getting out of vietnam vietnam. this is also then raises the question, why are so many americans still supporting war? and one of the biggest failings of lyndon johnson, vietnam, is that he doesn't an attempt to sell american people on the war to explain why this is in our national interest. and he even says this in 1967. if history indicts us for vietnam, it will be for fighting a war without to stir up patriotism. reason he doesn't try to stir up patriotism primarily is that he wanted to be a great domestic policy president. he wanted to like fdr. he his great society, which was going to eliminate poverty and civil and war, distract people's attention from that. so it's all the more remarkable than the american are still largely supportive of the war. and i attribute that to american culture. because a lot of people by now are disenchanted with lyndon johnson, but they recognize that the nation is not a monarchy. we're dependent on a king that even if we're dissatisfied with the president, we have this larger and

today, 50 years after the end of combat operations by american forces in vietnam, we recognize vietnam veterans and the service that they provide to our country in uniform in the 1960s and seventies. and then after coming home, members of their community who went on to be forces for good and. and additionally we remember and pay tribute today to those who never came home or remain missing in action. you'll see throughout today's program, traditional elements of military ceremony represented by different branches of the united states military. and to begin i'd like to ask united states army chaplain william williams to the invocation. chaplain williams served in the army for 27 years in both infantry as enlisted man and as a member of the chaplain corps. he is currently the family life resource manager, deputy garrison chaplain advisor, low density faith group leaders and a director of religious education. he has been deployed on eight combat tours. he served as a battalion brigade, detach agent and emcee oam chaplain. chaplain williams. friends join me in your faith tradition as i pray

to say happy vietnam veterans day.e is tony cordero. i am the goldstar son and lost my dad in vietnam 1865. what you may wonder is how did an air force brat get mixed up with a bunch of marines in trying to come up with an idea to help ron designed the statue, but to all of you marines from vietnam, it was a wonderful opportunity. what i wanted to do just quickly is to acknowledge that we as a nation are 11 years in to the vietnam war commemoration, the 50th anniversary of the end of the vietnam war. it is an american tradition that at the 50th and 100 anniversaries of the end of all of our wars that we as a nation hostileho remember those who boe the bowel and those who were loved one because of that. and so for the next two years the vietnam war commemoration and the department of defense program will continue to commemorate thera vietnam war ad the 50th anniversary off the end of it. so that's one of the reasons we are here. of course thanks to president nixon and to president obama when it was initiated in 2012, pr

vietnam. there are so many books that on the vietnam war, on president kennedy. and of course, fred has a book on the subject. what prompted you to do another book on the subject and particularly studying the withdrawal plan? president kennedy around the vietnam war. and how is it different from other books that have come before? well, thanks for the question and thanks for creating the opportunity for me here and everybody else at the miller center not only to participate in this event, but really to help me write the book because without the miller center community, that really would have been impossible. and the book itself is a little unorthodox, as you note. there really aren't all that many books on kennedy and vietnam. there are a handful of one in 85. and then a few in subsequent decades, and some of them are quite targeted. some are thin, some are very comprehensive. what i set out to do was not to write a composite sense of account of kennedy vietnam, but really to on something much narrower, which is this withdrawal plan that was undertake and during t

all vietnam's please stand.ble, it was absolutely wonderful to see all of you here you to brave the elements, to be here, thank you all for doing that. ron the car is an artist, sculpture, a creative imagineering, i've seen that with all due respect to the good friends of the company and when the good friends at the nixon library the nixon foundation asked me about creating a statute to honor all vietnam veterans and they had identified ron as a designer, they needed some support because of the decision had been made that the statute would be of combat marine on patrol in vietnam but they needed to make sure it was accurate, they wanted to make sure it was spot on to the most unique and two-minute detail. i happen to know a bunch of guys who live here in orange county, inthey are marines and they area banded brothers. so i tell you whatleto i do lets put together aer focus group brg these guys together the library they can tell you what they think. those of you that know marines know that you cannot show themm u

vietnam. i believe that one of the reasons for the deep division about vietnam is that many americans have lost confidence in what their government has told them about our policy. the american people cannot and should not be asked to support a policy which involves the overriding writing issues of war and peace unless they know the truth about that policy. tonight, i would like to answer of the questions that i know are on the minds of many of you listening to me. how and why did america get involved in vietnam in the first place? how has this administration changed the policy of the previous administration? what has really happened in the negotiations in paris and on the battlefront in vietnam? what choices do we have if we are to end the war? what are the prospects for? peace. and let me begin by describing the situation i found when i was inaugurated on january 20. the war had been going on for four years, 31,000 americans had been killed in action. the training program for the south vietna

so please, all vietnam veterans please stand. was incredible. was absolutely wonderful to see all of you here and to brave the elements to be here. thank you all for doing that. ron pekar is an artist, a sculptor, painter, a visionary, a creative imagine your. i say that with all due respect to the good friends of the walt disney company. and when the good friends of the nixon library and nixon foundation asked me about creating a statue to honor all vietnam veterans, and that they had identified ron as the designer of this, they needed some support because the decision hadad been made that te statute be off a marine company combat marine on patrol in vietnam but they need to make sure that it was accurate. they wanted tos make sure thatt was spot on down to the most minute detail. and i just so happen to know a bunch of guys who live here in orange county. they are marines and they are a band of brothers. so i said i'll tell you what i can do. let's put together a little focus group to bring you guys to get at the library and th

the vietnamization plan followed secretary laird's visit to vietnam in march. under the plan, i ordered first a substantial increase in the training and equipment of so vietnamese. in july, my visit to vietnam, i change the order so they were consistent with the objectives of our new policy. under the new order, the primary mission of our troops is to enable the suffering to me is forces to assume the full responsibility for the security of sophia nam. our air operations have been reduced by over 20%. and now, we have begun seeing results of this long overdue change in american policy in vietnam. after five years of americans going into vietnam, we're finally bringing american men home. by december 15th, over 60,000 men will be withdrawn from south vietnam, including 20% of all of our combat forces. south vietnamese continued to gain strength. as a result, they've been able to take over combat responsibilities for murmur can troops. two other significant developments occurred in this administration when they took office. enemy infiltration, infiltration that's

troops from vietnam. nixon had begun this process in summer of 1969, taking our troops out in increments of 30, 40, 50,000. everyone know in the peace movement said this is a trick. he's expanding the war. he's accelerating the bombing. what he's doing in cambodia, laos, vietnamization nothing great about changing the color, the corpses, and certainly there was merit in these claims. but was the fact that by the fall of 1972, the had almost no combat in south vietnam. and since both nixon and kissinger viewed arvin the south vietnamese military as lacking in effectiveness. this created a necessity for administration to make a rapid peace agreement. i also one add here that kissinger recognized the danger troops withdrawals from the outset, as did the u.s. in saigon, and also. but this was one line nixon power. he believed that these withdrawals were absolutely to counteract the piecemeal and convince the country he ending the war were one step ahead of the share was the nixon phrase. and by this he meant

the vietnamization plan was launched following secretary laird's visit to vietnam in march. under thent plant i ordered firt a substantial increase in the training and equipment of south vietnamese forces. in july on my visit to vietnam i changed general abrams orders so that they were consistent with the objectives of our new policies. under the new orders, the primary mission of our troops is to enable the south vietnamese forces to assume the full responsibility for the security of south vietnam. our air operations have been reduced by over 20%. and now we have begun to see the results of this long overdue change in american policy in vietnam. after five years of americans going into vietnam, we are finally bringing american men home. by december 15, over 60,000 n will have been withdrawn from south vietnam, including 20% of all of our combat forces. the south vietnamese have continued to gain in strength. as a result they been able to take over combat responsibilities from our american troops. two other significant developments have occurred since this administration too

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vietnam. vietnam veterans, as much as any veterans known, have helped protect that democracy. thank you for remembering that, making sure that we give them the tribute and the appreciation that they deserve. i wonder i have a printed speech. i'm to just set it aside and. just talk to you from my from my. i'm the last vietnam veteran serving in the united states senate. i'm also the grandson of a gold star mother and son of a navy chief petty officer for 30 years. my uncles were sergeants and in the marine corps and in the army in world war two and korea after that. i was lucky enough when i was 17 years old, when navy scholarship and went to i stayed economics and graduated and became a naval flight officer. i graduated in 68, right at the height of the war, right at the height of the vietnam war. and a week later, all a week later, i was on my way to pensacola florida to become a naval flight officer. a year later, joined my squadron, moffett field, california a navy p-3 squadron, and we were

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-year history of iran-vietnam relations, expressed the spirit of independence and selfishness. the common feature of the people of the two countries has been mr. raisi, emphasizing iran's great progress, despite threats and sanctions, he said that the commercial and economic relations between iran and vietnam have not been developed to the extent of expansion in the field of diplomacy, and this trip can be a turning point in the development of economic and commercial relations between the two countries . described it as international and important and said that the development of relations between the two countries may not be pleasant for some governments, but what is important is effective measures to secure the interests of the two countries and the two nations . praise and from his country's interest in developing cooperation and all-round cooperation with iran was announced. the speaker of the vietnamese parliament also expressed the hope that the visit of the islamic president of iran to vietnam will speed up the drawing of the roadmap for long-term and fifty -year coopera

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emphasizing on iran's great progress despite threats and sanctions, raisi said that iran -vietnam trade and economic relations have not been developed to the extent of expansion in the field of diplomacy and this trip can be a turning point in the development of economic and trade relations between the two countries. the country in cooperation he described the regional and international as important and said that the development of relations between the two countries may not be for some governments, but what is important is effective measures to secure the interests of the two countries and the two nations, and in this meeting, the great achievements of the iranian nation despite the cruel sanctions. earlier, he praised his country's interest in developing all-round interaction and cooperation with iran. the speaker of the vietnamese parliament also expressed hope that the islamic president of iran's visit to vietnam will speed up the drawing of long-term cooperation plans and the 50th anniversary of the two countries. iranian majlis delegations and vietnam, important economic, politica

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vietnam reaches 120 million dollars in the last years of 2019. the number of 2 billion dollars is considered by the authorities of the islamic republic of iran and vietnam, and the role of the parliaments of the two countries in this field is very decisive . today, the minister of foreign affairs informed the president of the invitation of the members of the brics group of emerging economies to participate in the summit of the economic group. brazil, india, china and south africa are the founders of the brics group. mr. amir abdollahian said at the meeting of iran and brics that was held in tehran that this summit is good . in order to understand the fields of cooperation between iran and brics, amirabdollahian also discussed the mechanisms of membership in the journalists' group

referring to the 50-year history of iran-vietnam relations, the national assembly of vietnam called the spirit of seeking independence and seeking rights as the common feature of the nations of the two countries. mr. raisi emphasized iran's great progress despite threats and sanctions and said that iran-vietnam trade and economic relations to the degree of extent in the area has not been developed and this trip can be a turning point in the development of economic and trade relations between the two countries . what is important is effective measures to secure the interests of two countries and two nations, but in this area, in this meeting , he praised the great achievements of the iranian nation despite the cruel western sanctions, and expressed his country's interest in developing all -round interactions and cooperation with iran. he expressed hope that the visit of the islamic president of iran to vietnam should speed up the drawing of the country's long-term and 50-year cooperation road map , yes majlis said, in the negotiations between the iranian and vietnamese parliamentary dele

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you got it shipped to vietnam, 20 tons? yes. soon. vietnam, 20 tons? yes. was _ vietnam, 20 tons? yes. soon after this video was recorded | after this video was recorded the men were arrested. they've now pleaded guilty to trading and pangolin scales and elephant ivory. i and pangolin scales and elephant ivory.- elephant ivory. i can't underestimate - elephant ivory. i can't underestimate the i elephant ivory. i can't i underestimate the value of elephant ivory. i can't - underestimate the value of the trial. not only to nigeria but to vietnam, south africa, mozambique and wildlife in africa, these guys are the top of the pyramid.— of the pyramid. finally, after ears of of the pyramid. finally, after years of feeling _ of the pyramid. finally, after years of feeling untouchable | years of feeling untouchable because of corruption and lack of police resources, the wildlife traffickers are under pressure. although the leader of this west african network is still at large. steve swann, bbc news. the women's world cup semi—final is about to get under way in a f

vietnam _ magic. oh, that is absolutely fantastic! vietnam still- magic.stic! vietnam still without a world cuo goal— fantastic! vietnam still without a world cup goal as _ fantastic! vietnam still without a world cup goal as they _ fantastic! vietnam still without a world cup goal as they exit - fantastic! vietnam still without a world cup goal as they exit the l world cup goal as they exit the tournament. the netherlands ending this match with seven, and a place in the knockout. alex fletcher, bbc news. some cracking goals there. the usa, then, coming second in group e. the netherlands on top — after that 7—0 win over vietnam. the us will need to find some sort of form for the knockouts to defend their title. they'll face the winners of group g in the last 16, which is looking like world number three side sweden, who play their final group game tomorrow morning. ella brockway is a sports reporter from the washington post. she's been telling me the us team need to up their game. the first two names are need to up their game. the first two games are pretty

we use it in the meeting of the speaker of the parliament vietnam and iranian and vietnamese businessmen were emphasized in the iranian chamber of commerce and the removal of obstacles to trade between the two countries. the speaker of the vietnamese parliament stressed the removal of obstacles on the way to achieving the goal of two billion dollars in trade between the two countries and the 10th joint economic commission will be held soon. in this meeting, the head of the iranian chamber of commerce informed about the experiences of iranian companies, especially in the technical and engineering sector, to be actively present in vietnam. in recent years , the trade trend between the two countries has been significant and satisfactory, but we are behind in terms of political communication. 150 million commercial dollars a numbering 2 billion dollars in the next year of this country is considered the most important banking issues that we talked about to find a solution for the payment of the speaker of the vietnamese parliament, also referring to the annual commercial exchange of 750 billi

in the case of vietnam, it was a combination because vietnam was, well, the end. in vietnam was preceded by how many of you remember ever reading the pentagon papers, or parts of them are aware that the pentagon papers were published and the pentagon papers were a secret pentagon history of the war in vietnam, which demonstrated that at times when government officials were saying in public, we're going to win the war, we see the light at the end of the tunnel, private only they were telling each other, oh, boy, this is a really bad situation we don't think we can come out of this. so when the pentagon papers were published, then it became apparent that there was serious by government this war. and this is one of the things that really turned americans against the war that, first of all, last a long time, long wars are not popular, especially when young men are going to have to go off and fight them against their will. you know, the draft is going to be on. and then and then vietnam ends in a defeat. so not was government deceptive and therefore unethical and worth