezza rice, he points to other people who he said let us down during these decisions. >> he has that hard rep. george stephanopoulos will interview rumsfeld this morning on "good morning america." should be fascinating. >>> the social event of the season. >> will and kate's wedding and rumor about the royal couple visiting the u.s. wcwcwcwcwcwcwcc ♪ >>> well, according to our official "world news now" royal wedding countdown clock -- it's stored in rob's office --

secretary of state, secretary of the treasury, robert s. mcnamara to be secretary of defense, robert f. kennedy from massachusetts to be attorney general. gentlemen, if you will raise your right hands, state your name, and repeat after me. i will support and defend the constitution of the united states against all enemies, foreign and domestic, that i will bear true faith and allegiance to the same, that i take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion, that i will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which i am about to enter, so help me god. >> i think we are fortunate to have them all. it is a great pleasure for me to welcome them as part of the official family. [applause] >> it afternoon. -- good afternoon. this is a happy, happy occasion. to mrs. kennedy and the kennedy family, to our distinguished guests, to my colleagues, and to those who have served and supported our nation's department of justice, it is my pleasure and my great honor to welcome you to the robert f. kennedy department o

robert s. mcnamara, secretary of defense. robert f.ennedy of massachusetts to be attorney general. gentlemen, if you'll raise your right hands, state your names and repeat after me. i will support and defend the cost of tuition of the united states. >> the constitution of the united states. spin it against all enemies. >> against all enemies. >> foreign and domestic. >> foreign and domestic. >> i will bear truth, faith and allegiance to the state. the mac i take this application freely without any mental reservation. >> without any mental reservation. the mac or purpose of evasion. >> or purpose of evasion. >> i will dwell discharge the duties of the office. >> the duties of the office. >> on which i am about to enter. so help me god. >> so help me god. >> as president of the united states, it is my great pleasure for me to welcome non-as part of the official family. [applause] >> good afternoon. come on, folks. good afternoon. this is a happy, happy occasion. to mrs. kennedy and the kennedy family, to our distinguished guests, to my c

robert s. mcnamara era, secretary of defense. robert f. kennedy of massachusetts to be attorney general. gentlemen, if you could raise your right hand and state your names and repeat after me. i will support and defend the constitution of the united states against all enemies foreign and domestic, that i will bear true faith and allegiance to the same, that i take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose or evasion. that i will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which i am about to enter so help me god. >> i think we are fortunate to have them all. as president of the united states -- therefore it is a great pleasure for me to welcome them as part of the official family. ♪ [applause] >> good afternoon. come on, folks. good afternoon. this is a happy occasion. to misses kennedy, the kennedy family, and distinguished guests and my colleagues and to those who served and supported our nation's department of justice, it is my pleasure and it is my great honor to welcome you to the robert f. kenned