each other. again, i don t want to be nostalgic about it. then you cut to vietnam and you have people getting their way out. remember the great john fogerty song fortunate son. there were people who could buy their way out. fogerty wrote that song because he was watching julie nixon marrying david eisenhauer. he realized eisenhower wouldn t be affected by this. that was the ambient reality of the time. my own family story is fairly representative. my both my grand fathers fought in the second world war, my father fought in vietnam and i didn t serve. that s a fairly common story. yeah. as we mark this very important day, memorial day, a major milestone has been reached at west point. this year the u.s. military academy graduated a record-setting number of african-american women cadets.
differences of opinion. much more sharply than have obama and netanyahu. hasn t altered the basic relationship between the two countries, which is very strong. eisenhower and ben-gurion didn t get along. eisenhower wouldn t even talk to ben-gurion at the time of the crisis. so it s a factor, but i don t think it s a driving factor on either side. i think each is upheld by what he believes to be the right way to achieve a successful outcome in the region. they just disagree on how to do that. senator mitchell nice to have you on the program. again congrats on the book a path to peace. i think everyone is hoping for peace. here s a question that s been swirling around from the current president and the president-elect. what would have happened if president-elect donald trump ran against president obama? question sparking a feud between both men after obama s comments in a podcast interview our david axelrod joins us next to talk about his interview. it was his interview with the