on the other side, rumsfeld and cheney, they just want to go in. >> when you're dealing with terroristat any place, using any technique, you know before you start that you can't defend against that. therefore, you have no choice. we know they have weapons of mass destruction. we know they have active programs. there isn't any debate about it. >> powell is the odd man out here. he realized he couldn't affect the decision itself, so at that point, he switched gears to trying to affect how the decision would be carried out and persuaded the president to get public support. >> the democrats are opposed to the war. george bush is happy to have this become an issue. bush actually pushes the idea of having a resolution supporting the use of force in iraq before the congressional elections so that members of congress will feel compelled to vote for it. >> congressional opposition in both houses finally came down to a few hard-core liberals who worried congress was giving up its right to declare war. but it was a lonely fight when the white house invited a bipartisan crowd of supporters for an

the collaboration with iran was only a tactical and thus temporary arrangement. dick cheney and rumsfeld took over the process every time a run would be a policy agenda item on the national security council list, the trainee would make sure it came off. so by making the system dysfunctional and by not having a discussion on or on, there never was the decision was by default we don't talk to evil, which is what dick cheney said. mr baker, the devil then was iran. but it was also north korea and especially saddam hussein's iraq states like these and their terrorist allies constitute an axis of evil arming to threaten the peace of the world. by seeking weapons of mass destruction. these regimes pose a grave and growing danger. the united states of america will not permit the world's most dangerous regimes to threaten us with the world's most destructive weapons. with his axis of evil speech, bush definitively closed the door on any rapprochement with iran awe. by may 1st 2003. the 1st objective had been achieved by crushing saddam hussein's regime george w bush put an end to the campaign in

now the thing is true that don rumsfeld i thought or is about to be approved on the on fine. no, no, that's exactly what a obviously no, no, no, no, i'm happy to hear the quote that would be useful. no, no, i'm joking of the fact because donald rumsfeld famously equivocated over answering questions about the iraq war, the yeah, i like this quote on the things that you don't know, you don't know. i mean that's, that is close to philosophical. it's kind of existential. there isn't, nobody truly knows what's going on, but it's not quite. busy what puts it on the i haven't actually had that bridge and quote on the climate change crisis, which you clearly in the book say, is the existential threat. why is it no one ever talks about the fact that the u. s . military is the largest emitter of fossil fuel, fossil fuel emissions. why does the one talk about the largest military on earth and it's emissions? i think people talk about the united states as a country. this goes back to what i described in looking at globalization and how different economies and middle classes have done the

so find somebody who says, president bush don rumsfeld, dick cheney, we're guilty of the crimes for which people were aimed at nuremberg instead. would you hes celebration of george bush? the great criminal who invaded iraq and afghanistan and destroyed them. celebration of him as a lovely person scolded, goofy graham placement, his grandchildren, painted pictures just a delightful person. well, that iraq were. it's for quite striking that anyone who dares to compare the iraq war with the russian invasion of ukraine is viciously denounced. harvard university even had a, a debate in which the debate was whether the wreck or can be considered a humanitarian intervention. a debate. suppose that moscow university had a debate on whether the russian invasion can be called a humanitarian intervention. can you imagine the reaction in the west? what's the reaction in the was to what happened at or a close look at the openness of american society. the reason willing to question whether this military intervention was a humanitarian intervention. oh, well, that manufacturer consent. let me give in e

so find somebody who says, prison bush, donald rumsfeld, dick cheney, we're guilty of the crimes for which people were aimed at nuremberg. instead, what you has is celebration of george bush, the great criminal who invaded iraq and afghanistan, and destroyed them. celebration of him as a lovely person, scalded, goofy graham placement, his grandchildren paints pictures just a delightful person. well, that the record, ah, some news just in, before we go a flight from las go to the indian state of go a has been abruptly diverted to the central asian nation of it is on due to a bomb threat. there are importantly more than 200 people on board, the russian atlanta this come the week of the report said another flight from i'm also to go and conduct emergency landing in indian weston state of good jobs due to some concerns. well that also this news, our technology dot com for more interesting top stories will be back in the top of the hour. we'll hope you're doing ah ah ah, with ah, ah . lou lou. a a . i think that it will be you know, my guys got very sick and at midnight he called me and s

looking _ an earlierjob as donald rumsfeld looking at— an earlierjob as donald rumsfeld looking at the it means— crash course at that time of what it means to _ crash course at that time of what it means to classify. he wants to declassify a number of things there is a process to do that. i thinkjoe is a process to do that. ithinkjoe is right— is a process to do that. ithinkjoe is right on— is a process to do that. i thinkjoe is right on the difference is penner president — is right on the difference is penner president trump was the president of the united _ president trump was the president of the united states so unless vice president — the united states so unless vice president biden that classified the document, it would be written on it if he were, — document, it would be written on it if he were, there is an argument made _ if he were, there is an argument made that— if he were, there is an argument made that president trump was able to declassify these documents. he can't to declassify these documents. can't do this to declassify these documents. he: can't do this classify afte

because as we remember in the past, george w bush called the romania on it and poland and also mister rumsfeld, that countries of so called new europe spearheaded by the baltic states and fall under no mania. and others are the ones who are to whom the future belongs and so on and so forth. so these countries of so called inter madi, and by the way, inter mario, it was an idea by a polish marginal bill slootsky to isolate russia. that was a century ago almost. however, these ideas are being refurbished by for instance in 2016 former president of grace calling the grandma, get out of it. we've heard 3 seas initiative and audrey similar initiatives. i think that the bowling has leverage because it is heavily involved. we see that a lot of polish equipment is being sent to you. great. also a lot of allegedly abolish fighters. retired soldiers are fighting in on the ground. so of course, because of this, made toward the united states, the british will probably stand behind, full and in, in their claims. so let's say poland does succeed in getting reparations from germany. what exactly are we talki

if anyone thinks you're some crazy, new york on the border of donald rumsfeld, that book, why did you write that book? and you said we've had decades, a strategic failure and no learning from those at the top of nato. nato military is what, why have you been such a critic of the was you fought in iraq, afghanistan? i know you share the platform with former disgrace at the ca, david address. only the other day. you're happy that this book is out there and it's clearly shows the frontline, co face of fighting during those wars and, and also arguably showing why why us forces they to nation forces were defeated in these different campaigns. yeah, i mean, that's a great question. i do, i need to thank that i need to defend it, my country or my country's military, but you know that i didn't take away the right once i retired to, to be able to criticize and hopefully, constructively, because i'm looking for a better future in this case, or at least address some key points and i did some in the book, you know, there was not i, i felt that on the ground understanding or are you on the initial

when the temperance gathers, if anyone thinks you're some crazy, new york on the border of donald rumsfeld, that book, why did you write that book? and you said we've had decades, a strategic failure and no learning from those at the top of nato. nato military is what, why have you been such a critic of the, was you for it in iraq, afghanistan? i know you share to platform with former disgrace at the ca, david address, only the other day. you're happy, this book is out there. and it clearly shows the frontline, cold face of fighting during those was and, and also arguably showing why why us forces they to a nation forces were defeated in these different campaigns. yeah, i mean, that's a great question. i do. i need to thank that i, you know, to defend in my country or my country's military. but you know, that didn't take away the right once i retired to, to be able to criticize and hopefully, constructively, because i'm looking to a better future in this case, in or at least address some key points. and i did some in the book, you know, there was not i, i felt that on the ground, afghanist

it's insane to me as someone who worked for secretary rumsfeld and secretary gates and actually worked inside a skit in the pentagon, that you have these documents just floating around and no one knows where they are . that's just not the protocol that we operate with. in my office. all right, so glenn, what is the, the protocol in these instances? is it possible so that these documents could have been shared with someone who's not supposed to be seen? oh well, it's certainly possible. the documents could have been shared with someone who should should not see them. the instant a document goes beyond a secure space. there's, there's risk and someone can pass by someone can over here, someone can target the location where the information is kept. so all of that is certainly your risk, and it is an immense problem because the number of documents are huge. but the point that you 1st lead with is also really important. the protocols are a multiple of the defense department has a large number of them also which differs substantially from the cia which differ from those of the n, a say, and

unfortunately, are the so called countries of the new europe as the donald rumsfeld once sad. so, so, and so, you know, from baltic student to the black sea, the countries of nato. and now i think in this environment it will be only more a things will be only only more obvious. and i think this is the unique chance of serbia to be honest to be a truly neutral state. because serbia did not apply sanctions into words. russia, at the same time, it is not trying to be hostile to words, that was the west that he's supposed to be called, hostile to it. it has good relations with the, the, a countries of middle east of the same time, even with for, with both iran in israel and saudi arabia, amyris on and also with, with russia and china, which makes it really unique. and i think that serbia should only resist as long as it can, and i think it can resist. are these pressures and better times are had with us very optimistic. i thought the but talking of times ahead, nate. so has announced the plans to at least evolve costs or in some drills, maybe 2023. i can't imagine that's going to

so here we are march 10 rainy monday a spring and washington talking to his chief of staff don rumsfeld were in the background as a fellow by the name of john percy. john is a pulitzer prize winning novelist, journalist she's working for the "new york times" magazine and they asked ford for permission to follow him for a week during his presidency. president ford agreed to that the object was to write a lengthy story about gerald ford because they said americans are more about the president. the polling that was being done inside ford's own sense confirmed just what the magazine was asserting. they needed to be better known by the american people. he was well known in the beltway on capitol hill and his district would we go to the next slide where he had run for office in 1948. i notice the image on the left of ford leaning in their work dungarees, he talking to them one of the things that came to be known very well about gerald ford. much of which they already knew he was well known in grand rapids. i was in his district as a hard worker, a straight shooter, no pretense about him. he w

rumsfeld. and to see all that time -- i was embedded along the pakistan afghan border. i always in the small afghan villages were 20-year-old captains were essentially mayors of these little villages, trying to get girls to go to school and set up a water system. and they did. and amazing things were happening. i think we have done a lot more than the original mission. but how we got out -- not wouldn't get out but how we got out -- that was sad. and the secretary did say this on "60 minutes". i'd be remiss if i didn't say, well, our condolences to the powell family and the loss of colin powell. he was a great man. and he was larger than life when it came to washington. but the stories that i have from researching reagan as his national security adviser -- and i will tell one just very quickly -- i was in moscow at the final summit, and it's coming to the end where they are going to make the final deal. and gorbachev keep saying there will be a peaceful coexistence. and we are going to add this paragraph around interrupting internal affairs and peaceful coexistence. he

rumsfeld and to see all that time that it along the afghan pakistan border with special ops. i was in the small afghan villages were 20-year-old captains were essentially mayors of these little villages trying to get girls to go to school and set up a water system and they did. amazing things were happening. i think we have written off a lot more then new original mission at how we got out and not would we get out that how we got out his sad anything former defense secretary gates on "60 minutes," i'd be remiss if i didn't say our condolences to the powell family and the loss of powell this week. he was a great, great man and he was larger than life when it came to washington but the stories that i have from researching reagan as his initial security adviser and i will just tell one very quickly and that is touring moschetto the final summit and family coming to the end where they are going to make the final deal and gorbachev keeps on saying there'll be a peaceful coexistence and we are going to add this paragraph that no interrupting internal affairs peaceful coexistence an

this comes after the meeting as rumsfeld friday in which germany did not offer to transfer those tanks much to the criticism of its european counter parts. it does appear germany may now be bending to some of that pressure we have seen. the foreign minister there announcing that germany will not stand in the way of other nationals supplying those german made weapon tanks supplied to ukraine. germany holds the export license to these tanks, a permission that must be sought directly from the chancellor olaf scholz. it does appear while germany may not be taking steps to directly supply, it may be allowing its counter parts to transfer them to ukraine. this comes after the announcement of a new german military aid package to ukraine worth about just over 1 billion u.s. dollars. and we've heard from the chancellor olaf scholz. he was very clear germany remains firm in its support for ukraine. take a listen. >> translator: we have constantly expanded our supply with very effective weapons that are already available today. and we have always closely coordinated all these decisions with all o

i remember secretary rumsfeld had that map of the korean peninsula, where south korea was lit up like a christmas tree, being a vibrant democracy, and then a pinpoint of light in north korea. this is a very volatile situation. kim jong-un clearly believes that possessing a nuclear capability protects him and his regime, which is the number one concern of these autocrats, dictators, regime survival. but that is a very difficult question that i don't have the answer to the top of my head. i do know that these countries, they look to the united states. again, i mention part of why we need them to step up and contribute more to their own defense. they are used to living under america's protective umbrella. that is very costly and something without we ought to insist they do more to pull their own weight. hal: i imagine we could talk about this issue or any others that we raised for some time. we have come to the top of the hour. thank for joining us. it's been a wonderful conversation. [applause] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2023] [captioning performed by the nationa

much income to actually it was a multimillion dollar business by 1976 so much of it because of rumsfeld's work as as a business and when he decided to run for the senate in 1962. rosalynn pitched in as and became an expert. but in the first book through the governor, she time rosalynn was very much there but. she wasn't nearly as much in the limelight as when he ran for president. and actually when he went became president, she was aggressive. she intended to be the first lady. if was going to take her. yeah. if joan mondale, for example was standing at the podium, rosalynn would stand beside her. but soon you would know who was the first lady and who was a very smart, very. and of course, the the media picked up on that the media couldn't believe rosalynn. they couldn't believe this petite, very pretty, very soft spoken. they couldn't believe that she was smart, that she was so tough, and she was aggressive. she she had to be aggressive at the first place because as miss lillian, because she had to stand to jim is mother. because if you remember anything, miss lillian, she's she's a very

donald rumsfeld said weakness is provocative.m curious your final thoughts. >> this is mccarthy as second time trying to be speaker. when john boehner stepped down, he was about to take the gavel and stepped down from the same pressures from the right, and i think you have to look at everything he's done in the last seven years trying to avoid the very scenario we're in right now. made allegiances to the freedom caucus, close to trump, made friends with jim jordan. all to show the right he could be trusted. he's not a conservative type movement person from that world. wanted to show he could be trusted. >> brendan, before we lose you as our speaker expert there, do you have any thoughts on by when you think there will be a speaker and the odds it will be mccarthy? >> i like to say i really have no confidence in how this is going to go. it would not surprise me if tomorrow goes similar to the way today did. could be voting for several more days. i can't say with any confidence who the next speaker's going to be. >> fascinating. ch

office desk, which he has occupied for seven months by this point, talking to his chief of staff, don rumsfeldhe background, sitting in the -- is john hershey. he has that -- a poll surprise winning novelist and journalist. he's working for the new york times magazine, and the magazine had asked permission from fort to follow him for a week during his presidency. president ford has agreed to that, the object was to write a lengthy story in the new york times magazine about gerald ford because, they said, america needs to know more about their president. the polling that was going on inside the ford administration at this time, and for its own sense, confirms just what the magazine was asserting, that ford needed to be better known by the american people. he was well known inside the beltway, on capitol hill, and in his fifth district. if we go to the next slide -- where he had run for office in 1948, and i love this image on the left of forward leaning against a tractor tire, talking to the three farmers. they, in their work degrees, he in his lawyer suit. it's one of those things that the dis