Broadcasting into iran in support of those efforts in an effective way, and now were in this situation, it is very hard to untangle the lost opportunities. Hard to get the confidence back in ejupt when theyve seen egypt when theyve seen the embrace of the muslim brotherhood. This is the challenge we face in this theater. Danielle you just brought up a whole series of things. Public diplomacy, which brings also in russia. I dont want to leave the middle east until we talk about the authorization use of military force. I know you support the notion of an authorization. There was a lot of back and forth between the administration, which didnt want to give language to the congress and the result is that weve been operating in what amount to a military mr. Royce were operating nder the 2001 and twee 2002 authorization. Danielle correct. Mr. Royce what i support is the authorization of use of military force that will give our commanders the flexibility they need mountain field. One of the th
Tomorrow, republican president ial candidates are scheduled to be in south carolina. They will be questioned by paul ryan and tim scott, part of the him forum on expanding opportunity. Coverage begins at 10 20 a. M. Eastern. Book tv has books and authors every weekend on cspan2, and here programs to watch this weekend. Saturday at 7 00 eastern, book tv is at the university of wisconsin to discuss the book the march on washington. This is a Movement Really going to the core of many peoples beliefs about what this nation should be. It should change a lot of mines, but it also shows peoples commitment to any quality. Words, a then, after look at the life and former political career of Vice President dick cheney with the book cheney oneonone. On the right has attracted more vitriol from the left, more intense vitriol from the left, then dick cheney, with the possible exception of the man he served in the white house, george w. Bush or richard nixon. Mollycer on sunday, crabapple talks abou
Something many important streets in cairo come off round abouts and it is difficult to avoid the central square. It is central to the citys travel pattern. So having it occupied was a hassle for drivers. The square was designed and built way back in the miamidade middle of the 19th century by the then ruler. He studied the ruler and the reconfigeration of paris as a modern city. I had a lot of egyptian student friends. He hung out today, made films together and talked about the future. When in january of 2011 thousands and thousands of young people, a lot of them students, came to the square and they actually occupied it and brought tents and stayed the night and some didnt leave. They started putting up placards saying please resign, president , we need a shower. When they did that, i recognized that as the sons and daughters of the people i went to school with. I followed the arab world for 30 years so i felt an ifinity to them. I was interested in what they had to say because their
I tell the story in this journey over the past decade and a half or so but coming almost right up to the present. I think i didnt want to do a quickie book in 2011. I went to being a historian and having perspective and thought well of in my profession. And so even to write something after three years is oaudacious. The first generation was elected into office in 20112012 and a raft of books said this is the islamic winter. Not the arab springs. Lets talk about the people who made the changes. Lets talk about this generation. What are they like and who are they and what have they done. Let me read a little from the book about an internet activist of the early 00s. He setup an internet Discussion Group and magazine which was very lively and was very much disliked by the dictatorship. And he ran this for some years and then his Internet Police finally tracked him down at 5 p. M. On june 4th, 2002 six plane closed police man raided the cafe he worked and took him to his apartment and took
Text from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. Tonight in an exclusive interview with King Abdullah of jordan, the king of jordan came to washington at a crucial time. His part of a coalition against tos and was also born refugees into jordan. He met senior officials and the vice president. Today, he met with president obama. We spoke with him yesterday in washington and we began with the threat of isis. Here is that conversation. Your majesty, thank you very much for the opportunity to talk to you during your visit to the United States. Let me talk about isis and what you see as the threat today from isis. From isis, and the like. We have to understand this is a Global Jihadist Movement and its not just the threat that we are seeing today, although the dealing for many of us with syria and iraq, we have to also remember that we have to. Ook at sinai we have to look at libya, the other elephant in the room. Ali, molly, nature m ali, nigeria. Se are all different organiza