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"obama's wars," by bob woodward, who spent almost two years talking to nearly 100 people behind closed doors. so, what happened inside the white house when we weren't there? abc's jake tapper is here tonight. jake? >> reporter: diane, the book describes tensions between the white house and the pentagon, and among all the president's men, as president obama struggled to look for a way out of afghanistan and to protect the country from an ever more terrifying terrorist threat. bob woodward's new book, "obama's wars," shows the white house consumed by warnings of terrorist threats on u.s. soil and forced to imagine the worst happening. the president told woodward, according to published reports, we can absorb a terrorist attack. even a 9/11, even the biggest attack ever, we absorbed it, and we are stronger. just days after his inauguration, the president is forced to confront stark realities about the terrorist threat and the war in afghanistan. in the book, an expert on islamic extremism tells the president that the long held belief that osama bin laden was just a figure head is not true
"obama's wars," by bob woodward, who spent almost two years talking to nearly 100 people behind closed doors. so, what happened inside the white house when we weren't there? abc's jake tapper is here tonight. jake? >> reporter: diane, the book describes tensions between the white house and the pentagon, and among all the president's men, as president obama struggled to look for a way out of afghanistan and to protect the country from an ever more terrifying terrorist threat. bob...
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i think people talked about or talked to bob woodward because they know that bob will talk to you or go talk behind your back to someone who knows you. >> whatever the answer is, i wish i knew because it seems to be a great way to get, you know, best-selling books, but i think what the book portrays is i think understandable ambivalence. who would not be ambivalent about the choice of letting them devolve into chaos and going forward with all the problems we face with a very weak partner there. >> last word, george. >> the book distracted attention from the fact that a corrupt government elected by a corrupt election presided over another corrupt election in afghanistan. >> this weekend was pretty dire for that, indeed, and this conversation will continue in the green room, and we just also wanted to give you a word about a special program next week. the plans to build that islamic center near ground zero has unleashed an international debate raising questions about america's uneasy relationship with islam. so next sunday we're going to hear from all sides in this debate. it's going
i think people talked about or talked to bob woodward because they know that bob will talk to you or go talk behind your back to someone who knows you. >> whatever the answer is, i wish i knew because it seems to be a great way to get, you know, best-selling books, but i think what the book portrays is i think understandable ambivalence. who would not be ambivalent about the choice of letting them devolve into chaos and going forward with all the problems we face with a very weak partner...
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pplause) >>> a white house official says the new bob woodward book called "obama's war" does not show anything new about the strategy in afghanistan. shouldn't be surprised about the war strategy. john hendron reports. >> the book hit like a bombsll. >> what i think is stking is that obama places politics at a pretty high premium in deliberations about iraq. >> bob woodward's new book porays president obama seeking a way out of afghanistan sayin i want an exit strategy. he says he pressed top advisers. when he didn't get terms, he drew one up himself saying he couldn't lose decratic party support for the war. >> he promised change. it really isn't all that different from the politics of previous white house. >> the book also says richar holbrook, the president' envoy to afghanistan, said of the surge it can't work. holbrook called the most egotistical bastard i've ever met. disliked talking to david axelrod calling him a complete spin doct. >> how the president has really handleboth wars in afghanistan as well as iraq and show how he has led on these two issues. i don't think it's goi
pplause) >>> a white house official says the new bob woodward book called "obama's war" does not show anything new about the strategy in afghanistan. shouldn't be surprised about the war strategy. john hendron reports. >> the book hit like a bombsll. >> what i think is stking is that obama places politics at a pretty high premium in deliberations about iraq. >> bob woodward's new book porays president obama seeking a way out of afghanistan sayin i want an...
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woodward -- >> we'll start with bob woodward. >> i was going to finish the news. is that okay? >> i'm very excited about this book. this is a must-read. >> you have to zip it. bob woodward's book offers a rare behind the scenes look at the obama administration's decision to increase troops in afghanistan. in the book, "obama wars" woodward says infighting has consumed the national security team. for example, vice president biden called richard holbrooke, quote, the most egotistical bastard i've ever met. am i allowed to say that? secretary gates allegedly warned that tom done lynn -- >> wait, you say that all the time. >> he would be, quote, a disaster for him to be national security adviser from his current position as deputy. gates, who is a man who usually keeps things very close to the vest said that. >> i look forward to reading this book. >> general petree yus said to believe that david axelrod is a complete spin doctor -- >> axelrod -- >> in addition the book discloses that according to u.s. intelligence reports afghan president hamid karzai was diagnosed a
woodward -- >> we'll start with bob woodward. >> i was going to finish the news. is that okay? >> i'm very excited about this book. this is a must-read. >> you have to zip it. bob woodward's book offers a rare behind the scenes look at the obama administration's decision to increase troops in afghanistan. in the book, "obama wars" woodward says infighting has consumed the national security team. for example, vice president biden called richard holbrooke, quote,...
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then obama's real war, afghanistan and bob woodward's new inside look at the battles over policy in the white house. we'll discuss that and all the week's politics in our roundtable with george will, donna brazile, matthew dowd and ron brownstein and "the sunday funnies." >> listen to this, one day delaware elects a witch, the next day the recession is over. i don't know. is that a coincidence? >>> hello again, and this week the recession was finally declared over. it officially ended june 2009, but the recovery has been slow, and the voters have been losing patience. with five weeks to go before the midterm elections, president obama and congressional democrats are facing potentially huge political losses. joining me now, the president's top political adviser, david axelrod. thank you for joining us. >> great to be here. >> i want to first though ask you about something very close to what the president has been doing, and that's middle east peace. the moratorium expires tonight. >> yes. >> the president asked the israeli prime minister to keep the moratorium on. he's not going to do it
then obama's real war, afghanistan and bob woodward's new inside look at the battles over policy in the white house. we'll discuss that and all the week's politics in our roundtable with george will, donna brazile, matthew dowd and ron brownstein and "the sunday funnies." >> listen to this, one day delaware elects a witch, the next day the recession is over. i don't know. is that a coincidence? >>> hello again, and this week the recession was finally declared over. it...
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pakistan refuses to dismantle militant networks in north waziristan to this of course the fact the bob woodward uncovers in his new book a three thousand man paramilitary of local afghans across the border into pakistan when necessary and it's no secret that the u.s. has a presence in this country the pakistanis themselves resent the drone strikes civilian casualties that are caused by them but something seems to be changing for some reason the u.s. presence in pakistan is being more publicly acknowledged so how do we see it does this mean that we're officially at war or earlier on. with colonel lawrence wilkerson the former chief of staff to colin powell and i asked him just that i think we war in pakistan from the moment we fired the first foreign missile of a predator drone. it's a matter of semantics perhaps but in terms of international law i think in the face of the world we are at war in pakistan and it wasn't a helicopter air strike as i understood it was a raid we put troops on the ground in but if you start claiming the right of pursuit as police. so i think right now this is
pakistan refuses to dismantle militant networks in north waziristan to this of course the fact the bob woodward uncovers in his new book a three thousand man paramilitary of local afghans across the border into pakistan when necessary and it's no secret that the u.s. has a presence in this country the pakistanis themselves resent the drone strikes civilian casualties that are caused by them but something seems to be changing for some reason the u.s. presence in pakistan is being more publicly...
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legendary journalist bob woodward has just opened the doors all the windows you could even say ripped the roof off of the obama white house when it comes to their decision making for the war in afghanistan and a new book entitled obama's wars that won't be released until monday but which was excerpted xor of it in both the new york times and the washington post today woodward exposes a national security team that at times resembles a trash talking group of teenagers as well as a president who's felt boxed in from the start by the military leadership now according to woodward president obama urgently look for a way out of the war in afghanistan last year were. heatedly pressing his top military advisers for an exit plan that they never gave him thus the president created his own strategy as a compromise and a classified six page term sheet that would have thirty thousand troops in a short term escalation but also set a withdrawal plan to begin in july two thousand and eleven now the president also told woodward himself the he didn't think about the afghanistan war in the classic terms
legendary journalist bob woodward has just opened the doors all the windows you could even say ripped the roof off of the obama white house when it comes to their decision making for the war in afghanistan and a new book entitled obama's wars that won't be released until monday but which was excerpted xor of it in both the new york times and the washington post today woodward exposes a national security team that at times resembles a trash talking group of teenagers as well as a president who's...
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. >> and obama quote in bob woodward's new book fires up his critics. >> i think it is the most cold- blooded remark an american president, i can think about. >> what is ahead for the president's inner circle? >> one way out -- one day i would like to run for mayor of chicago. ♪ >> this week brought back memories of the day newt gingrich gave us his contract for america. today, he is occupied with dreams of being president of less than six weeks to go before the midterm election, house republicans revealed a new pledge to america which proposes to extend the bush tax cuts and shutting down the health care law. it involves pulling back on stimulus money and reducing the size of the federal government. what is new on this? >> nothing, it is a portable document which means it is dishonest. they say they will reduce deficits by cutting taxes. it just won't happen. most voters know it is dishonest and it is a document they don't believe in. >> i watched this unveiling as i watched the democrats and it just seems like noise at this point, meaningless noise. in this case it was orchestrate
. >> and obama quote in bob woodward's new book fires up his critics. >> i think it is the most cold- blooded remark an american president, i can think about. >> what is ahead for the president's inner circle? >> one way out -- one day i would like to run for mayor of chicago. ♪ >> this week brought back memories of the day newt gingrich gave us his contract for america. today, he is occupied with dreams of being president of less than six weeks to go before the...
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now obviously the white house gave boob woodward a bob woodward. for now live in washington d.c., allison burns, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> another one of president obama's top economic advisors is leaving the white house. larry summers is stepping down from his position as head of the national economic council. he plans to go back to harvard university at the end of this year. summers is the third member of president obama's economic team to step down in the middle of the economic crisis. >>> senate democrats attached a revision to repeal don't ask don't tell to a popular defense spending bill but it was defeated with all republican voting against it. they accused democrats of trying to force the action before the november elections. >> this is a play tent political ploy in order to galvanize the other side facing a losing election. >> senator mccain says the vote should wait until after the pentagon releases its new study on the policy which is due in december. the senate will bring the issue up again in a lame duck section after the elections. if
now obviously the white house gave boob woodward a bob woodward. for now live in washington d.c., allison burns, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> another one of president obama's top economic advisors is leaving the white house. larry summers is stepping down from his position as head of the national economic council. he plans to go back to harvard university at the end of this year. summers is the third member of president obama's economic team to step down in the middle of the economic...
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bob woodward's book. >> looking forward to it. thanks so much. >> thanks. >> be sure to catch candy on "state of the union" sunday morning 9:00 eastern right here on cnn. >>> we'll be watching. all right. we are going to take a quick break. again, as we said, we are joined by sarah shourd in a few moments. she was the hiker that was released by the iranian government. meantime, let's check in with rob real quick keeping an eye in the hurricane headquarters for us on this storm matthew gaining strength and you're starting to be able to get a better gauge of its track, as well. >> yeah. it's going to make landfall tonight, late tonight, early tomorrow across honduras and nicaragua. it could be a hurricane strength or at least close to it before it makes landfall and making a couple landfalls it looks like this weekend. here's the forecast track. maybe scoot in across belize and into the yucatan peninsula and then after that, we don't know. certainly weaken but will it reemerge in the gulf of mexico? we don't know. we just know that
bob woodward's book. >> looking forward to it. thanks so much. >> thanks. >> be sure to catch candy on "state of the union" sunday morning 9:00 eastern right here on cnn. >>> we'll be watching. all right. we are going to take a quick break. again, as we said, we are joined by sarah shourd in a few moments. she was the hiker that was released by the iranian government. meantime, let's check in with rob real quick keeping an eye in the hurricane headquarters...
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straight ahead, where did bob woodward get his information about secret pentagon programs? ñ÷f@@ >> bret: the three astronauts aboard the international space station for 173 days are about to close the hatches between the station and their ride home. you are looking at live pictures now from nasa. amazing live pictures coming in. they will undock from the russian space craft if three hours and expected to land early friday morning. french workers protested the government plan to raise retirement age from 60 to 62. president nicolas sarkozy's reform bill passed one of france's two houses of parliament so far. officials in afghanistan released preliminary result from the election. they tabulated 67% of the ballots from one province. full preliminary results are expected next month. the final figures are not expected until at least late octobe october. >>> sticking with afghanistan, pentagon plagued with information leaks is surprisingly silent about a book from bob woodward. it's led to little if any protest from the white house that cooperated with the journalist. jennifer
straight ahead, where did bob woodward get his information about secret pentagon programs? ñ÷f@@ >> bret: the three astronauts aboard the international space station for 173 days are about to close the hatches between the station and their ride home. you are looking at live pictures now from nasa. amazing live pictures coming in. they will undock from the russian space craft if three hours and expected to land early friday morning. french workers protested the government plan to raise...
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i think now bob woodward tells us what we've known in some ways for the better part of a year. he's not! this was a decision driven by politics. we heard that from bruce rydell conducting the afghanistan review policy when he told it to the "new york times" shortly after the new year. we heard it consistently and anonymously since then. now we hear it from the aides on the record in some cases and it seems that we are hearing it from the president itself. shocking book. >> bret: bob wadboard strikes again. thank you. stay tuned for classic bad news, good news situation. ñ÷ >> bret: time to reveal the results of the tonight's text to vote poll. we asked you what could the top pit fall in the democrat elections. 62% voted for the economy. 19% voted for health care. 17% for the tea party and 2% voted for other. thanks for the votes. we had more than 7,000 of them tonight. finally tonight, depending on the day, the news can be pretty heavy. sometimes it's a lot to take. but according to one show, that could mean big numbers for one visor. advertiser. >> people across the country
i think now bob woodward tells us what we've known in some ways for the better part of a year. he's not! this was a decision driven by politics. we heard that from bruce rydell conducting the afghanistan review policy when he told it to the "new york times" shortly after the new year. we heard it consistently and anonymously since then. now we hear it from the aides on the record in some cases and it seems that we are hearing it from the president itself. shocking book. >> bret:...
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bob woodward's book takes a hard look at obama's choices. here's abc's john hendron. >> the book hit like a bombshell. >> what i think is striking that obama places politics at a pretty high premium in the internal deliberations about iraq. >> reporter: journalist bob woodward's book, "obama's wars" excerpted in the "new york times" and the "washington post" says he pressed top advisors for a withdrawal tate dait in terms and when he didn't get one, he drew one up himself saying he couldn't afford to lose the democratic party's support for the war. >> he promised change, it really isn't all that different from the politics of previous white houses. >> reporter: the book also says richard hol brook said of the surge, it can't work. vice-president biden called hol brook the most ego test cal bastard i've ever met. >> the book will give us some insights into how the president has really handled both wars in afghanistan as well as iraq and show how he was led on those two issues. i don't think it's going to distract democratic candidates. >> rep
bob woodward's book takes a hard look at obama's choices. here's abc's john hendron. >> the book hit like a bombshell. >> what i think is striking that obama places politics at a pretty high premium in the internal deliberations about iraq. >> reporter: journalist bob woodward's book, "obama's wars" excerpted in the "new york times" and the "washington post" says he pressed top advisors for a withdrawal tate dait in terms and when he didn't get...
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peace corps. >>> let's start with bob woodward's book. andrea mitchell nbc news's chief correspondent and chuck todd is nbc's political director and chief white house correspondent. let me go to andrea first. andrea, let me read to you a quote from the book. this is something obama told his aides. "i think i have two years with the public on this. they'll stand by us for two years. that's my window." that seems to be a statement that politics plays a role in his thinking about how long to keep us in afghanistan. >> i think the politics does play a role but that is a commander in chief and a president who is trying to understand what leeway he has. i think it is defensible. i have talked to michael beschloss and others who say that this is someone trying to figure out what is tolerable by the american people. i think they can explain this and say this is exactly what he is doing. >> well, he's saying how much he can get away with in terms of keeping his troops there, because his base will depart from him otherwise. let ask you about the po
peace corps. >>> let's start with bob woodward's book. andrea mitchell nbc news's chief correspondent and chuck todd is nbc's political director and chief white house correspondent. let me go to andrea first. andrea, let me read to you a quote from the book. this is something obama told his aides. "i think i have two years with the public on this. they'll stand by us for two years. that's my window." that seems to be a statement that politics plays a role in his thinking...
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>> emily schmidt, thank you. >>> emily made reference to bob woodward's new book. it also assesses the management of the war in afghanistan. president obama's spokesman did not dispute any information in the book. and he says the book portrays a thoughtful process. robert gibbs urged people to read the entire book and not just part of it. >>> in an effort to win control of congress in the yupcoming elections, republicans are rolling out their so-called pledge to america later today. it's filled with familiar ideas, including plans to cut taxes and spending. as well as a repeal of the new health care reform law. but there's also ideas for more job creation. much more on the plan, later today on "good morning america." >>> and major parts of the new health care law take effect today. those include preventing insurance companies from denying coverage for pre-existing conditions. on top of that, children can stay on their parents' plan until the age of 26. >>> the owner of the iowa egg farm at the center of the salmonella outbreak has apologized to all those who got si
>> emily schmidt, thank you. >>> emily made reference to bob woodward's new book. it also assesses the management of the war in afghanistan. president obama's spokesman did not dispute any information in the book. and he says the book portrays a thoughtful process. robert gibbs urged people to read the entire book and not just part of it. >>> in an effort to win control of congress in the yupcoming elections, republicans are rolling out their so-called pledge to america...
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a new book by bob woodward claims there have been bitter battles in the white house over the strategy in afghanistan. the book says in-fighting has consumed obama's national security team with some doubting the plan will work. woodward says president obama has been at odds with military commanders including admiral mike mullen and david petraeus >>> terry jones may have canceled his plans for burn a koran day but he still will get a bill for beefed up security. jones calls this bill ridiculous and says it would bankrupt his church. the gainesville city manager admits he doesn't know how much legal authority the city has to force the church to pay. >>> the mayor of bell, california and seven other officials have been arrested charged with taking more than $5.5 million from the working class suburb. they're accused of paying themself huge salaries some topping $800,000. the district attorney called it a case of "corruption on steroids" >>> an english novelist whose grandfather sailed on "the titanic" claims her new book reveals the truth behind the ship's sinking. louise patten says her
a new book by bob woodward claims there have been bitter battles in the white house over the strategy in afghanistan. the book says in-fighting has consumed obama's national security team with some doubting the plan will work. woodward says president obama has been at odds with military commanders including admiral mike mullen and david petraeus >>> terry jones may have canceled his plans for burn a koran day but he still will get a bill for beefed up security. jones calls this bill...
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bob woodward's latest book exposes turf battles and tough debates over the war in afghanistan. top generals and white house aides at odds. the president lashing out at the pentagon for an exit strategy. >>> swinging back. tea party star, christine o'donnell, defends herself in her first interview since we heard her comments about witchcraft and sexual values. >>> serial sexter. a third woman comes forward to say that a wisconsin district attorney sent her inappropriate messages while she was trying to clear her record of an old drug conviction. she tells her story in a live interview. >>> and can it be? the hoff is off. david hasselhoff, the first to go on "dancing with the stars." we'll tell us what he thinks of the decision, live. >>> and good morning, everyone. did you lose your voice cheering for the hoff last night? is that why? >> the only way it could go. i don't know what it is. this back-to-school cold crept up on me. overnight. so i apologize to all of you this morning. >>> we have a big story. >> a huge story. >> bob woodward's book, a bombshell. called "obama's war"
bob woodward's latest book exposes turf battles and tough debates over the war in afghanistan. top generals and white house aides at odds. the president lashing out at the pentagon for an exit strategy. >>> swinging back. tea party star, christine o'donnell, defends herself in her first interview since we heard her comments about witchcraft and sexual values. >>> serial sexter. a third woman comes forward to say that a wisconsin district attorney sent her inappropriate...
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we'll talk about this with bob woodward. he's the author of "obama's war." >> we look forward to sitting down with him. >>> also, a new government study out this morning of what women earn in the workplace. more women are working in management. but have they closed the pay gap with men. the numbers are out. >>> we begin with the two developing stories this morning. martha raddatz is standing by in washington on the missile strikes. let's go right to jake tapper, traveling with president obama, in new mexico, who broke the news on his chief of staff last night. looks like it's going to happen this week, right, jake? >> reporter: that's right, robin. family considerations preclude any final announcement, final decision. as of right now, white house officials expect that on friday, white house chief of staff, rahm emanuel, will announce he is leaving the white house, to pursue his dream of running for mayor of chicago. rahm emanuel has never been coy about being at the head of the city with shoulders. >> one day, i would like t
we'll talk about this with bob woodward. he's the author of "obama's war." >> we look forward to sitting down with him. >>> also, a new government study out this morning of what women earn in the workplace. more women are working in management. but have they closed the pay gap with men. the numbers are out. >>> we begin with the two developing stories this morning. martha raddatz is standing by in washington on the missile strikes. let's go right to jake...
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but author bob woodward told diane sawyer, mr. obama was getting only one option from the military leaders. committing at least 40,000 troops. >> at one of the meetings, if i can quote him directly, he says, i'm pissed. and he is. because they keep coming back about details. >> reporter: finally, the president grew so frustrated, he sat down and dictated a six-page document, defining the military mission. a mission he said required significantly fewer troops than the 40,000 minimum the military wanted. >> i have determined that it is in our vital national interest, to send an additional 30,000 u.s. troops to afghanistan. >> reporter: general david petraeus did acknowledge in an interview just a few weeks ago that there had been intellectual friction with the president. >> he wanted to leave no stone unturned. no assumption unchallenged. i think it was very, very useful. >> reporter: there is some promising news out of afghanistan this morning. with general petraeus saying high-level taliban leaders are now making efforts to reconc
but author bob woodward told diane sawyer, mr. obama was getting only one option from the military leaders. committing at least 40,000 troops. >> at one of the meetings, if i can quote him directly, he says, i'm pissed. and he is. because they keep coming back about details. >> reporter: finally, the president grew so frustrated, he sat down and dictated a six-page document, defining the military mission. a mission he said required significantly fewer troops than the 40,000 minimum...
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why do they allow bob woodward in the white house? it never helps anybody. >> if you look at how woodward got his first name, it didn't go well for the president. >> yeah, he did watergate. let's get him in. >> exactly. that's great. for the record, i am for cold and clinical. this is why i own foreseps. it talks about an intelligence report that states kazi is bi-polar and takes immediate cigs to -- medication to balance that. i don't want the leader to be lyndsay lohan. >> and the drugs in that country. >> absolutely. >> he doesn't need prescription drugs. how do you pronounce his name? >> karzai. >> used to be the governor of new jersey. >> don't you research these things before you talk them? >> it is cortisone. >> well, i don't know. the thing that bugs me, it is not a big deal, but he said it twice. >> that's the weird thing about it. >> even more importantly when we are refering to [bleep] which i thought was unappropriate. >> he didn't say that. >> don't knock it until you tried it. >>> a shocking new study shows that college
why do they allow bob woodward in the white house? it never helps anybody. >> if you look at how woodward got his first name, it didn't go well for the president. >> yeah, he did watergate. let's get him in. >> exactly. that's great. for the record, i am for cold and clinical. this is why i own foreseps. it talks about an intelligence report that states kazi is bi-polar and takes immediate cigs to -- medication to balance that. i don't want the leader to be lyndsay lohan....
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. >>> a white house official says the new bob woodward book called "obama's war" does not show anything new about the strategy in afghanistan. shouldn't be surprised about the war strategy. john hendron reports. >> the book hit like a bombshell. >> what i think is striking is that obama places politics at a pretty high premium in deliberations about iraq. >> bob woodward's new book portrays president obama seeking a way out of afghanistan saying i want an exit strategy. he says he pressed top advisers. when he didn't get terms, he drew one up himself saying he couldn't lose democratic party support for the war. >> he promised change. it really isn't all that different from the politics of previous white house. >> the book also says richard holbrook, the president's envoy to afghanistan, said of the surge it can't work. holbrook called the most egotistical bastard i've ever met. disliked talking to david axelrod calling him a complete spin doctor. >> how the president has really handled both wars in afghanistan as well as iraq and show how he has led on these two issues. i don't think it
. >>> a white house official says the new bob woodward book called "obama's war" does not show anything new about the strategy in afghanistan. shouldn't be surprised about the war strategy. john hendron reports. >> the book hit like a bombshell. >> what i think is striking is that obama places politics at a pretty high premium in deliberations about iraq. >> bob woodward's new book portrays president obama seeking a way out of afghanistan saying i want an...
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conversations. >> everybody is talking about bob woodward's book "obama's wars." in the book he says joe biden called richard holbrooke the most egotistical bastard i ever met. rahm emanuel is like, what, am i invisible. spencer pratt posted a video online of him shaving off his beard. yeah, if you watch it, i would just like to remind you can never get that time back. . >>> finally on november 9th, susan boyle is going to release her new album "the gift." although you may know about it by the regift. i'm just kidding. the first track is called keep the receipt. >> tonight, jimmy welcomes amy poehler and pavement, musical guest weeknights at 12:35, 11:35 central time on your local nbc station. time for your "first look" at entertainment news. a slimmed down clean-cut joaquin phoenix made his return to the show. he apologized to the host for his bizarre apeernls a year and a half ago. both made an effort to stress that letterman was not in on the joke despite one of the writers recently saying he did know. as for what's next, "new york" magazine says he's in talks
conversations. >> everybody is talking about bob woodward's book "obama's wars." in the book he says joe biden called richard holbrooke the most egotistical bastard i ever met. rahm emanuel is like, what, am i invisible. spencer pratt posted a video online of him shaving off his beard. yeah, if you watch it, i would just like to remind you can never get that time back. . >>> finally on november 9th, susan boyle is going to release her new album "the gift."...
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bob woodward's book reportedly details doubts and quarrelling among president obama's top military and civilian advisers. >>> for his part, the president arrives here in new york today, where he will address a dwping conference at the united nations. the president makes hiss remarks to the u.n. general assembly tomorrow. >>> and we could learn about threats to the u.s. today during a hearing on capitol hill. janet napolitano and fbi director, robert muller, are expected to testify. >>> the business owner at the head of a massive egg recall is expected to apologize today. >>> eight officials from the city of bell, california, are expected to be aryaned today on corruption charges. they're accused of bilking taxpayers out of $5 million in inflated salaries. >>> for some of you, your local news is next. >> for everyone else, "america this morning" continues. from 14 chili's favorites, like our chicken crispers with new sweet & smoky sauce, our new slow-smoked honey chipotle baby back ribs, or grilled all-white meat chicken fajitas served over a bed of sizzling peppers and onions. grab a f
bob woodward's book reportedly details doubts and quarrelling among president obama's top military and civilian advisers. >>> for his part, the president arrives here in new york today, where he will address a dwping conference at the united nations. the president makes hiss remarks to the u.n. general assembly tomorrow. >>> and we could learn about threats to the u.s. today during a hearing on capitol hill. janet napolitano and fbi director, robert muller, are expected to...
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. >>> a new book from reporter bob woodward shows president obama's advisers split over u.s. strategy in afghanistan. the "new york times" obtained and advanced copy of the book that, quote depipsts an administration deeply torn over the war even as the president agreed to triple troop levels there. woodward quotes richard holbrooke, the president's representative for afghanistan and apparently says the current strategy against the taliban can't work. woodward also says mr. obama ma agreed to send more troops to afghanistan but insisted on setting a timetable for withdrawal because he feared he might, quote, lose the whole democratic party. >>> turning to moneywatch. most stocks in asia edged up this morning. ashley morrison in new york with morning. good morning to you. >> good morning, terrell. asian stock markets ad veinsed slightly this morning in light training. the neck kay bucked the trend slipping about a third of a percent, the hang seng mostly higher. on wall street investors hope to add to gains. yesterday, the dow rose by seven and the nasdaq fell six points. >>>
. >>> a new book from reporter bob woodward shows president obama's advisers split over u.s. strategy in afghanistan. the "new york times" obtained and advanced copy of the book that, quote depipsts an administration deeply torn over the war even as the president agreed to triple troop levels there. woodward quotes richard holbrooke, the president's representative for afghanistan and apparently says the current strategy against the taliban can't work. woodward also says mr....
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that's the bob woodward book. the news is already started to leak out thanks to the "new york times" finding the book in it. in it, some of the battles within the obama administration over the war. vick, it looks like woodward is creating characterable moments about things that have leaked out. >> that's a good way to put it. bob woodward has done it again, you guys. appare apparently, a lot of west wing china got broken. you remember those three-hour strategy sessions in the basement of the west wing last fall. apparently now, it was an administration at odds with it. at one point, the president is characterized, boiling over with frustration at the military. he felt they were trying to box him in so that 40,000 more troops that had been requested by mcchrystal and backed up by general petraeus, he felt he needed an exit strategy. at one point, apparently telling lindsey graham about the book that i cannot afford to lose the entire democratic party. richard holbrooke reportedly saying that the strategies the pres
that's the bob woodward book. the news is already started to leak out thanks to the "new york times" finding the book in it. in it, some of the battles within the obama administration over the war. vick, it looks like woodward is creating characterable moments about things that have leaked out. >> that's a good way to put it. bob woodward has done it again, you guys. appare apparently, a lot of west wing china got broken. you remember those three-hour strategy sessions in the...
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that bob woodward, if you have to talk to him for them to tell your narrative. they sit around and have sandwiches or iced tea and lemonade and talk because they want to be part of history. >> turned out quite well would you say for the administration. >> it showed that the president was decisive, that he was involved deeply in the strategy in afghanistan, that he participated in all of the internal discussions and that he allowed his inner circle to have disagreements. i think people talked about woodward because they know that bob will talk to you or go talk behind your back to someone who knows you. >> whatever the answer is i wish i knew because it seems to be a great way to get, you know, a best-selling book but what the book portrays is i think understandable ambivalence. would not be ambivalent about the choice of letting them devolve into chaos and going forward with all the problems we face with a very weak partner there. >> last word, george. >> the book distracted attention from the fact that/corrupt government elected by a corrupt election presided o
that bob woodward, if you have to talk to him for them to tell your narrative. they sit around and have sandwiches or iced tea and lemonade and talk because they want to be part of history. >> turned out quite well would you say for the administration. >> it showed that the president was decisive, that he was involved deeply in the strategy in afghanistan, that he participated in all of the internal discussions and that he allowed his inner circle to have disagreements. i think...
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bob woodward will be a guess on "morning joe" next wednesday. "the new york times" got its hands on a copy. that's where a lot of this is coming from. more on the book and a full discussion of what it means on "morning joe" >>> a senate vote on repealing gays serving openly in the military will have to wait until after the midterm elections. after the measure failed to advance yesterday. republicans with the aid of two arkansas democrats voted unanimously against taking up the bill calling it a political ploy used to mobilize special interest voters ahead of the elections. shortly after the vote, senator john mccain had a testy exchange with reporters where he challenged assertions that the military actively seeks to identify gay and lesbian service members. >> you do not go out to seek to find out someone's -- >> but, senator -- >> that is the fact. that is the fact. i know the military very well. and i know what's being done and what is being done is that they're not seeking out people who are gay and i don't care what you say. i know it's a f
bob woodward will be a guess on "morning joe" next wednesday. "the new york times" got its hands on a copy. that's where a lot of this is coming from. more on the book and a full discussion of what it means on "morning joe" >>> a senate vote on repealing gays serving openly in the military will have to wait until after the midterm elections. after the measure failed to advance yesterday. republicans with the aid of two arkansas democrats voted unanimously...
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a bob woodward book says the national security team was deeply divided. richard holbrooke allegedly said the strategy couldn't work. >>> while amidst all of the talk of division in the white house, the president is losing another member of his economic team, larry summers. he will be the third top economic adviser to leave the white house by year's end. >>> the owners of two iowa egg farms linked to a nationwide salmonella outbreak are set to testify on capitol hill today. they're said to apologize after the fda found rodents and towers of manure at their farms. they're also expected to blame the outbreak on contaminated feed from an outside source. >>> the leader of one of the largest churches in the southeast is denying allegations that he used his power and seduced two young members of his congregation into having a sexual relationship with him. our steve osunsami has more. >> reporter: he's one of the largest figures in the black church today. bishop eddie long, the head of a megachurch outside of atlanta, with some 25,000 members. and now, two of the
a bob woodward book says the national security team was deeply divided. richard holbrooke allegedly said the strategy couldn't work. >>> while amidst all of the talk of division in the white house, the president is losing another member of his economic team, larry summers. he will be the third top economic adviser to leave the white house by year's end. >>> the owners of two iowa egg farms linked to a nationwide salmonella outbreak are set to testify on capitol hill today....
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woodward he suggests that there are as many as three thousand afghan assassins who have been directly trained and funded by the cia to carry out can design operations in which they capture and kill al qaeda and taliban fighters and leaders here in afghanistan and also across the border in pakistan and this is something that is not going to go down well with his there has always been a raid light on u.s. forces operating here in afghanistan not to cross over into pakistan and this coupled with the fact that the u.s. has been firing missiles from a manned if you is a drone aircraft or to rate higher than the bush administration does point to an enlargement of the u.s. president barack obama's close it when the region that is the million dollar question what does happen to these heavily trained heavily equipped and heavily funded groups if and when the year is loses interest in this part of the world this is a decades old strategy we're not talking about something new we're talking about a system when for whatever reasons it is not politically or economically or militarily viable to the
woodward he suggests that there are as many as three thousand afghan assassins who have been directly trained and funded by the cia to carry out can design operations in which they capture and kill al qaeda and taliban fighters and leaders here in afghanistan and also across the border in pakistan and this is something that is not going to go down well with his there has always been a raid light on u.s. forces operating here in afghanistan not to cross over into pakistan and this coupled with...
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now today bob woodward's obama's wars hits stores everywhere the book highlights the latest round in the epic battle between civilian leadership and the military here in america so we're going to ask when it comes to that war within the white house who want the nation's robert dreifus will join me to discuss that book and the administration plans to put forth a bill to allow the government the ability to wiretap everything from facebook to skype even peer to peer sites in the name of making america more safe so does this massive power grab being played.
now today bob woodward's obama's wars hits stores everywhere the book highlights the latest round in the epic battle between civilian leadership and the military here in america so we're going to ask when it comes to that war within the white house who want the nation's robert dreifus will join me to discuss that book and the administration plans to put forth a bill to allow the government the ability to wiretap everything from facebook to skype even peer to peer sites in the name of making...
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there is more back stabbing in bob woodward's new book than a shakespeare play. the vice president says of richard holbrooke, he's the boast egotist call bastard i've ever met. general david petraeus tells aides david axelrod is a complete spin doctor. most of this infighting over the war plan for afghanistan. timely, the president blows up. november 25th, 2009, only days before announcing his decision, the military asks for 4,500 more troops. woodward writes the president erupts saying, i'm done doing this, we've all agreed to a plan and we're going to stick to that plan. i haven't agreed to anything beyond that. six days later, his big speech at west point. >> the review has allowed me to ask the hard questions and to explore all the different options. >> reporter: the next day, the president explains why he added a timetable to begin withdrawing, telling republican senator lindsey graham, i can't let this be a war without end, and i can't lose the whole democratic party. >> you really want to see this kind of conflict and disagreement. through history that usu
there is more back stabbing in bob woodward's new book than a shakespeare play. the vice president says of richard holbrooke, he's the boast egotist call bastard i've ever met. general david petraeus tells aides david axelrod is a complete spin doctor. most of this infighting over the war plan for afghanistan. timely, the president blows up. november 25th, 2009, only days before announcing his decision, the military asks for 4,500 more troops. woodward writes the president erupts saying, i'm...
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woodward, the washington post journalist, back with another insider tell-all tomes. this one says that the president had to come up with his own idea to get out of afghanistan when his generals wouldn't or couldn't. john from chantilly said getting out is a good thing, half getting out is not so much. he is put at odds with the military warriors who knows what it is to win a war. they need to fully support what they started or preferably read the history book and get everybody out of this now. i think the president would love to take that advice but there is that matter of al- qaeda, launching pad for terrorism and remember that. that's why we can't leave just yet. and then this from alfred in new carrollton that killed the rep he'll of the don't ask, don't tell policy. you and your colleagues on the various networks keep saying it was the republicans that prevented the repeal of don't ask, don't tell. that is an out right lie. vote was 56-43 which means that a minimum of two democrats voted nay because the republicans have a maximum of 41 votes. please return to gra
woodward, the washington post journalist, back with another insider tell-all tomes. this one says that the president had to come up with his own idea to get out of afghanistan when his generals wouldn't or couldn't. john from chantilly said getting out is a good thing, half getting out is not so much. he is put at odds with the military warriors who knows what it is to win a war. they need to fully support what they started or preferably read the history book and get everybody out of this now....
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. >> robert gates talked to reporters about afghanistan and is asked about bob woodward's latest book. >> good afternoon. i would like to give a brief update on our efforts to change the way we do business. yesterday, our top military and civilian leadership discuss progresed progress . it included our 10 combatant commanders. it is critical that they be involved in shaping all aspects of these initiatives, especially those with the military capabilities. their contributions reflect their report generarole. they need to be involved in developing both options and recommendations. this is a team effort. these leaders recognize the need to shift resources from overhead to real military capability. they believe in the specific measures announced. we must, must make every dollar count to make sure our military has the capabilities needed in a dangerous world. there are contracts for the f-35 fighters. the department has reached agreement to use a fixed price incentive the contract for the purchase of them for the u.s. military. this type of contract shares the cost of overruns between the
. >> robert gates talked to reporters about afghanistan and is asked about bob woodward's latest book. >> good afternoon. i would like to give a brief update on our efforts to change the way we do business. yesterday, our top military and civilian leadership discuss progresed progress . it included our 10 combatant commanders. it is critical that they be involved in shaping all aspects of these initiatives, especially those with the military capabilities. their contributions reflect...
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military journalist bob woodward has had unprecedented access to presidents for decades and interviewed president obama for "obama's wars." he says, i'm not doing 10 years. i'm note doing long-term nation building. i am not spending a trillion dollars. when president obama finally agrees to add 30,000 troops in a short-term escaalation, -- escalation, the pentagon asks for another 100,000. that prompts the president to say enough. historians see president obama falling into the same struggle as his predecessors during vietnam. >> they all try to muddle through, rather than taking the politically risky but historically correct decision of getting out. >> reporter: president obama knows what happened in the past but doesn't see a clear path out of afghanistan. >> you can see exactly that same anguish for barack obama. he can't seem to find an answer here. and he knows that it's undermining everything that he wants to do at home. >> reporter: president obama did tell woodward he doesn't think about the war in terms of winning or losing. he's focused on a strategy that would leave afghanist
military journalist bob woodward has had unprecedented access to presidents for decades and interviewed president obama for "obama's wars." he says, i'm not doing 10 years. i'm note doing long-term nation building. i am not spending a trillion dollars. when president obama finally agrees to add 30,000 troops in a short-term escaalation, -- escalation, the pentagon asks for another 100,000. that prompts the president to say enough. historians see president obama falling into the same...
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. >>> bob woodward's new book, "obama's wars" is number two, on amazon's best-selling list this morning. and in an exclusive interview with diane sawyer, woodward tells of president obama battling with top pentagon brass over the war in afghanistan. >> what's the angriest that he gets at the military? >> at one of the meetings, if i can quote him directly, he says, i'm pissed. and he is. they keep coming back about details. and they're trying to push him in that direction. and he's pushing back. >> after a three-month debate, president obama dictated an unprecedented document, in which he detailed how 30,000 new troops would be sent into afghanistan. also, in the interview with diane sawyer, woodward played a tape of the president, discussing terror threats against the u.s. >> a potential game-changer would be a nuclear weapon, in the hands of terrorists, blowing up in a major american city. or a weapon of mass destruction, in a major american city. so, when i go down the list of things i have to worry about, all the time, the -- that is at the top because that's one area where you can'
. >>> bob woodward's new book, "obama's wars" is number two, on amazon's best-selling list this morning. and in an exclusive interview with diane sawyer, woodward tells of president obama battling with top pentagon brass over the war in afghanistan. >> what's the angriest that he gets at the military? >> at one of the meetings, if i can quote him directly, he says, i'm pissed. and he is. they keep coming back about details. and they're trying to push him in that...