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Best books i have read in more than the past year. congratulations on it. thanks so much. >> thanks. really appreciate it. >> michael hastings new book is called "the operators" and it is really good and it has a lot of "f" words in it. right after this show, on the last word, lawrences guest is "saturday night lives" fred armisen with lawrence and with my friend envy. well be right back. this is an rc robotic claw. my high school science teacher made me what i am today. our science teacher help...

Really appreciate it. >> michael hastings new book is called "the operators" and it is really good and it has a lot of "f" words in it. right after this show, on the last word, lawrences guest is fred armadsen with lawrence and with my friend envy. well be right back.

Best books i have read in more than the past year. congratulations on it. thanks so much. >> thanks. really appreciate it. >> michael hastings new book is called "the operators" and it is really good and it has a lot of "f" words in it. right after this show, on the last word, lawrences guest is fred armadsen with lawrence and with my friend envy. well be right back. [ male announcer ] alka-seltzer plus presents: the cold truth. i have a cold. and i took nyquil but im still stubbed up. [ male an...

phone etiquette, the man was an older gentleman but tells the "new york times" he had just gotten the iphone the day before the concert and he didnt know how it worked, didnt know it had an alarm, didnt know how to turn it off. according to "the times" he apologized to the conductor face to face. apology accepted. the lesson learned. at least turn the ringer off. now this. here we go. top of the hour two. welcome back. couple of stories were watching for you. president obama wants to...

so lets get to it. as you heard here, about 90 minutes ago on cnn, the president said that the federal government has gotten too big and complicated. thats not a revelation but he says he can fix it by streamlining, consolidating, simplifying. he said a leaner government would create a leaner and better national security. >> congress didnt consolidate on its side so now the department of homeland security reports to over 100 different congressional panels. thats a lot of paperwork. tha...

Definitely liable for the explosion, for skirting around a lot of these regulations definitely for the damage it caused. at some point you have to realize the continued damage of this wasnt -- wasnt so much caused by bp as it was also caused by the administrations inaction, immediate inaction. >> larry: ben, the public polls seemed to put the blame on bp, ben? >> i completely agree the blame is on bp. i have no question about that. bp, plus transocean which is operating the rig, plus halliburton...

These costs could have been capped. i know this administration loves capping things. so, we could have capped costs on this. had there been a quicker action. now i think that bp is definitely liable for the explosion, for skirting around a lot of these regulations definitely for the damage it caused. at some point you have to realize the continued damage of this wasnt -- wasnt so much caused by bp as it was also caused by the administrations inaction, immediate inaction. >> larry: ben, the publi...

Insubordination after a magazine article portrayed general mcchrisle tmckri mcchrrystal about it. michael hastings story was told in "rolling stone" and told in epic effect in his book called "the operators." after president obamas first commander of the afghanistan war was fired, after his second commander was fired, president obama turned to the most high profile military leader in the country, general david petraeus, to become his third afghanistan war commanding general. that tenure in afgha...

Insubordination after a magazine article portrayed general mccrystal about it. michael hastings story was told in "rolling stone" and told in epic effect in his book called "the operators." after president obamas first commander of the afghanistan war was fired, after his second commander was fired, president obama turned to the most high profile military leader in the country, general david petraeus, to become his third afghanistan war commanding general. that tenure in afghanistan lasted a yea...

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