spiral, circling, circling, never getting closer to the point, characterized very well our war on terror. it darted, it was intended to, like all wars, and itself, finish the job at hand, and the continued andit continued and continued endlessly, circling itself on and on. that figure occurred to me and i thought it was a rather vivid representation of what we have in doing for the last 15 years. host: how many wars have you actually seen up close? guest: that is a good question. i wrote about central american wars, but i was there afterwards. i covered the bosnian war, balkan wars, and the political violence in haiti, which was never a war, but fascinating, a series of coup d etat is, revolutions coup d etats, revolutions and so on. and the iraq wars, depending on what you consider wars and whatnot. host: what is your attitude about war? guest: well, from my last book, which was called stripping strippingody bare the body, the better to remove the clothing to place the
he is aware that this is a divided country and he has put some don tsals that like and some are embracing wholesale. i would like to see people support it. thank you for coming down here today. [applause] we are going to turn to our fantastic table ambassadors. we are going to lead the conversation about what we heard today. andave a photo of this woman owned stores. we ll be back with some more conversation. [indistinct conversation] announcer: the presidential inoculation of donald trump is friday on january 20. watch live on c-span and listen live on the free c-span radio a pp. this week, washington journal will devote the entire programming to key issues in the trust administration and congress. we ll take a look at the national security and defense issues, including the challenges scing president-elect trump national security team. tuesday, trade and job issues and examining how the trump administration could change trade law. on wednesday morning, our topic is envi
haiti though it never was a war was fascinating series of coup d etats and revolutions and so on. and then the iraq war which itself was kind of several different wars, so i don t know what that number would be, three, four. depending what you consider wars and whatnot. and another question, what is your attitude about war? mark: well, from my last book which was called stripping bear the body, i based that title on a quotation by a haitian politician, fascinating man, who said political violence is like stripping bear the body, the better to remove the clothing to place the stethoscope directly on the skin. nerd, political violence including war is a way, it seems to me to see a society with clarity, to strip away the outside layers and see the various constituents of a society struggling with one another. so i ve always found it a fascinating phenomenon. i mean, on the one hand, there s the sheer excitement of it, the adrenaline pumping excitement of following a violent s
and would give regulators the authority to go after them. view,anders: in my comverse technology wall street, wall street regulates congress and we have got to break off the cycle. al: clinton went on the offensive on gun control. is bernie sanders tough enough on guns? sen. sanders: all.clinton: no, not at it has gone on too long. it is time the entire country stood up to the nra. the majority of our country supports that and even the majority of gun owners do. senator sanders, did vote five times against the brady bill. more than 2 passed, million prohibited purchases have been prevented. for thelso vote immunity provision. i voted against it. i was in the sanders at the same time. it was pretty straightforward to me. al: sanders try to bail her out on the e-mail controversy. sen. sanders: let me say something that may not be great politics. but i think the secretary is right. and that is that the american people are sick and tired of hearing about your damn e-mails. se
sen. sanders: in my view, secretary clinton congress does , not regulate wall street, wall street regulates congress, and we have got to break off the cycle. al: clinton went on the offensive on gun control. moderator: is bernie sanders tough enough on guns? sec. clinton: no, not at all. we have to look at the fact that we lose 90 people a day to gunfire runs. to gun violence. it has gone on too long. it is time the entire country stood up to the nra. the majority of our country supports background checks and , even the majority of gun owners do. senator sanders did vote five times against the brady bill. since it has passed, more than 2 million prohibited purchases have been prevented. he did also vote for the immunity provision. i voted against it. i was in the senate at the same time. it wasn t the complicated to me. it was pretty straightforward to me. it wasn t that complicated to me. al: sanders tried to bail her out on the e-mail controversy. sen. sanders: let me s