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That mr. putin was, as the "times" put it, in touch with reality. she said vladimir putin was "in another world." but here's the puzzle. at the same time germany is also the eu nation that so far is the one saying no to the idea of moving against president "in another world" by kicking russia out of the g8. so on the other hand germany says putin is wrongfully invading another country and when you talk to him right now he sounds [ whistling ] but on the other hand saying he should definitely keep a spot in the g8 in that elite economic group. they say russia is behaving abominably and their pr...

Constructive relations with its neighbors, like georgia. they are trying to find their own way in a challenging but hopeful world. i looked the man in the eye, i found him to be very straightforward and trustworthy. we had a very good dialogue. i was able to get a sense of his soul and that's the beginning of a very constructive relationship. i wouldn't have invited him to my ranch if i didn't trust him. >> that was then president george w. bush speaking in 2001 on the occasion of russian president vladimir putin coming to visit president bush at his home in crawford, texas. president bush doe...

Of reporting as well as interviews with a number of people directly involved in the war effort. here's a little piece of it. >> at the pentagon with just two months until the invasion, attention turns to who will run iraq in the immediate days and weeks after the fall of saddam. retired army lieutenant general jay garner, a man with deep experience in the region, gets the call from donald rumsfeld. >> he said what we need right now is somebody to come in, put a staff together and operationalize the plans we put together. you know, you think if you're going to put that together, you'd have offi...

Be no peace in the world until every man is free they have twitter and facebook and 24-hour news and television. they see opportunities other people have the opportunities. where is that happening? happening in countries with free economic systems and political significance tems. >> are the people in afghanistan and iraq free to demonstrate against and oppose the regimes we helped install there? >> sure. it's a free country. they can demonstrate do whatever they want. they have free speech and free television and the press. >> are they free to over throw the regimes? >> they have a constitutio...

There's still time to rectify this. there's still time to turn it around." how did rumsfeld respond? "we are where we are. we're not going to go back." immediately after that conversation rumsfeld and garner held a press conference. after having just been told by jay garner about the disastrous mistakes rumsfeld had presided over in iraq and how badly things were going, rumsfeld said this to the world. "in short, the coalition is making good progress. it was made possible by the excellent military plan of general franks and by the terrific leadership of the stabilization effort by mr. jay garn...