wolfowitz got to him. paul wolfowitz, bush s deputy secretary of defense had has saddam on his personal enemies list for two decades. every time he survives something, he sends the message to his enemies, i outlast my enemies and if you on the wrong list when i m still around, you ll be in trouble. paul wolfowitz would become convinced that if we looked strongly enough, if we looked closely enough, we d find the hand of saddam hussein behind virtually every terrorist attack on the united states. empb before 9/11 wolfowitz and undersecretary of defense douglas fife had been driving policy on iraq. some of us believe you ll have a saddam hussein problem forever unless you get rid of him. meeting notes from the afternoon of 9/11 showed donald
secretary of defense, has had saddam on his personal enemies list for two decades. every time he survives something, he sends the message to his enemies, i outlast my enemies and if you on the wrong list when i m still around, you ll be in trouble. paul wolfowitz would become convinced that if we looked strongly enough, if we looked closely enough, we d find the hand of saddam hussein behind virtually every terrorist attack on the united states. even before 9/11 wolfowitz and undersecretary of defense douglas fife had been driving policy on iraq. some of us believe you ll have a saddam hussein problem forever unless you get rid of him. meeting notes from the afternoon of 9/11 showed donald rumsfeld tasking a top aide to find the best info fast. good enough to hit saddam hussein. he asks the aide to get evidence from wolfowitz of a saddam connection with ubl.
the white house chief of staff. even susan rice and the position at the u.n., much more influential driving policy, they just weren t officially in these positions. now they re officially getting the title to match the influence they already had behind the scenes. and it was very clear during the whole benghazi fracas, that the president really felt that susan rice well, remember that news conference the president really felt she had taken an unfair hit and that he was so loyal to her, and felt that he wanted her at his side. so it s very clear she was going to end up here. no doubt. look, benghazi e-mails that came out, when the whole thing came out, she that was a vindication. a total vindication for susan rice, she was essentially a victim of what was a crazy e-mail chain process, and the talking points ended up being created after this what was clearly a politically charged
have no choice, but to concede that they have to raise tax rates or else go over the cliff and get blamed for that? well, it s a tough situation for them. there s no question about it because as you know, the default position, if we don t do anything is for the taxes to go up on everybody on january 1st, and that s something i think both sides want to avoid. it s very interesting, the thing that happened this week to start the week, was who was the first person that barack obama met with in the white house since his election, the labor unions, the labor block, that tells a lot who is driving policy at least at the start of the second term? and the labor unions basically said we want no compromise on this, we ll take it to the people. so, i believe, paul, that this president is sporting for a fight on this. he wants to take this case to the people and the republicans, kim is right, the republicans have moved a long way and say, look, we ll negotiate this, but when i talked to minority
that they have to raise tax rates or else go over the cliff and get blamed for that? well, it s a tough situation for them. there s no question about it because as you know, the default position, if we don t do anything is for the taxes to go up on everybody on january 1st, and that s something i think both sides want to avoid. it s very interesting, the thing that happened this week to start the week, was who was the first person that barack obama met with in the white house since his election, the labor unions, the labor block, that tells a lot who is driving policy at least at the start of the second term? and the labor unions basically said we want no compromise on this, we ll take it to the people. so, i believe, paul, that this president is sporting for a fight on this. he wants to take this case to the people and the republicans, kim is right, the republicans have moved a long way and say, look, we ll negotiate this, but when i talked to minority leader this