Washington, d. C. Is just over half an hour. Patrick odonnell is a military historian who has written eight previous books beyond valor operatives spies and saboteurs the brenner assignment, they dared return we were one, selected for the marine commandants reading list, give me tomorrow, and dog company. His most recent is first seals. His numerous awards include the colby award and the John Walker Laub were. He provides historical consultation for dreamworks band of brothers and for document is produced by bbc, the History Channel and fox news. He served as a combat historian in a marine rifle platoon during the battle of fallujah. Is into that as an expert speaker on world war ii to sabotage special operations and counterinsurgency on the modern battlefield. Over the past 20 years, he has interviewed more than 4000, now 5000 veterans who fought in americas wars from world war i to afghanistan, and specializes in unearthing Untold Stories that read like novels. Please welcome patrick
From our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. The last american prisoner of war was exchanged on saturday. Was kidnapped five years ago. The price of his freedom was five detainees. President obama spoke on saturday alongside the soldiers parents. As i said, we are committed to winding down the war in afghanistan and we are committed to closing gitmo. A commitment to bring prisoners of war home. That is who we are as americans. Profound obligation in the military, and today, in this instance, it is a promise we have been able to keep. The deal has attracted controversy and doubts about how intoant bergdahl fell enemy hands in the first place. Back onased to have him this program. Welcome, david. It may begin with the three important questions for me to begin with, what do we know about how he was captured, what his imprisonment was like, and what led to his release. Know with near certainty he walked away from his forward outpost in 2009, sneaking away in the middle of the n
From our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. The last american prisoner of war was exchanged on saturday. Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl was kidnapped five years ago. The price of his freedom was five detainees. President obama spoke on saturday alongside the soldiers parents. As i said, we are committed to winding down the war in afghanistan and we are committed to closing gitmo. We also remain a commitment to bring prisoners of war home. That is who we are as americans. It is a profound obligation in the military, and today, in this instance, it is a promise we have been able to keep. The deal has attracted controversy and doubts about how Sergeant Bergdahl fell into enemy hands in the first place. I am pleased to have him back on this program. Welcome, david. It may begin with the three important questions for me to begin with, what do we know about how he was captured, what his imprisonment was like, and what led to his release. Well, we know with near certainty he walked away
About . Or you letting the facts take you where they will . At the facts, if you go down this road and youre wrong you have to deal to back it up and go down the right road and thats what i do every day is on it myself. That is why people on the right and the left in the middle embrace my work. I was a liberal to begin within my political life and i have become more conservative as Rudy Giuliani is quoted as saying if you are a liberal if you are not a liberal when youre 18 you dont have a brain. I dont often agree with that but i have become more conservative. But i can choose the issues. My approach to journalism as that. Cheers comes from a multitude of tongues and that is why try what i try to embrace in my work. Anyone else before we wrap up . Yes, sir. Wait for the mic. Mic. I have two questions. The prior presenter not long ago was a colombo guy. The gas tax scam. I read his book and he gave a great solicitation and by the way your solicitation solicitation is super. I am a form
Hours to go this afternoon, and now joining us here on our set in miami is Jeremy Scahill. Here he is, his most recent book, dirty wars the world is a battlefield. Mr. Scahill, earlier you were on a panel with dan balz and george packer, and one of the questioners asked you what do you see as the difference between how the Bush Administration and the Obama Administration approach the war on terror. Right. , i mean, i think first of all its great to be with you here on cspan and booktv. The bush with administration, i dont want to understate how atrocious i think that period was in American Foreign policy. It really was like murder incorporated. The destruction of iraq, the creation of the cia black sites, the idea that the Geneva Convention was [inaudible] the abu ghraib torture, using guantanamo, you could go on and on in characterizing it. So i dont want to get into a thing about is obama worse than bush. I covered those wars, i know what happened. Under president obama i think what