George w. bush started his planning social security reform and of course was drawn off that track onto many others. things happen, katrina happened. we could look back over the past five or six presidencies and see you never winder up when when you think you will. and flexibility is an asset for a president. heather: i want to talk about george w. bush and his legacy left behind following the terrorist attacks that happened hopb 9/11. w on 9/11. we had condoleezzaa rice, the national security adviser at the time. she says it puts the president whoever it is in a difficult situation, because he has to reassure persons americans, while at the same time not giving away any information that he himself might have that the public is not privy to, in terms of the investigation and trying to find the terrorists as we are doing there in boston right now, as president obama has to deal with that. reporter: that s true, one of the things that george w. bush
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First official day on the job. the former massachusetts senator taking time into the dues himself to his new staff, offering kind words about his predecessors hillary clinton and condoleezzaa rice. james rosen is live at the state department with an update. james. reporter: good morning. big heels to fill that s what secretary kerry said as he addressed the audience here this morning. he has a wealth of foreign policy experience he brings to the job of course but also many years as a public speaker and like the best them he began here this morning with a few good jokes. i have to tell you, i liked my cubicle over there in transition corner. [laughter] but i cannot tell you how great it feels to sort of be liberated to know that i actually get to explore the whole building now. [laughter] so i ve been freed. i m the first person you guys freda, this is pretty good. [laughter] the nation s 68th secretary of state is the first child of a career foreign service officer
Pandering to women, you think of sandra fluck: kerry hung out with him during debate prep. obama may be regs on his laurels. she is saying there are a lot of good women out there. he s saying, you re a good bud die, why don t you take this position with me. what do you think about that? i love march get karlsson but she s making excuses. they make excuses for obama but they won t if it was mitt romney. it s not that is not the problem. i mean, this is not the first time that i can tell you from working in democratic politics and having worked in the clinton white house and so on that this is something that democratic women will complain about behind the scenes. if you look at pictures of president bush, condoleezzaa rice is always by his side. you look at picture after 9/11 it has karen hughes, mary
Inch tph eus, most women say no. martha: they don t like the implications that go along witness. let s take a look at some of the numbers here, there is a comparison of how presidents have done in terms of gender equality. i guess for lack of a better phrase. women in the cabinet, president obama so far has nine through the first term. president bush had ten total. bill clinton had 17 total. but what i was struck by, and as a woman i don t like these numbers comparison, to me it s like you don t get extra points for more woman. i just want to see sort of people chosen because they are the best person for the job. dede i think back to the relationship between condoleezzaa rice and president bush. she was his closist friend and con tpa den confidante. and because she was a black woman that wasn t really discussed. condoleezzaa rice was such an