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$550 billion, $570 billion, and untold numbers of afghan civilian casualties. in a new book, "imperial life in the emerald city" we learn the president's surge was something of a war in and of itself. little america shines a scorching light on the political in-fighting that has marred u.s. progress in afghanistan to this very day. thank you very much for being with us. congratulations on this new book. i don't know how you do it. you go into the field, you find sources and one of the people you clearly spoke to was kyle westin. tell us about kyle westin because he, in your view, represents the...

Side. these are the people that struck a nerve in me. later on, when i was up to make a decision in my life, getting out of high school, i took an acting class, out of cureiosity and it was like a virus. i was very stimulate bide it. >> sean: you do all of these big movies, but you also like to work on different projects, mauler projects, producing films. and this is -- you are finishing up now on a religious freedom project. tell us about that? >> i don't know, the main argument of the film has to do with a war in... it was an uprising in mexico in 1926. it was a play on words for christ. and...

Side. these are the people that struck a nerve in me. later on, when i was up to make a decision in my life, getting out of high school, i took an acting class, out of cureiosity and it was like a virus. i was very stimulate bide it. >> sean: you do all of these big movies, but you also like to work on different projects, mauler projects, producing films. and this is -- you are finishing up now on a religious freedom project. tell us about that? >> i don't know, the main argument of the film has to do with a war in... it was an uprising in mexico in 1926. it was a play on words for christ. and...

I have said from the beginning ladies and gentlemen that congress should have declared war in, after september 11th so that the president would have the authority. okay? but ty danced around this by a variety of ways. you know the dance. all right? >> i'm glad this guy -- . >> bill: national security requires the president of certain things. you're glad they killed osama bin laden. okay. i'm glad and most are glad. why are we making a big deal out of this? >> because it makes me uncomfortable to think that the executive branch cannot explain plain what the evidence is. not -- . >> bill: they e...

I have said from the beginning ladies and gentlemen that congress should have declared war in, after september 11th so that the president would have the authority. okay? but they danced around thi by a variety of ways. you know the dance. all right? >> i'm glad this guy -- . >> bill: national security requires the president of certain things. you're glad they killed osama bin laden. okay. i'm glad and most are glad. why are we making a big deal out of this? >> because it makes me uncomfortable to think that the executive branch cannot explain plain what the evidence is. not -- . >> bill: they ...