of the music i was writing sound like it have some element of water, whether it was fast, slow, stillwaterthe title of that collection is a slow peace. i always like to think that it feels like the surface of water. more importantly than that, if the composer, improviser, is connected with an image or story, no matter what that story is, the and the listener who hears it is going to feel that. a man that did the same thing. i may be thinking water and somebody else may be thinking garbage. or somebody might be thinking about a friend of theirs. but still, they feel that connection. something is going on there that is creating an emotional, or maybe a visual image that people are picking up on. i am not quite sure how that ties in. >> it is an interesting point. the performance, of course, has a lot to do with it. one can take a piece by chopin and play it on the piano in a rigid fashion, that is the way that it was written, but without the proper articulation, the peace can sound somewhat flat. it is the performance that brings out the new ones. without putting you on the spot, i wonder if

to so many of his friends and admirers, he is just the dude from stillwater, minnesota, and given his humility, i don't think people always appreciate the breadth of his experience and the range of his talents. it's precisely because of that intellect, that experience, his dedication, his determination that i wanted dennis in this job. as a veteran of capitol hill where he was mentored by the likes of lee hamilton and tom daschle, dennis understands the importance of reaching across the aisle to deliver results for the american people, whether it's on jobs and the economy, health care or education, reducing the deficit, or addressing climate change. dennis is respected by leaders across our government. add it all up, and i think he has spent most of the past four years leading inner-agency meetings, hearing people out, listening to them, forging consensus, and then making sure that our policies are implemented and that everybody is held accountable and he always holds himself accountable first and foremost. it's no easy task, but through it all dennis does it with class and integrity

too many admirers he is still just a dude from stillwater, minnesota, and given his humility, i think people do not always appreciate the breadth of his experience and the range of his talents. it is precisely because of that determination that i wanted him in this job. as a veteran of capitol hill, where he was mentored by the likes of tom daschle, he understands the importance of reaching across the aisle to deliver results for the american people, whether it is on jobs, the economy, healthcare, reducing the deficit, or addressing climate change. he is respected by leaders of the government, and if you add it all up, i think he is spent most of the last four years leading interagency meetings, hearing people out, listening to them, forging consensus, and making sure policies are implemented and everybody is held accountable. he always holds himself accountable first and foremost. it is no easy task, but through it all denis mcdonough does it with class, integrity and thoughtfulness for other people's point of views. he is the consummate public servant, he plays it straight and that

to so many of hi friends and admirers, he's still just a dude from stillwater, minnesota.] and given his humility, i don't think people always appreciate the breadth of his experience and the range of his talents. and it's precisely because of that intellect, that experience, his dedication, his determination that i wanted dennis in this job. as a veteran of capitol hill where he was mentored by the likes of lee hamilton and tom daschle, dennis understands the importance of reaching across the aisle to deliver results for the american people whether it's on jobs and the economy, health care or education, reducing the deficit or addressing climate change. dennis is respected by leaders across our government. add it all up, and i think he's spent most of the past four years leading interagency meetings, hearing people out, listening to them, forging consensus. and then making sure that our policies are implemented and that everybody's held accountable. and he always holds himself accountable nurse and foremost. -- first and foremost. and it's no easy task. but through it all

to many friends and admirers he's the dude from stillwater, minnesota.iven his humility, people don't appreciate the breath of his experience and range of his talents. and it's precisely because of that intellect, that experience, his dedication, his determination, that i wanted denis in this job. as a veteran of capitol hill where he was mentor by lee hamilton and tom daschle, denis understands the importance of reaching across the aisle to deliver results to the american people whether on jobs, the economy, health care or education, reducing the deficit or addressing climate change. denis is represented by leaders across our government. add it all up and i think he spent most of the past four years leading interagency meetings hearing people out and listening to them and forging consensus and he holds himself accountable first and foremost. it's no easy task. through it all denis does it with class and integrity and thoughtfulness for other people's points of view. he's a public servant. he plays it straight. that's the team work i want in the white ho

tens of thousands of servicemen have been waterboarded and i think now the only people that we stillwater uniform. so waterboarding continues, just not of terrorists. let's turn to the question of the rule that interrogation played in the hunt for bin laden. >> first, i have to mention because we're kind of anchored on >> we are anchored on the movie. is the movie a lot more subtle than those who have not seen the movie? feel free to comment. after reading commentary about the movie, i expected this nonstop linear short line between an interrogation session and boots on the ground. there is an awful lot of complex intelligence work that is shown in the movie, for which i do not think the movie gets credit. i do want to make that point. when i was first briefed, and i think it was late 2007. it may have been very early 2008. the team came to me and said "we think we're onto something here." what we think we've portrayed correctly was the obsession people tracking down osama bin laden. this is a very broad team. these folks have been on one or another different hypothesis. they came to me a

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too many admirers he is still just a dude from stillwater, minnesota, and given his humility, i think people do not always appreciate the breadth of his experience and the range of his talents. it is precisely because of that determination that i wanted him in this job. as a veteran of capitol hill, where he was mentored by the likes of tom daschle, he understands the importance of reaching across the aisle to deliver results for the american people, whether it is on jobs, the economy, healthcare, reducing the deficit, or addressing climate change. he is respected by leaders of the government, and if you add it all up, i think he is spent most of the last four years leading interagency meetings, hearing people out, listening to them, forging consensus, and making sure policies are implemented and everybody is held accountable. he always holds himself accountable first and foremost. it is no easy task, but through it all denis mcdonough does it with class, integrity and thoughtfulness for other people's point of views. he is the consummate public servant, he plays it straight and that