Secretary clinton and president obama. And particularly as it relates to National Security and state department kind of issues. Two rivals in a primary who come together. An opportunity to get a feel for what was going on in washington, d. C. Where i work. Miked hayden, former National Security director, talking about the face of terrorism and its threat. It is called playing for the edge about his time at the cia. Same venue. Mostly history. Lincolns boys caught my attention and read it this summer. It is the story of john hay and john nick lay, two individuals the president met before being president in illinois. They came with him and it is the story of two young men working in the Lincoln Administration during the civil war and what happened afterwards in their life. I like to read history. Less interested in the battlefield and more interested in the people that serve in that capacity. Probably my Favorite Book of the summer has been hamilton. Ron sheridan is a great author and i
I get fixed on certain authors like a fellow named sebastian who is irish and has written a series of books and get the biggest kick out of his books they are good stories to start with they talk about ireland and the 20th century in the irish turn of a phrase i get the biggest kick reading that and a woman named fuller she is the special case but she wrote several memoirs about growing up in south africa in the southern part of africa of the zimbabwe region in those that were excellent one was entitled dont lets go to the dogs tonight year there was cocktails under the tree or something of that nature the most dysfunctional family you could imagine a way white family preyed upon the verging blacks of the political structure the father was the handyman they drink a little too much but a very gifted writer. Are their books that help you . Sometimes i gravitate towards those but there is another one im putting on by brandeis i dont know enough about him in this will be a great first book
John kasich and ted cruz have hashed out a rare bargain to help each other try to stop donald trump from the republican nomination. Like some high profile hookups. John kasich says he will stay out of ted cruzs way in indiana while ted cruz will steer clear of new mexico and oregon. Its being called an agreement, an alliance, a pact, a treaty. Today in rhode island a certain someone used a different word for it. It is collusion. If you collude in politics you are allowed to collude, and i was happy because it shows how weak they are. It shows how pathetic they are. Mark this morning as Kasich Campaigned in philadelphia, ted cruz was in indiana. They defended their unorthodox cooperation. I dont see this as any big deal other than the fact that im not going to spend resources in indiana and hes not going to spend them in other places. So what . What is the big deal . Ive never told them not to vote for me. I am not over there campaigning and spending resources. We have limited resources
Medicare should not be cut as part of the debate over the 16 trillion over all debt. Well get your thoughts our phone lines are open at 202 7370001 and 202 7370002 for republicans if youre an independent. 202 6280205, 3382 im sorry. Headlines on this sunday morning. Flames of rage. Israel shoots down hamas missiles and well have more on this late in the program and the calculating the cliff. Cover of cq weekly. Republicans are talking about higher taxes as the president presses issue. And then theres this story from the Washington Post. Headline. Aarp flexes muscle in debt talks the lo big power house for Older Americans last year made a doctor make it a concession amid a National Debate over where overhauling National Security. The group said it was open the cuts in benefits. Liberal groups that apposed changes was enormous and this time around as washington debates how to tame the debt, aarp is flat lay posed to any benefit reduction. Rejection of any significant changes to the safet
November. I was just in south america about a month ago to lay out the roadmap and how we are dealing with this. I just sent this morning one of our Deputy Assistant secretaries to iceland for a conference the next two days. This is critically important that we Pay Attention to this. Bottom line is, with all the crises of the moment, and thats part of my job, to manage immediate crisis, we also cannot lose sight of the strategic longerterm challenges that face our country either. And this is one that we got to be smart in how we handle it. Spent behind the political figures who would resist and argue about Climate Change respond differently when its coming from the pentagon . I think there is sometimes more of an awareness and edge put an issue it comes from the pentagon. Only because the military, the pentagon has maybe at least perceived by many people in more serious look at the world. And doesnt mean the state department that series or anybody else, but when you talk about the mili