free world, mike chertoff, former u.s. attorney. he is in great hands. the problems is the spector of money in some of these a-rod like numbers that we re seeing. and i m reminded of what holbrooke told charlie sheen in wall street. the main thing about money is that it makes you do things you don t want to do. and if there is this belief out there that there is a nexus, a connection between all of the money that david samson s firm made and ultimately what is happening with all of these ongoing investigations, it s going to be a very messy series of months ahead for david samson. now, you know, richard, when you look at the fact that the new supercommittee formed yesterday, right away four republicans on the committee started saying they were concerned about the fairness of the investigation. listen to this. reiterating the concerns that our party has expressed about
more to say about a big man in american history. and i ll just say briefly i ll miss the memoir that will now not be written because he could have written a great autobiography and, alas, we won t see it. isn t that the truth. richard holbrooke appearing in october gave his assessment of the situation in afghanistan. news reports were saying the situation there was a proven but listen to what holbrooke had to say in that interview. i tend not to fall into either the optimistic or the pessimistic camp on issues in which i m a participant. we have our goals. we have our strategy. it is of the most vital importance to our national security interests and it directly affects the homeland security of our nation as everyone knows. and we are determined to see it through. president obama personally oversees every critical detail related to our homeland security
searching for a purpose, 93, 92, 94 and holbrooke comes to the balkans and says the united states can be a force of good and stability evenly in a post cold war world. i think it s important. people forget in the early years of the clinton administration, america was going into an isolationist shell. what holbrooke made us understood is the res lutd use of american power is good for america, good for the world. how much of these things we talk about with respected to richard holbrooke, successes or failures, have to do with a diplomat have to do with a guy like richard holbrooke? how much is that s what american policy was or what the president wants or in the case of afghanistan and pakistan this is what this administration is trying to do? how much rests on the shoulders of a good diplomat? do you know i think what a diplomat can do is work within the broadest parameters and try to make things happen, cut the best deals but then also try to
i ll miss the memoir that will now not be written because he could have written a great autobiography and, alas, we won t see it. isn t that the truth. richard holbrooke appearing in october gave his assessment of the situation in afghanistan. news reports were saying the situation there was a proven but listen to what holbrooke had to say in that interview. i tend not to fall into either the optimistic or the pessimistic camp on issues in which i m a participant. we have our goals. we have our strategy. it is of the most vital importance to our national security interests and it directly affects the homeland security of our nation as everyone knows. and we are determined to see it through. president obama personally oversees every critical detail related to our homeland security and i am not in the spin patrol of the people who are giddy with optimism on the op-ed pages of