This when they told him not to do this or vice versa. Host what should be the view of the policy towards iran . Guest there should be two basic options. An alternative to those two options would be what i would advocate that we need to consider. The two options we are considering now are both highly undesirable one is to attack the Nuclear Program and to prevent it from having a nuclear bomb. That is what the president has promised to do. President clinton promised he would do that with north korea. And he didnt do it. And wisely so. Because he would not have been sensible to allow a million South Koreans to be killed in an artillery barrage in exchange for preventing north korea from having a Nuclear Weapon. The president has promised to prevent them from having a Nuclear Weapon and that has suggested an attack and has been very costly and it would cause a lot of civilian deaths and it could fail. It would certainly be regarding this as illegal by most of the world. It would fail beca
double conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] several live events to tell you about. a conference on preventing military suicide. speakers sins include kathleen sibelius and leon panetta. un c-span3 at 8:00 eastern. at 9:00 eastern c-span2 the national housing conference annual symposium look at veterans and housing issues such as foreclosure prevention, access to mortgage credit and homelessness. later looking at the euro zone and the european debt crisis after the recent greek elections. you can see that at 11:00 eastern on c-span. how do you approach book interviews differently than news reporting interviews? the book interview is gathering history. interviewing when i am working for the news side gathering contemporary information. how difficult to remain impartial in reporting and not get caught up in one campaign or another? i am going to try as best as i can to give people a
investigations bp publishes the results of its own investigation. will it accept responsibility or play the blame game? history shows in most cases it is all to do with how procedures are implemented. welcome to gmt. i m george alagiah. also in the program football down under. she lay s trapped miners watch the national team chile s trapped miners. and moves on the dance floor what women look for. it is early morning in washington, 7:00 p.m. in hong kong and midday in london, headquarters of the oil giant bp. it is releasing the results of its own investigation of the explosion of the gulf of mexico rig that killed 11 workers and led to america s worst ever oil spill. one thing is clear it will not be the last word on the matter. originally some feared bp s reporting might exonerate the company entirely. in fact, the report admits some blame does attached to bp. it will give the inquiry reasonable credibility on both sides of the atlantic. one area of focus is
a good thursday morning to you. we are going to add one other phone line, active duty military personnel, for your reaction to the top command position change in afghanistan. that number for active duty, if you would love to get your perspective, 628-0184. we will get to your phone calls, e-mails, and tweets in just a couple of minutes. an interesting ticktock story, those of like the back channel of washington. a piece in the new york times, short, intense deliberation. he tells us the drama began monday afternoon when vice president joe biden flying home from illinois to andrews air force base took an unsettling phone call from general mcchrystal. it lasted barely two minutes. the general told the vice president that there is an article coming out what not like. mr. biden asked the staff to investigate and milan, aides handed an article. after digesting it back at his residence in washington, mr. biden put a call to mr. obama at 730 that evening. hours earlier, the white
i m proud to honor normmy net ta today through thisres. norm mineta today through this resolution. before i introduce congresswoman chu, i d like to have a couple of personal notes, norm mineta had a great impact, as i said, on our communities and the way he s done that is through his delicate diplomacy in the area of san jose where ethnic groups are growing in political activity, oftentimes our communities would be in conflict with the police department. . and he has always shown us the way to resolution. and we can seek ways to make things happen in a positive way. that s one of the most important things that norm has left many of us to pursue here today in congress, to seek partnerships across the aisle and with each other on issues of great importance of this country. i want to say to norm, as a fee friend, as a mentee, thanks for the patience and mentoring you have done. at times it was on purpose and it times it was just because that s the way you are. i would like to