[laughter] i think president clinton was a very good steward of the economy. he made the right economic decisions, we had eight years of basically peace and prosperity under president clinton. now, you could make an argument about could more have been achieved with that peace and prosperity, but he, the difficulty of the decision making wasn't as great as what's being faced right now. on the other hand, that's also very liberating. not only do you have the chance to be great, but when you're facing problems like this, the other little mistakes, little stories, they just exnt -- can't, you know, so bill richardson doesn't become secretary of commerce, it's a personal tragedy for them. it might hurt the cause, but it doesn't become a metaphor for the administration the way similar things that happened in the early days of lin clinton did. >> speaking of such things, you and i lived through the wildly successful clinton health care reform effort. [laughter] and i want to get back to the question of, i guess, aside from the main characters what's different this ti

but there was something magical about bill clinton in 1992. i went on to tell the guy there was a guy who helped lay the foundation for so much of this. a young man we noticed in 1984 and 1985 that middle class america and asian america was not being represented, their concerns were not being dressed, and they were -- addressed. i thought back on the great leaders of this organization, from chuck robb, to dick gephardt, to bruise babbitabbit. john jones. obviously to the great chairman in 1990 and 1991. i thought about the great ag secreta secretary. the great leader in the senator joe lieberman. the honor reliable joe long. i thought about the honorable roy romer. i thought about ellen tauscher and the great senator from indiana. i thought about my dear friend and vice chairman and partner in chairing this organization, the great then governor and senator now and my immediate prepared ses -- predecessor. for we have all been a part of something very special because largely if not mainly because of the courage, determination and tenacity of a

clinton. then obama came up. i had not heard of him that much. i had to catch up on a lot of reading. i am looking forward to reading your book, sir. host: why secretary of state and not vice president? guest: he said very early on that he had picture for that job before the primaries were over -- picked her for that job before the primaries were over. she was never seriously considered for vice president. the conversation boiled down to senator clinton saying that i do not want to go through vetting unless you are serious about meeting the job. there was plenty that they thought was not known, especially about her husband's business activities, presidential foundation records, donor lists, that kind of thing. the feeling was that, especially with her husband, former president clinton, he would be difficult to control and he would be a distraction to a campaign process, that it would be rid -- easier to regulate that inside of the cabinet after the election. one thing is true, he came out of the primaries with a deep respect for how tough she was

one of the early morning even senator clinton was conducting. here is what happened. >> it's not easy and i couldn't do passionately believe it was the right thing to do. you know, i have so many opportunities from this country adjust don't see -- want to see us fall backwards. you know? [applause] this is very personal for me. it's not just political, it's not just public. i see what's happening and we have to reverse it and some people think elections are a game and it's like who is up or who is down. it's about our country and our kids futures and all of us together. some of us put ourselves out there and do this against some pretty difficult odds and we do need each one of us because we care about our country. but some of us are right and some of us are wrong. some of us are ready and some are not. some of us know what we will do on day one and some of us haven't thought that through enough. >> guest: look, a critical moment. when they came out of this, the obama campaign realized pretty much every single undecided woman voter when to hillar

president bill clinton and former south african president nelson mandela. mr. greenberg discusses his book with republican strategist mary matalin. >> host: welcome, book lovers. welcome, c-span lovers. c-span, they changed the world and books that are still selling not as well as they were a couple of years ago. but the industry that hasn't changed much and there are people who love them madly. and carry them everywhere with them. i'm mary matalin. here here with stan greenberg. i'm going to do one from your bio and from our history. >> guest: thank you. >> host: i've known you forever but i didn't know you were such a big cheese. stanley b. greenberg a strategic advise religious companies in campaigns. this is stan's seventh book, dispatches from the war room. in the trenches with five extraordinary leaders. the seventh of political-type books you've written these other great histories, the two americas our political deadlock, how to break it, described by my husband as the most important book in american politics. >> guest: true, true. >> host: middle class

clinton is propelled it to a historic re-election. the first democrat to do so since franklin roosevelt. in his second term, he accomplishes what appears to be impossible. the passage of a balanced budget that provides the nation with the first surplus in 30 years. those successes, products of a startling different brand of democratic politics, begin to see progress is the world over. he begins a global dialogue with british prime minister tony blair and a host of other leaders. the third wave movement. the new democratic movement and continues to emerge in the new century, developing a deeper vaults of new ideas and talent. a new generation of leaders claims the mantle of reform, proving that ideas matter more than ever hillary rodham clinton -- more than ever. hillary rodham clinton, gen and appalling tunnel, bill richardson, bill ritter, can salazar, mark warner, and dlc leaders all make their mark on the national spotlight. the new dlc chairman harold ford, jr. continues to speak out as one of the nation's up and coming senators.

clinton and house majority leader steny hoyer. . speakers include bill clinton, house majority leader steny ho yer, and incoming dlc chair bruce reed. >> ladies and gentlemen, rabbi daniels. ogata, creator of universe is -- oh, god, creator of universes, we're here to recognize a friend, a patriot, a leader, a lover of our country. in this moment, as we should in all moments, we recognize your presence in the work of our hands, your light, and the clarity we attain. your spirits, and the wisdom we achieve. your inspiration, and the good that we seek to do. we ask for continued guidance and a blessing, even as we know that we often merit them not. we thank you for our many guests. -- figts. -- gifts. so many across the nation and the globe are not here this evening. our tradition teaches that five years old, the person should study scripture. at 13, the commandments. at 20, one is ready for 1's life pursuit -- one's life pursuit. at 50, one is ready to give counsel. at 60, one becomes an elder, and with your grace, a sage. one would

i had no use for hillary clinton. and i think it goes back to being a kid raised in the atlanta suburbs looking at the '60s radicals and looking at the world from my parents died in. of course, 10 years later i read about this in the book -- i'm embarrassed by some of the things i said about bill clinton that my goal and i think i have gone there in 46 now as opposed to being 30 when i started campaigning to understand everybody has something to bring to the table and understanding while they couldn't understand bill clinton and they couldn't stand us anymore he hit it is, he thought those young right-wingers are from another planet, trying to undo all the great things that we achieved in the 1960's and beyond. we now look at each other and i really like hillary clinton and so much because we have taken this and she too is not the same hillary clinton that came to washington in 1993. we understand that we paint each other's heads but we balanced the budget. we reformed welfare. we paid down the debt. we saved medicare

i'm talking about dewitt clinton. another sort of myth about dewitt clinton. it was he that dreamed up the erie canal. of course it wasn't. it was actually first proposed in 18 of seven by a fellow who had intended to be the first western grain merchant, the first grain merchant of western new york, but he went broke because he discovered there actually was no good way to get the grain grown by the pioneer farmers of western new york. to actually get that grain east. there is no good route. he wound up, this fellow, another connecticut native to try to find his fortune in the west. western new york anyway. he winds up in debt or's prison. under a pseudonym he writes the argument newspaper essays arguing for -- proposing and arguing for a canal across new york state directly to lake erie. so it was actually his idea. but dewitt clinton picks up that idea three years later. and he is a guide that makes the erie canal happen. if you don't know anything about the wind clinton, he is a longtime new york city mayor. new york state lawmaker. congressman. he is one of

. >> former president clinton and chuck daughter chelsea are here now? >> yes. >> [unintelligible] >> she has a busy summer schedule for travel. we have to wait and see if there's any impact. we just don't know yet. >> as you know, there were many reports about what the secretary is prepared to do for the service members. can you tell us, beyond what the president announced last night, will there be benefits for civil service members? >> of this afternoon, we will be putting out a statement by secretary clinton that makes clear that we will be aggressively implementing the memorandum signed by the president last night. we will emblem of this policy, changing your foreign affairs manuel, standard regulations to allow same-sex domestic partners for service employees to qualify as family members for a variety of benefits. the statement will have a long list of changes. this involves working with foreign governments to provide same-sex domestic partners, to the extent possible with diplomatic leases, privileges and obligations to work in the local economy. a

it was like they are communicating, this is payback for what happened to bill clinton. no matter what happened in the past to president clinton, this is now how we respond to it is important. i think i a also have witnessed this unbridled glee -- bill press, i heard him on, i think it was cnn the other day, and he said that he was giggling over this whole affair because he was delighted to see that something like this was happening now to republicans. so i would like to say to the media, what the governor did is certainly an example which is very poor character and the way you are responding to it is not any better. " but the question we're asking is, the private lives of public officials -- host: of the question we're asking is the private lives of public officials. senator john ensign, republican from nevada who admitted to an affair last week and senator john edwards spoke on abc's light 9 -- nightline program last summer and former governor of new york spitzer who resigned over his own affair. we really want to get your broad view, whether democrat or republican. he

we had the 1992 elections with bill clinton and george bush the father 30 we're trying to make the case you could not trust the inexperienced failed governor from a small stake revenue said what is this election about? it is about the character and quality of the president of united states the experience of the national security interest authenticity and trusts. that is what the fight was about and you tried to define it. >> we said change first is more of the same and healthcare. above all we said change we could not continue past policies but the most concrete thing was the economy. so our polls i conducted polls to define the most powerful choice, but the main thing was focused on what is the most powerful toys i cut off her? that would shift voters to us, and bring in coalitions and voters in to the electorate that would support us what are our qualifications to make those relevant and make your qualifications, how to make his qualifications not relevant? make our issues relevant. deciding what the fight is about is everything. if you look at each of these leaders of the action with

secretary of state clinton give a major speech on india about a week and a half ago at the u.s. india business council entitled to u.s. india, three-point know, the future of u.s. india relations. and she described the three phases and relations. the first, 1.0 lasted from india's independence to the end of the cold war and was characterized by many missed opportunities between our two countries. the 2.0 chapter opened with a ground-breaking talks between the end their bitter secretary of state strobe talbott and the minister josh saying it. these open the door for president clinton, a landmark visit in the year 2000, and a significant progress in that was achieved during the bush administration highlighted by, of course, the signing of the civil nuclear deal. that agreement turned a source of friction between our two countries into a wide range of opportunities. trade and job creation, helping india to meet its growing energy needs, as strengthening jointly the global non-proliferation regime. as the deputy chief of mission at the u.s. embassy in new delhi from 2003 to 2006, i

gr and the department of commerce during the clinton administration. david goode joins the tata sons group in 2005. after a 34 year career at the state department. at state, david was the director of the office of india, nepal, sri lanka and multi-affairs. following a three-year stint as american council judgment in mumbai. arvind panagariya, professor of indian political economy at columbia university. as well as a nonresident senior fellow working institution. he has also worked for the asian development bank, world bank, imf, injuries capacities. he has also published extensively including a recent book i-india, the emerging giant. my colleague claude barfield is a resident scholar here at aei. is the author or editor of a number of books on trade and science policy. and has also served as an advisor to the office of the u.s. trade representative. our format will follow the one of the prior panel. each panelist will present eight to 10 minute remarks. we will then open up the floor for questions. so with that, i will turn the discussion over to susa

with dewitt clinton there is a myth about clinton that it was he who dreamed up the erie canal. well, of course, it wasn't, it was actually had first been proposed in 1807 by a fellow who had intended to be the first western grain merchant to western new york but he went broke because he discovered there actually was no good way to get the grain grown by the pioneer farmers of western new york actually to get that grain used as i described, there was no good route, and you roundup this fellow jesse holly is his name, another connecticut native who tried to find his fortune in the west in western new york anyway, he winds up in debtors' prison and under a pseudonym rights newspaper essays arguing for proposing and arguing for a canal across new york state directly to lake erie. so it was actually jesse hollies idea but dewitt clinton picks up the idea three years later and he is a guy that makes the erie canal have been. if you don't know anything about the with clinton, he is a longtime new york city mayor, new york state lawmaker, a congressman, one of the canal commissioners e

clinton. i am trying to figure what i can say that will not be said tonight, that will not be said about al from. let me give a shot at@@@@@@@@ @ the sacrifices he and his family made for all of us. there may be one voice that may not be here tonight. the voters -- the voice of those people in the country who are not invited to this dinner, don't even know this dinner is taking place. but their lives have been directly impacted by the work of al from. since we are now focused as we should be in extending health care reform, it was him and the dlc ren.and bill clinton i will never forget the conversation i had with a woman on the banks of the mississippi river several years ago. i was visiting a homeless clinic, and she was there as a nurse's aide. this is a person whose life you impacted. she came up to me very hesitantly as i was talking to nurses, and she was asking if i could spend a few minutes with her. this is when i was governor of iowa. she said, i just want to thank you. i said, for w

secretary clinton reported on the front page year -- the u.s. weighs steps for intercepting the korean shipments. barack obama administration signaled sunday that it was seeking a way to interdict, possibly with china's help. north korean sea and air shipments suspected of carrying weapons or nuclear technology. the administration also said it was examining whether there was a legal basis to reverse former president george bush's decision last year to remove it from the list of states sponsoring terrorism. >> if we do not take significant and effective action against the north koreans know we will spark an arms race in northeast asia. no one wants to see that. we are sharing with other countries our calculus of the risks and dangers that lie ahead if we do not take very strong action. >> there was a letter saying that north korea should go back on the list. would you do that? >> we will look at it. there is a process for it. we want to see recent evidence of their support for terrorism. we're just beginning to look at it. >> the senator says tha

he was harder to recruit than bill clinton. but i always believed bruce was the person who lead the d.l.c. into a new era and i couldn't be more delighted that he is doing so. thank you, bruce, for giving the d.l.c. a great future, and you are going to make the d.l.c. an important source of new democrat ideas for president obama. [applause] >> the last 14 years have been a blessing for me and i'm not going to detail every one of them. the d.l.c. has far exceeded any dreams that i could have had for it we hen we began. you have heard plenty of that tonight so i won't talk about that. what i want to say a few words about are about some of beliefses and values that -- some of the beliefs that figuid me that i hope the d.l.c. will continue to reflect under bruce's leadership. firsters call me old fashioned but i still believe that substance matters. that values and ideas matter. i believe that in politics, in the end you rise and fall on what you believe in and what you stand for. if you stand for good things, for strong values and

and then attaching himself, very early to the effort and he becomes its chief promoter and clinton was a popular leader, screw pewlessly hone lessllessly honest but a careless and often reviled politician but left astounding public attacks roll off his back and is this single individual who guides erie's legislative approval and financing and popular support. if clinton had taken any of the many outrageous assaults, against him, or succumbed to self-doubt, arguably you might say that we could be living in a nation that peters out somewhere east of the mississippi. because we might not have gotten to the west by the erie canal and interest in minimum call to the continental nation, spanish from the north, and russian influence from the northwest might not have given us the country we have now and i would say for those who talk now, about creating a national infrastructure bank, then cite the erie canal as the first piece of infrastructure we made, it's important for those people involved in the bank to own it. if that is what is wanted, support it, and develop arguments against anybody

one of which fall from -- al fro m and bill clinton had nothing to do it. we were growing more reverse. therefore, there were more communitarian and less tolerant of the politics of division. the other factor he had a lot to do with. the government must at the two car parade, because they believe the government could perform and have a role to play in giving us a shared future. the bases were pretty even in 2000. president bush ran a brilliant campaign. compassionate conservatives may have been the best slogan of my adult lifetime. what is said to the moderate voters, i will give everything bill clinton gave you with a smaller government and a moderate tax cut. wouldn't you like that? al gore got more votes, but not enough to stay out of the supreme court where president bush was elected 5/4. he was reelected in 2000 for all right. we were still in the capsule of fear from 9/11. we never defeated a president involved in the military conflicts. it was the smallest margin of victory since woodrow wilson's victory in 1916. in 2006, we won the congress back. it

host: hillary clinton 1 by 2% in the granite state -- won by 2% in the granite state. here is the concession speech by barack obama. . the yes, we can speech. a critical moment of testing for his speech writers, too. fascinating seeing them react and seeing him react. when they realized that the numbers weren't coming in, especially around the man chester area, there's this obviously stunned reaction inside his circle. and a handful take the long walk through the hotel to obama's suite where he and michelle obama were staying. david axel rod, the senior strategist, his campaign manager and otherors. and they knock on the door, david says, we've come up short. it looks like we're not going to make it. and they're all looking to see how he is going to respond. and they were surprised themselves. now, these guys were not exactly short of respect and adulation for their candidate. but they were surprised. his reaction was, what happened? what do you think happened? so they go through it and they say, well, there was a massive flip roonched. the undecided voters went for he

caller: i am a supporter of hillary clinton and i am a longtime democrat and voted for bill clinton and voted for him and i am part of his library in little rock, arkansas. i heard everything that ambassador white has said. so, basically it is just a bunch of words -- not sang ambassador white is only reverberating, i am saying the white house is. if we believe -- that was quote from the president -- we believe, in other words they once zelaya back into power, well, what are you going to do about it, president obama? the point is, we don't need another engagement. i think we ought to take care of iran, china, and russia. yes, we need to look at it, but i support hillary clinton's position and i think she can handle it. let her candle lit. she is the secretary of state and i believe -- let her handle it. it. she is secretary of state, and i

but the kennedys decided look, they're had always been tension between the kennedys and the clintons. there was a sort of rival claim to being the spiritual leaders of the party, and that rupture was very real and painful at least on the clinton side. i think it was difficult for the kennedys, too. >> host: did the selection of july and as barack obama is running mate surprise you? >> guest: i will admit to being surprised. yes, i will. knowing they had tension in the senate, senator biden was the chairman of the foreign relations committee. he didn't really treat this young senator with a big profile very well and he fairly treated him with disdain and that can help in the campaign and the primary process when biden himself was a candidate. they obviously set that aside. the candidate himself, obama wanted biden from the get go. the process unfolded and came out the end but as i explained in the book he was frustrated with the short list and while biden was his pick i think he wanted something more. and look at them today. biden, you know, generally they think inside the white house

we all love bill clinton has the president. i voted for him twice and i want you to understand that i thought he was a disgusting person but i thought he was a great president. mike was that the had been elected he still probably would have been a disgusting for some but we would have lost all the benefits of its leadership of president of the united states. i mean that seriously. especially in this administration, this man, barack obama is one of the most impressive human beings i have ever seen in my life and politics. i am awestruck. he is an awesome man. he represents so much that is wonderful about our country. a black african father, a white american mother, if that is not the melting pot i don't know what it is. raised in a very nurturing wonderful environment. he went to columbians university, did extraordinarily well. he then went to harvard law school where he was head of law review. you don't get that by affirmative action. you have got to be really good. he then taught at the university of chicago where i taught for

that is something that president bush never.com president clinton never did. throws congress off his game. and like everybody, they are used to cycles and they're used to a relationship dynamic that just isn't there right now and so a lot of our -- we struggle to get our hands around what exactly is unfolding and what is this relationship about. a lot of it is you are recognizing a lot of what you are seeing. >> allowed to play devil's advocate and i may. chip and you made the argument that the president has certain advantages and you pointed out appropriately that already the president has passed major legislation on the hill, the stimulus in the budget etc. but for the most part in those instances he was highly differential with congress, they read the details of legislation. now something he put together in the white house or omb put together and sent up there, he basically deferred to them. famously back in the 1990's the president's job was to attain the based that the public thinks of congress and the president's job is to provide the discipline to a non

speakers include bill clinton, steny hoyer and bruce reed. this lasts about an hour and a half. >> ladies and gentlemen, lab buy daniels. >> oh god, creature of universe upon universe, we are here this evening no honor, thank and recognize a friend, a patriot, a lead leader, a lover of our country. in this moment, dear god, as we should in all moments, we recognize your presence in the work of our hands, your light and the clarity we attain, your spirit and the wisdom we achi e achieve, your inspiration and the good that we seek to do. we ask for your continued guidance and blessing even as we know that we often merit them n not. we thank you for our many gifts. this evening we thank you for al and engineer fro ginger ginger others that are not here this evening. our tradition teaches that at 5 years old the person should study scripture. at 13 the commandments, at 20 one is ready for one's life pursuit. at 40 within achieves discernment. at 50 one is ready to give counsel. at 60, one becomes an elder even with your grace, a sage. which is is

the war room was the famous nefarious clinton campaign -- >> host: never duplicated. >> guest: but all these campaigns had words, but it's what war -- very different in character, but there is a common need to get everybody on the same page, a common understanding, communicating quickly, sharing information with each other, you know, in real time. this is not a bureaucracy. campaigns have to move fast. information moves fast. that is what baala war room means. >> host: can we take a step back? the war room has become so ubiquitous in the conversation that we forget it was your introduction of it in the 1992 campaign was a new paradigm. i like to think that any campaign i've worked in was sharing of the information that may be because the level i was working. but you guys did a couple of things, what people tend to think of the war is one you described. rapid response, which is unique. no argument gone on done. and think about this today. we had our biggest piece of technological equipment was a fax, you could reach 100 people with one button. the cell phones work 20 pounds and you need

we did it under president clinton. we did it under president bush in the latter part of his administration and right now what i think president obama and his administration are grappling with is whether we're going to continue or not. host: darius knot from woodlawn school in north carolina. go ahead. caller: i was wondering, do you think north korea is a n a position to launch a nuke hear tack? if so, will it happen closer than we think? guest: north korea is gaining the capability by testing its missiles and by conducting these nuclear tests to engage in a nuclear attack. and certainly in blackmail. think the key again here is the concerns of our really key ally, japan. and south korea. about how destablizing all of this is. and we really need to stick with our long-time allies and listen to their concerns about how destablizing north korea's program is. host: joe biden said barack obama would be tested in the first six months of his administration. is this that test? guest: this is one of many. the world obviously d

it was the clinton administration over here. he chose to work with the republicans on the hill in an attempt to sideline what he saw as pressure coming from the white house. however when he was here in washington last month, i think he encountered a different reality, after hearing clear statements from the white house regarding some of the activity. he went to capitol hill and was surprised, according to his aides to find out at the hill and the white house they're speaking with one house and can't lean back on supporters in congress to do the work for him on the hill in washington. so i think, having said that, i think he understands now that there is no daylight between congress and white house and he will not be able to use lawmakers to insight any attempts by that administration to free settlements. host: david, on our line for republicans reporting from white lake new york. good morning. caller: good morning, and thank you for c-span. i would like to discuss with you american-jewish voting behavior and how it harms israel.

. >> secretary clinton looks at the human trafficking report. this is a couple of minutes. >> we are delighted to have some key members of congress who have worked on this important issue for a number of years. this is the first time we have introduced the report in this way, because we want to demonstrate that this truly is a partnership between the state department and the congress. if it were not for the congress, would would not have the legislation, the follow-up, out reach that these members have been doing. i am very grateful they can take time out of their very busy schedules to be here with us. you will hear from two of them in a moment. let me introduce carolyn from new york. then from maryland. -- ben from maryland. one person from texas and another from new jersey. one person from florida. i think that is all of the members who are here with us. the may be some others who will come later. i will be introducing some of the other speakers in a moment. this is one of the really significant days in the calendar for our country, in partic

but how it affects her -- you all know hillary clinton. she is already probably plotting how to get back to the office as quickly as possible. they're just going to assess this on a day-to-day basis. >> it was not a compound fracture. >> some of this may not be totally known until you get into surgery. my impression is that it is a simple fracture. >> when will she had surgery? >> it is not scheduled yet. >> she fell. did she tripped over something? [laughter] >> did she get into a fight with the israeli foreign minister? >> we await the the movie and the dramatization. she fell. there is a formal procedure, given that the boss fell. >> was in the garage? >> it was in the basement. >> it was not in the garage. >> it was in the basement. i think she came down the elevator, walking distance to her car. somewhere along that line, she fell. >> [unintelligible] >> i do not know the nature of the meeting. >> does she plan to be the white house for the president's signing of the memo on the benefits? >> i do not know. i do not think that was on h

speaker, president clinton reached out and tried to engage north korea. president bush obviously reached out, tried to engage north korea, began the six-party talks, made china a part of that process, and yet at every stage when it comes to weaponizing uranium, plutonium, moving forward, north korea has refused to respond in good faith. and when they do make an attempt to good faith, it's a deploy and they renege after any concession is made by the united states or any of our allies. mr. speaker, i think it's important that we send a message to the north korean government. now, let's be clear about this. when talking about the north korean government, we're really talking about an organized crime family mass crading as a state. i mean, kim jong il defies every standard of decency that is built up in the community of nations. i think it's important to realize that, especially when north korea is contrast with the republic of korea, which has become a modeled democracy and such a strong and staunch ally of the united states. so as we go forward, mr. speaker

>> it couldn't be clearer -- the president has said it clearly and my boss secretary clinton has said it very clearly and that is that we oppose continued settlement activity. israel has an obligation under the road map to freeze all settlement activity. our position is that it has to stop. we know is a difficult issue but is one that has to be addressed and we are continuing to discuss this issue with the israeli government and we prefer not to conduct diplomacy from this podium. >> but still although it isn't the u.s. willing to push that point enough for -- >> you are asking me to get into what we may or may not do. >> you sound like the bush administration at this point. >> is house like you're making the settlement issue -- >> are you trying to get me fired? >> is sounds like you're making this one of the main issues, up until presidents obama and secretary clinton have spoken on settlements the judicial policy has been the sediments are unhelpful and you know our position on that but now for you to continue to say for the podium that summons should stop indicates that this is on

in the title of this book, the war room of the clinton campaign, war room of the clinton campaign. >> host: often imitated but never duplicated. >> guest: but there is a common need to get everybody onto the same page, sharing a common understanding, communicating quickly, sharing information with each other, you know, in real-time. this is not a bureaucracy camping. >> host: let's take it step back right there because of the war room has become such a ubiquitous in our political conversation we get that it was your introduction of it in the 1992 campaign was a new paradigm. i like to think that all, any campaign i worked in was, as sharing of information but maybe it's because of the level i was working in. you guys did a couple of things here. what people think to think of the war room is what you just described the response which was unique. this is before, and i campaign think about, we had our biggest piece of technological equipment was a blast facts. you could reach 100 people with one button. that cell phones were 20 pounds and you do straws and the guy who lost had to carry t

secretary of state clinton was very clear. she was not ambiguous. and in a radical departure from president bush said that the administration, the obama administration, was entitled to advocate abortion anywhere in the world. secretary clinton went ton unilaterally redefine the term reproductive health to include abortion, even though that definition isn't shared by the rest of the world, including and especially in countries in latin america and africa. that's important because the term reproductive health is found in numerous u.n. consensus documents and action plans and in the laws of countries worldwide. on march 31, for example, the u.n. acting deputy assistant secretary for the population refugee and migration bureau told the u.n. the u.s. government seeks to achieve universal access to reproductive health and the promotion of reproductive rights. in light of the secretary of state's statement that clearly means universal access to abortion on demand. by foisting abortion on the developing world via a new government office on global women's is

and i think we got a pretty good clear picture from secretary clinton last week in her address to the u.s.-india business council because she said, and michael, my hope in president obama's hope is that the next aid in our country's relationship will see a dramatic expansion in our common agenda, and a greater role for india in solving global challenges. she then laid out a pretty aggressive, i thought, an ambitious agenda that included i think just to mention a few other things that she mentioned that india and the united states can work together towards our nuclear free world, stability in afghanistan and pakistan, development of human potential and education, women's empowerment, health, the successful conclusion of the doha right through and climate change and the battle against terrorism. so i think you'll agree it's a pretty ambitious agenda. for this new partnership for all of these are multilateral challenges, but there is little that's been said by president obama or by secretary clinton, or anyone, in the administration about the bilateral agenda, including some of the thing

secretary clinton said these words to our friend, chris smith. so we have a very fundamental disagreement, she said, and it is my strongly held view that you, chris smith, are entitled to advocate and everyone who agrees with you should be free to do so anywhere in the world and so are we. so who is the we? if that we means the federal government, the united states of america through its state department, the secretary of state speaking we, then there's a real concern about whether this would then become the policy of the united states to advocate abortion overseas. so our friend, chris smith, proposed an amendment that was rejected by the rules committee that would have clarified this issue by saying that the u.s. will not lobby countries to, quote, legalize, fund, or promote abortion except in the cases of forcible rape, incest, or save the life of a mother. that language was rejected by the rules committee. which means that the we that secretary clinton was talking about may be that the united states department of state is going to be about do

maybe at a certain point, people could see a difference between senator clinton and senator obama during a primary. when you deal with government, often there are differences between components of the same administration. how do you work through that? how are you going to negotiate through that so that you can come up with some coherent policy? that is what we're trying to do in a variety of areas, including those that you mentioned. >> maybe i will go back to you -- both of you. this is an administration that made a commitment to policy. one thing that is not transparent is who is in charge. we have the cio and the transparency initiatives. the should the public look to to hold responsible for open government in this administration? >> she is more in charge that i am. >> the answer is everyone is in charge of transparency and open government. this is a huge commitment of this administration that everyone has their hands in a piece of it. naturally, probably the offices that are setting policy on that area probably thatostp, -- is ostp. i think those two offices are probably more involve

to echoe \ secretary clinton's call, -- to echo secretary clinton's call, we must build on our common interests and to attack this phenomenon. a number of partners have been featured as heroes. we are joined by some of them who the secretary will introduce, but several of them were unable to be there with us -- be here with us today. a greek police commander has dedicated his life to breaking up the trafficking rings that so often plagues southeastern europe. the trafficking survivor abdicates fiercely deliberate indonesian contracts labor is in the middle east. when over a bar patron boasting about a high and prostitution ring, in mozambiquean lawyer did not just walk away. he posed as a jaunt to infiltrate the organization so he could take the evidence to the police. those men are now standing trial in south africa. [applause] our canadian hero, prof. benjamin peron also secured a trafficking ring as an advocate. he has rescued thousands of children and women from exploitation, and provides welcome opportunities to reclaim their lives. a jordanian anti trafficking activist is a fier

i have dealt with health care since 1993 with the clinton health-care plan. that is not what i have seen in the pulling of the years and recently, but it depends how you phrase the question. -- with the polling over the years. there are polls recently that americans eat less of a crisis now than in 1993. it is now and the low 50s as opposed to the 60s. if anything there is less energy for radical change now banned in 1993, but we have to look at the internal on those polls. this is also a moment where the public is concerned about deficits. the president is out there saying he is trying to get it under control. the program that will increase the deficit by $1 trillion or more in the next tenures may not be popular. so, do not cherry pick polls. host: let me go into detail about how the poll was conducted. here are more specifics. guest: this president even more than the clintons, when i came down to washington to work on the health care program, he has paid more to the economy. you and i both tony were part of the government health care plan, part of the fede

we had it during the clinton era and the bush era. number one, iran is linked to venezuela, cuba, castro, the new president in cuba. when you look at ahmadinejad, you look at him during a photo op, he actually calls bush the devil, challenging him at the united nations. this is just another country where the man is a puppet. i do not know a lot about his opponent. i knew none know a lot about him. i know that he represents the people, which is why we are obviously having a lot of uprisings over there. all that it is is that it is more photo ops. we have enough issues around the world right now. we went to the united nations, as i remember, to get a resolution. i have yet to hear that publicly put out so that everybody hears about it. host: so, moving forward, how do you suggested the united states handle this situation, assuming that mahmoud ahmadinejad will retain his presidency? caller: #1, we have hillary clinton as the secretary of state. she is powerful, but she needs to act. president obama needs to give her more leverage so tha

i remember walking into the oval office on the last day of that year, clinton was eager please or angry with me on alternate days that entire year but on that day he gave me credit. that felt good too. >> i want to ask about the worst. that would go on for 3 hours. we are too many years since then, a lot of things have changed for us, family, children, different jobs. but we have faced different kinds of stress. i was wondering, when you recall those days with the president, particularly the bad days, when you think about it now, what is worse? receiving a temper tantrum from the president or one from your daughter? [laughter] >> we are going to leave this program and take you live to chicago, president obama. [applause] >> thank you so much. thank you. thank you so much. please be seated. you are very kind. thank you. let me begin by thanking nancy for the wonderful introduction. i want to thank dr. joseph heymann, the chair of the board of trustees as well as dr. jeremy lazarists, speaker of the house of delegates, thanks to all of you for bringing me home, even if just for a day. fro

we did it before under president clinton. we had horrible deficits that president clinton inherited from the other george bush and we got our act in order. we had pay as you go. we're going to do that with this president. but let me tell you, this president has been in office from january to february, march, april, may, june -- five months. we have averted economic disaster. and we have a foreign policy on the right track. we have an election in lebanon. the lebanese people elected the pro western government. we have other things happening and the world today. that indicates people hear, now, and in very high-tech ways they are learning that freedom is valuable. but it doesn't come to us free. so, yes, i don't like everything in this bill. i could go through my list, too. each one of us would write a different bill. but i'll tell you what i like less: the loss of jobs, the threat of the swine flu, the threat of aids, the threat of world instability, the spread of weapons. so i say we should vote for this bill, as flawed as it

>> you select a whole batch of judges during the clinton presidency. they are here tonight. do you see any difference, what do you think president obama is looking for? >> there are some differences. with president obama, his selection of judges, you start with someone who is a brilliant lawyer himself, who is a litigator himself, who taught law, brings a tremendous amount of intellectual firepower and legal perspective to his decision. this was the choice that he spent a lot of time on, he read a lot of material about her and in number of other possibilities, very thoughtful and orderly process and in the end came away with the person he thought combined great legal acumen with life experience, practice experience, divers practice experience, as a private lawyer, trial court judge, the best round of legal career, as any sitting member of the court, and there is that hole combination of things the president was looking for. and the other thing about the way he did this, president obama is the only president ever who spoke individually to every single minute of the -- every s

that earlier on the program a little bit but one of the mistakes democrats think we've made in the clinton years when they tried to reform health care is they focused on the uninsured, not on the insured, who want their coverage to be better and premiums lower and out of pocket expenses to be lower. if you can't persuade those people this will be good for them, they're going to be against it, especially if they're saying through one means or another they're being asked to pay to help provide coverage to other people. as i've heard said before, altruism is not a good political strategy. if middle class voters are being asked to pay a tax on the health benefits they get from their employer, if they're asking -- if they're being asked to pay a tax on a can of soda or anything, if they see it's only going to provide insurance to other people, they're not going to like it. >> let me go back to the politics of all of this. are there members of the house or senate and you say if he or she supports or opposes these people, that tells me something. who are they? >> the bellwether in the senate is o