Graham Allison, professor of government at Harvard's Kennedy School, talks about the military crises JFK faced at the beginning of his term. Prof. Allison is director of the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, and advised Presidents Reagan and Clinton. He is the author of the classic book on the Cuban missile crisis, Essence of Decision: Explaining the Cuban Missile Crisis.

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Clifford Alexander Jr., secretary of the Army during the Carter administration, discusses why he thinks Obama would make a good commander-in-chief; Gary Berntsen, chairman of New York Veterans for McCain, former CIA field commander during the war in Afghanistan in 2001, and author of Jawbreaker: The Attack on Bin Laden and Al-Qaeda: A Personal Account by the CIA's Key Field Commander, talks about why he thinks McCain is the right man for the job.

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Anthony Swofford, former Marine and author of Jarhead, talks about military culture and how members of the military view their commander-in-chief. And Rick Maze, congressional editor of the Army Times Publishing Company, discusses what type of military our next president will inherit.