with the book also hit with wit on his jewish american identity now he wrote the perfect couple she puts the id back in i put the oil back in go away and self deprecation was not a stranger in ross writings he wrote i can lie about my name i can lie about my school but how am i going to lie about this effing no. behind that nose was the mind of one of america s most gifted and prolific authors roth won every major u.s. literary award including the pulitzer prize reclusive and often reluctant to give interviews philip roth was known for his provocative and uncompromising novels about the american jewish experience but there s a certain odessa to writing books without the audacity of can t write books and perhaps there s even a certain recklessness in writing books. i think the society i
i have to say that when i heard he was writing a book, i was hoping he would not do some of that he did. two things that bother me as a democrat stooping to the level of the president s tweets talking about his hair. talking about obstruction of justice could derail what has been done. it s obvious that this man was angry that he was fired. many people in washington write books afterward. i don t think that comey helped himself with this. if he is planning on running for office. but i don t think it s going to weigh into it. democrats went the opposite. republicans wanted these memos released. i don t think it makes comey look as bad as the president based on the president s behavior according to those memos and carrying more about himself and coming off as paranoid.
policy discussions and has confidential conversations with principles and presidents and leaves office makes a decision how they are going to talk or write about that experience and when. that s everybody s decision to make for himself or herself. i would simply say that the president asked secretary gates to stay on as secretary of defense and he appreciates the service he gave to this administration, to this president and very much valued the role he played in this administration and the advice he gave. for other issues, i ll leave it to other folks to decide because everyone makes decision in that circumstance. some write books, some people don t. we re focused on all the things we need to work on in 2014 about national security matters, domestic matters, economic matters, matters of providing
constitute as u.s. person and then lists a dozen points to consider. it s important for people to understand, we re not asking for content. we re asking for information about threats. reporter: the nsa s 35,000 employees are an even mix of military and civilians. the former official says the troops are younger. give the agency its energy. the civilian, mostly ma mathematicians provide quote adult supervision and tend to be more socially introverted. the former official said an inside joke at nsa goes something like how do you spot an extravert at nsa? when he s talking to you, he looks down at your shoes instead of his own. the former official says it s n not the cia, where they re recruiting agents in corffee shops all over the world. the nsa is set up to be secretive. rarely talk, don t write books
but they conceal some very real dangerous designer drugs blamed for horrifying acts of violence. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. it may be the most crucial of the battleground states, and today barack obama and mitt romney are turning ohio into their personal battleground. the slug-fest takes the form of rival speeches. but one candidate started swinging before the bell. let s go to jim acosta. he s watching it all unfold. what s the latest, jim? wolf, they were almost duelling speeches, campaign events in the same state on the same day at almost the same time. but mitt romney perhaps fearing losing the battle of the cable news double box got the early jump on the president. he started early. and it was probably a good thing for mitt romney. his speech was only 18 minutes. the president s, nearly an hour. in the first round of what will be a knockdown-dragout fight to november, mitt romney threw the first punch beginning his speech ten minutes earlier