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first, i would like to start with robert graves. graves, i think is the closest to us, so we should probably start with him. i have put up a quote here from a critic, cyril falls. falls was a british historian who avidly reviewed war books in the 1920's for the times literary supplement. i rather liked him because he compiled his war book reviews into a rather slim book called "war books," in which he gives a paragraph reviewing all of them -- the war book's that come out after the first world war. and he reviewed robert graves as "goodbye to all that" came out in 1929. he reviewed it as such. his work has been justly claim to be excellent. they are. in fact, among the few books of this nature that are of real historical value. his attitude, however, leaves a disagreeable impression. one might gather that thousands of men instead of a few hundred were executed, and it suicides -- that suicides were as common as blackberries. he is, in short, another example of an intellectual, whose intelligence with regard to the war penetrates a mu
first, i would like to start with robert graves. graves, i think is the closest to us, so we should probably start with him. i have put up a quote here from a critic, cyril falls. falls was a british historian who avidly reviewed war books in the 1920's for the times literary supplement. i rather liked him because he compiled his war book reviews into a rather slim book called "war books," in which he gives a paragraph reviewing all of them -- the war book's that come out after the...
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. ♪ ♪ >> robert kennedy is in the most grave condition. ifficult to find. >> senator robert francis, kennedy died at 1:44 a.m. today, june 6th, 1968. he was 42 years old. >> as you-all know, no words can really fully convey the feeling that one must have for the nation in the face of this tragedy, this new tragedy. >> people say well, it was inevitable. nothing is inevitable. it just happened. >> this plane will take back the body of robert francis kennedy to new york. also on board this plane today, will be mrs. john f. kennedy. also on board will be another widow, mrs. martin luther king jr. somehow and in someway, we seem to be sending a great many of our young leaders to their early grave graves. >> it's been a very emotional period for us who worked for the senator, and personally, the most horrifying thing in these last few days was this morning when i tacked this black ribbon on my campaign button because now i'm lost. i'm desperate. and i don't know where we're going from here. ♪ ♪ >> when senator kennedy went down, he was trying to
. ♪ ♪ >> robert kennedy is in the most grave condition. ifficult to find. >> senator robert francis, kennedy died at 1:44 a.m. today, june 6th, 1968. he was 42 years old. >> as you-all know, no words can really fully convey the feeling that one must have for the nation in the face of this tragedy, this new tragedy. >> people say well, it was inevitable. nothing is inevitable. it just happened. >> this plane will take back the body of robert francis kennedy to...
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robert we've heard a lot of descriptions about islamic state, the suggestions it has plenty of money. how grave threat do you see they pose to the united states? >> well, they don't pose a great threat to the united states right now. i think what everybody's concerned about is the threat they could ultimately pose and that we're also seeing islamic state bumping up against u.s. interests. they already see the need to defend themselves against the u.s. that situation is only going to get worse over time. >> there is concern they could perhaps take advantage of the number of europeans an americans going into the fight in syria and iraq and they could easily come back and carry out attacks within the united states. >> well, that's absolutely true. there are a great many foreign fighters from a host of countries to include western countries that are fighting right now. the estimates are very loose but we hear estimates up to 12,000 altogether. not just around the world but westerners, even own a hundred is a significant threat. so long as they are preoccupied with the fight in syria and iraq they p
robert we've heard a lot of descriptions about islamic state, the suggestions it has plenty of money. how grave threat do you see they pose to the united states? >> well, they don't pose a great threat to the united states right now. i think what everybody's concerned about is the threat they could ultimately pose and that we're also seeing islamic state bumping up against u.s. interests. they already see the need to defend themselves against the u.s. that situation is only going to get...
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Aug 31, 2014
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dug up and moved to arlington cemetery, so his grave site is very close to the arlington house, and of course, the arlington house was the home of robert e. lee who vacated it very quickly once he decided not to go with the union but to go with the confederacy in his home state of virginia, the family left suddenly and the federal government took it over and since lee was a slave holder, they decided to have friedman's village on the grounds of arlington and the grounds of arlington cemetery, and the 20th century, this is answering way more than your question, but with the lincoln memorial was built and then the memorial bridge joined arlington house, they look at each other in a grand gesture of reconciliation between north and south. this was in 1926. feelings were still pretty heated then. >> we have one way in the back and then there. >> okay. of the three ports of washington, definitely bladensberg has not changed for a while. it is like a huge industrial site intermixed with historic buildings like some of these places that had been there when large ships could go up as far as they could and then that would be where the port was,
dug up and moved to arlington cemetery, so his grave site is very close to the arlington house, and of course, the arlington house was the home of robert e. lee who vacated it very quickly once he decided not to go with the union but to go with the confederacy in his home state of virginia, the family left suddenly and the federal government took it over and since lee was a slave holder, they decided to have friedman's village on the grounds of arlington and the grounds of arlington cemetery,...