they decided whether douglas won for lincoln won. douglas knew he wasn't going to win the election. he decided not to campaign for himself and spend his campaign campaigning against secession. he went to virginia and north carolina and said mr. lincoln is going to win but that is no reason for the south to secede. we are one nation indivisible. southerners said you can say that to virginia and north carolina. we are the moderates. douglas went into georgia and alabama and mississippi. he was pelted with fruit and rocks and traveled to 23 states. he campaigned over two short months. he drove himself relentlessly. of course he lost. the south for and to secede. douglas tried a compromise. they said we are leaving because mr. lincoln is president. douglas became one of lincoln's closest allies. there is a legend that during lincoln's inaugural address not only was douglas -- everytime lincoln would save something douglas would turn to the newspaperman and say that is right. he is telling the truth. lincoln wanted to call -- you don't know these people like i do. hang them in 48 hours.

douglas was not what they anted. the decided to secede, theyed toed the kneed to destroy the democratic party. the democratic party was one of the final national institutions holding the country together. evenly the midwestists and baptists split north to south. and so they were very anxious to destroy the democratic party, and sort of move forward on to secession so they decided to secede whether dug loss or -- douglas or lincoln won. douglas campaigned against the used of secession. he went into virginia and north carolina and said mr. lincoln is going to win but that's know reason for the south to secede, one nation, indivisible. and doug lace went into georgia and alabama and new orleans and they threatened to hang him. he was pelted with fruit and rocks and he traveled to 23 states. imagine what it was like in 1860 to actually travel to 23 states to campaign in two short months. he drove himself relentlessly, and of course he lost. the south threatened to secede. he tried to forge a comprimise. the south said, n

so definitely douglas is a committed unionist. of course, his unionism -- his commitment to the union -- dovetails rather nicely and neatly with his own particular political ambitions. he's very interested in getting the democratic nomination for the presidency. and he recognizes that as a northern democrat, he needs southern support but, of course, it's a tricky balancing act, right? how do i be a successful -- how can i be a successful national politician given the sectional realignment that's occurring in american politics in the mid-1850s? how do i do that? how do i pull that off? how do i pull off that magic trick? douglas, it seems, hoped the democrats could use this, that is use this issue of, you know, organizing this territory. democrats could use this as a party issue. championing the old democratic party war horse, popular sovereignty in the territories. so douglas and others sought to facilitate the building of a trans-continental railroad line. and douglas, from the state of illinois, says i'd kind of like that line t

army film on gener general douglas macarthur who led u.s.orces in asia in world war ii. >>> april 15, nearly 1,500 perish. >> once the lookout bells, sighted an iceberg ahead, they struck the bells, the process, three times, ding, ding, dirngs which is a warning, sayinging that there is some object ahead, doesn't mean dead ahead, means ahead of the ship. it doesn't say what kind of object. with the lookout, after they struck the bell here, went to a telephone nest and called done to the officer on the bridge to tell them what it is that, that they saw. and when, when the phone was finally answered, the, the, entire conversation was -- what do you see? and the response was, iceberg right ahead. and the response from the officer was -- thank you. on the truths and myths of that night. sunday at 4:00 p.m. eastern. part of american history tv this weekend on cspan 3. >>> next, a u.s. army biography about general douglas macarthur who served in world war ii as commander of allied forces in the southwest pacific. general macarthur's military caree

up next, a film on general douglas macarthur. in half an hour, a lecture of robert e. lee, then grant, who commanded the union army. >>> april 15th, 1912, nearly 1500 perish. >> once the look outs sounds, an iceberg ahead, struck the bells three times. ding, ding, ding, which is a warning saying there's some object ahead. doesn't mean dead. means ahead. doesn't say what kind of object. what the lookout then did, he went to a telephone and called town to tell what it is they saw and the phone would finally answer, the entire conversation was what do you see? and the response was iceberg right ahead and the response from the officer was thank you. >> samuel helper on the truths and myths of that night. sunday, 4:00 p.m. eastern this weekend on cspan 3. >>> next, a biography about general douglas macarthur who served in world war ii. his military career came to a close in 1951 when president harry s. truman releahed him of his command. this was produced in 1952 by the army pictorial center. >>> the united states army presents a big picture. an official report produced for

well, douglas fairbanks jr. grew up in his father's shadow and wanted more than anything it seems, to prove himself and to do something that was his alone. so, for example when he did go into acting reluctantly, one of the things he did do, shy way from swashbuckling add vench movies. he thought, my dad did that. flying around the stage on rope, sword fighting and all that. he did other things. by and bishgs by, he got sucked into. became swashbuckler adventure films, including things like gunga din. another surprising history. coming out as it did about the time hitler was ready to go into the sedatant land, betrayed by the thuggees became the heroic allies fighting against the thug, the nazis. in a weird way before douglas fairbanks had gotten into the service he had already become something of a war hero. his fame followed him around that became a problem. what he wanted to do in those years was get into the navy. he wanted to become a naval officer. he hadn't been to college. he'd been to a suck suggestion o

douglas came away awed is the only word you can use by lincoln. by how lincoln treated him so much like an equal. in fact, there's a speech douglass gives after this several times. there's this homely way he put it. he said, he made me feel big there. like a teenager, meeting a great man or something. it was actually two great men meeting one another. lincoln, according to douglass said yeah, i know about you. i've heard and read a lot about you. but lincoln also defended himself. it's interesting, lincoln defended how difficult these decisions and choices had been. they met in the second time in august of 1864. '64 during the overland campaign the incredible stalemate in virginia, et cetera, et cetera it, lincoln fears he's not going to be re-elected. that's a very real fear in mid and late summer. he's facing mcclellan, of course, in the fall election. he invites frederick douglass representative of black america to come to the white house and among other things, asked douglass to become the leader after effort in cooperation with the union army

among those he saw support from was frederick douglas. he lived in douglas' home for a time. he meets with harriet tubman. he lived his believes in a quiet, astonishing way. as to the white support, the secret six, i believe one of my favorite parts of the story in an area where there's a little room for humor, they were really par local radicals. they were very wealthy businessmen mostly in the boston area who funneled brown money and guns. they fed it to him at salons in new england and brown dines with thoreau and emerson. alcott calls brown the manliest man they've ever met. they're intoxicated by this. it's like the 1960s when you had wealthy folks in manhattan hosting black panthers and other radicals. in the end these people are not shall we say profiles in courage. when brown's raid goes bad and they're implicated, one of them is already overseas, three of the others flee for canada. my favorite, garrett smith, checks himself into an insane asylum in new york to avoid prosecution where he's treated with cannabis and morphine and says he remembers nothing of the events

douglas, and joan crawford knew that you're supposed to put the fork and the spoon here and take the finger bowl and the doily and put it here so you can serve your dessert on the clean plate. well, cathy didn't know that. she would have figured it out, but ms. crawford wasn't going to wait for that, so she stood up, this is what you're supposed to do, and so she moved her bowl and her silverware and said, you'll learn how to do that. >> aren't you glad you didn't have the job in the 24/7 news cycle period? ladies and gentlemen, would you please join me in thanking bess abell, laurie firestone, and cathy fenton? >> thank you all. thank you all. richard, thank you, very much. >>> this year is the bicentennial of the start of the war of 1812. up next, we hear from donald hickey, author of "don't give up the ship! myths of the war of 1812." mr. hickey attempts to dispel the many myths intertwined with the history of 1812. this event took place at the detroit historical museum. >> good evening. my name is toby voight, and i am the director of education and interpretation here at the detr

douglas, and joan crawford knew that you're supposed to put the fork and the spoon here and take the finger bowl and the doily here so you can serve your dessert on the clean plate. well, cathy didn't know that. she would have figured it out, but ms. crawford wasn't going to wait for that, so she stood up, this is what you're supposed to do, and so she moved her bowl and silverware and said, you'll learn how to do that. >> aren't you glad you didn't have the job in the 24/7 news cycle period? ladies and gentlemen, would you please join me in thanks bess abell, laurie firestone, and cathy fenton? >> thank you all. thank you all. richard, thank you, very much. >>> this year is the there's a new website for american history tv where you can find our schedules and preview our upcoming program. watch featured video as well as access ahtv's history tweets, history in the news and social media from facebook, youtube, twitter and four square. follow american history tv all weekend every weekend on c-span 3 and online at c-span.org/history. this year is the bicentennial of the start of the wa

and then there were the douglas democrats. he never had a close relationship with douglas. and, of course, they broke over the la compton constitution that buchanan supported and douglas, of course, considering it against his concept and democratic party's concept of popular sovereignty, they split. and then as a result, buchanan basically tried to purge the democratic party of douglas supporters. so, in a sense what he does, he paints himself into a corner. and in a sense has very few of those he's really in contact with. as a result, he's not -- while he's calling for compromise, he's not reaching out to part of the democratic party, followers of douglas and not reaching out to republicans to try to come up with a compromise that would, i think, be acceptable to all parties. now, he may have -- very well may have failed in this. i don't think he was a traitor. i don't think that he could have prevented the war. i don't think that -- i think, though, that he could have acted differently. and i think that if he had attempted to reach out to all of the factions, both democra

our guest has douglas wissing been douglas wissing. thank you very much. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable saite corp. 2012] >> for a dvd copy of the program,1-877-662-7726. for free transcripts or to give us your comments about this program, visit us at www.q-and- a.org. "q & a" programs are also available as c-span comcastpodc. >> and next, it david cameron takes questions at the british house of commons pyridine an oral history of the nixon white house by charles colson who died yesterday at the age of 80. it's been a another chance to see "q & a" douglas wissing off their to talk about his book "funding the enemy." tomorrow, former staff director and general counsel for the house a homeland security could come before congress this week. investigative reporters talks about his theories on the history of errors in

douglas kennedy, the father, did nothing wrong.hatever the policy might have been, the fact of the matter is, nurses that night initially knew that douglas kptd to take his baby out for fresh air. that's all it was. >> there are two questions a lot of people have. why taking a newborn outside in january? what was his desire in doing that? number two, why not just follow protocol and get written permission? >> this was the kennedys' fifth child. they know how to take care of a baby -- >> i mean, i've had two children. you have to be -- there are a number of proceduresin place. when you leave the hospital with your baby. you can't just walk out with your own child. >> but the thing is, they charged him with a crime. this case, whatever happens, you know, unfortunately, things happen sometimes between human beings. not everything then deserves being brought in a criminal court. the fact of the matter is, that morning after three days being in the hospital, the baby -- but for the fact that molly, the mother, was breast-feeding and had

douglas of illinois. more about him later, but it's interesting that it's a democrat that does it, not a whig. okay. that's ultimately what gets passed. here's the -- here you can see what happens. here's the package. you admit california as a free state. these other territories, you chop down the size of texas and you have these other territories. the question of a slavery, the status of slavery in those territories to be determined by popular sovereignty. makes sense because, after all, it's douglas who's proposing this and douglas is a democrat. remember democrats had since 1840, since the late 1840s had embraced this idea of popular sovereignty or what's sometimes called squatter's sovereignty. so what's the package? number one, california's admitted as a free state. popular sovereignty there to determine the status of slavery. texas is compensated for loss of territory granted to new mexico. that's number three. you're not getting all of these down, don't worry about it. your text has them in some de

general douglas macarthur said that preparation for war is as materially destructive as war itself, and general eisenhower compares war spending to crucifixion. you have to show the american people that we're spending trillions of dollars on war. not only is it destroying our economy, it is also not making us safer. if you look at the american economy compared them 2012, you cannot even compare in terms of how much we have declined economically and in terms of international prestige. tavis: paul, that argument has been made time and time again, and yet, there has not been a cry. you know this as you work in it every day. where is the peace cry? by and large, we have seen no where near the peace movement that we saw during the vietnam era. there was no human cry when the administration said they are not going to let bodies be seen returning to dover air force base, so we can really wrestle with what war really is. we do not see depictions everett -- pictures every night of the people we are killing. barack obama has dropped more bombs, killing innocent people. i am not trying to demonize

douglas said later that slavery there was quite harsh. he witnessed the master flogging one of his relatives once, one of his aunts was flogged by the master. he witnessed other relatives and friends being severely punished, and then he got a very interesting reprieve. he was sent to baltimore to work for a relative of the anthony family and when he was in baltimore he learned how read. the wife of the man he worked for in baltimore taught him to read, a white woman taught him to read because she thought a slave should be able to read the bible. she was a devout christian and thought a slave should be able to read the bible even though this was illegal in many parts of the south. this was considered dangerous and unacceptable. nonetheless, frederick douglas becomes literate because this white woman in baltimore teaches him how to read. once he learns how to read, he can't get enough of books and newspapers and he reads everything that he can find, a very curious and inkwis active little boy. then he gets sent back to the countryside. he w

. >> david blight, your manfred bailey otherwise known as frederick douglas came in right in the middle with 20 votes. bob cribbings, hero, and he had 25 votes and i am here to pronounce that robert e. lee with 71 votes was promoted from the king of spades to the ace of spades. robert e. lee is the man of year for 1862, and i'd like to thank all of you for coming and please get home safely. >> so the winner at the library in virginia in richmond for person of the year is the selection of robert e. lee as person of the year 1862. aga again, the nominees today were from robert krick, who is the chief historian of fredericksburg for 30 years, david blight of yale nominated frederick douglas who came in third, nominated by james macpherson came in first and he was dead last in the voting in virginia and we congratulate professor thomas and we'll open up the phone line again for our viewers. professor thomas, you earn a big trophy or a big prize? no, i got a handshake for the director of the museum of the confederacy. you talked a little bit about this in your nomination for robert e. lee. w

. >> douglas mac arthur was arguably one of the most influential military figures in history. you are actually filming in the birth place of douglas mac arthur which was one of the little known facts for a lot of people. mac arthur's father was in the u.s. military following his service in the civil war. they actually came to little rock arkansas and spent about 18 months serving at the arsenal that existed on the site where the building is located. he brought with him to little rock his wife and two sons and they lived in the apartments that was contained in the structure. in the following january 26th, 1880, douglas was born here and six months after his birth, his father was transferred outside of arkansas and came back to arkansas one time in his life in 1952 when he was 72 years of age. during that visit in 1952 here on the grounds for the first time publicly he acknowledged in the speech to 10,000 people that he was returning to the place of his birth. for us that's a very significant part of our site's history and building's history and embrace his connection and proudl

douglas mcarthur. and my dad confronted my grandfather with the suggestion that my grandfather was wasting his time. why are you wasting your time working for douglas mcarthur as an assistant liaising with the government when you have one offer after another from large shipping concerns and businesses to go into business and his reply was, i believe war is going to break out in 24 or 36 months and when it does i will lead it there. he's a colonel. i don't want to be mystical. i'm just saying they're unusual people. i think there is there have an element of them. >> history is full of tensions between dwight eisenhower and richard nixon. you were there and saw the relationship up close. how would you characterize the relationship between the two of them? >> the answer is it's amazing they got along as well as you did. because you're taking two presidential personalities bumping along together. in other words, we have dwight eisenhower who is president and then richard nixon who is going to be president

. >>> douglas mack arthur, you ar actually -- we are filming of douglas macarthur in little rock, arkansas, one of the little moan pacts important a lot of people, macarthur's father, captain arthur, was in the u.s. military polling his service in the civil war. in 1959 and spent about 18 months here serving at the arsenal that existed on the site where our building is located. he brought with him to little rock his wife and two sons. they've actually lived in this building they were in in one of the apartments that was contained in this structure, and then the following january 26th, 1880, douglas was born here and spent his first six months in this building. six months after this birth, his father was transferred outside of arkansas, and he only came back to arkansas one time in his life, in 1952, 72 years of age. during that return visit here on these grounds for the first time publicly he acknowledged in a speech to 10,000 people that he was returning to the place of his birth, and for us, that's a very significant part of our site's history, building's history and embrace this and pro

. >> douglas macarthur was arguably one of the most influential in our country's history. we're filming in the birthplace of douglas macarthur here in little rock, arkansas, which is one of the little-known fact force a lot of people. macarthur's father, captain arthur macarthur, was in the u.s. military following his service in the civil war, and came here serving in the arsenal that existed on the site where our building is located. he brought with him to little rock his wife and two sons. they actually lived in this building that we're in in one of the apartments that was contained in this structure. and in the following january 26, 1880 douglas was born here and spent his first six months in this building. six months after his birth, his father was transferred outside of arkansas and he only came back to arkansas one time in his life, in 1952, when he was 72 years of age. during that return visit in 1952, here on these ground force the first time publicly, he acknowledged publicly for the first time in a speech to 10,000 people that he was returning to the place of his

. >> douglas mcarthur and my dad confronted my grandfather with the idea and suggestion that the idea that my grandfather was wasting his time. why are you wasting your time working for douglas mcarthur as an assistant leazing with president's government and so forth and you have one offer after another from large shipping and why are you wasting your time. ? his reply was, i believe the war is going to break out in 24 to 36 months and when it does, i will lead. he's a colonel. these are, i don't want to be mystical about this, i'm just saying they're unusual people and i think there is, therefore, an element of them, which is noble. >> history is full of tensions between richard nixon. how would you characterize the relationship between the two men? >> i think the answer is that it's amazing they got along as well as they did. >> that's the point. >> because you're taking two presidential personalities bumping along together. in other words, we have dwight eisenhower who is president and then you have richard nixon who is going to be president and for these two people who both have,

douglas h. schulman who has served as commissioner since march 2008. commissioner schulman, thank you again for your time today. the committee has received your written statement, and it will be made part of the formal hearing record. you will be recognized for five minutes for your oral remarks. you may begin when you're ready. >> thank you very much to all the members of the subcommittee forgiving me the opportunity to testify today. i want to talk about -- a little about filing season, our strategic initiatives and the president's 2013 budget which would give us much-needed increase over the 2012 enacted levels. a significant portion of the president's 2013 budget would restore congressional reductions in irs funding made over the last two years. i want to start by saying i believe it's incumbent on all of us in the government to be as efficient as possible and to spend taxpayer dollars wisely. for the irs, that means finding savings where we can and continuing to invest in strategic priorities that allow us to improve service. from fiscal year 2009

, and we're actually, we're filming in the birthplace of douglas macarthur in arkansas. mcarthur's father, captain arthur mccar thur was in the u.s. military following his service in the civil war and came to little rock, arkansas, in 1959 and spent about 18 months here serving at the arsenal that existed on the site where our buildinglocated. he brought to him with little rock his wife. they lived in an apartment that's contained in this structure. the following january, douglas was born here and spent his first six months in this building. six months after his birth, his father was transferred outside of arkansas and he only came back to arkansas one time in this life in 1952 when he was 72 years of age. during that return visit in 1952, here on these grounds, for the first time publicly, he acknowledged in a speech to 10,000 people that he was returning to the place of his birth. for us, that's the very significant part of our site's history, our building's history. we embrace mcarthur and proudly include him in the name of our museum. 1952 was a very pivotal point in

from members of the house and the senate back in 1951 on this date, april 19th, remarks of general douglas macarthur. he was born in 1880. he passed away in 1964. this is washington today on c-span radio. >> on q & a this weekend on c-span radio journalist and author douglas whistleend, how u.s. taxpayers bank rolled the taliban. >> who is funding the taliban? >> you are in part. >> who else? >> well, i spent time with the afghan finance cell miss a multi-agency group headquartered in the embassy in kabul, and one of their spokespersons told me they figure the total budget is maybe about 500 million to a billion a year, and it comes from a variety of sources, including gulf state donations from arab states including the opium trade and lots of skims from our development and logistics contracts. >> douglas whisen this sunday 8 p.m. eastern on c-span radio. >> around the country on xm satellite radio 119 and washington today continues. >> our bill puts more money into the hands of small business owners so they can reinvest those funds to retain and create more jobs and grow the businesses. p

our guest has been douglas wissing. thank you very much. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] >> for a dvd copy of the program, 1-877-662-7726. for free transcripts or to give us your comments about this program, visit us at www.q-and- a.org. "q & a" programs are also available as c-span podcasts. >> next, the prime minister takes questions. after that, a discussion on the roles of candidates' lives. tomorrow, former staff director and general counsel of the home and security committee previous the legislation that could come before congress. an investigative reporter talks an investigative reporter talks about his

good-bye. >> the name of general douglas macarthur cannot fade away. it shines forth brilliantly on some of the most glorious pages of our history. now thisis sergeant stuart queen inviting you to be with us again for another look at the big picture. >> "the big picture" is an official report for the armed forces and the american people, produced by the army pictorial center. presented by the department of the army in cooperation with >> still ahead, more american history tv. in a few moments. a lecture on robert e lee and then ulysses s. grant. >> april 15, 1912, nearly 1500 perished on the ship called unsinkable. >> once the lookout bells were sounded and they sighted an iceberg ahead, rings it three times, ding ding ding, which is a warning saying there is some object ahead. it doesn't mean dead ahead and it doesn't say what kind of an object. to tem them what it is that they saw. when they finally answered, the entire conversation was what do you see? and the response was iceberg right ahead and the response from the officer was thank you. >> on th

and now we're hearing from douglas kennedy for the first time since that confrontation in january.atest on the legal battle. >> reporter: douglas kennedy walked out of court and blamed the nurses for the confrontation over his newborn. >> i was protecting my son from a complete stranger who tried to grab him from my arms. i was shocked. >> reporter: kennedy says he just wanted to leave the hospital for a short time to be with his son in the fresh air outside. he invoked the memory of his father robert kennedy killed when he was so young. >> my father was taken from me when i was a baby. and i think that is certainly what makes me appreciate me being with my son. >> reporter: prosecutors say they're moving forward with the charges, in part because of this tape first obtained by news 4, which appears to show kennedy knocking a nurse to the ground. the nurses told news 4 exclusively they were trying to stop him because no baby leaves the maternity ward unless a doctor and parent sign the baby out. >> he brought his leg up and kicked me and i went flying through the air. >> reporter: k

. >> douglas wising follows the money and follows corruption right into the hands of the taliban. >> i was in one meeting with an incredibly effective guy named colonel mike howard, this is not long after president obama took office. and the state department was out there saying okay, we're going to give you a whole bunch of development money. you know, it's counterinsurgency. we're going to do this. win their hearts and minds, nation build. and colonel louder said, don't send them any more money. send me contract officers that can oversee this stuff. i need people. i don't need more money. >> douglas wissing on bankrolling the enemy sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's "q&a." >>> jury selection began this week in the retrial of former major league pitcher roger cleme clemens, charged by federal prosecutors with knowingly lying to congress in february 2008 on performance enhancing drug use in baseball. >> let me read to you what his wife said in her affidavit. "i, laura pettitte, do depose andy told me he had had a conversation with roger clemens in which roger admitted to him us

that summer of '62 and he knew that he had to -- he had considerable pressure from that frederick douglas fellow and others to do something about race and african-americans and the potential of a biracial society, and that's at issue because in doing emancipation, lincoln abandons the notion of colonization. we're not going to send africans, african-americans to nicaragua. there are santa a niftas down there and we're in trouble. we're not doing to send them anywhere. we'll accommodate them right here and they are going to be american citizens and civil rights and liberties. that does not come from a limited war and it's lee that provoke provokes, the total war to prevent emancipation. thank you for pointing that out. >> we heard from an earlier speaker that douglas wondered who his father might have been. what is your opinion on lee's search after the war and a reconciliation with his relationship with his father? did he have any questions in terms about -- >> what was it that lee had done? >> great question. i think to some degree lee's whole life, and i've written about this, is a sear

among the names discussed abolitionist leader frederick douglas, robert e. lee and george b. mclellan. >> this is cspan 3 with politics and public affairs programming throughout the week. every weekend 48 hours of people and events telling the american story on american history tv. get our schedules and see past programs at our web sites. and you can join in the conversation on social media sites. >>> every weekend, hear eyewitness accounts about american history and the people and events that shaped our nation. oral histories. saturday, 8:00 a.m. sunday afternoon at 3:00. and monday mornings at 4:00 eastern. only on american history tv on cspan 3. learn more about our programs and series along with schedules and online video are chive at cspan.org/history. >>> next, as part of the university of oklahoma's teach-in on the founding of america, yale university law and political science professor, talks about how the presidency of andrew jackson transformed the constitution in ways that affect us today. this is about an hour. >> thank you so much. it's -- thank you, thank you. i

my name is douglas., but i would also like to mention a couple of my own observations about this location. when i drive through the neighborhood, especially late at night, i do notice that there are some interesting occurrence is around its border. maybe that should be considered when it comes to renovating the place. also, during the daytime, i do notice that it has been closed a lot, and when it has been opened it seems like it has not been used as much as i would think. maybe that should be discussed a little further. and also should be considered in upcoming renovations. thank you chairperson chu: thank you. next speaker. >> i know this part. i mean, i've been through it. ♪ long and winding park road ♪ has no exit to the end ♪ ♪ don't leave me standing here ♪ ♪ can't find my way on through ♪ ♪ don't leave me standing here ♪ ♪ lead me to the other side ♪ chairperson chu: thank you. are there other members of the public who wish to speak on item 3? seeing none, public comment disclosed. do we have a mo

douglas is all too aware of the consequences of iranian based weapons he has studied the subject since the balkan war in one thousand nine hundred four in that time he and his team have devised a method for identifying and decontaminating bombs zones his first battlefield was in bosnia where the americans were already using depleted uranium weapons this is a map of a place in bosnia which was a site ready your weapons were used in ninety ninety four ninety ninety five there were quite high levels of contamination of the site so we've been doing quite well to work around that just to try to put it to you has been used in bosnia the organization identified twelve highly contaminated zones this information unable the bosnian environment ministry to take steps to limit the damage so this is one quarter of that church was decontaminated in two thousand and seven as you can see from here it's a pretty extensive task that they have real problems in trying to identify the actual sites where the year is that's a big deal around that's being dug out this starts to break down in the soil yep seve

. >> in funding the enemy, douglas wissing follows the money in afghanistan and finds corruption from top to bottom right into the hands of the taliban. >> i was in one meeting where the brigade commander, in-creditly effective guide named colonel mike howard, this is not long after president obama took office, and the state department was out there saying, okay, water going to give and you whole bunch of development money. it's counter insurgency.going tu whole bunch of development money. it's counter insurgency. win their hearts and minds. and colonel howard said don't send me anymore money. send me contract officers that can oversee this stuff. i need people. i don't need more money. >> douglas wissing on bank rolling the enemy sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q&a. and on may 6th, look for our q&a interview with robert c ocharo. his multivolume biography of the 36th president. >>> up next is a 1967 cbs news special report titled "the ordeal of con thien" about and ongoing battle in the vietnam war. mike wall has hosts this half hour special report. >> because of the followi