Thank you for having me. When i started it this will be too much information i cannot take it in is based on your knowledge and research over 70 interviews. And billy it is not so much about the cia director but the relationship to the white house and the president. Do you agree . Thank you for your kind words because what i really tried to do above all else is to humanize these directors and with his cast of characters those that were the quintessential cia director is a james bond character cigarette in one hand and the dry martini and another to walk into the oval office to tell lbj the domino theory was god and then Going Forward to me was the corleone of the cia and then you have okc and an amazing cast the characters all the way up to gina haskell the first woman to run the cia. The book focuses a lot on the relationship between the president and the cia director its almost an impossible balancing act for a cia director because he or she have to tell the president a hard truth wi
Office to step down to end protests and the power vacuum following a failed election. On the human cost of a conflict hospitals in the disputed region of new gonna cut about filled with victims of the war between armenia and azerbaijan. We begin in mali where a kidnapped politician and a french aide have landed in the capital bamako after being released as part of a major Prisoner Exchange the deal was announced by the countrys new Transitional Government on choose the hostages had been held by an alliance of groups linked to al qaida nicholas as the story of. The end of their ordeal. Wrapped in a white scarf is french aid workers so people are not free at last after spending almost 4 year hostage in the hands of al qaeda affiliate fighters in northern mali is desert. Shelter 51 year old son sebastian. Before he had lost hope of ever seeing her life something to put it well says to her son they held me for almost 4 years you were there with me i could hear you say hold on dont give up
A new government. Never told you before. The end of a 4 year kidnap or deal a french aid worker was released as part of a Prisoner Exchange with an Al Qaeda Linked group and mali. And iran accuses the Trump Administration of conspiring to starve its people as the u. S. Imposes new sanctions on iranian banks. Russia has invited the Foreign Ministers of armenia and azerbaijan to moscow for peace talks is the latest effort to end the increasingly violent conflict over the region of the go in a car back mediate says from the u. S. Russia and france have also been holding talks in geneva to find a resolution. Armenia accuses forces of shelling the historic holy savior cathedral in nagornokarabakh on thursday armenia says several journalists were injured in the strikes on the cathedral wish knocked over pews and left rubble strewn across the floor hundreds of people have died in the fighting over the past 2 weeks the disputed territory is officially part of azerbaijan but is controlled by Et
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Agrees on a new government. And iran accuses the trunk administration of conspiring to starve its people and the u. S. Imposes new sanctions on iranian banks. Russia says armenia and azerbaijan have agreed to send their Foreign Ministers to moscow for peace talks as the latest effort to end increasingly violent conflict over the region of the. Mediators from the u. S. Russia and france also mean holding talks in geneva to find a resolution all media accuses ery forces of shelling the historic cathedral in the corner of our back on thursday i mean yes says several journalists were injured in the strikes which knocked over pews and left rubble strewn across the floor. Well hundreds of people have died in fighting over the last 2 weeks the disputed territories officially part of azerbaijan is controlled by ethnic kamini and you have reporters in azerbaijan and armenia but his method is n. P. R. s allison garcia. In azerbaijan 1st of all lets go over to. The russians are saying that the ar