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Inside the u.s. government. one of the opponents for working with gorbachev was in the government. we should not trust gorbachev, we are losing the fight. we are getting a clearer view of the person we may be facing. reagan did work with gorbachev, the cold war ended and the entire global map was changed. reagan was better off for it. officials dolling out what was bad advice on a monumentally important issue, was robert gates, who in his forthcoming tell all book had this to say about joe biden...

Thank you very much. >> reporter: youre welcome. gregg: new fallout from robert gates memoir that has sent shock waves across washington. >> i think that the one thing that the american people constantly trust in is the military. its kind of a rock. and when the administration doesnt trust in the military establishment, then you have serious issues. gregg: retired four-star general jack keane will be with us. he has read the entire book. he joins us with his reaction next. martha: looking forwar...

Of the leading states men of his time and has been an excellent counsellor and adviser to the president for the past five years. hes played in every major debate and national security policy debate and policy discussion in this administration in this white house. >> that are is again jay carney talking a little while ago defending joe biden. as far as the president goes, he writes during a meeting in 2011 about the war and reached this conclusion. the president doesnt trust his commander. cant s...

Over his afghan policy. according to gates, that included doubts about both general david petraeus and harmid ckarzai. gates worked under president obama for two years. the book is coming out as the president is still commander in chief. jim sciutto joins me now. this is really scathing criticism thats been quoted so far coming out of this book, particularly from a guy whose public face was one of always sort of calm, sort of trying to kind of bridge the partisan divide. i want to read what gate...

Just a little longer, a little longer, this emergency, extraordinary relief, 5, 6 years, of just a little longer every time. let me submit something a little more cynical, it doesnt really matter what the president said today or what he said in the past, for this white house and this relates a little bit to what secretary gates -- what his criticisms were of this president, it doesnt really matter what you said before, it doesnt matter what you say now, what matters is, how can democrats keep th...

Corruption and malfeasance and that sort of thing. that reinforces the worst negative stereotype of the jersey way. i see chris christie before this, hed go out to iowa and those places and play it up. like hey, im going to give it to you jersey style right now. they would like it, they eat it up. i dont know if hes going to be able to do that after this. >> thanks to you, steve, kelly, and chris. meanwhile, the white house today on the defensive after excerpts were released and leaked from fo...

Just a little longer, a little longer, this emergency, extraordinary relief, 5, 6 years, of just a little longer every time. let me submit something a little more cynical, it doesnt really matter what the president said today or what he said in the past, for this white house and this relates a little bit to what secretary gates -- what his criticisms were of this president, it doesnt really matter what you said before, it doesnt matter what you say now, what matters is, how can democrats keep th...

I have extraordinary respect for him. heres andrea mitchell. he has the story. >> reporter: when bob gates left the cabinet, the president surprised him with the medal of freedom. >> youre not only one of the longest serving secretaries of defense in american history, but it is also clear that youve been one of the best. >> im deeply honored and moved. >> reporter: but in his sensational new memoir, gates excoriates the president, vice president joe biden and former national security visser tom ...

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...

Gates is unfair whenning it comes to the presidents handling of the war in afghanistan. the president doesnt trust his commander, cant stand karzai, doesnt believe in his own strategy and doesnt consider the war to be his. for him it is all about getting out. that confirms what some conservatives already believe. >> i think this is a shocking revelation. i assume he didnt believe in this war by his own actions. but heres somebody sitting with the president three months in and i think this is an ...