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Obama, vice president biden, and members of congress. one section talks about a situation room meeting on the afghanistan war, where he says the president expressed personal doubts about his own plans. i thought 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, its all about getting out. gates is even tougher on vice president biden, writing, "i think he has been wrong on nearly every major foreign poli...

48th fighter wing was flying low over a salt marsh at the time of a crash. it was based out of royal air force station not far away. to washington where the white house is disputing harsh criticisms leveled by former defense secretary robert gates. in his upcoming book, gates takes aim at president obama over afghanistan but saves his most cutting words for vice president joe biden. abcs jonathan karl has all the details. >> reporter: for two years he was the presidents point man on the most i...

President is entitled to, needs to have an inner circle he can trust and can rely on. now this is the new normal because everybody wants to get out, it used to be in the old days you would wait until the present was out of the office. now you just get the book out, going much of tv shows and try to plug your book. it undermines the notion, particularly surprising in gates case the ability to give the president confidential, private advice. jon: the book is not out yet, but heres one example from...

Basketball diplomacy, for this so-called cultural exchange to happen, perhaps it can introduce the north koreans to a more positive side. and perhaps yield something fruitful. thats what i can hope. because this exchange is going to happen. >> the idea that the north koreans think the americans or dennis rodman is -- thats -- >> thats a caricature. >> also speaking out more coherently than dennis rodman is former defense secretary robert gates. hes written a scathing memoir about congress, hilla...

>> some believe the trouble stems from the presidents skepticism and mistrust of his own military leaders. >> i think the one thing that the american people constantly trust in is the military. its kind of like a rock. when the administration doesnt trust in the military establishment, then you have serious issues. >> there are skeptics of former secretary gates as well. one former active duty sailor who has served two tours overseas telling fox he lost respect for gates, saying, quote, why did ...

Take over. theyre now flying the al qaeda flag in fallujah. at this moment. look at this, you can see the flags are flying over a city we fought so hard to control, and nearly 100 men and women died in one of the biggest battles of the war. then just hours ago, the wall street journal published an explosive new essay from robert gates. he blasted the presidents foreign policy, both in afghanistan, which he says was all about getting out and on iraq, where mr. gates now says the presidents positi...

Almost 5:00 a.m. and it is 8 degrees in new york city. is it cold where youre waking up this morning? good morning, you are watching "fox&friends below. i am ainsley earhardt. thank you for starting your morning off with us. robert gates dropping bombshells on the obama administration. >> in his new memoirs gates blasts the leadership and questions his dedication to the war in afghanistan. elizabeth prann is live in washington with an inside look at the book. >> former defense secretary robert g...

He wrote a new memoir, it will be released next week and in it bob gates writes, quote, president obama simply wanted to end the bad war in iraq and limit the u.s. role in the good war in afghanistan. his fundamental problem in afghanistan was that his political and philosophical preferences for winding down the u.s. role conflicted with his own pro-war public rhetoric he especially during the 2008 campaign. joined by alan colmes, host of the alan colmes show, fox news contributor. tucker carlso...

Welcome back. the presidents decision to keep robert gates was regarded at a time as an olive branch to republicans. he served over two years, helping maintain some continuity as the president took over sureship of two wars. now the former defense department chief is criticizing obamas handling. "new york times" tom shanker and "the washington posts" bob woodward got ahold of gates ease new book "duty." in the book the former defense secretary describes him as desperate. writing the president do...

Two years the embassy was stormed by an angry mob. they join me now from new york. i am struck by netanyahus remark there where he puts essentially negotiates with iran the way he views it as with the prism of israels survival. if thats the measuring stick, will they be able to sign off on any deal that the west comes up with with iran? >> yeah, he definitely equates the iran acquiring a nuclear weapon that iran said they dont want to do not just with israel, but the survival of the jewish homel...