the navy the national veterans counsel for legal redress as executive director gary monk told stars and stripes magazine that he filed we filed this lawsuit to make sure that the iraq and afghanistan veterans with service connected p.t.s.d. do not suffer the same injustices as the vietnam generation this is a store i am so happy that. you brought you know you because you told the story and brought it to our attention here what a great story it's just spirally a better pages turn for a broad term so. and it's interesting that you know it was a thing about saying of vietnam because we've seen it in you know we do rolling thunder already these veterans events and we talk to them and every time i'm interviewing guys that were in korea or vietnam in that era they have that same thing that p.t.s.d. just wasn't dealt with and then when they first came back from iraq and that was the thing that they hoped didn't keep going with the next generation of soldiers takes these lawsuits to get there but i'm happy that the lawsuits are allowed to go forward it didn't take a lawsuit at the end of the p.t.s.d. i

claudia grisales covers congress for "stars and stripes" and joinse now from washington, d.c. what was the difference this time around? >> welin i the enthusiasm behind these veterans was really noticeable and energetic and it onught voters attenti we're seeing a new generation of veterans from the current wars, from iraq a afghanistan running from office. and their messages resonated with voters. >> sreenvasan: was it lopsidedly republican or democrat, how did it break down? >> it leaned republican. usually it's heavily repub but what we saw different this campaign season, we saw more democrats running with this military experience and in a few casesethey causome districts to flip. and they drew some new interests enivasan: is there something that they are able to commun aate to voteut bipartisanship that seems more genuine? >> i think voters do see a message of by part sanship. i think they-- bipartisanship, i think they look at a former hill leaders like the late senatord swron mccain aey see that bipartisanship is something cat th bring to the hill, something they believe

banner and not the stars and stripes. the confederate flag was the most popular american flag in korea. sentayor of new york city 100 of them to give the korean flag a healthy competition. another kind of warfare brought the flag into popular culture, the football field. this is the field at ole miss which has been closely associated with the battle flag. beginning in 1948 when the school was 100 years old. most of the student body of ole miss went off to fight in the division i showed you earlier. beginning in 1948, the battle flag was used as part of the ritual of football games at ole miss and into the 1950's and 1960's. not just ole miss. this is the university of .irginia in 1947 a at a much stronger tradition of confederate flag-waving. students would wave the flag that football games. when they went north in 1947, the last time virginia troops went to fight in pennsylvania, what did they bring with them? the battle flags. we will bring them back and this time we will win. they did, 47-0. [laughter] this made headli

when the stars and stripes were raised in victory, pershing said it lifted up out of ourselves, it was soldiers all day maria. the spanish-american war demonstrated his courage but it remained for a subsequent event in the newly acquired philippine islands to bring out his qualities as a diplomat. his assignment was to subdue the tribe. this was following the spanish-american war. pershing, now a captaining when their friendship. an exhibition of military and diplomatic skills that attracted the attention of the authorities in washington. president theodore roosevelt personally applauded his accomplishments and in 1905, while serving as u.s. observer of the war between japan, roosevelt promoted him from captain to leak in your general over 862 officers. in 1915, he was in command of the southwestern division along the mexican border, defending american interest between increasingly frequent raids abandoned across the border. at this time a great personal tragedy of his life occurred. his wife and three daughters were lost in a fire in san francisco where they were living. only his son

confederate flag in korea, because of course americans were fighting under the un banner not under the stars and stripes and the confederate flag was the most popular american quote on quote flag in korea. so much so that the mayor of new york city, sent 100 new york city flags to korea to give the confederate flag some healthy competition. but it was another type of warfare that really brought the flag into popular culture. the football, the gridiron. this is the field at ole miss, which has been over the decades, quite closely associated with the battle flag, beginning in 1948, a crucial year, when the school was 100 years old and of course most of the student body of ole miss went off to fight in the mississippi unit that i showed you earlier. so, it had a confederate tradition, beginning in 19 48 the battle flag was used in part of a usual at -- ritual at football games at ole miss. but not just there, this was the university of virginia actually, one year older 1947, when they had a much stronger tradition of confederate flag waving than ole miss at this point. a lot of schools did. for uva, studen

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maybe the stars and stripes. if you are in the caravan, and we have the footage, and you are waving the flag of honduras, then why are you coming here? trish: stay in honduras, guatemala or mexico. if these are the countries whose flags you want to hold up, then you are right. it makes no sense to be coming to america. maybe just to use us so you can -- i mean -- i don't even want to go there, but it does make me angry because there used to be a time, and i think there still is, i think lots of people want to come here for the trite reasons. you think about how generations quo would come here and maybe the family spoke italian and they didn't want the kids to speak italian. >> you are an american. trish: it's great to speak as many languages as you can. but it shows you really how our country has thought about immigration in the past, right? and you are spot on. you are american before you are anything else. >> but let's be clear here. this is -- look, if you want to become part of america as an immigrant, you wan

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stars and stripes and many people covered this. and they knew it was coming and they avoided it.ing people in real time around the holidays and increasing their mental health stress and all of the other stuff they're dealing with. these are folks doing the right thing, going to school, trying to succeed, and the government is failing them. absolutely failing them. and the president has been completely silent on this, too. he hasn't said anything. sanders hasn't said anything. they need to immediately resolve the situation and provide help in the meantime. >> let's continue talking about it. thank you. paul almost didn't make it because of traffic, but i appreciate it. we'll talk about that next time. >>> coming up for us, the trump administration now blaming, quote, radical environmentalist for deadly wildfires raging in california. what's happening here? that's next. year storm should happen every five hundred years, right? fact is, there have been twenty-six in the last decade. allstate is adapting. with drones to assess home damage sooner. and if a flying object damages your c

max letterer, publisher at stars and stripes. and finally, mike mcmurray, representing the national press club's american legion post and a retired naval officer. [ applause ] please also join me in acknowledging additional members of the headliners' team responsible for organizing today's event. betsy fisher martin, lori russo, tamara hinton, bill lord, danny celnick and the press club staff, including lindsay underwood, laura coker, and executive director, laura mccarron. >> as president trump travels the country promoting candidates for the upcoming midterm elections, one of the topics he frequently mentions is his plan to establish a sixth branch of the u.s. armed forces. two weeks ago, the united states air force, led by heather wilson, our speaker today, delivered to the pentagon a proposal detailing the structure of a space force military department, which is to be included in the administration's fiscal year 2020 budget. to establish this new combat command, the proposal noted, would require an estimated $13 billion over f

having fought to preserve the nation, unionists had encouraged former rebels to embrace the stars and stripes, to identify themselves as americans. the union had continued to expand in both space and time. and as symbols go, it was increasingly difficult to separate the united states from 1861 from the united states of the 1880s or 1920s. so if you're talking about the symbols themselves, the flags, it's difficult to look and see, oh, that's a 36-star flag. that must be a union flag, as opposed to more stars being added. even as the union cause became obscure, the confederate cause remained distinct, its symbols alone showcasing that. its memory, its symbols continue to stand apart, suspended in time, and inseparable from the war, and in a movie, "gone with the wind" in 1936 and 1939. increasingly, it appeared as if the confederacy was the civil war. and by the scentennial, in 1961 through 1965, the lost cause stood alongside reconciliation as the predominant memory of the war. and here we have the flag being raised above the south carolina capitol in 1961. but all of this was a product of 20

some of the numbers on this, it will be interesting to see if that had some kind of balance and stars & stripes forever pac had a role in this. the in-state and out-of-state funding comes with a bit of a caveat. most of his campaign was self finance. josh hawley, fascinating guy. i think a lot of vote -- i think a lot of folks saw this as an upset. , depending on your perspective is the next great hope for an intellectual conservative leader or a young man in a hurry. one thing he has been successful about is that he has turned it into a big tent raise. if you look at the support he got from the business community and he has received a tremendous amount of support from the portions of the republican coalition. really impressive conservative legal resume. he was a clerk on the supreme court for chief justice roberts, where he met his wife, who is also a noted legal scholar. to a range ofes supreme court alumni, some at the most prominent d.c. law forms. -- law firms. these are the types of people he continues to work with. wifes co-authored with his a bit. challengers, what do we mean by this? i

max, publisher of stars & stripes, and john, president of the blinded american veterans foundation. and sean bullard, president of the dueto group. [applause] all right. as our nation -- i would also -- before i get into the introduction come i need to acknowledge some other folks pretty quick. let me acknowledge members of the headliners team responsible for organizing today's event. if you are here, please stand and be recognized. betsy fischer, martin, lisa matthews, bill lord, danny cellnet, and the press club staff, especially lyndsay underwood, laura coker, and bill mccarran, the executive director. [applause] i also want to say a special thank you to the members of american legion post 20, which is based right here at the national press club. we are so proud to have them based here. thank you so much for coming today. [applause] as our nation prepares to celebrate veterans day and observe the 100th anniversary of the end of world war i, today's guests will discuss the state of department charge with providing patient care and benefits for 20 million veterans and their familie

and 20 minutes. >> ♪ o say can you see, by the dawn's early light, what so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming, whose broad stripes and bright starshrough the perilous fight, o'er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming? and the rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air, gave proof through the night that our flag was still there; o say does that star-spangled banner yet wave o'er the land of the free and the home of the brave? ♪ [applause] announcer: ladies and gentlemen, the 2018 correspondents dinner chairman, craig caplan. [applause] craig: good evening, everyone. please join me in thanking her for that performance again. welcome to the 74th annual rtca dinner. we have a great evening planned for you, our new home for this year's dinner. tonight, we will hear from our dinner host, and our keynote speaker, arizona senator jeff flake. we want to honor radio and television journalists among us tonight for their excellence in reporting and photojournalism. we will wrap up the evening up here on the stage. this dinner has been a year in the making, and there are many, many people to thank, starting with those sittin

and 20 minutes. >> ♪ o say can you see, by the dawn's early light, what so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming, whose broad stripes and bright starsough the perilous fight, '

and a presentation of colors. oh say can you see by the dawn's early light what so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming whose broad stripes and bright starsough the perilous fight we watchedmparts were so gallantly streaming and the rockets red glare the bombs bursting in air gave proof through the night that our flag was still there that star-spangled banner yet wave o'er the land of the free ♪rave ♪home of the [applause] the brave >> gentlemen, welcome to the national constitution center. it is such an honor to welcome you to this great educational inspiring, with an nonpartisan mission to increase awareness and understanding of the constitution among the american people. it is also an honor on this veterans day, the 100th anniversary of the end of world war i, for the national constitution center to award the 2018 liberty medal in recognition of their service to veterans to president george w. bush and mrs. laura bush. [applause] america's veterans inspire us all with the sacrifices they have made to preserve, protect, and defend the constitution of the united states. america's first and greatest veteran, george washington, understood

dawn's early light, what so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming, whose broad stripes and bright starshrough the perilous fight, o'er the ramparts we watched,

and i'm glad to be here, thank you. >> oh say can you see, by the dawn's early light. was so proudly we held at the twilights last gleaming. whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight, over the ramparts that we watched was so gallantly streaming. and the rockets red glare, the bombs bursting in air , gave proof through the night that our flag was still there. oh say does that start mangled -- spangled banner yet wave. for the land of the free, and the home of the brave. >> please remain standing for the implication from the zion church in charleston, north carolina, and a part of the national law enforcement museum affinity progress -- program. >> let us pray, god of our, who has brought us this far, we thank you and we praise you for both the celebration of this occasion. like you got for the courage, vision, and foresight and work for those who make this day possible, authorized by the united states congress in 2000 to tell the story of law enforcement in the united states. it was signed into law by president bill clinton on november 9 of 2000 and on earth to the historic groundbreaking of this museum on october 14 of 2010 by attorney g

pamela powers, chief of staff and secretary of veterans affairs. the publisher at stars & stripes . usmc vietnam veteran, president of the american veterans foundation. and sean, president at -- before i get into the introduction i need to acknowledge something's real quick. if you here please stand and be recognized. and the press club staff and especially lindsay underwood. and bill mccarran. i also want to say a special thank you to the members of american legion post 20, which is based right here at the national press club. we are so proud to have them based here. thank you so much for coming today. [applause] so as our nation prepares to celebrate veterans day and observe the 100th anniversary of the end of world war i, today's guests will discuss the state of the department with providing patient care and benefits for more than 20 million u.s. military veterans and their families. v.a. secretary robert wilkie will share with us the progress he has made since taking office on july 30, 2018. i think 100 days ago. and his goals for the future. mr. wilkie has a very personal connec

♪ ♪ whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight ♪ ♪ o'er the ramparts we watchedntly streaming? ♪ ♪ and the rockets' red glare the bombs bursting in air ♪ ♪ gave proof through the night that our flag was still there ♪ ♪ oh, say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave ♪ ♪ o'er the land of the free ♪ ♪ and the home of the brave? ♪ >> announcer: please remain standing for the invocation bypass for middleton of the zion ame church in charlotteston, south carolina, and a partner of the museum's affinity project. >>> let us pray. god of our weary years, god of our silent tears god who has brought us thus far on the way we praise you for the celebration and solemn it inity of this occasion. thank you god for the courage foresight and work of those who made this day possible authorized by the u.s. congress in 2000 to tell the story of law enforcement in the united states. signed into law by president bill clinton on november 9th, 20000. unearthed through the historic ground breaking construction of this museum by eric holer, janet in napolitano and downless others to beg

seized on the use of the word but, and it will be interesting to see if that had any bounce and if the stars & stripes pac had any role in that. the in state funding comes with a little bit of a caveat. most of his campaign was self financed, so when you see a huge number of the in-state funders, a lot is due to that. some saw this as an upset because claire mccaskill is such a fighter. she has run for public office 24 times and only lost twice. he, depending on your perspective, is the next great hope for an intellectual conservative leader, or he is a young man in a hurry. one thing he has been successful about is turning this into a big-tent raise. look at the support he got from diehard trump supporters, never trumper's, the business community, he received a tremendous amount of support from main portions of the republican coalition. let's start from the top. and impressive conservative legal reds you make. he clicked on the supreme court -- heief justice roberts clerked on the supreme court for chief justice roberts and that is where he met his wife. ties to supreme court a lummis, many of whom a

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cowboy stripe for the second touchdown but scott reiss's pass was picked off by kevin fire . it is rude to go out and disrespect the starhe has a dance going on out there. it brings back memories of garcia more than 18 years ago. i was there. and then he has another moment interrupted by george. marcus through a pair of touchdown passes for the titans and ran for the third. you can see how happy that makes owner jerry jones. tennessee evened its records by the cowboys fell to three and five. 28-14 was the final. >> do you think jason garrett is in trouble? >> well it was no good. >> the warriors are 10 and one and tied. toronto is also 10 and one in milwaukee is a one loss team in the come into the arena on thursday night. there are other teams keep up with the warriors. >> you get the feeling that as soon as they play the warriors will get to know who the big boys are in the pretenders are. >> that will do it for us, everyone. have a great night and we will see you tomorrow. >> get out and vote. california's public schools rank 44th in the nation. 44th. i'm marshall tuck, i'm a public-school parent, and i know we can d

labels, looking a little bit at the expenditure, quite a bit of money from stars & stripes, formed to draft ben carson for president and is geared toward african-american turnout for republican candidates. from senatoraff donnelly late in the race along the lines of such an self is an african-american, but he is still able to do this and a number of commentators used -- seized on the case -- word "but. " the in-state-out-of-state funding comes with a little caveat. at least through the primaries and potentially through the general. most of his campaign was self financed but we see a huge amount of in date funders for that reason. interesting guy. claire mccaskill has run for public office 24 times and only lost twice. pretty amazing record. depending on your perspective, he is the next great hope for an intellectual conservative leader or a young man in a hurry. one thing he has been pretty successful about his he has turned this into a big tent race. if you look at the support he got from diehard trump supporters, never trump, this guy is across the board and received a tremendous amount of support among the main port

and world war ii. they carry their experiences through that. belgian, hundreds of children wrote woodrow wilson. this was sent to him in 1915. you see the one with acute stars & stripes. hopefully we can reproduce that for mass production soon. would be popular. it's worth noting that we think about the war as being european. aid in the middle east. americans were trying to raise money for these groups who were struggling under the stress of the war internationally. ly, the middle .ast will be altered by the war attempts by western powers to re-create it in the image that they wanted, which is not the image that the people in the middle east wanted. what are we doing militarily? that's a good question. before the war starts, america 17th and 20theen in the world in terms of my -- military power. far different reality from the american military we know from today. they create the national security leak. you have some items from that. in this particular graphic, the american military is the tiniest one. russia being the largest. our standing in the world in terms of military was not very good. that led to the preparedness movement. the idea that we should build up , te