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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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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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we have bob woodward's new book
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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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eastern time with anita dunn about the economy, the shakeup of the white house and bob woodward's new book on afghanistan. lots coming up there, thomas roberts picks things up next. busy thursday. what have you got going on? >> good morning. hi, everything, good morning. coming up in the next hour, the preacher at an atlanta megachurch facing a new sex abuse claim. we'll take you there. >>> the tens of thousands of homes in foreclosure now in question. we'll look at that and see if you can do something about it if your home is in foreclosure. much more coming up in three minutes. ♪ [ male announcer ] ever have morning pain slow you down? introducing bayer am, an extra strength pain reliever with alertness aid to fight fatigue. so get up and get goin'! with new bayer am. the morning pain reliever. hi. we're ready to switch our car insurance to progressive. today just seemed like a great day to save. oh, it's not just today. with our free loyalty program, you earn great stuff like accident forgiveness and bigger discounts just by staying with us. oh! ooh! so, what you're saying is, it
eastern time with anita dunn about the economy, the shakeup of the white house and bob woodward's new book on afghanistan. lots coming up there, thomas roberts picks things up next. busy thursday. what have you got going on? >> good morning. hi, everything, good morning. coming up in the next hour, the preacher at an atlanta megachurch facing a new sex abuse claim. we'll take you there. >>> the tens of thousands of homes in foreclosure now in question. we'll look at that and see...
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but, look, the thing that remains fascinating is how does bob woodward do this? i mean, he gets in there. he gave us the first book on this war "bush at war" and he got all of this material about the bush administration approaching the afghan war and there was very little disagreement in that. he also gave us the next book about the bush administration approach to the iraq war. >> right. >> you don't find this kind of disagreement in that as they were marching towards something they could not do in iraq. >> i want to read -- >> the plan didn't work. >> i want to read something from this book. it says the president was frustrated with his commanders asking for more troops. i can't let this be a war without end. i can't lose the whole democratic party. >> yeah. the way i read that is the congress has control of our war-making powers through the purse if they want to exercise it. if i lose the democratic party, we are not going to be able to fund the war that you, general petraeus, want to run. so you cannot ignore this. you don't get -- you, petraeus, don't get to
but, look, the thing that remains fascinating is how does bob woodward do this? i mean, he gets in there. he gave us the first book on this war "bush at war" and he got all of this material about the bush administration approaching the afghan war and there was very little disagreement in that. he also gave us the next book about the bush administration approach to the iraq war. >> right. >> you don't find this kind of disagreement in that as they were marching towards...
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according to bob woodward's latest book, the cia has a much larger secret paramilitary and nbc john yang is in kabul afghanistan with more on that and also we'll talk about the partial election results because they're starting to come in, too, correct? >> exactly, thomas. let's take the paramilitary for force. the new book. "obama's wars" new hints that the wikileaks organization released. this is an organization about 3,000 afghan forces, the cream of the crop in the view of the cia, according to woodward's book and they pursue, they're paid for, sorry, they're paid and trained by the cia and they pursue taliban targets within afghanistan. i think the more controversial element is that they carry out missions across border. they cross into pakistan to carry out missions and u.s. military forces are prohibited from doing. this force was authorized by president bush and according to woodward's book, the cross border operations became a little more active under the obama administration, thomas. >> and, john, let's shift gears, though, and talk about the partial election results. as they ar
according to bob woodward's latest book, the cia has a much larger secret paramilitary and nbc john yang is in kabul afghanistan with more on that and also we'll talk about the partial election results because they're starting to come in, too, correct? >> exactly, thomas. let's take the paramilitary for force. the new book. "obama's wars" new hints that the wikileaks organization released. this is an organization about 3,000 afghan forces, the cream of the crop in the view of...
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a new book by journalist bob woodward that has washington buzzing this morning. reveals deep divisions at the white house over the war in afghanistan. "obama's wars" top advisors quarrelling with some doubting that the president's strategy will work in the end. this book is due out next week, but portions have already leaked out through the "new york times" and "washington post." we have been looking at that here for you at msnbc. to give you more information on and andy barr reporting for politico a lot has to do with that debate over afghanistan and the number of troops. >> right, i don't think there is any big surprises there was a very contentious debate in the white house on this. what the book offers is more gritty detail on who was saying what, where the positions were and what was being fought over. but, i mean, you heard a lot of this especially from the left very concerned about that decision to send more troops in and still a big debate about what is going to happen as that august deadline shows up. >> what does it say about the the way the obama admin
a new book by journalist bob woodward that has washington buzzing this morning. reveals deep divisions at the white house over the war in afghanistan. "obama's wars" top advisors quarrelling with some doubting that the president's strategy will work in the end. this book is due out next week, but portions have already leaked out through the "new york times" and "washington post." we have been looking at that here for you at msnbc. to give you more information on...
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woodward's book has come out detailing the war deliberations on afghanistan. i'm busy all day with my copy of the woodward, my bootlegged copy of the woodward book that i have to study while it's still embargoed so i can be up to speed on talking to the vice president how the administration has handled this all-important area. >> lawrence o'donnell "the last word" premieres tonight 10:00. who gets the last word? on other set, it's always chuck. >> you're right. >> take a wild gesser who gets the last word. >> i have an idea. i say it's izzy povich, you know that better than anybody. >> that's a possibility. you have to stay with the show to find out who gets the last word. >> lawrence o'donnell, good luck with the show. we'll be watching. >> great addition to the lineup. >> that is it for "the daily rundown." next, richa liu. >> andrea mitchell. >> education nation continues all day and tomorrow. we'll see you up in new york city from education plaza. buh-bye. host: could switching to geico really save you 15% or more on car insurance? is a bird in the hand wo
woodward's book has come out detailing the war deliberations on afghanistan. i'm busy all day with my copy of the woodward, my bootlegged copy of the woodward book that i have to study while it's still embargoed so i can be up to speed on talking to the vice president how the administration has handled this all-important area. >> lawrence o'donnell "the last word" premieres tonight 10:00. who gets the last word? on other set, it's always chuck. >> you're right. >>...
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. >>> in just two days legendary washington post reporter bob woodward's new behind the scenes look at the president will hit the store shelves. don't be fooled by the title. "obama's wars" isn't about afghanistan and iraq, it is about afghanistan to be sure, but the other wars are the internal ones in the white house over finding the right strategy for afghanistan. and even though early excerpts show the key decision makers in afghanistan are duking it out, top white house aids say that are satisfied with the way it portrays the president. richard wolffe is an nbc news contributor and analyst. good morning. >> good morning. >> from what you read on the book, what's your take? >> woodward kids did a spectacular job of getting behind the curtain and finding out the granule detail of the policy debates. they were debates though that were extensively reported at the time. and the divisions between the generals and the white house, between members of the administration and each other, they are broadly what we know is extraordinary, as i said, is the kind of conversation, the color, the det
. >>> in just two days legendary washington post reporter bob woodward's new behind the scenes look at the president will hit the store shelves. don't be fooled by the title. "obama's wars" isn't about afghanistan and iraq, it is about afghanistan to be sure, but the other wars are the internal ones in the white house over finding the right strategy for afghanistan. and even though early excerpts show the key decision makers in afghanistan are duking it out, top white house...
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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...