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...there anyone you want to interview whom you haven't yet? -Andy Green, Clinton, IowaI've interviewed every major political figure. I'd like to have a conversation with Bruce Springsteen. I earned my way through law school by booking a Springsteen concert...
...toughest person in your entire career to interview and why? -Narendra Trivedi, Santa Clara, Calif.The feistiest interview I've ever had was with Ross Perot in May of 1992. He was running for the president of the United States and at that time he was leading George Herbert Walker Bush and Bill Clinton in the polls. He was very combative, very feisty but very engaging. That means it was a very demanding interview from my standpoint because I had to try to elicit information and not get involved in any type of personal exchange. It was a very interesting tight...
...find it difficult to interview someone you don't like and still keep the interviews objective? -Marlene Shifrin, Fresh Meadows, New YorkI don't like or dislike any of the political figures that I interview. They, to me, are people who are seeking votes, seeking public office. They have a job to do and I have a job to do. I just don't let any kind of personal feelings interfere with my professional job, with my professional mission of trying to elicit information and ask questions. I believe very deeply, particularly about someone running for president, that...
...could go back in time and interview any previous politician, who would it be and why? -Andy LeksanI would really like to interview Abraham Lincoln. In fact, in the Abraham Lincoln Library in Springfield, I do this virtual interview with Lincoln and his opponents in a presidential election which they show to visitors. But Lincoln, I really would like to ask him about the issues of the Union, preserving the Union, slavery, how he was able to handle his political opponents. I mean, one of his opponents actually referred to him as monkey, and put them in the Cabinet...
Retired four-star general Anthony C. Zinni said in an interview last night that Iraq policy will largely be determined by the situation on the ground and not by which party wins the White House in November. “The situation in Iraq will dictate the actual policy,” Zinni said after his speech at the Institute of Politics (IOP). “There will not be much difference between a Democratic President or a Republican President once the new presidency begins. I believe that the next President will see American security interests in a different light...