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Especially the space program, right. >> just watching that clip gives me goose bumps. it was a magical moment. a vision, the idea that we were losing the cold war, we weren't really. there was a missile gap and the soviets were ahead of us in the space race and laid out this bold vision, said that in 1962. he said before the end of the decade. eight years and we did it and you know, it was american ingenuity and the space race, leader of science and engineering in the world and on a path to winning the cold war. >> clayton: speaking about the cold war and the president got out out of the cold ...

I guess assuming times have changed enough to make this less risky. do you think times have changed enough? >> i do, and you're exactly right. it is historic, and frankly, the timeline is beyond that. remember, john kennedy, whom i generally admired, ran against richard nixon on the grounds that the republicans hadn't spent enough on defense, there had been a missile gap, and for years, i have been involved in this, democratic candidates for president were told, your one vulnerability is if you're weak on defense. that's why a really superb public ver servant, michael dukakis, made the mistake...

Remember, john kennedy, whom i generally admired, ran against richard nixon on the grounds that the republicans hadn't spent enough on defense, there had been a missile gap, and for years, i have been involved in this, democratic candidates for president were told, your one vulnerability is if you're weak on defense. that's why a really superb public serviceant michael dukakis made the mistake of being in the tank, he was a veteran, had a right to do it, but it didn't look good. i think what has happened is this, rachel. for 60 years, the american public was focused on -- 50 years, from 1940 t...

About before, chris, you had kennedy's false missile gap. you had lbj's daisy ad. you had george w. bush in 2004 using national security. in 2012 barack obama is using a very successful operation a year ago. this has been going on for over 200 years. it is an great shock. but i think on the positive side, the troops needed to see their commander-in-chief today. i think it is a very good thing they got to do that. >> let me go back it chuck. i think there a difference and you can agree that if you exploit you what are doing or lying, here he is explaining. there is no doubt he want to continue ...

About before, chris, you had kennedy's false missile gap. you had lbj's daze daisy ad. you had george w. bush in 2004 using national security. in 2012 barack obama is using a very successful operation a year ago. this has been going on for over 200 years. it is an great shock. but i think on the positive side, the troops needed to see their commandener chief today. i think it is a very good thing they got to do that. >> let me go back it chuck. i think there a difference and you can agree that if you exploit you what are doing or lying, here he is explaining. there is no doubt he want to conti...