but i interviewed vernon jordan and african-american who was on the record in my book by the way and has been a major figure in the democratic party for many years and he said yes they've made it difficult for this president, but when you argue with a resident who are expected to lead and this leadership has been misleading. vernon jordan's wife is a relative of valerie jarrett. >> host: nasa to chooses, hello. >> caller: how are you doing. first of all, the republicans are the ones that put us into this mess. but congress isn't worth both of these terms. and i would like you to come back on after the midterm election say he was going to be running because the republicans are going down the tubes, trust me i would have fought back after the midterm election and i would like you to come back and listen to my comments. >> guest: i would like nothing better than to come back to c-span and if they invite me, i will be here and i will be delighted to talk to you after the midterm elections. >> host: this is about presidential advisers that goes to some of the topics of the book. do you vi

texas poker player and deal-maker extraordinaire which i can attest to because he negotiated with vernon jordan the debate rules for george w. bush and me. [laughter] we're still talking to each other. that's diplomacy. actually my campaign folks were caught in a squabble with the bush folks, which is not unusual and jim baker and vernon jordan, got together had a great lunch. perhaps had a martini, i'm not sure. took them half an hour, the rules were done and say good-bye and remain great friends. he made the lonely decision to touch the third rail of american foreign policy and plunge headlong into the peace process at a time when there was very little support for it. and his work to build a global coalition to confront saddam hussein, ahead of operation desert storm to this very day is the gold standard by which modern coalition building is judged, which i will personally use as i go out in the next days to work on the isil issue. and henry kissinger, the man who as we've heard literally wrote the book on diplomacy, the secretary whose exploits and expertise gave us the vocabulary of modern

campaign folks were caught in a squabble with the bush folks, which is not unusual, and jim baker and vernon jordan got together and had a great lunch and perhaps a martini, it took them a half hour, the rules were done and they say good-bye and they were friends. he made the lonely decision to check the third rail of american foreign diplomacy and plunge into the peace process at a time when there was very little support it and has worked to build a global commission from saddam hussein to desert storm. henry kissinger, the man, who we have heard literally wrote the book on diplomacy. the secretary's whose exploits gave us the vocabulary of modern diplomacy, shuttle diplomacy and strategic patience. it has been an invaluable gift to every secretary that sat in that office ever since the day that henry left it. join me in thanking five of our six former secretary of states. [applause] they all look so great, it makes me, i'm sort of thinking 2016. okay. so we're here obviously, and i'll be very brief to salute diplomacy and to break ground on the first ever museum to tell the really remarkable stor

texas poker player and deal-maker extraordinaire which i can attest to because he negotiated with vernon jordan the debate rules for george w. bush and me. [laughter] we're still talking to each other. that's diplomacy. actually my campaign folks were caught in a squabble with the bush folks, which is not unusual and jim baker and vernon jordan, got together had a great lunch. perhaps had a martini, i'm not sure. took them half an hour, the rules were done and say good-bye and remain great friends. he made the lonely decision to touch the third rail of american foreign policy and plunge headlong into the peace process at a time when there was very little support for it. and his work to build a global coalition to confront saddam hussein, ahead of operation desert storm to this very day is the gold standard by which modern coalition building is judged, which i will personally use as i go out in the next days to work on the isil issue. and henry kissinger, the man who as we've heard literally wrote the book on diplomacy, the secretary whose exploits and expertise gave us the vocabulary of modern