Twitter. Com booktv. Elliot ackerman is next on booktv. The decorated afghanistan and iraq war veterans book is a novel about an afghan boy who joins a u. S. Funded militia following the u. S. Invasion. So our guest tonight is elliot ackerman. Hes a decorated veteran of the United States marine corps and a writer whose work has been published in the new yorker, which alone would be an accomplishment for me for the rest of my life. [laughter] the atlantic, time and the new republic, among others mr. Ackerman is also a contributor to the daily beast and a member of the council on foreign relations. He served as white house fellow in the obama administration, and prior to that he spent eight years as both an infantry and special operations officer. He served multiple tours of duty in the middle east and southwest asia. As a Marine Corps Special Operations Team leader, he operated as a primary combat adviser to a 700man Afghan Commando battalion responsible for capture operations against s
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Last decade or so where you have all this red ink and the surpluses are rather modest. And you see where we are. We barely have a surplus. Even if you add the Rainy Day Fund that would come up about where that black bar is. And nothing like all the red bars. Or you know, i thought of another way to do this. If we put it this way, you can see that were really doing well. There are a lot of restrictions on how the state can spend the money but the governor has plans for some of it. Scott shafer is going to discuss those plans with a panel of guests. Joining me are jill tucker San Francisco chronicle education writer. David crane, stanford lecturer and president of political advocacy organization, governor california and john myers joining us from sacramento. Almost to all of you. And john starting with you, a big week for the governor. You were there when he unveiled the budget. What are your take aways . The big message is it continues what brown has done since he has come to office whi
Last decade or so where you have all this red ink and the surpluses are rather modest. And you see where we are. We barely have a surplus. Even if you add the Rainy Day Fund that would come up about where that black bar is. And nothing like all the red bars. Or you know, i thought of another way to do this. If we put it this way, you can see that were really doing well. There are a lot of restrictions on how the state can spend the money but the governor has plans for some of it. Scott shafer is going to discuss those plans with a panel of guests. Joining me are jill tucker San Francisco chronicle education writer. David crane, stanford lecturer and president of political advocacy organization, governor california and john myers joining us from sacramento. Almost to all of you. And john starting with you, a big week for the governor. You were there when he unveiled the budget. What are your take aways . The big message is it continues what brown has done since he has come to office whi
Last decade or so where you have all this red ink and the surpluses are rather modest. And you see where we are. We barely have a surplus. Even if you add the Rainy Day Fund that would come up about where that black bar is. And nothing like all the red bars. Or you know, i thought of another way to do this. If we put it this way, you can see that were really doing well. There are a lot of restrictions on how the state can spend the money but the governor has plans for some of it. Scott shafer is going to discuss those plans with a panel of guests. Joining me are jill tucker San Francisco chronicle education writer. David crane, stanford lecturer and president of political advocacy organization, governor california and john myers joining us from sacramento. Almost to all of you. And john starting with you, a big week for the governor. You were there when he unveiled the budget. What are your take aways . The big message is it continues what brown has done since he has come to office whi