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bob woodward's new book, "obama's wars," shows the white house consumed with the wars. 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 items the president that the long held belief that osama bin laden was just a figure head is not true. >> bin laden is more than still out there. he's not hiding in a cave somewhere. he's actually directing global terrorist on rations. >> reporter: woodward also reports that there's a secret cia army made up of 3,000 afghan soldiers to go after militants in both afghanistan and pakistan. and, he describes in-fighting among the obama team. general david petraeus called david axelrod a complete spin doctor. insults that come out as the president and his aides form late a new policy for afghanistan and pakistan. >> i think that the re
bob woodward's new book, "obama's wars," shows the white house consumed with the wars. 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 items the president that the long held...
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last topic quickly, bob woodward book "fallout." charles? >> the real story is not what he said about absorbing another 9/11 attack or insults of one member of the circle against another. it's what the ambivalence he portrays in private about the war he himself escalated. questionable how commander-in-chief can endanger number of troops and put them in harm's way in a war he seems only to want an exit. >> bret: erin, quickly. >> i think on that he obviously was heeding the call of the base when he, you know, this was shortly after being elected in 2008. i think the most interesting thing is we know definitively now that hamid karzai is a manic depressive and on medicine. >> bret: fred? >> you know, reading what we know about woodward's book shows the president as weak, incredibly weak. he wanted the military to give him an exit strategy, so he didn't have to send in 40,000 troops, or 30,000 more troops. and prolong the american intervention there. he wanted to get out. yet, military thwarted him. he wasn't strong enough to get them to do wha
last topic quickly, bob woodward book "fallout." charles? >> the real story is not what he said about absorbing another 9/11 attack or insults of one member of the circle against another. it's what the ambivalence he portrays in private about the war he himself escalated. questionable how commander-in-chief can endanger number of troops and put them in harm's way in a war he seems only to want an exit. >> bret: erin, quickly. >> i think on that he obviously was...
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. >>> here are some of your top headlines this morning -- a new book by bob woodward claims there have been big battles in the white house over the president's strategy in afghanistan. some doubt the plan will work. woodward says president obama himself has been at odds with military commanders. including general mike mullen and general petraeus. >>> pastor terry jones may have canceled his plans for burn a koran day, but he's still going to get a bill for it, a $200,000 bill, from the city of gainesville, florida, for beefed up security. he calls this ridiculous and says it would bankrupt his church. the gainesville, florida, pastor says he doesn't know how much legal authority the city has to force the church to pay. >>> a mayor has been arrested along with others charged for paying themselves huge salaries, some topping $800,000. the district attorney called it a case of "corruption on steroids." >>> and an english novelist sailed in 1912 claim herself new book reveals the truth behind the ship's sinking. saying her grandfather maintains that a panicking sailor who misunderstood an
. >>> here are some of your top headlines this morning -- a new book by bob woodward claims there have been big battles in the white house over the president's strategy in afghanistan. some doubt the plan will work. woodward says president obama himself has been at odds with military commanders. including general mike mullen and general petraeus. >>> pastor terry jones may have canceled his plans for burn a koran day, but he's still going to get a bill for it, a $200,000 bill,...
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so people continue to talk to bob woodward. we continue to talk to you, mark shields, michael gerson, thank you both. >> thank you. >> brown: finally tonight, the very private man behind facebook gets his own moment in the spotlight. ray suarez has the story. >> suarez: it's a fictionalized account of a very real story. "the social network" opens in movie theaters next week, chronicling the birth and rise of social networking giant facebook, including an unflattering portrayal of the site's creator, mark zuckerberg. the movie alleges he took the idea from his harvard classmates. this week, the real mark zuckerberg is making headlines of his own, starting with a whopping $100 million donation to the public schools in newark, new jersey. the district has been plagued for years by low test scores, poor graduation rates, and crumbling buildings. the venue for the announcement-- the oprah winfrey show. zuckerberg, who dropped out of harvard to work full-time on facebook, said he wants to make sure other students have an opportunity
so people continue to talk to bob woodward. we continue to talk to you, mark shields, michael gerson, thank you both. >> thank you. >> brown: finally tonight, the very private man behind facebook gets his own moment in the spotlight. ray suarez has the story. >> suarez: it's a fictionalized account of a very real story. "the social network" opens in movie theaters next week, chronicling the birth and rise of social networking giant facebook, including an unflattering...
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but according to a new book but journalist bob woodward, another battle has been raging behind the scenes. david martin got an advanced copy and has some of the highlights. >> reporter: the title "obama's wars" seems to refer as much to the infighting among the president's closest advisors to the fighting on the battlefield. national security advisor jim jones refers to political advisors like david axelrod as "the politburo" and "the mafia." >> i think the frustration that everybody's feeling that there's no easy winning formula in afghanistan is spreading in a negative way in the white house. people are sniping at each other. who's to blame, who's wrong? >> reporter: the strategy review that resulted in sending 30,000 more troops to afghanistan pitted a military which wanted more troops and more time against a commander-in-chief who wanted a speedy exit. general petraeus is quoted as calling it a war we're in for the rest of our lives and probably our kids' lives. while the president tells defense secretary gates and secretary of state clinton "i'm not doing ten years." frustrated with
but according to a new book but journalist bob woodward, another battle has been raging behind the scenes. david martin got an advanced copy and has some of the highlights. >> reporter: the title "obama's wars" seems to refer as much to the infighting among the president's closest advisors to the fighting on the battlefield. national security advisor jim jones refers to political advisors like david axelrod as "the politburo" and "the mafia." >> i think...
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at a pentagon briefing, gates offered his first reaction to a new bob woodward book, "obama's wars." it depicts a deeply divided presidential team, and suggests the war plan was driven more by politics than by military considerations. gates said today he has not read the book, but he made several points. >> the first is conflict sells. the second, the relationship among senior officials in this administration is as harmonious as any i've experienced in my time in government. and the third is-- i believe this very strongly-- presidents are always well-served when there is a vigorous and spirited debate over important issues. >> sreenivasan: the secretary said he would not sign troop deployment orders if he had any reservations about the afghan mission. british police have arrested six men for posting an online video that appears to show them burning two korans. two of the men were arrested last week on suspicion of fomenting racial hate and the others were brought in yesterday. the burning took place on september 11. a minister in florida said he would burn a koran that same day, but
at a pentagon briefing, gates offered his first reaction to a new bob woodward book, "obama's wars." it depicts a deeply divided presidential team, and suggests the war plan was driven more by politics than by military considerations. gates said today he has not read the book, but he made several points. >> the first is conflict sells. the second, the relationship among senior officials in this administration is as harmonious as any i've experienced in my time in government. and...
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american people should read bob woodward's book. at the end of the book you'll see a president who is a leader, approached problems in an analytical way and made sound decisions everyone signed onto including joe biden. and the strategy the president put in place i think is the best strategy that we have in play -- we have it in place now. we should pursue it. lawrence, it's only this august, the end of august, that all the troops have been in place and the civilian peace and now we're in the process of implementing it. there's been a lot of positive things that happened so far. we've made great strides against al qaeda, cut into the leadership of the taliban, training afghan security forces which is very difficult. there's a lot of difficult problems ahead. i think the president came up with a strategy that is the best strategy for victory. remember why we're there. we're there to defeat, degrade and defeat al qaeda and sustain the afghan government while they build up their physical capacity to resist the insurgencies that exist a
american people should read bob woodward's book. at the end of the book you'll see a president who is a leader, approached problems in an analytical way and made sound decisions everyone signed onto including joe biden. and the strategy the president put in place i think is the best strategy that we have in play -- we have it in place now. we should pursue it. lawrence, it's only this august, the end of august, that all the troops have been in place and the civilian peace and now we're in the...
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written by the veteran journalist, bob woodward, top advisers doubted whether increased troops set to the country -- sent to the country would work. steve king and -- steve kingston is in washington forced out. how significant is this? quite significant in the sense that on a deeper level it reveals what we already know, there were difficult decisions involved in sending more troops to afghanistan in terms of personality clashes. the most obvious is from richard holbrooke, the pakistan and afghanistan specialty adviser, referring to a afghanistan troops strategy. no comments today confirming nor denying it, i would be interested and it does show the world is deep division in the policy debate. >> the white house is not quarrelling with any of this substance, as i understand. particularly from general petraeus and a sense of frustration on all sides. >> what comes across is the president, according to bob woodward, everything being hidden. the president has set july of next year as the date at which he wants to begin the drawdown of some american troops. the really interesting thing, i
written by the veteran journalist, bob woodward, top advisers doubted whether increased troops set to the country -- sent to the country would work. steve king and -- steve kingston is in washington forced out. how significant is this? quite significant in the sense that on a deeper level it reveals what we already know, there were difficult decisions involved in sending more troops to afghanistan in terms of personality clashes. the most obvious is from richard holbrooke, the pakistan and...
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a new book by bob woodward portrays a president determined to find an exit strategy. our north american editor reports. >> the white house says the intermit portrait of the team in action pan's obama as analytical and decisive. the book suggests months of meetings were dominated by the president's demand for exit strategy and said i am not doing 10 years, i am not spending $1 trillion. his reasons were partly political. it says the president was frustrated by the military's desire to expand the mission. there were clashes with general petraeus who told staff to the administration is [bleeping] with the wrong guy. he says i am done doing this. but richard holbrooke said it cannot work. this picture of the president worries some republicans. >> it shows he is taking great concern about his political base. i would far prefer him to be thinking about the war first rather than what keeps his base in line with the democratic party. >> the book is by bob woodward. he broke the watergate scandal that brought down president nixon. bush was his most recent target, the telling e
a new book by bob woodward portrays a president determined to find an exit strategy. our north american editor reports. >> the white house says the intermit portrait of the team in action pan's obama as analytical and decisive. the book suggests months of meetings were dominated by the president's demand for exit strategy and said i am not doing 10 years, i am not spending $1 trillion. his reasons were partly political. it says the president was frustrated by the military's desire to...
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the white house gave bob woodward all kinds of access. why? >> reporter: and they always do, don't therbgs administration officials, and past presidents? this is his 16th book, the first 15 were best sellers, i mean, he's arguably the most famous journalist in the country. so the idea from an administration's point of view is to talk to bob woodward and try to manage the message, if you will, instead of having unnamed sores do that for the administration. jon: shifting gears, julie, the president's top economic adviser, larry summers, he is leaving the administration. the question is was he forced? >> again, officials here saying this is no surprise, that this doesn't illustrate a shakeup of the president's economic team. his departure, though, is a big deal, it gives the administration to retool his team, send a message going into the midterm elections. as you know, voters out there are frustrated on employment, unemployment is 9.6%, and summers was a chief architect of the president's policy, from the stimulus bill to financial reform bill,
the white house gave bob woodward all kinds of access. why? >> reporter: and they always do, don't therbgs administration officials, and past presidents? this is his 16th book, the first 15 were best sellers, i mean, he's arguably the most famous journalist in the country. so the idea from an administration's point of view is to talk to bob woodward and try to manage the message, if you will, instead of having unnamed sores do that for the administration. jon: shifting gears, julie, the...
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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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. >>> 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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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, 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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let's talk about the bob woodward book. woodward, great reporter from "the washington post" who's been reporting for decades and has phenomenal sources inside every white house. better than anybody's. really reports sort of the dirty back fighting that goes on among people at high levels of power. it's sort of like high school madness almost. should we be surprised that it took place even in a discussion as serious as the afghanistan war? >> we shouldn't be surprised there was a heated debate. but what we maybe should be surprised a little bit about is motivation questioning of all the players. not just the debate of policy but motivated to do what and who had had what sort of other problems in this negotiation. afghanistan review is a scab on the administration that just keeps getting picked time and time again. and though the white house says these debates were well-known, they're still being fought in the book and the reaction to it between the administration and the pentagon. >> and the question always continues to come
let's talk about the bob woodward book. woodward, great reporter from "the washington post" who's been reporting for decades and has phenomenal sources inside every white house. better than anybody's. really reports sort of the dirty back fighting that goes on among people at high levels of power. it's sort of like high school madness almost. should we be surprised that it took place even in a discussion as serious as the afghanistan war? >> we shouldn't be surprised there was a...
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. >> bob woodward tends to do this. he goes into the white house and convinces people to spill their guts to him. this shows that the top generals in iraq did not trust what president obama would say he would do. even before the book, there was some distance between the top advisers and the president. this was not welcome and news for the president. >> we tend to think obama is very calm, but he is depicted as shouting in the book. there was lots of anger. >> the white house hopes that this will show a delivers if president, a president who takes times to make decisions. he said, i cannot lose the whole democratic party, which is a really interesting dynamic. he is taking into consideration the fact that these wars in the middle east, which were started by george w. bush, they are not popular among democrats. you can see that dynamic, which is very. . >> over the past half hour, we've heard lots of news over the obama administration. he lost the vote on repealing the ban on open gays serving in the military. he is losin
. >> bob woodward tends to do this. he goes into the white house and convinces people to spill their guts to him. this shows that the top generals in iraq did not trust what president obama would say he would do. even before the book, there was some distance between the top advisers and the president. this was not welcome and news for the president. >> we tend to think obama is very calm, but he is depicted as shouting in the book. there was lots of anger. >> the white house...
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bob woodward, we're out of time. thank you very much for being here this morning. >> to the news desk now, lots it talk about there, too. erica hill is here. >> good morning. this morning security officials in several european countries track possible terror plots with islamic connections. the alleged plots include commando-style raids and even hostage taking. cbs news correspondent mark phillips is in london this morning with the latest. good morning. >> good morning, erica. security agencies are calling the threats credible islamist-linked terror plots but have said no attack was imminent and with one exception, the terror level has not been raised. the only actual evidence of any increased terror threat has been in france, where there have been a series of security alerts including at the eiffel tower last night. the second threat there in two weeks. the terror threat level has been raised in france, which fears of backlash from north african militants over attempts to ban the wearing of burqas by muslim women. br
bob woodward, we're out of time. thank you very much for being here this morning. >> to the news desk now, lots it talk about there, too. erica hill is here. >> good morning. this morning security officials in several european countries track possible terror plots with islamic connections. the alleged plots include commando-style raids and even hostage taking. cbs news correspondent mark phillips is in london this morning with the latest. good morning. >> good morning, erica....
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. >>> bob woodward's new book "obama wars" goes on sale at bookstores nationwide today. diane sawyer interviews the author tonight on abc's "world news." >>> finally this half hour, stomping out some smelly bugs. those bedbugs were not enough. now there seems to be a national stink bug epidemic. >> 29 states in all have reported invasions of the bugs. as tahman bradley reports, they don't bite, but they sure do smell. >> reporter: in this year of widespread pest pandemonium -- >> bedbugs. >> bedbugs. >> bedbugs are back. >> reporter: you've probably had your eyes fixed on your bed. now it seems you may need to turn your nose towards your air vent. >> something hits me in the back of my neck. i'm just, you know, waving it off. >> reporter: forget bedbugs. in maryland and across the northeast, it's man versus stink bugs. an all-out war. >> they're terrible. they're everywhere. we can't get rid of them. >> reporter: they're brown, foul-smelling creatures popping up in vents, on walls, on windows, even in beards. emitting a foul odor when irritated or squashed. and man, it s
. >>> bob woodward's new book "obama wars" goes on sale at bookstores nationwide today. diane sawyer interviews the author tonight on abc's "world news." >>> finally this half hour, stomping out some smelly bugs. those bedbugs were not enough. now there seems to be a national stink bug epidemic. >> 29 states in all have reported invasions of the bugs. as tahman bradley reports, they don't bite, but they sure do smell. >> reporter: in this year...
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bob woodward's new book "obama's wars" hits shelves soon. it looks at how to handle afghanistan. the white house says it is satisfied with the way this book portrays the president but from what you've read about this book so far, how do you think it might help or hurt the president and his image? >> that's the key word of what we've read because the book isn't actually out yet. i have not read it. i've read the excerpts out there. certainly the white house believes that's paints a flattering portrait of a president that's very deliberative. that's something we sort of already knew. there had been a lot of stories out there about how he went about his decision to send more troops to afghanistan. i thing sort of deliberative process and perhaps some of the inner workings of, you know, general jim jones has been very close with the president but has also sparred with many people within the administration. sort of goes back to the shuffle. he potentially could be leaving in the next year. it's going to reveal a little bit of what's going on behind the scenes. more than likely it's no
bob woodward's new book "obama's wars" hits shelves soon. it looks at how to handle afghanistan. the white house says it is satisfied with the way this book portrays the president but from what you've read about this book so far, how do you think it might help or hurt the president and his image? >> that's the key word of what we've read because the book isn't actually out yet. i have not read it. i've read the excerpts out there. certainly the white house believes that's paints...
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>>> tonight on "nightline" -- war room -- legendary washington reporter bob woodward publishes a shocking behind the scenes look at the disagreements that tore through the obama administration in planning the afghanistan war. diane sawyer goes head to head with the author. >>> plus -- caught on tape, young u.s. soldiers make shocking admissions of atrocities, abuse and general lawlessness inside their combat unit in afghanistan. we bring you the video in a n investigation. >>> and top shelf -- you voted online to find the country's best local chef and tonight we can finally unveil the winner of our people's "plate list." . >>> good evening, i'm cynthia mcfadden. we begin tonight with politics and the story of what went on behind closed doors at the white house as president obama and his advisers looked for a resolution to the war in afghanistan. what was ultimately presented to the public was, according to "the washington post," bob woodward, a patchwork compromise that required more than a little aggressive arm-twisting by the president himself. tonight, diane sawyer has the exclusive in
>>> tonight on "nightline" -- war room -- legendary washington reporter bob woodward publishes a shocking behind the scenes look at the disagreements that tore through the obama administration in planning the afghanistan war. diane sawyer goes head to head with the author. >>> plus -- caught on tape, young u.s. soldiers make shocking admissions of atrocities, abuse and general lawlessness inside their combat unit in afghanistan. we bring you the video in a n...
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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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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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. >>> 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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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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on the book is by bob woodward from the "washington post." a long time investigative reporter and editor for the post. jim miklaszewski joins with us more on that story and the black ha crash yesterday in afghanistan. let's begin with that. the taliban said they took that plane down. others y, no, they didn't. what is the latest? >> reporter: the u.s. military hasn't released the exact cause of the crash but it is believed to have been an know as four navy seals and five army, perhaps special operations forces, that were involved in a nature time mission that was launched at 4:00 a.m. against the taliban target there in south eastern afghanistan. somehow crashed as it landed on he target si in trying to carry out that mission. so the four navy seals have now been identified. the five army soldiers have not. and whilehe cause of the investigation, the cause of the crash is still under investigation, u.s. military officials say there is no sign whatsoever that it was brought down by hostile fire. >> unusually intimate details about conversation
on the book is by bob woodward from the "washington post." a long time investigative reporter and editor for the post. jim miklaszewski joins with us more on that story and the black ha crash yesterday in afghanistan. let's begin with that. the taliban said they took that plane down. others y, no, they didn't. what is the latest? >> reporter: the u.s. military hasn't released the exact cause of the crash but it is believed to have been an know as four navy seals and five army,...
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joe biden, and obama agreed said bob woodward. >> well, it is like being the tallest short person. well, i told the president before i was sworn in, and he was sworn in, that i would help the troops to succeed in a war we cannot lose. i meant it then and i mean it now. when it comes to national security, i want to be seen as someone who can help the president, and vice president and general petraeus, because these young men and women deserve the politicians to work together for their common interests. >> from day one of the obama administration and even before the day one of obama administration and when biden went over there, he asked you to go along and here is the question in afghanistan right now, do you support the president's decision to at least begin the withdrawal process next july? >> i share the goal of transitioning as soon as possible, but the way he has done it has created an impediment, and announcing we will leave next july no matter what em boldens the enemy. >> he didn't say -- >> well, it does embolden the enemy, and by next summer, we can transition to afghanist
joe biden, and obama agreed said bob woodward. >> well, it is like being the tallest short person. well, i told the president before i was sworn in, and he was sworn in, that i would help the troops to succeed in a war we cannot lose. i meant it then and i mean it now. when it comes to national security, i want to be seen as someone who can help the president, and vice president and general petraeus, because these young men and women deserve the politicians to work together for their...
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secretary gates did not get into details of what he said to bob woodward. but he denied the chaos and division among the key decision makers. >> conflict sells. the second the relationship among senior officials in this administration is as harmonious as any i've experienced in my time in government. and the third is, and i believe this very strongly, presidents are always well served when there's a vigorous and spirited debate over important issues. >> secretary gates also said that once the president made his decision, the entire team got behind him and carried it out effectively. >>> another republican, delaware congressman, mike castle is not ruling out the possibility. he was defeated by christine o'donnell in last week's republican primary. while castle won't rule out a write-in bid, he does admit it remains unlikely he'll do so. senator lisa murkowski has launched her write-in bid after losing to joe miller in alaska's republican primary. >>> have you heard? the rich, seems to be a theme, keep getting richer. the top ten gain ad combined $25 billion
secretary gates did not get into details of what he said to bob woodward. but he denied the chaos and division among the key decision makers. >> conflict sells. the second the relationship among senior officials in this administration is as harmonious as any i've experienced in my time in government. and the third is, and i believe this very strongly, presidents are always well served when there's a vigorous and spirited debate over important issues. >> secretary gates also said...
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bob woodward has a new book about barack obama he's had incredible access. some of the things we take out of this. president obama on the record we can absorb another terrorist attack? he talked about -- he said a withdrawal timeline in afghanistan, i can't lose the whole democratic party this is about him, not about our brave men and women out in the field that are out there fighting? >> talk about spin. let's take it one at a time. let's take the spin if i said to you mission is a strong country and we can take a punch. you would say that is pride in america. you interpret it as weakness. >> i would never give a homily to people who lost their loved ones and say, listen, you know what, you are going to be able to get through this time, just don't worry about it. we are going to be stronger, because of it. >> you are their minister. he's their president. he's our leader. >> we should be talking -- we shouldn't be talking about willing to absorb another hit. >> he said we are going to do everything we can to prevent it. >> i agree with juan on this. >> sean:
bob woodward has a new book about barack obama he's had incredible access. some of the things we take out of this. president obama on the record we can absorb another terrorist attack? he talked about -- he said a withdrawal timeline in afghanistan, i can't lose the whole democratic party this is about him, not about our brave men and women out in the field that are out there fighting? >> talk about spin. let's take it one at a time. let's take the spin if i said to you mission is a...
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legendary reporter bob woodward has a new book "obama's wars" in which he quotes the president as saying this: we can absorb a terrorist attack and he says, mr. obama was pressing for an exit strategy at the same time that he was deciding to send 30,000 more u.s. men and women to afghanistan. what do you make of what seems to be in this book and i don't know you if read it. i have only seen the accounts of it, the president's apparently ambivalence. >> there is no doubt he had ambivalence, about afghanistan and didn't want to be there forever and stuck in a quagmire but when we lent up through the long process and comes off as thoughtful and serious in the book that he agreed that a surge was required. he wanted to know that it wouldn't go on indefinitely. now, how long it goes on remains to be seen, general petraeus in the book is quoted as saying that he believes we will be there for a long time and and i think he says for the rest of our lives and probably our kids' lives. that might end up being what it is. not the numbers that are in afghanistan now but some kind of a korea situatio
legendary reporter bob woodward has a new book "obama's wars" in which he quotes the president as saying this: we can absorb a terrorist attack and he says, mr. obama was pressing for an exit strategy at the same time that he was deciding to send 30,000 more u.s. men and women to afghanistan. what do you make of what seems to be in this book and i don't know you if read it. i have only seen the accounts of it, the president's apparently ambivalence. >> there is no doubt he had...
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. >> in bob woodward's new book we have the 79's -- president's national security adviser saying that the advisers around the president are such a small closed group, he calls it the politan bureau and it's down to four, five people that the president listens to on a regular basis. the same thing happened with jimmy carter and that tends to conflict your world view, it doesn't mean you can adapt to the changing circumstances. the real fear that haunts democrats in this election, martha, in 19 # on, reagan was able to go around the country saying a recession is when your neighbor loses his or her job, the depression is when you lose your job, and recovery is when jimmy carter loses his job. the problem with this bunker mentality is there are so many parallels to carter, a republican may be able to run around in 2012 and use the same line that reagan did to such devastating effect against carter. martha: interesting. i remember seeing parallels during the election, because jimmy carter came in after watergate, there was this real hunger in the country for a very fresh, different, outsid
. >> in bob woodward's new book we have the 79's -- president's national security adviser saying that the advisers around the president are such a small closed group, he calls it the politan bureau and it's down to four, five people that the president listens to on a regular basis. the same thing happened with jimmy carter and that tends to conflict your world view, it doesn't mean you can adapt to the changing circumstances. the real fear that haunts democrats in this election, martha,...
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we wrote this really gloomy report and we did not count on bob woodward publishing it in "the washington post." but he did. this change to the debate in afghanistan in the united states to a degree, combined with some other unfortunate news. the afghan presidential election in august-september 2009. those two events contributed to the white house reviewing or going back over their strategy for afghanistan. whenever you do a strategic plan, used her with a list of planning assumptions. if any of the internet to be wrong -- when every do a strategic plan, you start out with a list of planning assumptions. if any of them turn out to be wrong, then you have a problem. they looked at the afghan presidential election and started rethinking whether or not we had a credible partner that we could work with, by, and threw in afghanistan. if you look at the way we americans look at counterinsurgency, we are a lot from the british and different experiences of the 20th-century. -- the british and french experiences of the 20th-century. the british and northern -- the british in northern ireland, they
we wrote this really gloomy report and we did not count on bob woodward publishing it in "the washington post." but he did. this change to the debate in afghanistan in the united states to a degree, combined with some other unfortunate news. the afghan presidential election in august-september 2009. those two events contributed to the white house reviewing or going back over their strategy for afghanistan. whenever you do a strategic plan, used her with a list of planning assumptions....
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>> of course not, because the president authorized bob woodward the access that bob woodward enjoyed. >> as long as the president said-- >> exactly, it's amazing, absolutely amazing. >> obama authorized general jones to call the guy across the hall, and don't think he authorized david petraeus to call him a spin doctor. >> there's more than junior high attitude in this. as the washington post and from the 43 white house written on the commentary blog and one in "the washington post," this is not a warrior president. from the beginning he's not talking about victory and bringing the war to a conclusion that will benefit freedom in america, he's talking about getting out and not spending money on it. >> kirsten, what about it. if you're in the white house why do you let bob woodward come in and expose your dirty laundry? >> well, i think that they presume that bob woodward will get access somehow, he will be able to get people one-on-one to talk and they want a opportunity to tell their side of the story. that's part of it. the other part they're full of themselves and believe, oh, once
>> of course not, because the president authorized bob woodward the access that bob woodward enjoyed. >> as long as the president said-- >> exactly, it's amazing, absolutely amazing. >> obama authorized general jones to call the guy across the hall, and don't think he authorized david petraeus to call him a spin doctor. >> there's more than junior high attitude in this. as the washington post and from the 43 white house written on the commentary blog and one in...
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why do presidents keep talking to bob woodward? we'll find out next on "larry king live." >> let me say he's an old and valued friend. we go back many moons than we both care to say. he's the associate editor of "the washington post." number one "new york times" best several and number one on amazon. "obama's wars" published by simon and schuster. thanks for being with us as always. >> thank you. >> larry: this has a double meeting, this title, does it not? >> it does. it's specifically the war in afghanistan, which is, of course, the war that obama adopted in the campaign and said he would take seriously and add troops, which he's done. it's also the war within the administration, particularly between the white house and the military. and they have different views. and there are large tensions. and what i've been able to do is get notes of meetings so you actually see the clash and the difference. and a lot of this has just not been settled yet. >> larry: always well annotated in the back. you always put where you were. you don't
why do presidents keep talking to bob woodward? we'll find out next on "larry king live." >> let me say he's an old and valued friend. we go back many moons than we both care to say. he's the associate editor of "the washington post." number one "new york times" best several and number one on amazon. "obama's wars" published by simon and schuster. thanks for being with us as always. >> thank you. >> larry: this has a double meeting, this...
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tdd# 1-800-345-2550 >> larry: we're back with bob woodward. we'll hear more from his interview with the president, the audio, of course. what -- how do you win this war? there's no mission accomplished, is there? how do you win? >> the secret orders, which are published in the back of the book here, that the president issued to everyone after he'd made his strategy decision at the end of last year, say they're four risks, four things we have to look at. one is afghan governance. president karzai. general petraeus says the karzai government is, quote, a criminal syndicate. now, that's your partner, a criminal syndicate. how do you make that -- this is in the news every day. then there's the second risk is the afghan security force. the police and the army. and this is our way out. we have to train them and equip them so we can get out. >> you quote got to do it but t to get killed while you're doing it. >> as one of the people say the attrition rate is so great, it's like pouring water in a buckette with the hole in the bottom. you can't build
tdd# 1-800-345-2550 >> larry: we're back with bob woodward. we'll hear more from his interview with the president, the audio, of course. what -- how do you win this war? there's no mission accomplished, is there? how do you win? >> the secret orders, which are published in the back of the book here, that the president issued to everyone after he'd made his strategy decision at the end of last year, say they're four risks, four things we have to look at. one is afghan governance....
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woodward's book, andrea. >> one of the new revelations and we know bob woodward has, for 30, 40 years covered the intelligence and the military communities. he's very well sourced there and he did interview the president and vice president. >> reporter: yes, he did. >> the secretary of state all the players went on the record, thought it was better to cooperate than not cooperate. he reports that the covert war in afghanistan is 3,000 men strong, the cia, people on the ground in afghanistan. that is new. >> right. >> also reporting about hamid karzai, our so-called ally, the leader of afghanistan that he is officially manic depressive, has been on and off his meds, and they never know which hamid karzai will show up for a meeting. >> reporter: that would explain a great deal of the counter tips going back and forth between the obama administration. james jones, national securitier adviser on a flight to afghanistan briefing reporters who had disparaging things to say about hamid karzai and the left of corruption in afghanistan, after the president was on the ground the surprise visit
woodward's book, andrea. >> one of the new revelations and we know bob woodward has, for 30, 40 years covered the intelligence and the military communities. he's very well sourced there and he did interview the president and vice president. >> reporter: yes, he did. >> the secretary of state all the players went on the record, thought it was better to cooperate than not cooperate. he reports that the covert war in afghanistan is 3,000 men strong, the cia, people on the ground...
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but bob woodward has gotten access to the last couple of presidents. the last president as he developed his war strategy and was able to discover, reveal and put a light and illuminate the differences. i think we could have these internal discussions and debates and in a lot of countries you would have those who lost out on the debate defecting from government and maybe attempting a cue. in our country people come together and may say terrible things about one of their partners, allies or war council meetings and then come out as one group saying here's where we're going and here's how we're going to do it. it shows the strength of american foreign policy making. >> christopher, we have just a second, your comment on that. >> this is not the first president by inviting bob woodward in you'll get a good story out of it. it doesn't always mean it's good for the white house. >> christopher, herald, thank you, gentlemen. great stuff. >>> a little later today, the president will continue his campaign strategy getting out and talking to americans. he's going
but bob woodward has gotten access to the last couple of presidents. the last president as he developed his war strategy and was able to discover, reveal and put a light and illuminate the differences. i think we could have these internal discussions and debates and in a lot of countries you would have those who lost out on the debate defecting from government and maybe attempting a cue. in our country people come together and may say terrible things about one of their partners, allies or war...
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in our spotlight tonight, bob woodward. bob, can you imagine vice president cheney in that same scene of yours that i just recounted about joe bind? >> probably not. he wouldn't go around and ask that question. that wasn't necessarily his style. at the same time, it's conceivable. but as you know, biden has this curiosity and this drive and this kind of soulful engagement with people and so he goes out and says, hey, what are you doing here? and he was very -- this was at the beginning of the administration, actually before they took office. he made the trip to afghanistan and pakistan. and it upset him deeply, and rightfully so that the soldiers on the ground didn't exactly know what the mission was. >> it really strikes me in this book what a big presence biden is and how open he is with you. i couldn't help compare it to the cheney presence or nonpresence in your four-book series where cheney was one of the four people who refused to communicate with you -- >> actually, that's not true. there's a good deal of cheney in t
in our spotlight tonight, bob woodward. bob, can you imagine vice president cheney in that same scene of yours that i just recounted about joe bind? >> probably not. he wouldn't go around and ask that question. that wasn't necessarily his style. at the same time, it's conceivable. but as you know, biden has this curiosity and this drive and this kind of soulful engagement with people and so he goes out and says, hey, what are you doing here? and he was very -- this was at the beginning of...
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woodward. >> a great interview with bob woodward today. bob, i'd ask what you learned today but i have a feeling it has to do with australian reality tv. >> no, it's actually that there's so much in this war, there's so much in the obama administration unsettled. lots of people are going. what's the direction? there is a discomfort level which the polls show and it's not -- it's kind of on everything in obama land. and i suspect he's got to seize the reins somehow. >> mika? >> i am strapped in because i'm scared. i'm strapped in. >> mike? >> make my reservations to get to jalalabad to cover the american invasion in pakistan. >> how exciting. willie? >> i learned bob woodward was taking notes during the levi johnston/lawrence o'donnell interview for his appearance. >> look at lawrence. >> staggering. >> be afraid. be very afraid, bob. >>> we talked about tampa fans earlier this morning. you got an e-mail explaining why no one goes to the rays games. >> know the facts. very high unemployment. no large corporations buy tickets for employees.
woodward. >> a great interview with bob woodward today. bob, i'd ask what you learned today but i have a feeling it has to do with australian reality tv. >> no, it's actually that there's so much in this war, there's so much in the obama administration unsettled. lots of people are going. what's the direction? there is a discomfort level which the polls show and it's not -- it's kind of on everything in obama land. and i suspect he's got to seize the reins somehow. >> mika?...
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woodward, i'd better be careful, sources tend to think, i'm talking to bob woodward, i better tell him something good. pat, was this a dangerous game to play, to give bob woodward this kind of access, do you think? >> i think it was in the sense the obama administration is not completed. it's at the beginning. it was in very serious trouble when bob woodward went to work and it made an enormously controversial decision. everyone knew this afghan battle was going on inside the white house. now everybody is trying to get their story on the record for woodward, and in the first draft of history. what's happened is, i think, we're all talking now about those things people said that trashed others inside the white house. so first, i think it's going to be damaging to white house morale, obviously. secondly, the president of the united states comes off as a very reluctant warrior, very reluctant commander in chief in the war in which we are engaged. >> general, i was thinking about stanley mcchrystal, who lost his job because he gave a reporter too much access. from a strategic standpoint, h
woodward, i'd better be careful, sources tend to think, i'm talking to bob woodward, i better tell him something good. pat, was this a dangerous game to play, to give bob woodward this kind of access, do you think? >> i think it was in the sense the obama administration is not completed. it's at the beginning. it was in very serious trouble when bob woodward went to work and it made an enormously controversial decision. everyone knew this afghan battle was going on inside the white house....
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the storyline from "obama's wars" by bob woodward. do keep in mind since the president was in office, the number of total u.s. boots on the ground in afghanistan has nearly tripled. now, here is what confuses me the most. isn't the president of the united states our commander in chief? isn't it ultimately his decision as to when he wants to put our soldiers and american families' lives at risk on behalf of this country? and if his gut was right, why does it seem he bowed to those around him? even more offensive, or equally so why would any sitting president let someone publish a book revealing his skepticism in the middle of a hot war in which american troops are currently being killed under his command? joining us now matt ho, director of the afghanistan study group and former state department official. your views on this book, matt? >> one echo, what you just said, dylan. since that clip of president obama last december 1st we have had 372 american service members killed in afghanistan and thousands more wounded, both physically as
the storyline from "obama's wars" by bob woodward. do keep in mind since the president was in office, the number of total u.s. boots on the ground in afghanistan has nearly tripled. now, here is what confuses me the most. isn't the president of the united states our commander in chief? isn't it ultimately his decision as to when he wants to put our soldiers and american families' lives at risk on behalf of this country? and if his gut was right, why does it seem he bowed to those...
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bob woodward has a new book, on national security and war. obama's war, causing a big stirrer, as it is a hocalled. >> the white house chief spokesman, robert gibbs, has said he read the whole thing and he says it is accurate. bob woodward has a very established history writing these books. he goes to everybody. he talks to everybody. we know how many of his books have been out about various subjects, all bestsellers, often giving interesting looks inside the process as is happening and developing. i don't think it claims to make any sort of long-term conclusions and judgments over the strategy, but it is the process as it is going on. i think we know also as the process is going on, the review that took some people painfully long, there were leaks all the time about how many differences there were within the administration over what was coming out. we know for instance that vice- president biden was committed to a counterterrorism strategy, while general mcchrystal and many in the military were advising a counterinsurgency strategy. i think
bob woodward has a new book, on national security and war. obama's war, causing a big stirrer, as it is a hocalled. >> the white house chief spokesman, robert gibbs, has said he read the whole thing and he says it is accurate. bob woodward has a very established history writing these books. he goes to everybody. he talks to everybody. we know how many of his books have been out about various subjects, all bestsellers, often giving interesting looks inside the process as is happening and...