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of rivalry between competing and expanding british empire and south asia and the russian empire and central asia. yet, rather than being concerned about an external enemy, the russians necessarily, at the early part of the 19th century, the east india company was much more concerned with its own internal security. what it sought to do was to stabilise its rule within south asia by stabilizing its frontier, and so the east india company initially gets drawn into afghanistan, as a matter of fact, in order to stabilize its home rule. >> host: when did the great game begin? >> guest: it -- if one subscribes to it it really begins -- there is some literature that says it begins in the early 18th and 19th century. other literature release sees the heyday in the late 19th century. once the russians established their own rule over the central asian emirate and will instead build the central asian railroad , but it is important to note that even the most hawkish british strategic thinker, when writing about the impending russian threat to british india marching through afghanistan, virtually
of rivalry between competing and expanding british empire and south asia and the russian empire and central asia. yet, rather than being concerned about an external enemy, the russians necessarily, at the early part of the 19th century, the east india company was much more concerned with its own internal security. what it sought to do was to stabilise its rule within south asia by stabilizing its frontier, and so the east india company initially gets drawn into afghanistan, as a matter of fact,...
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wonderful stuff from a russian memoir unpublished russian memoir what happened to him in 1914. you feel that terrific buzz. a terrific thrill. you think you know that i find this fascinating and exciting to read. you know somebody else will find this fascinating and exciting to read. but it's, i suppose that the hardest part is getting started. writing the first 50,000 words of a book, especially a book like that is tough. because even if you have written, i've written about 23 books all told and when you get started you never really quite believe how often you've done it you will get to the end. and then after you've done the first one, my wife says i'm terrible to live with through the first 50,000 words. then after that you think, well maybe this is going to work. >> and you talked about 1914 book. is that the in fact going to be next book, is it? >> that's it. >> have you finished with the second world war or have you got more to say? >> i think the important thing i never written the book yet just for the money. i have always sat down and written them because i felt i had
wonderful stuff from a russian memoir unpublished russian memoir what happened to him in 1914. you feel that terrific buzz. a terrific thrill. you think you know that i find this fascinating and exciting to read. you know somebody else will find this fascinating and exciting to read. but it's, i suppose that the hardest part is getting started. writing the first 50,000 words of a book, especially a book like that is tough. because even if you have written, i've written about 23 books all told...
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russians which is half the population. that is a 20% drop in the size of the service. they talk about the fact that they gru has more people overseas doing for intelligence. it is a spy organization. it does not have a domestic mission. the russians said there was six times as many as the fsb and the svr. it was never touched by the collapse of the soviet union. it has continued on. there has been some changes in intelligence services this year. espionage, acquiring information, is a time as reality. at the international spy museum we talk about the school for spies. i used to teach a course on the secret history of history. sliverust looking at a as we go perot this review of 2011. the development of legal tools in the united states is what we struggle with. when someone is arrested in the united states, an awful lot of ever goes into it. it is never used in a political standpoint. thereclosed society, are controls that are bigger than the crime of espionage. in the united states, we have many controls because repair a po
russians which is half the population. that is a 20% drop in the size of the service. they talk about the fact that they gru has more people overseas doing for intelligence. it is a spy organization. it does not have a domestic mission. the russians said there was six times as many as the fsb and the svr. it was never touched by the collapse of the soviet union. it has continued on. there has been some changes in intelligence services this year. espionage, acquiring information, is a time as...
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guess how many russians? 350,000. the minute they rolled towards berlin, we would have a choice and west berlin and a matter of hours, which would've been horrific for europe. kennedy said i'm not going because that is horrible. it puts us in a position of launching a third world war. and i could just say with a tremendous sense of command, just say no. while that may work and it might not. but as time went on, it became more likely that it would work. the russians knew we wouldn't use nuclear weapons. by the way, i'm not sure that britz did. so in the end it wasn't really a good laugh. that's a canny realize. we wouldn't blow up the world over this. he decided he had to do something about it and began to realize the best thing that ever happened was first of all fulbright started saying to the chairman of the foreign relations committee but that was the key signal to the russians. okay, cut off these berlin. we can live with that. just don't take west berlin. he signaled to them pretty clearly, take what you have to
guess how many russians? 350,000. the minute they rolled towards berlin, we would have a choice and west berlin and a matter of hours, which would've been horrific for europe. kennedy said i'm not going because that is horrible. it puts us in a position of launching a third world war. and i could just say with a tremendous sense of command, just say no. while that may work and it might not. but as time went on, it became more likely that it would work. the russians knew we wouldn't use nuclear...
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a russian officer, not a russian kgb officer was out of netherlands because of the case, and it seems in august is surfaces he had more secrets than they that. he was wanted to use them -- admitted when they arrested him, they didn't say he had this much, and that they eventually discovered that he had hidden this in a container that was being shipped to the united arab emirates, and that's where his material was that included files and cd-roms. it was more than it appeared to. he wanted $500,000 euros -- about $750,000 american depending on the exchange rate, and he was convicted this december. he got five years in prison. if it was an american case, he would have got more than five years. european spy cases are about one-third the american effort as to what they get. i've talked to europeans and they said you clonians are sensitive to espionage. we're more sophisticated than that. we realize it's not that important. i had great debates about that with them. he gets five years in prison for that case working for the gru. there's nothing like a good spy scandal, and great britain love
a russian officer, not a russian kgb officer was out of netherlands because of the case, and it seems in august is surfaces he had more secrets than they that. he was wanted to use them -- admitted when they arrested him, they didn't say he had this much, and that they eventually discovered that he had hidden this in a container that was being shipped to the united arab emirates, and that's where his material was that included files and cd-roms. it was more than it appeared to. he wanted...
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guess how many of the russians had? 350,000. the minute they rolled into berlin,, we would have a choice to give in to west berlin in a matter of hours, which would have been horrific for europe, or go to some kind of nuclear weapons and stop them in their tribe. kennedy said i'm not going to that step because that stuff is horrible. to put them in the position of lunch in a third world war. kennedy knew this. i could say with a tremendous sense of command to just say no to them. got my work and i might not. as time went on it became more likely that it would work. we wouldn't use of nuclear weapons in the end. i'm not sure the breadstick. it wasn't really a good laugh and that's where realizes that. he would blow up the world over this. he decided he had to do something about it and began to realize the best thing to ever happen us first of all fulbright started saying on "meet the press," the chairman of the foreign relations committee said west linn. that is the key signal for the russians. gadhafi's berlin we can live with t
guess how many of the russians had? 350,000. the minute they rolled into berlin,, we would have a choice to give in to west berlin in a matter of hours, which would have been horrific for europe, or go to some kind of nuclear weapons and stop them in their tribe. kennedy said i'm not going to that step because that stuff is horrible. to put them in the position of lunch in a third world war. kennedy knew this. i could say with a tremendous sense of command to just say no to them. got my work...
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so he goes over to the russian army, serves as an advisor to the czar, and is attached to two senior russian commanders, fisa some of the great battles of 1812 including, was at the retreat of the french army when it's trapped in the late fall of 1812, goes on when the prussians changed sides to fight at the great battles, and then in the 1815 campaign, the waterloo campaign, fights. so he's a very experienced officer. after the war he is appointed to head the prussian war college, and from 1818-1831, he spent most of his time writing about his experiences in the great wars. he dies from cholera. his collected writings are published posthumously. the first four blogs make up the book known as onboard. on war is a famous book regarded by many as the most important book ever written on armed conflict. it is currently standard reading and all the war colleges of the united states armed workforce. and your book is called "decoding clausewitz." why? >> well, it's called "decoding clausewitz" because i think that "on war" has been very badly misunderstood. and it's not like it's just any c
so he goes over to the russian army, serves as an advisor to the czar, and is attached to two senior russian commanders, fisa some of the great battles of 1812 including, was at the retreat of the french army when it's trapped in the late fall of 1812, goes on when the prussians changed sides to fight at the great battles, and then in the 1815 campaign, the waterloo campaign, fights. so he's a very experienced officer. after the war he is appointed to head the prussian war college, and from...
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on the the other hand, the russians could not defeat the other side. they were trapped in the war of attrition with no end in sight. the war was taking a toll on the soviet lives. total losses defeated 9,000 by the time that gorbachev came five years after the war started. now the opening of most of the kremlin archives since the collapse has given this remarkable insight into the discussions of the transcript of the meetings that went on in the soviet. so we know a great deal of what is going on and when gorbachev met the afghan leader that they had imposed after murdering the new leader had been five years by the time gorbachev came in, garbage of's message to him was we know this term. you naturally understand as other members of the afghan leadership obviously do the the soviet troops cannot stay in afghanistan forever. so that is the first difference between the two occupations. gorbachev decided early on the war was not winnable. obama is not yet to concede it at that point. the second crucial difference is that the soviet military made no attemp
on the the other hand, the russians could not defeat the other side. they were trapped in the war of attrition with no end in sight. the war was taking a toll on the soviet lives. total losses defeated 9,000 by the time that gorbachev came five years after the war started. now the opening of most of the kremlin archives since the collapse has given this remarkable insight into the discussions of the transcript of the meetings that went on in the soviet. so we know a great deal of what is going...
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that was the key signal to the russians. if you cut off east berlin we can live with that, just don't take was berlin are co he signaled to them clearly, take what you have to take to protect your soviet round but you don't want workers going to the west. do what you have to do but no war. it's easy for camp to say. we should have been tough the tough is not a metaphor. it leads to consequences. outside of that, the russians backed down are we back down or neither side ask down. the fear kennedy had gotten from reading barbara tok was wet launches countries and to world war ii and world war iii is each side does what it feels it has to do step-by-step and you create a ruth goldberg situation where both sides find themselves killing each other over something both sides did not want to do. that is where presidents differ from historians. >> host: we will continue on the major points of the presidency but now it differs and back to presentation. i remember going to the news conference. i didn't have the guts to think about aski
that was the key signal to the russians. if you cut off east berlin we can live with that, just don't take was berlin are co he signaled to them clearly, take what you have to take to protect your soviet round but you don't want workers going to the west. do what you have to do but no war. it's easy for camp to say. we should have been tough the tough is not a metaphor. it leads to consequences. outside of that, the russians backed down are we back down or neither side ask down. the fear...
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the wheel turned again a few months later when the russians invaded finland, and hoover jumped in and set up a finnish relief fund. and with great fanfare and publicity, successfully raised millions of dollars to help the finns. well, this, of course, not only helps the finns, but it helped hoover's own prestige as a humanitarian -- >> host: on the eve of the 1940 -- >> guest: yes. >> host: -- contest. >> guest: so the roosevelt handlers and probably fdr himself in the white house said it looks to us like roosevelt -- like hoover is trying to use the finnish relief to present himself in a favorable reform. so they then leaked the story that just three months before hoover had been offered a humanitarian role and had declined it for political reasons. and hoover, of course, was very upset at that and thought this was another low blow and denied it. again, the effort fell through, that is the effort to have hoover do anything with roosevelt. that was the last, i think, moment where they had any possibility of a rapprochement. so hoover was free to pursue his own political ambitions, his
the wheel turned again a few months later when the russians invaded finland, and hoover jumped in and set up a finnish relief fund. and with great fanfare and publicity, successfully raised millions of dollars to help the finns. well, this, of course, not only helps the finns, but it helped hoover's own prestige as a humanitarian -- >> host: on the eve of the 1940 -- >> guest: yes. >> host: -- contest. >> guest: so the roosevelt handlers and probably fdr himself in the...
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the army he was building up on the russian border was enormous. it was the the biggest army in the history of the world, and so it could not be hidden. and it looked for all the world that he was going to conquer russia in a very short period of time, and it also looked like he was going to invade russia in june of 1812 which is what he did. if he won in russia, he would then be master of europe. he would then have only two countries left to subdue, actually three. two were in the iberian peninsula, portugal and spain. he had already invaded them -- portugal in 1807, spain in 1808. he had been fighting a guerrilla war in spain for all of those years. the english had an army there trying to fight him. it was led by the duke of wellington. but everybody figured once he got, once he got done with russia that no poll onhimself -- napoleon himself would come to spain, and he would win the war. his lieutenants had been fighting in spain and portugal prior to this time, and they might not have been doing so well, but when the master himself came, it look
the army he was building up on the russian border was enormous. it was the the biggest army in the history of the world, and so it could not be hidden. and it looked for all the world that he was going to conquer russia in a very short period of time, and it also looked like he was going to invade russia in june of 1812 which is what he did. if he won in russia, he would then be master of europe. he would then have only two countries left to subdue, actually three. two were in the iberian...
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the wheel turned again a few months later when the russians invaded finland and hoover jumped in and set up a finished relief fund and with great fanfare and publicity successfully raised millions of dollars to help the finns. this of course not only help the finns but helped hoover's own prestige as a humanitarian. >> host: on the eve of the 1940 contest. >> guest: the roosevelt handlers and probably fdr himself in the white house said it looked like hoover was trying to use the finished relief to present himself in a fairer folk forms that they been leaked the story that three months before hoover had been offered humanitarian role and had declined it for political reasons. hoover of course was very upset with that and thought this was a low blow and tonight it. again, the effort fell through, that is the effort to have hoover do anything with roosevelt. that was the last i think moment where they had any possibility of a -- so hoover was free to pursue his own political ambitions, which he did and with some notable success in aid for finland and eight for poland and get he never h
the wheel turned again a few months later when the russians invaded finland and hoover jumped in and set up a finished relief fund and with great fanfare and publicity successfully raised millions of dollars to help the finns. this of course not only help the finns but helped hoover's own prestige as a humanitarian. >> host: on the eve of the 1940 contest. >> guest: the roosevelt handlers and probably fdr himself in the white house said it looked like hoover was trying to use the...
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outside of that either the russians back down or be back down or neither side backs down. the fear that kennedy got is what lunches countries and '04 one and two in three as a natural progression each side does what it feels it has to do step-by-step. gamble sides find themselves killing each other over something both sides did not want to do. that is our presidents differ from historians as 1/2 to make these decisions. >> host: now a little diversion. going to the news conference, i did not have the guts to think of asking a question. bite we think about the which. of this is scrip did the questions were softball but not always. said he could not have thought of dancers and the time it took to get there but he had a whit to everybody concentrated on track to cut your finger. >> in the kitchen. something like that. >> it is rare in politics to have already politician. clinton was a good time but not funny zero or weedy. mccarthy was but politicians tried to avoid being urbane. but for some reason he makes the irish background with his wit but it was fined. it was not clunk
outside of that either the russians back down or be back down or neither side backs down. the fear that kennedy got is what lunches countries and '04 one and two in three as a natural progression each side does what it feels it has to do step-by-step. gamble sides find themselves killing each other over something both sides did not want to do. that is our presidents differ from historians as 1/2 to make these decisions. >> host: now a little diversion. going to the news conference, i did...
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the wheel turned again a few months later when the russians invaded finland, and hoover rushed rushed in and successfully raised millions of doors to help the finns. this helped the finns and helped hoover's prestige. >> on the eve of the 14940 contest. >> so the roosevelt handlers and probably fdr in the white house says, looks like hoover is trying to use the finnish relief to present himself in a favorable forum. so they then leaked the story that just three months before, hoover had been offered a humanitarian role and had declined it for political reasons, and hoover, of course, was very upset at that and thought it was low blow and denied it. again, the effort fell through -- that is the effort to have hoover do anything with roosevelt. that was the last, i think, moment, where they had any possibility of changing. so hoover was free to do his own independent human tearan work, which he did, in aide for finland and aid for poland, and yet he never had the administrative role on the grand scale he had in world war i, and i think that roosevelt, for all his differences with hoover
the wheel turned again a few months later when the russians invaded finland, and hoover rushed rushed in and successfully raised millions of doors to help the finns. this helped the finns and helped hoover's prestige. >> on the eve of the 14940 contest. >> so the roosevelt handlers and probably fdr in the white house says, looks like hoover is trying to use the finnish relief to present himself in a favorable forum. so they then leaked the story that just three months before, hoover...
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the wheel turned again a few months later when the russians invaded finland and hoover jumped in and set up a finnish relief fund and with great fanfare and a publicity successfully raised millions of dollars to help. this of course not only helped the fans but it helped hoover's own prestige as the humanitarian in the eve of 1940. so the roosevelt handlers and fdr himself in the white house said it looks to us like roosevelt, like hoover is trying to use the finished relief to present himself in a favorable form so they then leaked to the story that three months before hoover had been offered a humanitarian role and had declined for political reasons and hoover of course was very upset about that and thought that this is a very low blow and the united, and in the effort fell through that is the effort to have hoover do anything with roosevelt. the was the last i think moment where they had any possibility of a rapprochement. said he was free to pursue his own political and missions to date his own independent humanitarian work which he did come and with some notable success the aid
the wheel turned again a few months later when the russians invaded finland and hoover jumped in and set up a finnish relief fund and with great fanfare and a publicity successfully raised millions of dollars to help. this of course not only helped the fans but it helped hoover's own prestige as the humanitarian in the eve of 1940. so the roosevelt handlers and fdr himself in the white house said it looks to us like roosevelt, like hoover is trying to use the finished relief to present himself...
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that is a russian doll problem and a bigger russian doll problem if the sec doesn't crack down on that money laundering through corporate entities. that demonstrates there is a russian doll problem and these candidates who are supposed to be living and existing independently of these super pacs perceive them as costs of money. mitt romney gave me $1 million. that is a big problem that poses just as much of a threat to our democracy as if it were legal for not only add canard but an actual business corporation that will direct you to an individual who may be the next president. >> i want to dovetail on that to go back to what allen said about the c4s. it is true that c4s are not the enemy and there are many fabulous 501c4s. everything from the nra to planned parenting. pick your favorite. many of them are funded by small donations. that is not necessarily the problem and the don't think many of us would claim that to be the problem. the bigger problem is when c4s are used to shield corporate entities or other rich individuals and the chamber of commerce was actually 501c4-6 because they
that is a russian doll problem and a bigger russian doll problem if the sec doesn't crack down on that money laundering through corporate entities. that demonstrates there is a russian doll problem and these candidates who are supposed to be living and existing independently of these super pacs perceive them as costs of money. mitt romney gave me $1 million. that is a big problem that poses just as much of a threat to our democracy as if it were legal for not only add canard but an actual...
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. >> guest: well, yeah, and the chinese have one -- they got the parts from the russians, didn't they? >> host: yeah. explain the -- the ukraine, actually. >> guest: right. >> host: i thought it was quite interesting the way you dealt very concisely with the way we're responding to russia after the fall of the soviet union. >> guest: i think, look, ronald reagan, i mean, he had a lot of luck, but he was a good man, and i think in many ways a great president. and he began saying, look, this is an evil empire, they lie, cheat and steal. when he said that in his first press conference, there were strokes all over the department of state. at the end of his administration in 19 -- late '88, early '89, he's walking through red square with gorbachev, and russians are patting him on the back, okay? and the cold war ended without a war. >> host: yeah. >> guest: and it was a bloodless victory. i said at the time do not move nato right up to russia. they did everything last. they let the germans go, they took the red army, moving it back to the yurls, and what did we do? >> >> host: and they bro
. >> guest: well, yeah, and the chinese have one -- they got the parts from the russians, didn't they? >> host: yeah. explain the -- the ukraine, actually. >> guest: right. >> host: i thought it was quite interesting the way you dealt very concisely with the way we're responding to russia after the fall of the soviet union. >> guest: i think, look, ronald reagan, i mean, he had a lot of luck, but he was a good man, and i think in many ways a great president. and he...
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that was used for the russian illegals. there were agents of a foreign power and that is why all of pl themed 10 years. there's another great little used in the espionage world and it is called section 101. if a law enforcement officer -- you cannot lie to me. if you like to me, you go to jail for five years for every live. if i go to in bridge to interview anybody and start the interview and lied to me, i would say stop. you just committed a felony and could go to jail for five years so let's start all over again. you don't want to lie to me. if you like to a federal officer, for every like, you get five years. in spite cases, they almost never confessed. a chart 1 in with001. it is a gridlock. -- it is a great loss. don't ever lied to a federal officer. each line is five years. let me tell aboutspyepedia. we'll update this every single day. the man who runs this is sitting here. he does this every day. he has a staff of masters people to update this information every single day. everything i am about to tell you comes fro
that was used for the russian illegals. there were agents of a foreign power and that is why all of pl themed 10 years. there's another great little used in the espionage world and it is called section 101. if a law enforcement officer -- you cannot lie to me. if you like to me, you go to jail for five years for every live. if i go to in bridge to interview anybody and start the interview and lied to me, i would say stop. you just committed a felony and could go to jail for five years so let's...
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vladimir putin and any other russian nationalist to might look to nuclear forces to revitalize their sense of russia we want to avoid giving them any hint or any suggestion we are somehow conceding to them the trapping of the superpower. i'm not suggesting we get in their space and expand nato again and that sort of thing but i do believe that on the nuclear forces we have to be careful about not drawing down unilaterally and we also need the arsenal to be safe and reliable, however, even if you mandate or premise the basic qualities in a nuclear arsenal you can save a lot of money i believe by doing some things differently because i don't think it matters that much each and every detail of the fighting plan of our integrated operational plan. for example instead of sailing 14 submarines with ballistic missiles on them and a sister reading the war had under the new s.t.a.r.t. treaty under the 14 platforms i would reduce of eight ships. they have the capacity and they were designed to be able to carry enough warheads to meet our new stores ceilings even with just eight ships very safe
vladimir putin and any other russian nationalist to might look to nuclear forces to revitalize their sense of russia we want to avoid giving them any hint or any suggestion we are somehow conceding to them the trapping of the superpower. i'm not suggesting we get in their space and expand nato again and that sort of thing but i do believe that on the nuclear forces we have to be careful about not drawing down unilaterally and we also need the arsenal to be safe and reliable, however, even if...
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to pull back even more. >> guest: look, we have got to do that with the russians. what i'm saying i am saying about us in the chinese is in no way different from what we have learned in our reciprocal relationship with the russians. they could destroy it almost all the american cities in the course of six hours. i was supposed to be responsible for coordinating if something happened, and we could wipe out all of russia. and yes, if we continue to maintain the kind of competition that was characteristic of the 20th century we will end up with the chinese and us in the same position. >> host: in an arms race, and we may be entering one right now, right? in your book you talk about the new concept of global systemic rivalry. explain for me what you mean by that. >> guest: interesting you picked that because when i wrote this i said to myself, it was a surprise to me when i thought of it and i said chico, and i looked around and i didn't find it any indication. it was a very simply idea, namely today when you talk about america and china or america and russia, whatever
to pull back even more. >> guest: look, we have got to do that with the russians. what i'm saying i am saying about us in the chinese is in no way different from what we have learned in our reciprocal relationship with the russians. they could destroy it almost all the american cities in the course of six hours. i was supposed to be responsible for coordinating if something happened, and we could wipe out all of russia. and yes, if we continue to maintain the kind of competition that was...
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at the end of his administration he's walking through red square arm and arm with gorbachev, and russians are patting him on the back, okay? and the cold war ended without a war. and it was a blood bless victory. -- bloodless victory. i said at the time do not move nato up to russia. they let the germans go, they took the red army and moved it back to the euros, and what did we do -- >> host: and they broke up. >> guest: then they let the whole place come apart, and the soviet empire came down. and we took the alliance and moved it up on -- right up onto their front porch. i opposed that. i said it was a terrible mistake. and then we had some people go over there and help loot that place, helped whatever it was loot the place, and that's why you've got putin now who's a tough customer and a nationalist. and my view is russia does not, does not threaten the -- the united states doesn't threaten their military, they don't threaten us. it's time for the europeans to defend themselves. they're as rich as we are, they've got as many people. and so that's what i would do. >> host: bring the sol
at the end of his administration he's walking through red square arm and arm with gorbachev, and russians are patting him on the back, okay? and the cold war ended without a war. and it was a blood bless victory. -- bloodless victory. i said at the time do not move nato up to russia. they let the germans go, they took the red army and moved it back to the euros, and what did we do -- >> host: and they broke up. >> guest: then they let the whole place come apart, and the soviet...
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polish russian reconciliation may be next on the agenda. i think we could do a great deal of protect teen japan and remaining allied to promote the reconciliation. they can do the same between china and india, at the last thing we should be doing a signaling will not be militarily somehow can maintain an asian balance of an asian powers rising that as likely to be very nationalistic and could be easily provoked in intensity towards us or among each other. we may even find them and asia that either release the tragedy that europe experience in the 20th century or they find ourselves drawn into conflicts as parties to conflicts on the asian mainland and i find it hard to imagine anything more self-destructive for the united states in fact. >> host: well, from everything and her stand the pentagon is planning for some kind of military contingencies in asia and the asia pacific, air sea battle -- >> host: for a while? we are obviously engaged to the security of japan. we are committed to freedom mitigation. at all say the pentagon planning for
polish russian reconciliation may be next on the agenda. i think we could do a great deal of protect teen japan and remaining allied to promote the reconciliation. they can do the same between china and india, at the last thing we should be doing a signaling will not be militarily somehow can maintain an asian balance of an asian powers rising that as likely to be very nationalistic and could be easily provoked in intensity towards us or among each other. we may even find them and asia that...
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right now, it is true that we're dependent on the russians to get our crew to the international space station, but our industry partners are meeting milestones and making steady progress towards getting crews and cargo to space so that we only have to rely on this foreign outsourcing or as short a period of time as possible. win the decision was made to retire the shuttle back in 2004, we always knew it would be a gap in our spaceflight capability. in a few months, however, spacex and orbital sciences will launch their dragon and cygnus capsules respectfully, to a earth with the international space station. something that is being done on a commercial basis for the very first time. this follows the successful launch, orbit, and in tact recovery of a spacex dragon capsule at the end of 2010. i've also seen see you at nevada's dream chaser vehicle in boulder, colorado. i've seen blue origin in washington. their lunch and the new shepard vehicle that will flag experiment into suborbital space. i visited the new horizontal integration facility at our flight facility in virginia that will
right now, it is true that we're dependent on the russians to get our crew to the international space station, but our industry partners are meeting milestones and making steady progress towards getting crews and cargo to space so that we only have to rely on this foreign outsourcing or as short a period of time as possible. win the decision was made to retire the shuttle back in 2004, we always knew it would be a gap in our spaceflight capability. in a few months, however, spacex and orbital...
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cafes they couldn't believe their good luck all of those other four guys in the camp living on the russians and stuff like that and in this marvelous city they were taken to a converted slaughterhouse and was a place that was used to house animals that had been cleaned up and converted into a p.o.w. camp and put in the months. for about a month or so kurt worked in a factory boil down grain and turned into a high protein server for pregnant women. now and then he could steal a little of that honey they were making from the grain and was nourishing and warmed his stomach but then one night in february, 1945, he was lifted out of his bunk, his captors took all of the men across-the-board and 50 feet down into a basement area. a giant cellar where there were carcases hanging on tenterhooks. it was so far down below that it was naturally cold down there and they were using it as an undergrad refrigerator. the men were told to sit down and wait and suddenly the ceiling began to shake. the one bold hanging swung back-and-forth and dust sprinkle down on their head. they were there for eight hours
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. >> guest: we have learned to do that with the russians. what i'm saying about us and the chinese is in no way different from what we have learned in our reciprocal relationship with the russians. they could destroy almost all of the american cities in the course of six hours and i have to deal with that in the capacity how it's supposed to be responsive for coordinating if something happened. we could wipe out all of russia in six hours more efficient than knous. if we continue to maintain the kind of competition the most characteristic of the 20th century we would end up with the chinese and us in the silent to the position. >> host: we may be entering one right now in your book you talk about the concept of the global system of rivalry. explain to me what you mean by that. >> guest: it's interesting you pick that because when i wrote this i said to myself it was a surprise to me when i thought of it and i said other people must have thought of this before. and i looked around and i didn't find any indication. it was a very simple idea. m
. >> guest: we have learned to do that with the russians. what i'm saying about us and the chinese is in no way different from what we have learned in our reciprocal relationship with the russians. they could destroy almost all of the american cities in the course of six hours and i have to deal with that in the capacity how it's supposed to be responsive for coordinating if something happened. we could wipe out all of russia in six hours more efficient than knous. if we continue to...
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-- a coast guard cutter leading a russian tanker. we had some language issues going on, had to translate all this. we had some cultural differences going on. but what they were able to facilitate, again, was pretty he remarkable, and i'm -- i'm giving laudatory praise to our coast guard but i think it's also important to recognize the good work that the men of the renda did in assisting as well. what they were able to do using noaa satellites to determine where the best mapping would be, where to cut through that ice, they were able to break through and get within about a half a mile of -- of the shore of nome. it was close enough so that when i got off the healy, i was able to take a snow machine to shore. it was about a three-minute snow machine ride. that's how close they were able to get in safely to the shore. the renda laid hose across the ice to connect to the tankers onshore. it was about a six-day process to fuel it up but they did it safely, without any incident whatsoever, were able to then close up that operation and last
-- a coast guard cutter leading a russian tanker. we had some language issues going on, had to translate all this. we had some cultural differences going on. but what they were able to facilitate, again, was pretty he remarkable, and i'm -- i'm giving laudatory praise to our coast guard but i think it's also important to recognize the good work that the men of the renda did in assisting as well. what they were able to do using noaa satellites to determine where the best mapping would be, where...
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boe and the army under russian though was as big as the american army under washington and the money that they loaned and the fact that the country was more than double the louisiana purchase. the fact that the greatest tribute to our creed, if you will, as a gift from another country from france, the statue of liberty which stands of course that our greatest port of entry in the country. the friendship left their names all over the states and cities and colleges and universities. we may not pronounced them correctly but they are french names, and of course let's not ever forget that more americans, more of our equal in france than any other place in the world except our own country because of those who died in world war i and world war ii, and if you've ever been to a battlefield and normandie for the battlefields of the first world war which in many ways are even more moving because nobody goes to see them anymore, you know what the toll it took. we are, again, more indebted to other people than we have any idea. and we are particularly indebted to all those people who preceded us,
boe and the army under russian though was as big as the american army under washington and the money that they loaned and the fact that the country was more than double the louisiana purchase. the fact that the greatest tribute to our creed, if you will, as a gift from another country from france, the statue of liberty which stands of course that our greatest port of entry in the country. the friendship left their names all over the states and cities and colleges and universities. we may not...
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in the face of russian territorial claim that is were extending down the coast, adams informed the russian ambassador that the united states strongly contested the right of russia to any territorial claims to north america. six months later, they were broadened and incorporated to the annual message to congress. monroe went on to warn european governments to keep the hands off of the affairs of newly independent governments. these noncolonization and nonintervention stages were the twin cornerstones of what came to be called the monroe doctrine. so i asked you again, what has the war accomplished? one american historian wrote the bonfire t cannons, the church fire that rebelled the peace against constituted less a shout of triumph than a sigh of relief. at first it was definitely true. there's an economy to rebuild. but once the economic resurgence was in progress, they had a swagger of triumph. americans forgot the war's disheartening defeat and chose instead to remember the opponents -- don't give up the ship, the glories of old ironside and, of course, jackson's stand before new orleans
in the face of russian territorial claim that is were extending down the coast, adams informed the russian ambassador that the united states strongly contested the right of russia to any territorial claims to north america. six months later, they were broadened and incorporated to the annual message to congress. monroe went on to warn european governments to keep the hands off of the affairs of newly independent governments. these noncolonization and nonintervention stages were the twin...
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-russian shuttle mission which featured a cosmonaut as a member of the crew. he came back down to earth and returned to the marine corps who after 1997 served as the commanding general of the third wing from 2000 to 2002 and retired in 2003. he was inducted into the u.s. astronaut hall of fame in 2006. just by way of giving in measure of this great american patriot marine astronaut and now at an illustrator than u.s. representative now florida senator bill nelson was aboard the 1986 shuttle flight and is now the chairman of the subcommittee on space and he said i trusted charlie but my life and would do so again. also a former space correspondent wrote he happens to be a great guy he doesn't have the right stuff he knows his stuff to visit my pleasure to introduce the next speaker, the honorable charles chiarelli panther bolden. [applause] thank you very much. it's an honor for me to be here and i can't thank you enough. general petraeus to say introductions like that my mother and father are also looking down on us today and i can tell you they are gloating.
-russian shuttle mission which featured a cosmonaut as a member of the crew. he came back down to earth and returned to the marine corps who after 1997 served as the commanding general of the third wing from 2000 to 2002 and retired in 2003. he was inducted into the u.s. astronaut hall of fame in 2006. just by way of giving in measure of this great american patriot marine astronaut and now at an illustrator than u.s. representative now florida senator bill nelson was aboard the 1986 shuttle...
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other russians knew that we had it with the president did not happily the secretary of foretold that to him early in his presidency so now that he knew when he made the decision to use it on japan congress is out of session it takes most of america by surprise the atomic bomb on an hiroshima, nagasaki, congress is out of session and the war is over. the planners did not have a chance to come in with their programs. immediately he was to get them back into session by this time some congressmen said this 94% tax that don't think would get america back on track. the keynesian believe it. the truman secretary of treasury gives you the idea where the americans were who favor this intervention in. maynard keynes came out with his ideas with public works, stimulate aggregate demand, of waterbury intervention he will eliminate unemployment through that. and then at fred vincent said "japanese have surrendered he wants massive government intervention and history shows us business labor agriculture cannot assure the maintenance of high levels of production. in other words markets don't work. t
other russians knew that we had it with the president did not happily the secretary of foretold that to him early in his presidency so now that he knew when he made the decision to use it on japan congress is out of session it takes most of america by surprise the atomic bomb on an hiroshima, nagasaki, congress is out of session and the war is over. the planners did not have a chance to come in with their programs. immediately he was to get them back into session by this time some congressmen...
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one of the ironies of history, the russians knew we had it, the president of the united states did not. happily, secretary of war stimson told that to truman early in his presidency so now he knew and when he decided to use it on japan in august, congress is out of session. it takes most of america by surprise, august 6th an atomic bomb on heiroshimhiroshima, augn nagasaki and congress were out of session and the planners did not have a chance to send their programs and immediately truman wants to get them into session but by this time some of the congressmen you know what? this 94% tax i don't think is going to get america back on track. the keynesians completely believed it. here's truman secretary of treasury gives you, where the americans were to favor this kind of intervention. lord commander keynes came out with this idea that you need public works, stimulate aggregate demand, lots of government intervention and you will eliminate unemployment through that. and so what secretary of treasury vincent, another kentuckian by the way, fred vincent, truman's secretary of treasury says,
one of the ironies of history, the russians knew we had it, the president of the united states did not. happily, secretary of war stimson told that to truman early in his presidency so now he knew and when he decided to use it on japan in august, congress is out of session. it takes most of america by surprise, august 6th an atomic bomb on heiroshimhiroshima, augn nagasaki and congress were out of session and the planners did not have a chance to send their programs and immediately truman wants...
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the panel found that katia is not, in the woods, a russian spy. -- in other words, a russioan spy. the case was said to be wanting at every stage. >> it must have been very disappointing, with the great anticipation in this case, that it turns out to become according to this hearing, nothing. that is not true with the other one i am going to talk about it there is an ongoing spy war going on in asia. thailand, cambodia, korean spy wars. if you get involved in working the china issue and you have anything to do with taiwan, you will certainly know the intelligence service. we are still engaged in "a war without gunfire." if you look at what is going on, he is absolutely right. the national security branch, which is like the foreign intelligence service, the military intelligence bureau, and the minister of justice investigation bureau, there counter intelligence bureaus similar to the fbi. that is what constitutes the time and his intelligence service. -- taiwanese intelligence service. they are aggressive, they use official cover, and they aggressively target prc students in the un
the panel found that katia is not, in the woods, a russian spy. -- in other words, a russioan spy. the case was said to be wanting at every stage. >> it must have been very disappointing, with the great anticipation in this case, that it turns out to become according to this hearing, nothing. that is not true with the other one i am going to talk about it there is an ongoing spy war going on in asia. thailand, cambodia, korean spy wars. if you get involved in working the china issue and...
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the earlier if you find it hard to imagine a world without america that the russians, chinese, and they're making plans. for 60 years the american security umbrella has those of the wealthiest nations on the planet from paying for their own defense. they have gotten used to it. the united states army lives in germany. if you like the german welfare system, as many americans do, good for you because you're paying for it. you free up the german military budget so they could beat their swords into welfare checks. now we have decided, we have decided we would like to live like them, but without the sugar daddy to take care of us as we took care of europe. we live on a planet in which north korea is assisting the iranians with their delivery systems and the iranians are promising to share their nukes with saddam. north korea has and undetectable gdp. it does not just have a lower gdp. it has a gdp that is not statistically measurable when you compare it with a ball. there is no gdp. all they export our nuclear technology and knocked off viagra. you cannot measure north korea's gdp, but it is a
the earlier if you find it hard to imagine a world without america that the russians, chinese, and they're making plans. for 60 years the american security umbrella has those of the wealthiest nations on the planet from paying for their own defense. they have gotten used to it. the united states army lives in germany. if you like the german welfare system, as many americans do, good for you because you're paying for it. you free up the german military budget so they could beat their swords into...
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it may lead to decreased reliability for russian rockets in the future. hopefully it doesn't, but -- >> does that give the advantage to china? >> i think long-term china is the serious competitor. there -- if you look at russian rocketry, the soviet union has really been. the technology. it is fairly progress. no new rockets of launched since the soviet union. so what that means is a sin as that technology level is exceeded and they're rendered redundant. that is likely will occur. >> how much longer do they have once this debt during some serious work? >> does that mean then that china was sicily in the space there are occupying? >> i'm quite confident we can take on china. >> that's it to another question. >> i would rather be and that the agenda. >> year on the record in the think you have a lot of people cheering for you. obviously will see what happens. we'll invite you back. >> famous last words. >> given the failed progress launch and the risk of trusting the very survival of the international space station entirely there is something of a state of
it may lead to decreased reliability for russian rockets in the future. hopefully it doesn't, but -- >> does that give the advantage to china? >> i think long-term china is the serious competitor. there -- if you look at russian rocketry, the soviet union has really been. the technology. it is fairly progress. no new rockets of launched since the soviet union. so what that means is a sin as that technology level is exceeded and they're rendered redundant. that is likely will occur....
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all they want, as you said of russians, all they want is to get out without defeat, something to dignify that. it's my wife who covered the military insisted they don't like to lose wars. the military has huge influence in this country. but it's gotten to the point where, again as we said earlier, the deficit. one fact a lot of republicans, most of the republican, presidential contenders are also calling for a speedier exit. >> well, they have as far as i understood, said that they support talks. the republican candidates were saying not only do we want out, but the layout is through talks. because just to lead the u.s.a. we want out is a bit like exiting in 196 1968 sink i havea plan and its foil. hubert humphrey did have one. we have five more wars under nixon. [inaudible] >> what does it gives, in a sense it gives obama the political power to change course without being called something. maybe, listening to you, i have been listening to matt the last year and he's been telling me the very same thing. and, of course, on our trip dish matt, do you want to say anything? >> the senior civ
all they want, as you said of russians, all they want is to get out without defeat, something to dignify that. it's my wife who covered the military insisted they don't like to lose wars. the military has huge influence in this country. but it's gotten to the point where, again as we said earlier, the deficit. one fact a lot of republicans, most of the republican, presidential contenders are also calling for a speedier exit. >> well, they have as far as i understood, said that they...
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open season, i said earlier if you find it hard to imagine a world without america but the russians, the chinese and the law are making plans for it. for 60 years the american security umbrella has observed the wealthiest nations on the planet for paying for their own defense and they've gotten used to it. the united states army in germany if you like the german welfare system as maybe americans to, good for you because you are paying for it. because you've read the german military budget so they could beat their swords into welfare checks. now we've decided we would like to live like the belgians but without a sugar daddy to take care of us as we took care of europe. we live on a planet in which north korea is assisting them with the delivery systems and the and iranians are promising to share their nukes with sudan. north korea has an undetectable gdp. it doesn't just have a low gdp. it has a gdp that isn't statistically measurable when you compare it. there is no gdp. alt-a export or the nuclear technology and the knockoff viagra. you cannot measure number three as the fight gdp b
open season, i said earlier if you find it hard to imagine a world without america but the russians, the chinese and the law are making plans for it. for 60 years the american security umbrella has observed the wealthiest nations on the planet for paying for their own defense and they've gotten used to it. the united states army in germany if you like the german welfare system as maybe americans to, good for you because you are paying for it. because you've read the german military budget so...
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our relationship with the russians is deteriorating. and that is not to speak about issues of poverty and hunger and disease. and so i think there's a lot for her to do. i must say that i sympathize with her over the fact that people talk about what she's wearing. i find that really appalling. they do not talk about what male secretaries of state wear. and i think she looks great. [applause] >> just briefly i will say that i and most dutch do -- [inaudible] it wasn't until recently that i learned that your country years ago -- [inaudible] do you think that would have made a difference? >> if americans spoke dutch? >> yeah. >> i'm sure it would have. laugh it's an interesting concept, because the truth is that americans are very much a part of the anglo saxon world, or have been. what is changing about america is that it's less and less anglo saxon. but obviously there were very close roots with the netherlands or holland because it was called new amsterdam. i have to tell you, i've heard dutch. it's much harder than english. and so i do
our relationship with the russians is deteriorating. and that is not to speak about issues of poverty and hunger and disease. and so i think there's a lot for her to do. i must say that i sympathize with her over the fact that people talk about what she's wearing. i find that really appalling. they do not talk about what male secretaries of state wear. and i think she looks great. [applause] >> just briefly i will say that i and most dutch do -- [inaudible] it wasn't until recently that i...
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we had a far east asian financial crisis, russian financial crisis in 98. that famous hedge fund in new york, long term capital management went under. the authorities thought they could bring all of wall street down. then we had the high technology fantasies driven by if not read, i don't know what else, with these people who underwrote these high technology stocks may $45 on every hundred dollars of stock is sold. one fantasy after another. the absurd levels as speculation , and the market crashed and crashed badly in 2000 to a 2001. finally mortgages, crazy mortgages. why? because wall street had learned how to raise money from pension funds around the world and institutional investors of all kind, big investors, mutual funds. probably colonel khadafy himself invested in some of these investments. almost surely he did. they can raise some much money that mortgage originators, those famous people like angeles was a low, could go out. they have some much money that they have to make. they felt they had to make crazy loans. of course they didn't. when you ha
we had a far east asian financial crisis, russian financial crisis in 98. that famous hedge fund in new york, long term capital management went under. the authorities thought they could bring all of wall street down. then we had the high technology fantasies driven by if not read, i don't know what else, with these people who underwrote these high technology stocks may $45 on every hundred dollars of stock is sold. one fantasy after another. the absurd levels as speculation , and the market...
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that is out there, one of the last conferences i attended as national security adviser adviser was a russian sponsored conference which 43 countries attended and the main subject of the conference was the increasing cooperation between terrorists, drug merchants and organized crime, and this is right in dhs's sweet spot. 43 countries roughly at the table talking about this about a year and a half ago, and this is a clear and present rising trend and dhs, as the secretary pointed out, we want to defend our borders as far away from our physical borders as we can and the way you do that is by international engagement, and so the presence of dhs and the importance of dhs on the international arena as part of our combatant commands for example, having a residence in those commands is very very important in order to deal with that threat in conjunction with the inter-agency process. i think one of the great things that we did early on in the administration was to decide to combine homeland security and national security and that has spawned a great cooperation of which i'm sure goes on today but w
that is out there, one of the last conferences i attended as national security adviser adviser was a russian sponsored conference which 43 countries attended and the main subject of the conference was the increasing cooperation between terrorists, drug merchants and organized crime, and this is right in dhs's sweet spot. 43 countries roughly at the table talking about this about a year and a half ago, and this is a clear and present rising trend and dhs, as the secretary pointed out, we want to...
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was already inside, and it was time to reboard the ships for home because kurt was liberated by the russian army not long after that. so he was missing a middle. and it was not until he arrived at the iowa writers' workshop in '65 that he finally broke through the structure of this novel, that he suddenly realized because of his interaction with other fiction writers that he could do something very different and exactly what he wanted to do. see, kurt was kind of marooned out on cape cod with his family as a freelance writer. he had very little interaction with other writers and professionals. ad men and a few other freelancers like himself, but nobody who was really on the cusp of anything new in american fiction. and when he goes to the iowa writers' workshop, he's with nelson algren and donald justice and vance and people who are making names for themselves in the writing of novels. and what they told him was you can do whatever you want. you don't have to abide by the conventions of fiction. you can go in any direction you want. so kurt broke free of the chronological order that he'd be
was already inside, and it was time to reboard the ships for home because kurt was liberated by the russian army not long after that. so he was missing a middle. and it was not until he arrived at the iowa writers' workshop in '65 that he finally broke through the structure of this novel, that he suddenly realized because of his interaction with other fiction writers that he could do something very different and exactly what he wanted to do. see, kurt was kind of marooned out on cape cod with...
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the increase that 2% are really russians and chie nays. the russians considers most to be terrorists or potential trrszs, and the chinese, and if you look at that, they would be more on the side of individual freedom and consistent with america's struggle for independence, but i won't get into that. it's suspect to the extent of which they are actually terrorists, their objections are not consistent with what poses 5 security threat to the united states. in terms of yemen, when you release people, you follow them. that's what the saudis do. you can make a strong case that since we know their background, we know everything about them, if they were going to go back into the field, it -- first of all, they would be suspect, working with us possibly. they are -- they are people that have been cleared, so they are not terrorists. , and it seems to me that if they were going to go back, it would be a propaganda tool achievement for al-qaeda in the arabian peninsula anyway, and so we hear about them. it would be easier to capture them if they wer
the increase that 2% are really russians and chie nays. the russians considers most to be terrorists or potential trrszs, and the chinese, and if you look at that, they would be more on the side of individual freedom and consistent with america's struggle for independence, but i won't get into that. it's suspect to the extent of which they are actually terrorists, their objections are not consistent with what poses 5 security threat to the united states. in terms of yemen, when you release...
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and it's a language impression that it's a bodily which impression rather than a spoken word in russian. and so from george h.w. bush's point of view he just thinks it's ridiculous to have so much riding on these three, two, 90 minute exchange is. >> host: his son go as you point out in the book gives exactly the opposite. >> guest: absolutely. he thinks it's terrific. he and bill clinton said exactly the same thing in different words, that they feel it makes them feel out not only better candidates but better presidents because it forces them finally in the last few weeks before the election to be able, not only to decide what they really believe, not to be able to articulate it. so they see it all in a positive way. george w. bush and clinton. >> you row, and i'm going to quadruple, each a debate or four months through the prism, emotional as well as political. is there any debate performance, either theirs or yours, that sort of sticks out in your mind if you were sitting -- >> guest: sure, sure. here's one of the province by sitting so close, and remember, it's all about television.
and it's a language impression that it's a bodily which impression rather than a spoken word in russian. and so from george h.w. bush's point of view he just thinks it's ridiculous to have so much riding on these three, two, 90 minute exchange is. >> host: his son go as you point out in the book gives exactly the opposite. >> guest: absolutely. he thinks it's terrific. he and bill clinton said exactly the same thing in different words, that they feel it makes them feel out not only...
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the russians are building the dam and strictly economic enterprise. i saving the temple the u.s. could show they care about the spiritual side and realize the importance of saving the cultural patrimony of each of. i think my father rolled over on this one too. the temples were saved in the temple is now the metropolitan museum of new york was a gift from the government of egypt to the people of the united states to united states to thank them for their support. her commitment to history also letter to encourage my father to save lafayette square and start restoring pennsylvania avenue. these efforts helped launch the historic preservation movement at a time when neighborhoods across the country were being demolished from modern office buildings to urban renewal projects. and she didn't give up. in 1970 she was still twisting my uncle teddy's arm. a letter to him read, dearest teddy -- [laughter] you can tell where this is going. i send you that moynihan's letter to me. the week before let the white house that went to see president johnson to ask him if he was a president kennedy
the russians are building the dam and strictly economic enterprise. i saving the temple the u.s. could show they care about the spiritual side and realize the importance of saving the cultural patrimony of each of. i think my father rolled over on this one too. the temples were saved in the temple is now the metropolitan museum of new york was a gift from the government of egypt to the people of the united states to united states to thank them for their support. her commitment to history also...
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and russian experts working together, military-to-military, lap to lap. we have had coordination between a number of countries and helping the former soviet union get control of their nuclear materials. that is where the largest stockpile was in the world. >> kazakhstan is taken a lead in this regard in ukraine has taken a leap rico kazakhstan in ukraine and belarus give up all of their nuclear weapons which most people in the world don't know about. most people don't know that 10% of theocracy in the country, one out of 10 lightbulbs comes from nuclear material that was formerly in weapons pointed at us from russian, ukrainian and others. that was part of the dismantling, so a lot has been done. what is missing and whether there is material out there that no one knows about, it's always possible. i certainly would not discount it. i would say that i've always operated under the, probably, the questionable but nevertheless assumption that terrorist that had nuclear materials that they had it, they would try to use it and they would try to use it as soon a
and russian experts working together, military-to-military, lap to lap. we have had coordination between a number of countries and helping the former soviet union get control of their nuclear materials. that is where the largest stockpile was in the world. >> kazakhstan is taken a lead in this regard in ukraine has taken a leap rico kazakhstan in ukraine and belarus give up all of their nuclear weapons which most people in the world don't know about. most people don't know that 10% of...
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the increase that 2% of really are russians and chinese. the russians consider most to be terrorists or potential terrorists, and the chinese consider the others to be terrorists. now, if you allow that conflict, they would be more on the side of individual freedom an consistent with america's struggle for independence, but i won't get into that, but it's to the extent of which they are actually terrorists, objectives that are not in any way consistent with what would make a security threat to the united states. in terms of yemen, when you release people, you follow them. that's what the saudis do. you can make a strong case that since we know their [background -- we know their background, everything about them, and if they were to go back into the field, first of all, they would be suspect working with us possibly, they are people that have been cleared, so they are not terrorists, and it seems to me that if they were going to go back, it would be a propaganda tool achievement for al-qaeda in the arabian peninsula or anywhere so we hear ab
the increase that 2% of really are russians and chinese. the russians consider most to be terrorists or potential terrorists, and the chinese consider the others to be terrorists. now, if you allow that conflict, they would be more on the side of individual freedom an consistent with america's struggle for independence, but i won't get into that, but it's to the extent of which they are actually terrorists, objectives that are not in any way consistent with what would make a security threat to...
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first two or three years of the administration, we've been able to, i think, work very closely with the russians in terms of having our two countries at the lead of this effort, and that should continue, and the league conference of 2010 was also very good. i think it's absolutely essential that the united states maintain its leadership in this particular arena. >> and if i might, in terms of this, but also the importation of other kinds of weapon type material, that's why we have a secure container initiative negotiated around the world to really be able to screen high risk cargo around the world and there's ct pat, basically a form of the same thing. it's why tsa and cbp we have united data bases so that we can track, travel, and travel patterns in such a way that it enable les us to do further examination on higher risk travelers who have a pattern through countries that cause us to say, look, we want to double check. those things are the operational side of what do you do? >> yeah, the other thing i'd say is that, you know, especially in the intelligence business, you're constantly strugglin
first two or three years of the administration, we've been able to, i think, work very closely with the russians in terms of having our two countries at the lead of this effort, and that should continue, and the league conference of 2010 was also very good. i think it's absolutely essential that the united states maintain its leadership in this particular arena. >> and if i might, in terms of this, but also the importation of other kinds of weapon type material, that's why we have a...
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as it earlier if you find it hard to imagine a world without america the russians, the chinese and the mullahs don't and they are making plans for it. for 60 years the american security umbrella has absorbed the wealthiest nations on the planet comparing to their own defense. and they've gotten used to it. the united states army lives in germany pity if you like the german welfare system as many americans do, good for you. because you are paying for it. because you free up the german military budget so they could beat into the welfare checks. now we have decided -- we have decided we would like to live like the belgians but without a sugar daddy to take care of us as we took care of europe. we live on a planet in which north korea is assisting the iranians and their delivery systems and the iranians are promising to share their nukes with sudan. north korea has an undetectable gdp. it doesn't just have a low gdp, it has a gdp that is not statistically measurable when you compare it with gabal. there is no gdp. the nuclear technology and the malkoff viagra. you cannot measure north kore
as it earlier if you find it hard to imagine a world without america the russians, the chinese and the mullahs don't and they are making plans for it. for 60 years the american security umbrella has absorbed the wealthiest nations on the planet comparing to their own defense. and they've gotten used to it. the united states army lives in germany pity if you like the german welfare system as many americans do, good for you. because you are paying for it. because you free up the german military...
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first two or three years of the administration, we've been able to, i think, work very closely with the russians in terms of having our two countries at the lead of this, of this effort. and that should continue. the conference that was held in washington, i think, in 2010 was also very good. so i think it's absolutely essential that the united states maintain its leadership in this particular arena. >> and if i might, um, in terms of this but also the importation of other kinds of weapon-type material, that's why we have a secure container initiative negotiated around the world, to really be able to screen high-risk cargo around the world. that's why we have something called ct pat which is, basically, a form of the same thing. it's why through tsa and cbp we now have united databases so that we can track travel patterns in such a way that it enables us to do further qualification on the travelers or travelers who have had a pattern through cubs that cause us -- countries that cause us to say, look, we want to make sure we double check. so those things all go together and are kind of the operat
first two or three years of the administration, we've been able to, i think, work very closely with the russians in terms of having our two countries at the lead of this, of this effort. and that should continue. the conference that was held in washington, i think, in 2010 was also very good. so i think it's absolutely essential that the united states maintain its leadership in this particular arena. >> and if i might, um, in terms of this but also the importation of other kinds of...