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January 8, 2014
Jenna: bombshell new book by former secretary of defense robert gates comes out next week. it is called, "duty, memoirs of a secretary of war." gates is critical of both the bush and obama administrations as far as we can tell from the exerts, one of the big headlines is his opinion of president obamas handling the war in afghanistan. he writes about a meeting in 2011 saying this, quote, as i sat there i thought the president doesnt trust his commander, cant stand karzai, dont believe in his own...
January 8, 2014
Republican one. >> you know, i think that is a really key point here because it is not like youre dealing with a disgruntled former staffer, aide, who finally feels like this is their opportunity to tell everything. youre dealing with a guy with a pretty stellar reputation and mildly partisan at best. as you mentioned he served administration of both parties. it is pretty well-respected. just the detail in which he goes into a lot of these meetings and stuff i think is very telling, especially i...
January 8, 2014
Now you see al qaeda on the rise. jon: overruling military commanders due to politics. does that happen in every administration, charlie? >> well, of course, and you know, the system is designed to work that way. the basic fundamental founding of our country is based on the idea that we have political people make the decisions about the military and keeps the military in check and thats fine but the problem comes when you get into a situation where the decisions that are being made are so strict...
January 8, 2014
Did not agree with what the admin was doing? >> i dont think it would have because of his fundamental, gatess fundamental insight. the president didnt think this was his war and wanted to get out. i havent read the book like everybody else commenting on it today but from the excerpts weve seen i think the real insights that gates provides is that president obama simply is not concerned with american national security. the notion that politics could trump a national security decision can only occ...