ERROL BARNETT:
00:01:05
And Bob, I'm curious if anything really jumped out at you from your interview. One of the preview quotes we saw last week was that the US and Israel is not always on the same page. Of course, he's doing this interview to promote his book. And he also talked about areas in which he and the president disagree when it comes to the US-Iran war. What really stood out to you? I did ask him, Errol, about that-- a lot of reporting out there about the vice president being a skeptic, at least at the initial stage of this conflict in terms of engaging with Iran militarily. He has, of course, become the biggest advocate for the president's position as the president's vice president. But I said to him, as someone who has his own views, like any human being, as any political leader, were you more of a skeptic? And he is someone who's forged by his age, his generation. He served in uniform in the Marine Corps over the past 20 years, earlier in his life, during those wars in the Middle East during the Bush administration. And so he is someone who has seen this kind of experience that definitely shapes his foreign policy worldview. So he's not necessarily what one would call a hawk in terms of being more inclined toward military intervention. But he's also someone who's willing to work with all of the hawks in the administration to get the president's job done. So he's having a lot of nuance in terms of how he navigates his own views versus how he navigates the policy of the administration.
ERROL BARNETT:
00:02:33
Really insightful chat, Bob Costa with all of it. Thank you for that. There's a 14-minute extended interview on YouTube folks can watch. And you can see it also on CBS Sunday Morning and at cbsnews.com and over on the Paramount+ app.
