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Bump in the road. for them, it is an existential crisis. its the death of life dreams. for john boehner and so many of his colleagues this doesnt amount to that big a deal because its not their ox being gored. i live in washington which has one of the strongest regional economies in the country, and i can tell you the boom times are back. the only way to wake the american elite establishment out of its complacency about the slow motion disaster of the great recession is for the people getting ha...

Mistakes were made about abuse and homicides that happened while he was commander. i think maybe there was some complacency in making these comments, but in the end the right actions were taken. >> you mentioned the confirmation hearing is looking ahead to the petraeus one, senators mccain and graham said those hearings would be the fastest ever on record. shouldnt there be some level of scrutiny? say what they said, why even hold the hearings? >> well, i think that the part that we have to reme...

Zarqawi and other operations that saved thousands of lives. he skated through his senate confirmation after adding mistakes were made about abuse and homicides that happened while he was commander. i think maybe there was some complacency in making these comments, but in the end the right actions were taken. >> you mentioned the confirmation hearing, his, looking ahead to the petrus one. senators mccain and graham said those hearings would be the fastest ever on record. shouldnt there be some le...

Him was the right one. >> with this now having a finality to it, a conclusion, the general was given tremendous latitude running the most covert of black ops programs, tracking down and often killing militants, the al qaeda and iraq leader abu zarqawi was on that list and through pat tillman coverup as well. might that latitude led him to believe he could make that kind of grumbling about the president with a reporter present and there would be not be any reporting of it? >> there might have bee...

Tremendous latitude running the most covert of black opes programs, tracking down and often killing militants, the al qaeda and iraq leader zarkawi was on that list and through the pat tillman cover-up as well. might that latitude led him to believe he could make that kind of grumbling about the president with a reporter present and there would be not be any reporting of it? >> there might have been some of that. there might have been some complacency in terms what he felt he could say. you know...

>> with this now having a finality to it, a conclusion, the general was given tremendous latitude running the most covert of black ops programs, tracking down, often killing militants, the al qaeda and iraq leader abu zarqawi was on that list and through pat tillman coverup as well. might that latitude led him to believe he could make that kind of grumbling about the president with a reporter present and there would be not be any reporting of it? >> there might have been some of that. there migh...

Mistakes were made about abuse and homicides that happened while he was commander. i think maybe there was some complacency in making these comments, but in the end the right actions were taken. >> you mentioned the confirmation hearing, his, looking ahead at the petraeus one. senators mccain and graham said those hearings would be the fastest ever on record. shouldnt there be some level of scrutiny before we go ahead even if its general petraeus from iraq? say what they said. why even hold the ...

What happened there. i have not heard firsthand. i just heard news accounts. im a little disappointed that that he would be the first person to be thrown under the bus in all this. >> its interesting your publisher apparently told douglas brinkley that there was vanity, in essence, that led general mcchrystal to sort of allow you in the way he did. did you ever get the sense as you were with him and his men that they were doing this out of ego, perhaps showing off a bit? >> i think theyve become...

Andy englis and doug suttles, the chief operating officer for exploration and production, and the person now leading bps response to the spill. according to bp, these are the senior officials who are responsible for the mecondo well, but they, too, were apparently oblivious to what was happening. we could find no evidence that either of them received any e-mails or briefings about the deepwater horizon rig or drilling activities at the well. bps corporate complacency is astonishing. the drilling...

Parallel investigation being undertaken by the department of justice. the republicans for their part have chimed in with criticism of bp but have argued for continuing drilling in the gulf of mexico. were going to show you typical selections, democrat henry waxman of california, who talked about the committees review of 30,000 internal bp documents, and then, congressman joe barton of texas who said he was ashamed to see the white house in his eyes compel bp to pony up $20 billion for the escrow...