bush k the george w. administration was very clever vote just before the these election to get guys on record even though we ould not invade for another five months. for's kind of unprecedented declarationnt for a of war. >> where do you think he'll end up politically i'll end up independent because ideologies thought. you become to the extent you are partisan, you ought tom ton who is propaganda and your brain is not engaged. if folks want to read your critique of the book by robert truthout.org. >> correct. >> thank you for joining us. here, brian. being for free transcripts forgive us comments about this program, us as q & a.org and available as c-span podcasts. >> the british house of commons was in recess last week. prime minister's questions will not be shown tonight. you can watch question time when it returns this wednesday live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span 2 or next sunday at 9:00 p.m. and 12:00 midnight eastern time on c-span. >> coming up next, c-span's american profile series featuring two interviews from

the george w. bush administration, then french president nike lie sarkozy had just announced his divorce. ts on tuesday that will be awkward, the white house can adjust. >> there's tremendous flexibility to the white house and they're able to respond to changes quickly. >> reporter: something the first lady and the white house social secretary have had to do as they plan an event where every little detail counts. jeff pegues, cbs news, washington. >>> well, coming up after your local news on "cbs this morning," charlie sits down with bill murray. we'll leave you now with more of last night's 50th anniversary celebration of the beatles' u.s. debut. i'm anne-marie green. this is the "cbs morning news." anne-marie green. this is the "cbs morning news." so try glow unstopables. they fill your closet with scents so fresh they last for 12 weeks! [ male announcer ] unstopables. america's best scent booster. ♪ choc-choc! [ female announcer ] introducing chocolate toast crunch. new crazy little squares in a crunchy chocolate flavor. ♪ choc choc ♪ choc [ female announcer ] new chocolate toast crunch

administrations. i was the career foreign service officer starting as an intern in the jimmy carter administration and went all the way through the george w. bush administration. i believe that while politics is important when it comes to the national security of the united states, americans have to unite. there is no reason that they can't be in support of each other. most important issues and the iran nuclear issue is probably the number one priority of american foreign-policy in 2014. the administration is at a very critical juncture. let me start off by saying that i strongly support what president obama and john kerry are trying to do. served in the george w. bush administration working for condoleezza rice, we try to negotiate with iran and we offered negotiations. the p5 plus one group. being the one. britain, france, the u.s., russia, and china offered publicly for the iranians to negotiate and they turned us down. we formed this group of security council members because we thought it was important to have a global conversation with iranians. down, we turned us turned toward sanctions and the bush administration helped pass with t

the george w. bush administration was very clever, putting the vote just before the midterm election, to get these guys on record. even though he would not invade for another five months. that is kind of unprecedented for the equivalent of the declaration of war. >> where do you think you will end up in the future? >> i think i will remain independent, because ideologies limit thought. you become to the extent you are ideological or partisan, you become an automaton who is mouthing propaganda. your brain is not engaged. >> your book is called "the party is over: how republicans went crazy, democrats became useless, and the middle class got shafted." if folks want to read your critique of the book i robert gates, they can go onto truthout.org. mike lofgren, thank you very much for joining us. >> i enjoy being here. >> for free transcripts or to give us your comments about this program, visit us at q-and-a.org. programs are also available as c-span podcasts. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2014] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> here as a look at some of t

the george w. bush administration then- president nicolas sarkozy arrived having just announced his divorce. while there may be moments on tuesday that are awkward, the white house can adjust. >> there is tremendous flexibility at the white house. and they're able to respond to changes rather quickly. >> reporter: something the first lady and the white house social secretary have had to do as they plan an event where every little detail counts. jeff pegues, cbs news, washington. >> up next, military veterans hoping for an explanation of their mystery illness when the "cbs evening news" continues. it's eb. want to give your family the very best in taste, freshness, and nutrition? it's eb. eggland's best. better taste. better nutrition. better eggs. it's eb. better eggs. if yand you're talking toevere rheuyour rheumatologistike me, about trying or adding a biologic. this is humira, adalimumab. this is humira working to help relieve my pain. this is humira helping me through the twists and turns. this is humira helping to protect my joints from further damage. doctors have been prescribing humir

i was -- started as an intern in the jimmy carter administration and with all the way through the george w. bush administration and i certainly believe that while politics is important, when it comes to national security of the united states, americans have to unite. there's no reason why the two political parties can't be in support of each other. and of our country on the most important issues, and the iran nuclear issue i think is probably the number one priority of american foreign policy in 2014. because we are at a very critical, the administration is a very critical juncture. let me start by saying i strongly support what president obama and sectors day john kerry are trying to do. when i served in the george w. bush administration working for secretary of state condoleezza rice, we tried to negotiate with the rand. in fact, we offered negotiation, p5+1 group, germany, being the one, britain, france, united states, russia and china, we offered the 2006 and 2007 publicly for the iranians to negotiate and he turned us down. we formed this group of the security council members in germa

was career foreign service officer so i started as an intern in a jimmy carter administration and went through the george w. bush administration and i believe while politics is important when it comes to the national security of the united states we americans have to unite and there is no reason why the two political parties can't be in support of each other and our country on the most important issues can be ran nuclear issue is the number-1 priority of american foreign policy in 2014 because we are in -- the administration is at a critical juncture. let me start by saying i support what president obama and secretary of state john kerry cartwright to do. when i served in the george w. bush administration working for condoleezza rice we tried to negotiate with iran. we offered negotiations of the p 5 plus 1 group, germany being the one, britain france, united states, russia and china we offered in 2006-7 publicly for the iranians to negotiate and they turned to staff, we formed this group of the security council member in germany because we thought was important to have a global conversation with iranians

i started as an intern in the jimmy carter administration and went through the george w. bush administration. i believe that while politics is important, when it comes to the national security of united states, the americans have to unite and there is no reason why two political parties cannot be in support of each other and of our country on the most important issues and the iran nuclear issue is the number one priority of american foreign-policy in 2014 because we are in a very critical -- the administration is in a very critical junction. i strongly support what president obama and secretary of state john kerry are trying to do. when i served in the george w. bush administration, we tried to negotiate with iran. we offered negotiations -- the p5 plus one group. germany being the one. britain, france, the united states, russia, and china. we offered in 2006 publicly for iran to negotiate and they turned us down. we formed this group of the security council members in germany because we thought was important to have a global conversation with the iranians and when they tu

the laws. but in fact, the obama administration has enforced immigration laws ferociously. it deported more than 400,000 people in 2012, 2.5 times the number in 2002. in 2002 under the george w. bush administration, for every two people removed in the country, 13 became legal residents. in 2012, under obama, for every two removed just five became residents. for these reasons, as well as the recession, the number of illegal immigrants in america has not increased in several years. harvard university points out in an essay in the journal, commentators have been complaining about the decline of the tea party's influence for several years now, and yet it exerts a powerful hold on the republican party. it is two things going for it. immense passion and grassroots energy and the breakdown of authority within the republican party. immigration was supposed to be ripe for common sense reform. the public is for compromise solution, policy wonks have proposed ways to make it work, the u.s. chamber of commerce supports it, leading technology firms have been clamoring for it. and yet it couldn't get past the central problem in washington today, the extreme and obstructionist faction with

the george w. bush administration. while politics is important, when it comes to the national the united states we americans have to unite and there is no reason why the two parties can't be in support of even other and of our most important issues and the iran nuclear issue i think is the number one of american foreign policy in 2014 because we are in a very critical, the is in a critical juncture. let me start by saying i strongly support what president and secretary of state kerry are trying to do. when i served in the george w. for administration working secretary of state condoleezza rice we tried to negotiate with ran and we offered negotiations, the p-5 plus one the one.eing britain, france, united states, russia and china. we offered in 2006 and 2007 publicly for the iran i don't knows to negotiate and they us down. we formed this group of a and ity council members germany because we thought it was important to have a global conversation with the iranians. us down away ed turned toward sanctions and the to admin

the george w. bush administration demanded after 9/11 that the taliban cough up osama bin laden, dismantle al-qaeda training camps. the taliban then governing afghanistan refused to do so. i do think it was necessary for us to demonstrate that any nation harboring, providing sanctuary to terrorists who are in tent on attacking us needed to be taught a lesson. they need to make clear to the world that that was unacceptable. what doesn't follow is that we needed to stay in afghanistan for now well over a decade, trying to create a stable political order. that has turned out to be a task that we can't handle. >> president obama spoke out about the war in afghanistan a week ago. i'd like to play part of what he said and get your reaction. >> i do think it's important for americans to recognize that we still have young men and women in harm's way object along with coalition partners who are continue to go make sacrifices and we need to say this job all the way through? >> the question is what would seeing the job through mean there in afghanistan? what would winning that war mean in afghanistan? there a

the george w. bush administration. >> this 110th congress will commit itself to a higher standard. pay as you go, no new deficit spending. >> with the treasury's borrowing authority running out on february 27th, the clock is ticking on the debt ceiling. the house is in recess for two weeks starting thursday. just as the snowstorm may paralyze washington, at least those parts of the city not already paralyzed by politics. bret. >> more on this with the panel. thank you. >>> one day after announcing another delay in his signature health care plan, president obama is characterizing it as just good customer service. republicans, however, charge that politics is afoot. chief white house correspondent ed henry has the story. >> standing with socialist french president francois hollande today, president obama was pressed on a domestic matter and he downplayed the significance of what is now the 27th majter delay of his own signature health care reform. >> we're smoothing out this transition. giving people the opportunities to get right with the law. but recognizing that there are going to

the sources said george w bush's administration was concerned that showed a stance could run the wench among north atlantic treaty organization and its shuttered is quoted as saying he met the match in his phone calls were being intercepted but is not surprised by the report. information provided by snow day last year suggested as a means of tap to merkel small pile phone for more than ten years at points of the eavesdropping stirring distrust among germans to mourn the us. politicians in japan i'm trying to find common ground on a plan to temporarily store a highly related debris from the cleanup of the two thousand and eleven new px and central government leaders want to build three facilities in cushy enough to store the waste. the governor of the prefecture is pushing for it to you he sent ella spoke on wednesday about the central government storage platter which came out in december. the proposal calls for intermediate storage facilities to be built in the towns of oh come on the map and nana have the government would find nineteen square kilometers of land in the municipalities s

the george w. bush administration and presidential historian and i'm haved by the question of what influences presidents. my first book was on presidents and intellectuals. i started to lineback at the and found out that throughout the history back to the days of george washington thomas jefferson the culture influencing presidents and now a proliferation of all new media including tv and twitter and radio and everything else and presidents paying attention. >> when you say the culture is influencing presidents give me example of sometime when that maybe had a politic effect? >> go back to the founding heavily read in the works of the enlightenment the ideae classics and that they read in the books again i will say the works of locke helped influence jefferson's writing of the declaration of independence. >> what kind of a pop culture or event maybe had the biggest impact on a president's policy making? >> well, that is a good question. uncle tom's cab bin written in 1850 at a time when of abolitionists were kind depressed. they thought they lost the battle and that slavery was indefinitelyinue tom's ca

the george w. bush administration. he managed to write a book and have two young sons and set up a very successful new business all in the space, and continue work on the hill at the same time so very impressive. mike has agreed to speak about the big themes and stories in this book for a half an hour and engaging q&a and throw it out to you in for questions. mike. >> thank you. i will go over to the podium if that's okay. >> i think you can do without that. >> i want to thank the new america foundation for having me today especially peter for the invitation and thank you all for coming out in the rain to hear a little that's about my book "blinking red" and i look forward to q&a about other pressing intelligence community topics. "blinking red" is an attempt to write the authoritative object if history of the most substantial restructuring of the u.s. intelligence community since its foundations in 1947. the aim in 1947 of course was to create a central intelligence agency that would and this sounds familiar to any of

the george w. bush administration position on inherent power. he never says the word inherent but he is talking about the same thing. after 9-11, george w. bush signed a military order creating an order saying he had inherent power. i filled three briefs against the justice department because the justice department said they have that. it goes back to 1780. there is a john andre trial, a british spy brought before the t t t tribunial. the supreme court held him saying he has no power and you have to go to congress for that. now we have obama coming in, supposedly teaching constitutional law. and his second day in office he signs an executive order to close guantanamo. once he did that a great majority of democrats and republicans passed legislation to stop him. if the state of the union address he says if congress doesn't act he will. he said he's going to tell private contractors to increase minimum wage and that is going to increase spending so will that benefit congress? he is not acting on inherent power. there is a statue in 1949 giving the

the sources said. george w bush's administration was concerned that order stance could drive a wedge among north atlantic treaty organization members. carter is quoted as saying he never imagined this phone calls were being intercepted. that is not surprised by the report information provided by snow the last year suggested the nsa. we have to wear clothes mobile phone for more than ten years reports of the eavesdropping stirred me to distrust among germans poured the us. the us navy is investigating allegations of cheating on exams at a training facility for new clear priority submarine operators the chief of naval operations room reveals at a news conference that officers of the facility in south carolina may have cheated on a rig in the written exam designed to maintain their proficiency us media reports say around thirty people have been involved. to say i'm disappointed would be an understatement. whenever i hear about integrity issues it's disruptive to our unit's success us defence secretary k will give a direct order to the navy to look into the scandal which is the seconds tick if the country's

the george w. bush and administration, there was a chill in the relations so he got a brunch rather than a dinner.t was in seattle and not washington, d.c. that was a sign of cooling the relationship. of amicy. sign calibrationsthese that the u.s. can give to indicate its degree of warmth or coolness to a visiting partner. >> to those who would never be invited, give us the sense of the sights and sounds. what it feels like. how it comes across a you can capture on television. >> i will give a quick panorama. you get there by taxi because there is no place to park on the east side of the white house which is the social wing of where the first lady is based. something in what -- inside the white house is full of these excellent pictures. insight pictures of whoever's the current incumbent. the white house photographer monopolizes opportunities. you walk them this long haul that is historical memorabilia and all these interesting photos of the current president going around the country. you see a lot of military people, u.s. military and some foreign ones wearing their dress outfits with their medal

the george w. bush but it's barack obama's administration that's seen and blossom the country is most affected by a trance try excited yemen and pakistan and the civilian population has been had the hardest and the right estimates suggest that in the last five years more than three hundred have become victims of drone warfare however washington has so far shown no intention of putting a hold. and up next here nancy international a special report on big city life under they watch while eyes on big brother. told me. he. says he is other a culmination of globalization. nowhere else in the world a conflict so strongly concentrated as here. cities are a bit ebus and design via bustling with possibilities yet vulnerable. those wanting to hama society ambushed the city and its daily life a. city is a defenseless against this form of terrorism. their inhabitants vulnerable. how do cities respond to this threat. and how does fit change our open lifestyle. is. going. to. bring a little. city they're excited it's incredible cities all of human life. sediment patients of all of human history they all landscape

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the george w. bush administration. we'll have that live at 12:30 eastern on c-span2.our first lady series continues tonight with a look at laura bush. that will be underway live at 9:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. page out our facebook where we have a question posted for you. should first lady's work outside of the white house? one person says no, she should not. i would call it double-dip initiates paid outside of her white house duties. let's not forget hillary clinton and health care. tott writes if she chooses work for someone willing to pay her, go for. fund ork tax payers to subsidize it. you can participate at facebook.com/cspan or send us a tweet. >> i was in a car wreck that i wrote about extensively in my book. the whole time i was in the , i was praying that the other person in the car would be ok. wasother person in the car one of my best friends. i did not know. i did not recognize that at the site of the crash. overnk because i prayed and over and over for him to be ok and then he wasn't, i thought, well nobody listened. god was not listening. my prayer was

the administration, if we can. you were in washington during at least the first term of george w. bush. >> yeah. >> was the media or "the new york times" misled by the burks when -- bush administration when it came to the iraq war? >> yes, we were. >> were we fooled? >> we were, i think, not diligent enough. i don't know if we were purposefully fooled. i think there was a terrible echo chamber where unreliable iraqi defectors were speaking both to members of the media and to intelligence officials and high officials in the bush administration, and that an echo effect took hold where like all the information was coming from one set of bad sources. it seems that multiple sources were confirming the information, and that created like a kind of perfect storm. i'm not excusing it at all. i'm not excusing "the times'" running some very seriously flawed stories. >> judy miller? >> she was not alone. it was not only judy miller. there were, ir think, 10 or 12 stories that we ended up in an editor's note saying we had, you know, concerns about. so i'm not, you know, minimizing that at all.

the george w. bush administration. he managed to write a book and have two young sons and set up a very successful new business all in the space, and continue work on the hill at the same time so very impressive. mike has agreed to speak about the big themes and stories in this book for a half an hour and engaging q&a and throw it out to you in for questions. mike. >> thank you. i will go over to the podium if that's okay. >> i think you can do without that. >> i want to thank the new america foundation for having me today especially peter for the invitation and thank you all for coming out in the rain to hear a little that's about my book "blinking red" and i look forward to q&a about other pressing intelligence community topics. "blinking red" is an attempt to write the authoritative object if history of the most substantial restructuring of the u.s. intelligence community since its foundations in 1947. the aim in 1947 of course was to create a central intelligence agency that would and this sounds familiar to any of

the total amount of material and weapons they possess. russian nuclear security was in a tough position. significant efforts by administrations stretching from george h.w. bush to the clinton administration and george w. bush administration and now president obama have worked with nuclearo improve security. americans have worked at 148 sites throughout russia. these are weapons storage facilities and production facilities. i can say things are far far better than they once were. i continue to have ongoing concern because some of the improvements that have been installed need to be maintained. the russians will have to budget for that. above all, a strong nuclear security culture is important. host: what are some of the other countries the nnsa works with? guest: the nonproliferation program works with approximately 100 countries around the world. we have talked about russia. in other places, there is work to secure it. places there are research reactors that have been converted from highly enriched uranium to low enriched uranium the material goes back to russia or the united states, depending on where it originated. then there are significant programs to help train border and export control official

the george w. bush a administration? yet at the same time, there is narrative by the republicans that spending is out of control. the third area where you see a refusal to acknowledge the positive are the democrats. it was as if they started to say things really are starting to get better, it would diminish their chances for more social spending, whether it is a minimum-wage hike or unemployment benefits of food stamps. i think the democrats feel that it they talk of the economy, you know, it could actually have their narrative, there pitch for more benefits. and god forbid any democrat would say in public or the white house would maybe boast a little that the stock market went up by 30% last year. i don't hear that. i think the aversion to that to me even though i think about 50 percent of all adults have an investment in the stock market. it is a curious phenomenon in this town. i have been cut off oil in the last few days where they're is a genuine rebound. as i said, especially in the bay area. then you come back here

the george w. bush administration. he was a senior adviser dealing with democracy and global issues.now, we have a very prominent group of people here, a lot of knowledge, a lot of talent, so i apologize for not introducing everyone, but i will introduce two seem from who i think we will be eager to hear if they will be so moved. ambassador of the russian federation, sergei -- [inaudible] thank you so much for being with us. the special assistant to the president and senior director for russia. not just russia, but also central asia. thank you so much for joining us. again, because we have so little time and so much to discuss, i have asked my colleagues to limit their presentations to no more than ten minutes. tom? >> thank you very much, dmitri. thank you for that introduction. dmitri asked me to give an overview of u.s./russian relations, and i have to admit that i hesitate to do that in the presence of the ambassador and celestement i think the two of them will tell you that the relationship is fine. at least that's what they'll tell you in public. and i think it's fine particula

the radar drone program was launched under george w. bush but has been expanded during the obama administration countries most affected by the drone strikes have been in yemen and pakistan where hundreds of civilians have been killed a variety of estimates suggest that the last five years more than three hundred have become victims of drone warfare even though the american people say they're going easy over the attacks washington showing little sign of putting an end to the program corruption pandemic sweeping even member states brussels claiming one hundred twenty billion euros have been lost to shady deals the figure of real the buyer in a report by the e.u.'s home affairs commissioner who also warned the problem is far reaching and could be getting worse philip claes an m.e.p. for the flemish nationalist party says while highlighting bribery on a national level the report ignores brussels trading is. the problems in some member states are huge and widespread and the problem within the european union is that all the member states are in danger of being contaminated to the by this problem because the when you are in the eurozone for inst

the american enterprise institute. he was a pentagon official during the administration of the george w. bush and he is the author of "dancing with the devil" good to have you with us. >> thank you is there they were all smiles in vienna announcing this timetable. is there reason to smile? did we get anything? >> i think it's premature. this really is a deal to talk about having a deal, and oftentimes with the history of negotiations with iran action it's two steps forward, 2 steps back. >> i want to play somethingp president obama said in his inaugural address. >> for those who claim power through corruption and desseed eat and the silencing of diss t dissent, know you are on the wrong side of history but that we will extend a hand if you are wanting to unclench your fist. >> you probably agree that the feeling behind that statement is fine, but you disagree with the practicality of it. you think he set himself up for failure with that? >> i do. i think the fundamental misunderstanding that president obama has isn't about diplomacy but rather how it should be conducted. the most effecti

discussion there's no debate it just happens under the radar now the drone program was launched under george w. bush but it's barack obama's administration that seen it blossom and the countries are most affected by the drone strikes are yemen and pakistan and the civilian population has been hit the hardest a variety of estimates suggest that in the last five years more than three hundred have become victims of drone warfare however washington have so far shown no intention of bringing it to a halt. now europe's largest association of computer hackers has filed a criminal complaint against the german chancellor of a role in n.s.a. spying that accuses the country's leadership along with american and british agents of violating privacy rights by carrying out illegal covert intelligence operations r.t. spoke to one of the activists of the group behind the legal action we have strong indications that the german government. and or her together with the american spies on all of our digital life and at the moment even if the whole media was covering but they stayed very very passive and they it for us it looked like they were just waiting unti

discussion there's no debate it just happens under the radar the drone program was launched under george w. bush but it's barack obama's administration that has seen it blossom the country's most affected by drone strikes to yemen and pakistan and the civilian population has been hit the hardest of a variety of estimates suggest that in the last five years more than three hundred have become victims of drone warfare however washington has so far shown no intention of putting it to a halt. now the i talk is government is pushing through new internet laws that would allow authorities to block websites without a court ruling internet providers would also be asked to store data on what people are looking at online the measure sparked street clashes between protesters and police on saturday let's bring in ankara based journalist yourself connelly from the daily newspaper thank you very much for joining us on r.t. international good to see you today the internet in turkey it's already restricted thousands of websites already blocked why does the government want to take it a few steps further do you think. the government is trying to resist

let's start with first of all, the administration, "new york times", criticizing the administration saying, if w we have this full screen, i would like to put it up. george was inspired by orange revolution of 2004, weeks later vowed to promote democracy, president obama approached revolution of 2014 with a more clinical detac detachment aimed at avoiding instability. about has close "new york times" come to a condemn nation of this administration's policies. >> this is damning, difference is, straight forward. george w. bush believed in the democracy. obama is uncomfortable with it, it has been good to him, he is psychologically falls in a third world model of one man, one vote, one time. and right now you can tell he is frustrated that someone so brilliant, as he is has to put up with elections, he also i think, feels that he feels ukraine is within russia's smear of influence, which is tragic. i think he fears putin is avis rally level -- avis rall visceral level. and ukrainians having to struggle without at least moral support from u.s. government. lou: is it your judgment, five than e.u. is leading on ukraine, if they do bring aid forward, united st

brand has held a number of positions at the department of justice during the president george w. bush administration including the assistant general and deputy general for legal policy and regulatory policy officer. she worked in the white house counsel office and clerk for justice anthony kennedy and justice charles freed of the supreme court. the supreme judicial court of massachusetts. she has also practiced law at cooper rosenthal and has a ba from the university of minneso minnesota. he waelizabeth collins cook is e regulatory controversy and regulatory government affairs department in the washington dc office at wilmer hale. she served as the chief counsel on the supreme court nominations for the senate judiciary committee and as an assistant attorney general for the legal policy at the department of justice. at the end of the bush administration she served as a board of government that the terrorist screening center and the cochair of the subcommittee of the presidents identity theft task force and was a clerk to justice laurence silberman of the united states court of appeals for the circuit

and have him thrown into jail because he was writing stories that the ford administration did not like about activities in america. george w. bush will refuse of taking gifts after world war i, needless to say the bush family never talk to seymour hersh again. george w. bush called him and abject liar. the obama administration, soon after obama was dead set call your man off and tell them to stop and he did not understand it he said there's something wrong with that man. undoubtably his state of the union speech tonight included so many names and that he cannot be trusted and he had a homerun with that story. either you love him or you hate him. that's over four decades he begins his work as a journalist in the late 1950s and early 1960s and he has been doing what is doing from lawyers than you can ever possibly imagine and he continues even today to be completely and totally indignant and angry which really substratum from so many other journalist. i hear one of the great stories about him, legion and legendary and is clearly one of the top individuals in american life and one biographers take a look at this we look at pr

the obama administration, on what he's doing with the united nations now. >> he was still at the center for american progress, which is a very hard left think tank that he started to combat the george wpodesta joined a high level u.n. committee chaired by david cameron, the british prime minister, and two presidents of third world countries. they've come up with a sustainable development agenda which would, if it were actually implemented, would transform the global economy and make us all a lot poorer. >> podesta was the only american on this -- the only representative from the united states of america was john podesta, who i think you're right to say, is on the hard left on policy. the proposal they put out says it's critical that the united states join a global sustainability agenda. why is it critical? what does that mean? >> i don't know. john podesta has several big interests. one of them is use in climate policy to raise energy prices and take money out of people's pockets and put government in charge of how much energy it can use. another one is income redistribution. now, those conflict because, of course, raising energy prices takes more money out of poor people's pockets t

discussion there is no debate it just happens under the radar so the drone program was launched to under george w. bush but if barack obama's administration that seen it blow some of the country's most affected by and try and strike site yemen and pakistan and the civilian population has been hated the hardest and the rise of estimates such as that in the last five years more than three hundred have become victims of drone warfare howel washington has so far in terms of course had to hold. french fries are acts of rallies in paris against the old female approaches group accusing it of provoking the country's christian community hundreds gathered in the center of power is calling on found them to shut down its headquarters in the french capital and return to your brain before report on our website. and also it's revealed just exactly how edward snowden managed to get his hands on such a vast amount of classified n.s.a. data find i was more naughty dot com. right to see. her story. and i think that you're. on our reporters would. be a. little. europe's largest to say as haitian of computer hackers has filed a criminal complaint against the

brand has held a number of positions at the department of justice during the president george w. bush administration, including assistant attorney general and principal assistant deputy attorney general for regulatory policy officer. she worked in the white house counsel's office and clerk for justice anthony kennedy and justice charles freese of the supreme court. supreme judicial court of massachusetts. she's also practiced law at wilmer hale. she has a b.a. from the university of minnesota and a j.d. from the harvard law school. elisabeth collins cook is counsel in the regulatory controversy and regulatory and government affairs department in the washington, d.c., office of wilmer hale. ms. cook previously served as the republican chief counsel on the supreme court, nominations for the senate judiciary committee and assistant attorney general for legal policy at the department of justice at the end of the bush administration. she served as a number of the board of governance at the terrorism screening center and law clerk to justice laurence silverman of the united states court of appeals for the

discussion there's no debate it just happens under the radar now the drone program was launched under george w. bush but it is broke obama's administration that has seen it blossom in the country's most affected by the strikes are yemen pakistan and the civilian population has been the hardest hit a variety of estimates suggest that in the last five years alone more than three hundred have become victims of drone warfare however washington has shown a no intention so far of bringing the program to a halt. now take a look at some other news making headlines around the world this hour eight people have been killed and over a dozen wounded in an attack in pakistan's port city of karachi gunmen threw grenades at a religious gathering and then opened fire on preying soofi muslims it is not yet known who carried out the assault though the taliban and rival muslim groups are suspected last month militants killed six people at a super shrine in the same city. three spectators have been injured in a shooting outside a world cup stadium in brazil supporters of a local club america day natal were leaving at the venue when they were shot by two gunm

brand has held a number of positions at the department of justice during the president george w. bush administration, including assistant attorney general and principal assistant deputy attorney general for regulatory policy officer. she worked in the white house counsel's office and clerk for justice anthony kennedy and justice charles freese of the supreme court. supreme judicial court of massachusetts. she's also practiced law at wilmer hale. she has a b.a. from the university of minnesota and a j.d. from the harvard law school. elisabeth collins cook is counsel in the regulatory controversy and regulatory and government affairs department in the washington, d.c., office of wilmer hale. ms. cook previously served as the republican chief counsel on the supreme court, nominations for the senate judiciary committee and assistant attorney general for legal policy at the department of justice at the end of the bush administration. she served as a number of the board of governance at the terrorism screening center and law clerk to justice laurence silverman of the united states court of appeals for the

the confirmation hearings, they could be successful. look at the bush administration and the republican president george w. bush and our reputation around the world worse not better after he left. president obama, democratic, our reputation around the world? worse not better. we need to send the most impressive people we can. if they are not experts on that country, they can be before they leave. >> susan, part of this really does fall on congress. and part of the reason congress doesn't do enough to stop nominees who don't look prepared enough is because they come from their own club. max baucus is the democratic chairman. >> he's a grown up. he knows where china is. >> yeah. >> he told the panel when they were interviewing him he didn't know a heck of a lot about china. >> that's a dumb answer. he's not falling down drunk and embarrassing the nation and who knows what kind of government china has. >> he said, i don't know a lot object china. they -- we're very easily in the senate. so that's part of the problem. they're very reluctant to put the brakes on these nominees because it's been going on so long

he was the clinton and george w. bush administration's special envoy for afghanistan, kosovo, bosnia, haiti, and somalia. all the global garden spots, he hit them all. he, his work has involved him intimately in the withdrawal of u.s. forces from somalia. the american-led multilateral intervention in haiti, stabilization and reconstruction of bosnia and the nato intervention in kosovo. he is truly "a man for all seasons" and is a good friend. after september 11th, 2001, ambassador dobbins was appointed as the bush administration's representative to the afghan opposition with the task of putting together a broadly-based successor to the ousted taliban regime. he represented the united states at the bonn conference that established a new afghan government an on december 16th, 2001, he raised the flag over the newly reopened u.s. embassy in kabul. i can't think of a better person to be entrusted with guiding u.s. policy through the challenges and opportunities of the political inand security transition in in afghanistan. ambassador dobbins.