Jon Stewart
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You didn't recommend that office?
No.
Did you have any power over there?
Sure, a lot.
You did have a lot of power.
Sure.
So if they said to you, can we create a special office called the Office of Special Plans to deal with intelligence, you could have said, I don't think that's a good idea.
Your undersecretary, Doug Fike, though.
I just want to tell you this.
I really do appreciate you at least having the conversation and having at least the ability to sit and... Why do you say at least twice?
Nicely done.
I really do appreciate it.
And I know you have to go, and your time is valuable, and I do thank you for being here.
Known and Unknown is on the bookshelves now.
Donald Rumsfeld.
Sir, thank you.
My guest tonight.
He was the Secretary of Defense in both the George W. Bush and Obama administrations.
His new book is called Duty, Memoirs of a Secretary at War.
Please welcome to the program, Robert Gates.