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along comes another saying something about gods will and we have to incarcerate a woman who doesnt want to have a child thats the result of a rape. well, yes, were back in the clown car with lots more guys wearing the crazy hats and shaking their noisemakers. thought you had seen the last of rick santorum and the rest of those characters from the primaries? not so. we have paul ryan and his personhood amendment aboard. a republican platform giving 14th amendment rights, including the r...

>> now on booktv, paula broadwell and vernon loeb talk about david petraeus his military career and his impact on the wars in iraq and afghanistan. general petraeus gave the authors full access to him and his team for the book. this is about an hour. >> good evening. im co-owner of politics and prose, along with my wife. on the health on behalf of the entire staff, id like to welcome you here. before turning to our guest authors, id just like to say a word about an important event comi...

today. this program is just over an hour. [inaudible conversations] >> well, welcome to johns hopkins school of advanced international study. i am charles door ran, im the andrew w. melon professor of international relations here at sais. we are absolutely delighted to have you participate in this lively discussion of a very important book, "conquered into liberty: two centuries of battles along the great warpath that made the american way of war." were going to start off with a little...

Bring. we have the iran question, afghanistan out there. i think president obama, secretary clinton, theyve been good stewards of american foreign policy, in a very unheroic time. this is not the time of big s.t.a.r.t. agreements and cold war superpower kind of events, but i think obamas been quite effective and i think national security, as we sit here today, christmas, is going to be a plus for him. >> but beyond just the politics, tom brokaw, the iraq war may be over, but the threat is not. i...

Foreign policy, in a very unheroic time. this is not the time of big s.t.a.r.t. agreements and cold war superpower kind of events, but i think obamas been quite effective and i think national security, as we sit here today, christmas, is going to be a plus for him. >> but beyond just the politics, tom brokaw, the iraq war may be over, but the threat is not. i keep thinking to the tom ricks book "the gamble" in which he talks to ambassador crocker, then-ambassador in iraq and he said the most not...

>> christmas day is a season of hope, a season of expectation, a season of love. >> good morning. and merry christmas. 2011, almost behind us now, so many key questions as we head into the new year, and for the next hour weve assembled a terrific group to talk about the year ahead, and a reflection on where the country has been this year. joining me, nbcs tom brokaw. tom friedman, kathleen parker. marc morial. welcome to all of you and merry christmas. >> merry christmas. >> merry chri...

and in a special christmas day reflection, well hear from the former archbishop of washington, cardinal theodore mccarrick. >> christmas day is a season of hope, a season of expectation, a season of love. >> good morning. and merry christmas. 2011, almost behind us now, so many key questions as we head into the new year, and for the next hour weve assembled a terrific group to talk about the year ahead, and a reflection on where the country has been this year. joining me, nbcs tom brok...

piece of it, i think the rest of the country just feeling that theyre not included in a lot of what is going on. that the political debate on the republican side seems to be confined to a reasonably narrow group of people who are driving that dialogue, and the democratic side seems to be kind of cordoning itself off from the middle, that helped get this president elected. so i think there is good reason for a lot of anxiety out there. >> and a lot of anger, kathleen parker. i mean if w...

and in a special christmas day reflection, well hear from the former archbishop of washington, cardinal theodore mccarrick. >> christmas day is a season of hope, a season of expectation, a season of love. >> good morning. and merry christmas. 2011, almost behind us now, so many key questions as we head into the new year, and for the next hour weve assembled a terrific group to talk about the year ahead, and a reflection on where the country has been this year. joining me, nbcs tom brok...

>> christmas day is a season of hope, a season of expectation, a season of love. >> good morning. and merry christmas. 2011, almost behind us now, so many key questions as we head into the new year, and for the next hour weve assembled a terrific group to talk about the year ahead, and a reflection on where the country has been this year. joining me, nbcs tom brokaw. tom friedman, kathleen parker. marc morial. welcome to all of you and merry christmas. >> merry christmas. >> merry chri...