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you are comfortable doing that without consultation, even though, in fact, it there was no direct threat to the united states and they were available? you are comfortable in not consulting with them? >> -- >> ok, that says it all. >> the time has expired. the time has expired. >> finish answering? no, no, i did not cut him off. >> i am not sure if you were asking the question or if you wanted a response. >> i asked you if you were comfortable with not consulting, and you said you were comfortable with not consulting, you're comfortable with what you did, when, in fact, it was pretty ...

compromise. that abandonment, as it is being reported, will be our topic for the first 45 minutes. we're interested in what you think of it as a strategy. we have divided our phone lines politically this morning. you can reach out to us via e- mail, if you want. if you want to send us a tweet -- twitter.comcspanwj. here is the headline. this is out of washington. even though there is no quick path to bipartisan agreement on the legislation, which would prevent an automatic social security tax increase on 160 million workers, the longest wood of her january 1. some details reported by...

>> major general marcia anderson, you were shy? >> i was kind of a bookworm in school and was much happier reading. i hated to be called on in class. i knew the answer, but i was not the one to be popping up to answer the teacher, and unfortunately, when you are one of the smartest kids in the class, and the teacher wants someone to give the right answer, you do get called on a lot. my palms were always sweaty, i would literally get physically ill when i had to stand up in class to answer a question or read a book report. over time, that has changed and the military is a big part of ...

born as an army brat. never lived in the same place more than two years. very formative years in china which was just before the manchurian invasion. he had a taste for the orient. he under military. he was the boy you find on the edge of the parade ground. host: i wrote down a quote from the documentary. my father was the coolest character i ever knew. what did you mean by that? guest: as a boy i grew up understanding the lore of who he had been and what he had done. he was opposite of santini. a quiet self-effacing person. he had opinions but was not pushing they will on you. his f...

you might have thought why didn't i interview my father then. but he was the kind of person -- if he was alive today he would talk about what's going on with the drones and he would be involved with the debates of his time. but as his son asking him personal questions as to his motivations and not detailed information but emotional information, he just wasn't very forthcoming. so i thought it would be very frustrating. >> i thought well, i guess my father's irrelevant. and then two weeks later, i saw photographs of c.i.a. operatives sporting turbines and riding on ca mel back and i t...