i was really, i was never any different once i was in the white house than before. that had been a liability before, your hair, that you spoke french,eú that you didn't just adore the campaign, i think, we got in the white house, all those things i had always done, suddenly became wonderful. so i was just so happy for jack that he could be proud of me than. because it made him so happy. it made me so happy, those were the happiest years. [applause] [applause] >> good evening. can you hear us all right? in her foreword to this book, caroline said it's apparent, the passes, the gathering of the most lasting people you could ever of me. and thank you these remarkable interviews which we can you as well as read we are privileged to attend a gathering of fascinating people of the past, people ranging from edmund burke to onion burke. and at the center of this gathering is a family living in a home that has famously not been welcoming to its inhabitants that has been likened to a prison. michael, i want to start with you. you studied many presidencies, franklin roosevelt,

the party and the house can rally around instead. gwen: not eric cantor? >> probably not. the expression at the white house this week was that the speaker cannot deliver a pizza. they know now and i'm sure mr. boehner now knows that his effectiveness inside his own caucus is at an all-time low. that's not good on any front in 2012. gwen: one thing we know for sure is that everyone in the white house, on capitol hill and on the campaign trail, they're all reading tea leaves, all of them running against washington. >> i am an incredibly proud american. and i know something, america is not broken. washington, d.c. is broken. >> having spent my life in the private sector. i understand where jobs are created. >> let's be candid. the only reason you didn't become a career politician is you lost to teddy kennedy in 1994. >> we know the rubber will hit the road in iowa in just over a week. how much is running against washington going to be helpful for people now trying to succeed, helene? >> i think it's going to be enormously helpful. i think americans right now are sick of washington. you look at the congr

. >> and did the white house succeed controlling the media message? north korea loses a dictator and the world watches as millions turn out to show some emotion. but should the media and viewers trust what we see? >> and back to the campaign. >> it's the mi double fizzle. >> and welcome to mitt's media blitz. the front running candidate pulls out the stop and getting at much media attention as possible. will it help win his party's pick. >> ron paul had it with cnn. what did they do to get him hopping mad? mr. obama held a coffee talk with his facebook followers, but aren't they supposed to be journalists? and are bloggers putting responsible journalists in danger? on the panel this week, writer and fox news contributor judy miller. syndicated columnist cal thomas. jim pinkerton contributing he understands tore the american conservative magazine and the daily beast columnist, kirsten powers. i'm jon scott. fox news watch is on right now. >> now, if you're a family making about 50,000 a year, this is a tax cut that amounts to about a thousand dollars a

this is the white house edition. e the first president to reside in the white house while it was still under construction in 1800. >> there it. >> it will soon be ready, sir. >> slaves building our nation's capitol. no possible good could come from such a place. >> three executive mansions were used during george washington's presidency. where was his first office? the answer is b, new york. presidential palace in philadelphia you are new york was the first office. question number two. this is great. i can't even see. >> we're going to get them all right. >> bill: president reagan may have been sticking it to his predecessor jimmy carter when he had what environmentally friendly amenity removed from the white house? a solar panels on a roof. low flow shower heads. c low flow toilets d light dimmers. what did reagan have removed? cards up, please. the answer is roll the tape. >> white house solar history dates back to 1979 when president carter had a solar water heater installed for west wing offices. carter is remembe

the senate to vote on this on saturday. if the house does approve this, rachel, it could be voted on as early as monday. so the house, the white house -- or the senate, i should say, and the white house right now, saying there is a deal and they're ready to move forward, but members of the house saying we need to show it to the folks here before we're ready to sign off on it. rachel? >> what exact ly is the provisin that is related to the keystone pipeline? obviously that's transactionally important here because the white house had threatened to veto if that had been tacked on to the payroll tax extension. what kind of constraint is implied by this language we know that's been agreed to so far? >> rachel, as you point out, this has been a huge ghtning rod, this issue. basically the language says that under this bill it would basically tell the administration to grant a permit to move forward with the keystone pipeline within 60 days. here's the catch. the white house is saying it doesn't mandate that the keystone pipeline get built. the language says if the president decides this is not in the national interest of the country,

how would the white house respond to that? house would push back against those allegations. they think that strategically this is working for the president to come out to call for an extension of the payroll tax cuts or the american jobs act tomorrow which he has done throughout the country over the past several weeks and months. they're basically looking at the polls to bolster their argument because if you look at it the approval rating of congress is essentially at its lowest level. and president obama's approval rating has been stuck many the mid to low 40s. however, it's been inching up as of late. so the white house thinks that this strategy of having the president come out, call for what he wants. call for action is working and it is resonating with the american people. >> all right. i think we've got harry smith joining us now. you are an observer of politics for years. what your take on whether we are right now and whether or not americans tune into the knit dwri gritty. we have congress once again facing an issue of

while the cabinet has input, they execute decisions made within the white house. how did that come about? for reorganization. first the revitalization of the national security council where foreign policy was made within the white house. second, the creation of the domestic council under john ehrlichman which did the same thing on major domestic issues. finally, the transition of the old budget to the office of management and budget which counted the money and help to department's reach accomplishments. that was under george shultz. he was the first director of the office of management and budget. before he was director, and he was secretary of labor. we're going to find today, and he was an ideal cabinet member. the discussion today on labor and employment issues stems from the innovation and leadership of george schultze. we co-sponsor these forums with the national archives. we are thrilled to be here to talk about this and co-sponsor the archives. david is a librarian. he was head of the new york public library before taking over the archives. he was a libraria

the senate to vote on this on saturday. if the house does approve this, rachel, it could be voted on as early as monday. so the house, the white house -- or the senate, i should say, and the white house right now, saying there is a deal and they're ready to move forward, but members of the house saying we need to show it to the folks here before we're ready to sign off on it. rachel? >> what exactly is the provision that is related to the keystone pipeline? obviously, that's transactionally important here because the white house had threatened to veto if that had been tacked on to the payroll tax extension. what kind of constraint is implied by this language we know that's been agreed to so far? >> rachel, as you point out, this has been a huge lightning rod, this issue. basically the language says that under this bill it would basically tell the administration to grant a permit to move forward with the keystone pipeline within 60 days. here's the catch. the white house is saying it doesn't mandate that the keystone pipeline get built. the language says if the president decides this is not in the national interest of the count

see what happens at the white house. see if the president decides to come into the briefing room. evelopments here on cnn. guy, stand by. earlier, the president invited middle class americans to the white house to help pressure house republicans to agree to this payroll tax cut extension. the obama administration had asked people to share how they would spend roughly $40 a paycheck, the amount they stand to lose. listen to the first two responses the president read. >> joseph from new jersey. talked about how he would have to sacrifice the occasional pizza night with his daughters. he said, i'm quoting, my 16-year-old twins will be out of the house soon. i'll miss this. richard from rhode island wrote to tell us that having an extra $40 in his check buys enough heating oil to keep his family warm for three nights. in his words, i'm quoting, if someone doesn't think that 12 gallons of heating oil is important, i invite them to spend three nights in an unheated home. >> let's bring in our senior political analyst, ron brownstein. ron, i always love the props in effect. these are real

the white house pushed back now. language says the president has the power to waive that and send it suspect to civilian court. the white house says it is reviewing the latest language. >> bret: mike emanuel on the hill. now the 2012 race, the epicenter is at iowa. fox news is hosting a big candidate debate among republicans thursday in sioux city. the two front runners got good news. chief political correspondent carl cameron is following the action from des moines. >> mitt romney and newt gingrich lead president obama in 12 swing states won by obama three years ago. the latest gallup poll shows romney ahead of the president 48-43 in battleground state. gingrich leads the president 43-45. both in the poll margin of error. romney trying to define gingrich as untrustworthy profiteering washington insider prone to ugly, angry rhetoric. >> saying outrageous or incendiary things will get you kudos and drive your number up. but it won't win us the white house or the respect of people on the other side of the aisle we have

he's got to make the point, he's going to try to put a lot more pressure on house republicans. the problem from the whitetive is not the senate republicans. mitch mcconnell, the senate minority leader, need to keep that tax cut going for the rest of the year. the problem is with the speaker and with the republican leadership in the house of representatives, they don't want a two-month deal. they say it is too complicated, wouldn't really work, would set matters back. they want a one-year extension and they say there is a formula to do it. just get members of the house, members of the senate, so-called conferrees to get together this week an next week, work out a new compromise, get the president to support it. they'll get a one-year extension, that will be that. >> wolf, stand by. the white house has said a two-month extension of the tax cut going to keep middle class americans with getting hit with smaller paychecks nine days from now. we'll wait for the president's remarks. but i want to bring in dan lothian. dan, you and i are used to seeing this kind of stage craft during a campaign. but the white ho

almost all the departments of the white house work together to work on the decorations. had help from carpenters, engineers, plumbers, electricians. everybody kind of takes part in it. it is really for decoration. >> also at the white house, first lady michelle obama welcomes military families. she was joined by white house chefs and the white house florist, who demonstrated holiday crafts and made treats. the theme honors military families who have members serving in wartime. her remarks are about 10 minutes. >> good afternoon. i am from the great state of kansas. i am a gold star mothers. it has been an honor to be part of preparing for the holiday season in this beautiful home. it is a season filled with family time and wonderful memories. this year has been particularly meaningful for members of the united states military and their families. .n april, mrs. obama and drl jill biden announced the join ing forced campaign to encourage all americans to take action and make it real commitment to supporting military families. in that same passionate spirit, the first lady

white house and gingerbread house. mmm, 400 pounds. and also in several of thed this is something that you have to look for, we station to the most famous member of the obama family. it was that? bo. so it is sort of day "where's bo? he is hidden everywhere. in one room, he is 4.5 feet tall and he is made of felt. euna that soft material? and in another room he is 9.5 inches tall and he is made of buttons. so you have to look for him. trust me, our dog has been a little confused walking around the house the past couple weeks, seeing himself in gigantic former. . form. those are just a few of this year's highlights, and i am so excited. the wall are the first of roughly 85,000 people -- you all are part of the first 85,000 people who will see the white house this christmas season, and you are the first! yay! [applause] this will be such a wonderful memory for some many people, and that is why it is so special for us. and none of it could have happened without the nearly 100 volunteers that we have had helping of the past few days. there are hundreds of people who

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most presidents have come to the white house with a dog or they get a dog. d the obamas because the little girls said when they got to the white house, they get to have a dog. that is bo. when i worked at the white house, we had barney bush. and scottish terriers. a thing called barney camp that we produced every year michigan friend jeanie in charge of putting it together almost gave her a heart attack every year. it was great. state-of-the-arted in 2001 after the 9/11 attack they cut back on tours of the white house. mrs. bush still wanted to showcase all the beautiful decorations so they had this idea to put a camera on barney and getting him to go along. >> greg: what happened barney fell in love with the camera. >> dana: every year. >> greg: he went to hollywood, turned to drugs. >> eric: became a liberal. >> greg: terrible. terrible. those dog movies he made afterwards. i don't especially want to get into it. >> andrea: i think the card is fine. i disagree with you on this one. >> eric: do you have a problem with him naming the dog bo? barack obama? rea

house. >> we decorated the official white house christmas tree with cards me of our country's military kids. so, the tree is decorated by kids. that's very cool. >> reporter: the nation's service members play special role in this year's decorations. >> we're using the holiday season here at the white house to highlight our troops and our veterans and all of their families. we wanted to make sure that never again would someone have to ask the question, what is the goal of our family? and what does it mean? we all should know. it took volunteers from across the country countless hours to set up the decorations and adorn the christmas trees at the white house. tonight, the president will light the official national christmas tree. sunny and rob? >>> that's what's making news in america this morning. >> stay with us for "good morning america." thanks again for watching, everybody. looking good, bo. have a great thursday.

but the white house is already panning the proposal.ton correspondent jim angle has the breaking details live now from washington. jim? >> reporter: hello, megyn. this plan is a huge and significant political development. paul ryan has joined forces with democratic senator ronwideen to produce a medicare reform plan that will have an impact on the 2012 election as well as entitlement reform because the new proposal will leave traditional medicare in place as a choice for seniors. >> what this bill does is it embeds for all time a program that progressives have felt very strongly about, and that is traditional medicare will always be part of this program. >> reporter: which means democrats can no longer accuse ryan of trying to destroy medicare. instead, he and wyden claim to be saving it. >> what we have learned through experience is by having choice and competition where the beneficiary gets to make the choice and the providers, insurers, whomever, compete existence each other for that person's business, what ends up resulting are lowe

the white house wants to extend that and expand it. promise proposal coming from democrats just extends the tax cuts that's already in effect. very much the white house has felt that it's had some moment tul with a strategy that we've seen lately last week when the senate failed to pass the payroll tax cut extension in two different ways. you heard the president -- you heard white house officials saying certainly president obama said in a statement following that vote that it's essentially republicans who are looking out for wealthy americans at the expense of the middle class. sort of couching that argument in such a way that they feel really resonates with voters. >> do they think at the white house that the democrats on this issue -- it is a sensitive issue, because in effect, if they don't let the tax cut continue for another year, that effectively would be a tax increase on millions and millions, as you point out, tens of millions of middle class working families. do they think they can effectively split the republicans in the hous

what did he add to the white house grounds? ball court b tennis courts football goal post. what did he add in his two years? cards up please. the answer is a swimming pool. did you get it right? >> that's me. i got that correct. steve got it wrong. >> what did he say? >> i said tennis courts. >> he was a football player and a swimmer. >> the easter egg roll one of the biggest events. >> the president and fest lady host the white house 133rd easter egg roll. >> i hope all of you have a wonderful easter. i hope everybody is having a great time here. welcome to "the white house." >> opening the south lawn to children and families in a tradition that dates back to 1878. >> next year it might be the holiday roll. >> the easter egg roll used to take place at the capital until con combres passed a law banning it in 1876. why did they ban it? ruining the lawn, too religious. kids too noisy, eggs smell bothered them. >> a the lawn. you are right. mccallum in the lead. presidential inauguration is an occasion for many parties. >> hundreds

if they do not back down, will house democrats, senate democrats in the white house, hold the line? insist that the two-month extension is it? that that is the compromise? >> the senate bill needs to be passed. the house republicans need to get off the dime. by the way, it's not only bad for millions of americans, it's bad for the economy that we don't do this. the republicans in the house have to come to their senses. they need to act. period. >> congressman sandy levin of michigan, thank you for joining me. >> glad to be with you. >>> rick perry is in the middle of an exhaustive push to try to get back into the iowa race. now, following a trip home for christmas, the texas governor has 20 more events scheduled across the hawkeye state. in fact, his last event isn't until january 3rd, which also happens to be the day iowans finally cast their votes. ray sullivan is communications director for the perry campaign. ray, it does not take a political genius, and i'm not professing to be one, to say that you guys are spending lots of time, energy, and money in iowa. given that, if rick pe

and of course we're going to look at all of these decisions during the lens. >> this white house is not been one that has often distributed all the goodies to the agencies, the very closely controlled white house. but when there are big controversy decisions that need to be made you're going seat cabinet secretaries doing it. that is why they have gone out of their way to say that in particular the plan b decision was one that was made by secretary sebelius for better or for worse. they don't want that one too closely tied to the president even though obviously de acknowledge that he agreed with today. but nonetheless on some of the trickier issues you are going to see those go back out to the agencies because they know too well it will look political no matter what they do. >> jeff zeleny on 9 one hand the president is dealing with the republicans in congress opposing all of what he wants to see passed but meantime he is facial the republicans running for president. how is the white house reacting to the sudden emergence of newt gingrich? >> they're certainly intrigued by it. i mean th

dan lothian live at the white house. resident about being shopping and absent at leadership. why are you meddling in this? >> that's right. i mean, look, there's a lot of fingerpointing that has been going back and forth all week and the white house saying, really, this boils down to the ball being in the court of house republicans and time for them to act and go ahead and move forward on this short-term extension because they feel this, number one, can hurt middle class americans. those families making $50,000 a year stand to lose according to the white house, $40 from each paycheck. so, number one, it will hurt these families, but, also, the president believing that if something isn't done to extend this, then, perhaps, it could impact the overall economy, which we know has been struggling making some small gains. they feel that something like this could certainly impact and reverse some of the gains that have been made. so, what you will see from the president today again is making the case that the impact this will ha

ed henry at the white house. great to see you there. >> great to see you. >> shepard: the president is threatening to make congress work on christmas as f. that is what it takes big tax hike next month. get this done and extend the payroll tax cut. as you may know it's set to expire at the end of the year. president obama says that would effectively raise taxes on 160 million americans and deal what he calls a massive blow to the economy. >> now is not the time to slam the brakes on the recovery. right now it's time to step on the gas. we need to get this done. and i expect that it's gonna get done before congress leaves. otherwise, congress may not be leaving. and we can all spend christmas here together. >> shepard: leaders of both parties claim they want to extend the tax cut but they cannot agree on how to pay for it. democrats pushing a new tax on millionaires. republicans suggesting a pay freeze and job cuts for hundreds of thousands of government workers. mike emanuel is live on capitol hill. and, mike, las

is the white house reaction tough enough? ds the vice president be brought to justice. >>> down to the wire for republican candidates before the first presidential votes are cast in iowa. some fear a risky stalemate in congress could hurt the republicans' chances of reclaiming the white house. let's discuss what's going on with former u.s. senator from pennsylvania, rick santorum. thanks for coming in. let me get right to the issue of the moment here in washington. are you with house republicans or senate republicans when it comes to extending the payroll tax cut for middle class american families? >> my feeling is that there is a social security trust fund that is used to pay social security benefits or there isn't. and someone who's been on the butt end of many attacks that republicans don't care about social security, the republicans are the ones who are tries to get social security, republicans are the ones who are going to make sure they're not going to stand up and make sure that it's properly funded and then we see demo

for now, i'm joined by nbc's mike viqueira at the white house. hey must be delighted. >> well, i think that they are, but no one, martin, is declaring it a christmas miracle just yet. that little white behind you, notwithstanding. the white house has always been very careful, ever since the first year, the first spring that we went through here, when people started talking about green shoots in the economy. obviously, that didn't happen. what has ensued is an ever-rising unemployment rate, getting up near 10%, at one point, it has steadily dropped. but each month, the news is just incremental. it ticks up a tenth of a point, goes down a tenth of a point. a drop of 4/10 today, certainly a big deal here at the white house. still very cautious, saying the economy is healing, but there's a long way to go for 13.3 million people still out of work. the president appeared earlier today. he was with president clinton, as it happens, talking about one of his green initiatives under the we can't wait rubric. but the president used the opportunity at the top

>>shepard: the white house filed the only suit to block the law in arizona, how is the white house reactingguest: we have reached to the white house and the justice department and no fmal response from them but those who agree with them are certain the justices will decide that arizona went too far when they passed the legislation. >> when the constitution says that congress has the authority to make uniformed rules on natural savings that does not alw the states to make their own rules and that is what the state is done. >>reporter: we expect arguments in april and a ruling in june. >>shepard: and a side note, justice kagan sat out the discussion and is expected to sit out the rest of the oral arguments. why? and what effect? >>reporter: the justice dozen not have to offer a reason to explain to us why they they are staying out we can assume or guess she made the decision because she was working at solicitor general in the obama administration before she joined the court and she may have had some involvement in deciding how they would challenge the arizona law, so with her out of the mix,

let's go to the white house and president obama's push to pass the payroll tax extension. jessica yellin, senior white house correspondent there for us. and the real message was to speaker boehner to pass the two-month extension and the message in the white house is that there isn't time to get that one-year deal done and to pass a one-year deal ultimately and so in the interim, to get past the hump, they need to get this two-month extension done and there's no time for anything short of that. beyond that, the white house maintains that what the speaker is doing right now is catering to the internal politics of his republican caucus on capitol hill instead of attending to the bigger issue. they are persuaded that there is a vote to pass the two-month extension because democrats in the house, plus about 30 republicans, they are convinced here at the white house, would vote to pass this but the speaker, in their opinion, is simply letting the more conservative group within his caucus dictate what he's doing. so the president is trying to keep up pressure on the speaker and si

the two white house fellows had their engagement party at the white house on june 12, 1970. it was bill's 24th birthday. secretary schultz toasted them with the observation that, and i quote, "it might be argued that this is carrying fellowship just a bit too far." our next panelist, michael moskow, joined the nixon administration in 1969 as a senior staff economist at the council of economic advisors. he went in 1970 to the department of labor to become assistant secretary of policy and research and he was appointed assistant secretary for policy development at research as -- at the department of housing, urban development following that. and then of course undersecretary of labor in the ford administration. but what's not known about him is that as recently as 2008 as a widower, michael married at the cole children's museum in glenview, illinois. a woman by the name of suzanne kopp who was a lawyer and counsel at one time to t-mobile. and finally, but not last or least, judge larry silverman, our third panelist, who joined the nixon administration in 1969 as solicitor of l

the president. he pushed back pretty hard against house republicans who opposed the short-term extension. white house did issue a statement saying, i quote, this is the right thing to do to strengthen our families, grow our economy and create new jobs. this is real money that will make a real difference in people's lives. that's the statement we got a little earlier. we are going to get another statement. we are going to hear from the president in just a bit. just over an hour from now. about 12:15 eastern time we're expengting the president to come out and make some remarks about what has happened with this two-month extension. then the president will head to meet up with his family. an event in hawaii. they went ahead and he stayed behind to finish up this work. he will be headings to hawaii to start his holiday vacation. before that he will make some comments to the american people about what just happened with this tax cut deal. 12:15 eastern you will see it right here. >>> let's go to syria where two suicide car bombs ripped through the capitol there. look. these bomgs exploded back to bac

they are asked every day at the white house. >> with the media people, sure. >> i bet they ask questionss white house has had a cozy relationship with reporters. question how much access they give them to write books. >> greg: unlike bush and reagan and clinton, obama to the media is a rockstar. he knows that. so he knows the moment -- if the left is upset with them, bring him in and he smiles. all happy again. >> eric: there are names on the list, media outlets aren't on the list. they must be freaking out. >> greg: coming up, the first lady seeing another guy? we will discuss this completely made up question when we return. if you leave now, i will hide all of your car keys. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> bob: the music sound track from "the five" this week is dedicated to greg gutfeld. we'd all like to make a donation so greg can get a copy of it, we'd do that. fascinating story. lance corporal aaron leaks toys for tots to get toys for poor kids, the first lady barack obammichelle obama came d leaks walked up to her and said would you like to come to the marine ball with me? she looked a little shocked a

how clover of the white house. om reaction, charles payne and executive director of public notice gretchen hamill. hugh how high is the ceiling. >> greece is about 150% of gdp. it's absolutely nuts. the thing is, if you remember when the white house was going against paul ryan. they laid out all the reasons raising the debt ceiling but previous obligations. in this case who is making these obligations and why? why is president obama making these obligations on my behalf. i didn't ask him to. i'm asking him not to. although, i will tell you, in the introduction it will make a great point, after winning the payroll tax cut before americans get their credit card bills for christmas, we're going to be back in the fiscally responsible bandwagon in a couple of weeks. >> mark: you mentioned the greek comparison, 150% of gdp and it doesn't look like america is in the trough of hell n as other parts of the world but in hard dollar numbers. nobody is using trillion. greece is a few billion here and in. the key word is unique

. >> when you write these books to hear from people in the white house? >> this time i did pick the first interview i gave with "huffington post" that day that the director king occasions in the white house called up the into fear and asked him. so i didn't hear directly but they did and ended up giving them a book because they wanted to see it. with the bush people i didn't are directly except i met a few people who knew him, met karl rove and different people. they were too excited. >> that was just a few minutes with dr. justin frank, "obama on the couch" is the name of the book to booktv covers dr. frank in a long form event at politics and prose. you can watch that at booktv.org. could have been something in defense, a policy toward highland. they're specific. an agency committees, usually cheered by the state department that would get together and draft documents that were essentially policy. the national security council. the eisenhower would preside. and the nsc itself was created by the national security act of 1947. and it was a a established to

>> lady gaga has already come to the white house and snuck in and snuck by the cameras. s here to discuss anti-bullying measures, something that she cares a lot about. the white house actually held an anti-bullying conference and she is sheer talking to the office of engagement. she med president obama months ago and discussed anti-bullying in the fund-raiser. >> thanks so much. >> thanks, martin. >> coming up next, it's all about florida in 2012 and we are in a sunshine state of mind. [ male announcer ] tom's discovering that living healthy can be fun. see? he's taking his vitamins. new one a day vitacraves plus omega-3 dha is a complete multivitamin for adults. plus an excellent source of omega-3 dha in a great tasting gummy. one a day, gummies for grown-ups. oh, there's a prize, all right. [ male announcer ] inside every box of cheerios are those great-tasting little o's made from carefully selected oats that can help lower cholesterol. is it a superhero? kinda. ♪ i'm an expert on softball. and tea parties. i'll have more awkward conversations than i'm equipped for bec

i did work and the white house, too, but not in the national security council. i worked in the carter white house in the west wing as the deputy secretary to the cabinet. the nsc was right down the hall and a rookie named madeleine albright worked there. we were good friends because we had worked on capitol hill and together before that, something that stands out to me is that it was a fairly small office. small enough for him to be a hybrid. that job -- i do not think that has ever happened before or science. -- or since. it was a small group of people. now it is enormous. yes, i am sure there has been continuity in many ways, but the growth has been geometric. obviously, i am a member of a totally dysfunctional body called the united states congress. [laughter] feel sorry for me, will you please? i worked on the security committees and certainly, at the dicey period it was 9/11 forward. i intercepted the national- security apparatus of the two bush terms, plus early obama. what stands out as a member of congress is the independent branch of government is suppos