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Saw. a deliberate attempt to hide the truth. >> the former illinois governor is in the middle of his second trial on charges of bribery, extortion, and fraud. he was found guilty of a single count of lying to investigators in the trial that ended last august. nbc's nick bogart has been following the trial from chicago. so, nick, patti blagojevich we know from the tapes that were recorded of conversation not one to shy away and certainly she let her anger be known in that interview. >> reporter: not a shrinking violet. she's upset by prosecutors objections to defense questioning during the ques...

Does it speak for many in the military brass? >> absolutely. it speaks for the brains. ever since goldwater nichols was passed in 1986 the very best of the military has gone to the joint staff and the very best of that best to the chairman's office. this is admiral mullen who himself is no shrinking violet from brain power. he is a very cerebral chairman, thinks about these kinds of problems. this is his strategic brain trust. this is -- your lead-in was perfect. this is very much eisenhower. this is right back to his '53 speech for example back to his '60 speech to the u.s. chamber of commerc...

The military has gone to the joint staff and the very best of that best to the chairman's office. this is admiral mullen who himself is no shrinking violet from brain power. he is a very cerebral chairman, thinks about these kinds of problems. this is his strategic brain trust. this is -- your lead-in was perfect. this is very much eisenhower. this is right back to his '53 speech for example back to his '60 speech to the u.s. chamber of commerce wherein he said our national security is not tanks and ships and planes. it's not even the brave and courageous men in our armed forces. it is our eco...

She didn't go down like a shrinking violet. she got on twitter and said, don't worry about george's comments. just remember what happens to the big, bad drunk wolf falls in a pot of boiling water and piggy laughs. there's no word yet whether she accepted his apology. war of words. >> that is why we love kirstie alley. elizabeth taylor, everybody's missing her already. she just was laid to rest. on strict orders, which she left everybody in her family know, she wanted to arrive late, as was her fashion, to her own funeral. the funeral started 15 minutes after it was scheduled. everybody was r...

She's feisty, we know this, so she didn't go down like a shrinking violet. she got on twitter and said, don't worry about george's comments. just remember what happens to the big, bad drunk wolf falls in a pot of boiling water and piggy laughs. there's no word yet whether she accepted his apology. war of words. >> that is why we love kirstie alley. elizabeth taylor, everybody's missing her already. she just was laid to rest. on strict orders, which she left everybody in her family know, she wanted to arrive late, as was her fashion, to her own funeral. the funeral started 15 minutes after it...