Uncommon Knowledge: Douglas Feith

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Partner:: Hoover Institution
Location:: Hoover Institution
Stanford, CA
Event Date:: 06.01.08
Speakers:: Douglas Feith,; Peter Robinson
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Summary: "Bush lied, people died"; "Bush came into office intent on launching a war in Iraq"; "There was no plan for postwar Iraq" are just three charges in the prevailing narrative that has emerged since the beginning of the Iraq war.

In refuting them, Doug Feith offers a firsthand insight into the decision-making process at the Pentagon in the lead-up to the war and during its first few years.

He also discusses the wars greatest blunders - failure to provide adequate security after Saddam's fall and the decision to maintain an occupation government in Iraq for over a year - as well as the tremendous shortcomings in pre-war intelligence.

Finally, almost seven years after the September 11 attacks, he addresses whether the United States government is changing fast enough to meet the challenges of the twenty-first century security environment - Hoover Institution

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Douglas Feith

Douglas J. Feith served as the Under-Secretary of Defense for Policy for United States President George W. Bush from July 2001 until he resigned from his position effective August 8, 2005. Feith's official responsibilities included the formulation of defense planning guidance and forces policy, United States Department of Defense (DoD) relations with foreign countries, and the DoD's role in U.S. Government inter-agency policymaking.

Peter Robinson

Peter M. Robinson is a research fellow at the Hoover Institution, where he writes about business and politics, edits the Hoover Institution's quarterly journal, the Hoover Digest, and hosts Hoover's television program, "Uncommon Knowledge."

Robinson is also the author of three books: How Ronald Reagan Changed My Life; It's My Party: A Republican's Messy Love Affair with the GOP; and the best-selling business book Snapshots from Hell: The Making of an MBA.

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01.: Introducing Douglas Feith

00 min 33 sec

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02.: The Decision to go to War

02 min 46 sec

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03.: Bush's Inclination to War before 9-11

02 min 02 sec

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04.: Documentation in "War and Decision"

00 min 49 sec

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05.: Security Force after Fall of Saddam Hussein

02 min 47 sec

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06.: President Bush's Absence

01 min 25 sec

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07.: Occupation Government in Iraq

02 min 02 sec

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08.: President Bush's Indecision

01 min 40 sec

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09.: Intelligence

01 min 46 sec

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10.: CIA Flawed

00 min 41 sec

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11.: CIA Undermining President Bush

02 min 22 sec

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12.: President Bush's Inaction

01 min 56 sec

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13.: Strategic Communications

03 min 09 sec

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14.: Goals for Government in Iraq

03 min 31 sec

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15.: Answering Rumsfeld Today

02 min 08 sec

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16.: Metrics on the War on Terror

02 min 06 sec

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17.: CIA Improving

01 min 11 sec

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18.: Opinions on Decision Makers

02 min 40 sec

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Douglas Feith on the CIA Undermining Bush

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Douglas Feith Addresses Strategic Communications

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Douglas Feith: Is it Possible to 'Win' the War on Terror?

02 min 37 sec

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