After words is next on book tv. Alberto gonzales discusses his time as attorney general and counsel to the president during the george w. Bush administration. His new book is called true faith and allegiance, the story of service and sacrifice in war and peace and he is interviewed by Brent Kendall of the wall street journal. Alberto gonzales, Current Law School dean, former attorney general and advisor to george w. Bush. Texas Court Supreme Court Justice and author of a new book , mm moore recounting his life both in texas and working for governor bush. He spent time here in washington, welcome. Thank you, its good to be here. Lets start with why the book, why now, what motivated you to write it . I know several of your colleagues have written books about their time there. What prompted the books . Its something ive been working on for many years. Obviously there were several distractions that i met in the interim but coming up on the 15th anniversary would be a nice worker to hit. I
Years with obviously several distractions in the interim. I thought coming up on the 15th anniversary would be a nice mark to try to hit somebody by the fact that you are right, thereve been several memoirs written. People spacebar this has been out there and i thought it might be important to that night. For my sensei but obviously theres been a lot written and said about me. Some of it true, some of it true. I wanted them to get my perspective about the events that shaped me in their lives as well. It was certainly an actionpacked time when he served in texas and here in washington. Briefly before we get into that, the first part of your book you talk about likely pass both in texas and in washington said in law and politics were an acquired taste for you. I thought it would nice if you could just talk people through briefly where you came from and how you got yourself in position to serve. Share. I grew up in texas. I grew up in a poor family. There were eight of us to the son of a
Take control, the gop must retain its 15 seats, plus win 60. According to conventional and Mclaughlin Group wisdom and polling, the g. O. P. Will safely win three of these seats from the democrats. The states of montana, south dakota, and west virginia. That means the plus three pickup for the gop with three more seats needed to win the senate. The ten remaining races are cliff hangers. Meaning its anyones game. Seven are democratic, three are republican. Lets begin with alaska, incumbent democratic versus republican, dan sullivan. Question, who will win in alaska . Pat buchanan. Red, red state alaska, sullivan is going to take that one going away. Eleanor. I think he can pull it out. His father was in the congress before he is a well known name in alaska. By alaska standards, sullivan is a carpet bagger. Its too close to call, but im betting that he is going to lose because sullivan, well, hes had a number of bad turns in his campaign and sullivan crept up on him. I think he wins as w
Take control, the gop must retain its 15 seats, plus win 60. According to conventional and Mclaughlin Group wisdom and polling, the g. O. P. Will safely win three of these seats from the democrats. The states of montana, south dakota, and west virginia. That means the plus three pickup for the gop with three more seats needed to win the senate. The ten remaining races are cliff hangers. Meaning its anyones game. Seven are democratic, three are republican. Lets begin with alaska, incumbent democratic versus republican, dan sullivan. Question, who will win in alaska . Pat buchanan. Red, red state alaska, sullivan is going to take that one going away. Eleanor. I think he can pull it out. His father was in the congress before he is a well known name in alaska. By alaska standards, sullivan is a carpet bagger. Its too close to call, but im betting that he is going to lose because sullivan, well, hes had a number of bad turns in his campaign and sullivan crept up on him. I think he wins as w
Retain its 15 seats, plus win 60. According to conventional and Mclaughlin Group wisdom and polling, the g. O. P. Will safely win three of these seats from the democrats. The states of montana, south dakota, and west virginia. That means the plus three pickup for the gop with three more seats needed to win the senate. The ten remaining races are cliff hangers. Meaning its anyones game. Seven are democratic, three are republican. Lets begin with alaska, incumbent democratic versus republican, dan sullivan. Question, who will win in alaska . Pat buchanan. Red, red state alaska, sullivan is going to take that one going away. Eleanor. I think he can pull it out. His father was in the congress before he is a well known name in alaska. By alaska standards, sullivan is a carpet bagger. Its too close to call, but im betting that he is going to lose because sullivan, well, hes had a number of bad turns in his campaign and sullivan crept up on him. I think he wins as well. I just dont see how it