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In his fascinating new book, acclaimed historian Greg Grandin argues that to understand the crisis of contemporary America, its never-ending wars abroad and political polarization at home, we have to understand Henry Kissinger. Examining Kissingers own writings, as well as a wealth of newly declassified documents, Grandin reveals how Richard Nixons top foreign policy advisor, even as he was presiding over defeat in Vietnam and a disastrous, secret, and illegal war in Cambodia, was helping to re...

Intramural warfare but now the stakes are much, much higher. now youve got people who are looped into criminal investigations, investigations into the russian interference into the election. in the meeting that were all talking about, the one with the russian lawyer, ms. veselnitskaya, of the three people who were in that room that we know of, only one of them is in the white house. only one of them had to fill out forms and do things where if he had lied, left things out, whatever, would put hi...

Knifing each other in the back and in the front. but this time, we see them still engaging in the same amount of intramural warfare but now the stakes are much, much higher. now youve got people who are looped into criminal investigations, investigations into the russian interference into the election. in the meeting that were all talking about, the one with the russian lawyer, ms. veselnitskaya, of the three people who were in that room that we know of, only one of them is in the white house. o...

Rooms, where decision making is done in washington between career politicians and lobbyists and instead empower the people. in my view, the only way we can turn this country around is if the american people rise up p and hold every one of us accountable. so im not trying to play the washington rules, im trying to change the rules and make elected officials blooirs included accountable to the people who elected them. >> whether you make your decision, whether you run or not? >> i think the field ...

wasserman schultz joins me to take up the challenge. amateur night at the apollo. president obama thrills the audience by copying al green. and hes no longer in the race, but the comedian stephen colbert is trying to drum up votes anyway, sort of. youve got to see this. im wolf blitzer in "the situation room." its the final push in the south carolina. the candidates have tried to squeeze in every minute of campaigning into this, the last day before the primary. as mitt romney tri...

Valuable enough to pass along almost immediately to u.s. security agencies. >> we continue to review on an ongoing basis all materials seized during the operation as well as new intel that maybe coming in and i stand ready to issue an alert should intel or information emerge that warrants it under the advisory -- new advisory system. >> which, of course, leads to our question, is the u.s. effectively in a permanent state of global war? lets bring in our specialist. west point grad andrew base vi...

The new big idea animating all of american national security thinking now is that we need international strength and influence that doesnt rely completely on a giant and, frankly, overused expensive military. joining us now for the interview is a man who has done more than anybody else in the last decade to articulate the same type of big rethinking of american power, he is andrew bacevich. his latest book is called "washington rules." hes a professor at boston university, professor, thanks for ...

That has to be where the ump tuesday for change comes from in this regard, have not demonstrated the necessity moral courage to take the sort of political risks that would be required to say weve gone down the wrong path. we are not going to dominate the world with american military power. we are going to bankrupt the country. we are going to squander whatever moral standing we have. and, therefore, there needs to be an honest, non-partisan debate about what alternatives may be. i think mr. y ha...

International strength and influence that doesnt rely completely on a giant and, frankly, overused expensive military. joining us now for the interview is a man who has done more than anybody else in the last decade to articulate the same type of big rethinking of american power, he is andrew bacevich. his latest book is called "washington rules." hes a professor at boston university, professor, thanks for joining us tonight. >> thanks for having me. >> how important is the mr. y idea and public...