it is my distinct honor to read my grandfather, dwight eisenhow eisenhower's order of the day, d-day. some veterans may remember this brief noet. the order of the day, d-day, june 6th, 1944. soldier, sailors, airmen of the allied expedition their force. you're about to embark upon a great krusz said for which we have strifen these many months. the eyes of the world are upon you. in the company of our brave allies and brothers and arms on other fronts, you will bring about the destruction of the german war machine, the elimination of nazi tyranny over the oppressed people of europe and security of ourselves in the free world. your task will not be abeasy one. your enemy is well-trained, battle hard ped and he will fight savagely. bum this is the year in 1944. much has happened since the nazi triumphs. the united nations have inflicted upon the germans great defeat in open battle. man-to-man. the tide is turned. i have full confidence in your courage, devotion to duty in skill and battle. we will accept nothing less than full victory. good luck. and let us all besiege the blessings of a

all serving under the supreme commander general dwight the eisenhower -- dwight d. eisenhower. , american reddish, and canadian. -- american, british, and canadian. it was unforgettable to assemble in retrospect the story of the largest amphibious invasion we will probably ever see in human history. it brought me here to abilene many years ago in the 1980's to do research in the library's papers. and an -- in many other libraries and archives. when it was all over in 1998, i thought i should move on. i did, becoming a presidential historian for it not only writing new biographies of john f. kennedy, and bill clinton, but also a good biography of the -- a group biography of the last 12 united states president from fdr through dwight eisenhower to george w. bush. that was published in 2010. "american caesars." can everybody hear? now you can. not of what i said really matters. now it matters. it was the writing of american caesar that alerted me to the fact that no one had ever chronicled resident roosevelt's life as united states commander-in-chief. commander-in-chief of the un

dwight eisenhower. whose protÉges were dwight howard -- dwight eisenhower.e said never go to war if you do not have to, never fight alone, and never fight longer than you have to. the way we have overcome this in the past, americans generally are not interested in what goes on in the rest of the world, foreign aid has always been about as unpopular as something terrible. fallen to is always our leadership to persuade and educate the american people why these things are necessary. why our engagement is necessary. summer ofget in the 1941, selective service was continued by one vote. seems tois missing it of persuasive leadership, not just from the president, but from the leaders of both parties and in particular in congress. our in this kind of -- leadership is still needed in the world. and that without that leadership, we are going to face far worse circumstances one day in the future. it is that leadership that has always made the difference for us. [applause] chris thanks to bob and condi and madeleine. we have not talked to -- talked about china or afric

dwight d. eisenhower. now, there, too, somebody whose record is mixed. eisenhower certainly, when he went to meet st. peter probably had answered some pretty hard questions about, for example, the use of the cia in places like iran and guatemala. but, the president performed a tremendous public service, however belated, when, on the eve of his departure from office, he gave us as a gift his farewell address, which brought to our attention the fact that during the course of his administration he had, for all practical purposes, lost control of u.s. national security policy in very fundamental ways. we you a remember that to the extent that we -- to the extent that we remember it because that is where the phrase "military industrial complex" was coined. when you go home tonight, carrying your bushel basket of my books, and when you get hope and put the bushel basket down i want you to go to your computer or wherever and google the farewell address and take 10 minutes to read it. that is all it takes. 10 minutes to read it. and notice the phrase which i won't be able to quote from memory, which says tha

found a picture earlier today of dwight eisenhower during world war ii laughing on the front green of the st. golf course in scotland. you could say what is eisenhower doing on a golf course? the answer is, life goes on. and if we had a president anywhere close to dwighti eisenhow eisenhower's capabilities, it wouldn't bother me. we should focus on what the real problem is, which is a commander in chief who is not competent to do the job. >> you say he's not competent. maybe he's speaking to prime minister cameron six times a day, maybe he's doing these things and speaking to secretary hag hagel, general dempsey. >> that would not be the pattern of the last five and a half years. at some point, you have to produce a strategy. i think there is a strategy to defeat the islamic state as they now call themselves and i think it's important to do it sooner rather than later before they consolidate territory, before they become a magnet for other terrorists. there are estimates, for example, that 500 of the terrorists they now there's a gap out there. that's keeping you from the healthcare you deserve. at humana, we believe the gap will close when healthca

if you look at dwight eisenhower's speech at gettysburg, kennedy was originally supposed to speak, but did not. eisenhowerd. if you read eisenhower eve speech, when you get to the end of it, it's a strong cold war message. even though he talks about equality for all. it's still a very strong cold war message. very strong. okay. now, the national civil war commemoration for the centennial was not as successful at holding things together. in part, because there was very much dissension over what the war meant. there was a trickling of understanding that the civil war might have something to do with what in the '60s would have been called racial issues, all right? you may recognize the gentleman on your left. this is alabama governor george wallace. wallace was perhaps one of the most fiery segregationist figures of the era. and wallace also went to gettysburg. but wallace, of course, was already famous for one particular line, the one we associate with him. when told that the university of alabama had to desegregate, he gave a speech, and i will quote it. in the name of the greatest people that have every t

dwight d. eisenhower presidential library in kansas. it's about 1 hour 10 minutes. >>> good afternoon. and welcome to the eisenhower presidential library museum and boyhood home for our panel on the battlefield. our second panel this afternoon. i'm tim rives. i would like to start with the quote we used last hour that i think really puts the war in perspective. it's by the late distinguished military historian john keegan who wrote that the second world war is the largest single event in human history. fought across six of the world's seven continents and all its oceans. it killed 50 million human beings, left hundreds of millions of others wounded in mind or body, and materially devastated much of the heartland of civilization. and of course, that largest single event in human history affected the lives of the gentlemen we have assembled here today. i'll begin our introductions with my fellow wichita native, mr. jack ford here on my immediate right. jack is a retired police officer in wichita. he arrived on omaha beach on june 6, 1944, with the 743rd tank battalion. and next to mr. ford is mr. ray lambert. ray was

if you look at dwight eisenhower's speech at gettysburg, kennedy was originally supposed to speak, but did not. eisenhower. if you read eisenhower eve speech, when you get to the end of it, it's a strong cold war message. even though he talks about equality for all. it's still a very strong cold war message. very strong. okay. now, the national civil war commemoration for the centennial was not as successful at holding things together. in part, because there was very much dissension over what the war meant. there was a trickling of understanding that the civil war might have something to do with what in the '60s would have been called racial issues, all right? you may recognize the gentleman on your left. this is alabama governor george wallace. wallace was perhaps one of the most fiery segregationist figures of the era. and wallace also went to gettysburg. but wallace, of course, was already famous for one particular line, the one we associate with him. when told that the university of alabama had to desegregate, he gave a speech, and i will quote it. in the name of the greatest people that have every tr

if you look at dwight eisenhower's speech at gettysburg, kennedy was originally supposed to speak, but did not. eisenhower. if you read eisenhower eve speech, when you get to the end of it, it's a strong cold war message. even though he talks about equality for all. it's still a very strong cold war message. very, very strong. okay. now, the national civil war commemoration for the centennial was not as successful at holding things together. in part, because there was very much dissension over what the war meant. there was a trickling of understanding that the civil war might have something to do with what in the '60s would have been called race relations, all right? you may recognize the gentleman on your left. this is alabama governor george wallace. wallace was perhaps one of the most fiery segregationist figures of the era. and wallace also went to gettysburg. but wallace, of course, was already famous for one particular line, the one we associate with him. when told that the university of alabama had to desegregate, he gave a speech, and i will quote it. in the name of the greatest people that have e

hosted by the dwight d eisenhower presidential library and museum to mark the 70th anniversary of d day. it is about an hour and 10 minutes. >> well, good afternoon. and welcome to the eisenhower presidential library and museum and boyhood home for our panel on life on the battlefield. our second panel this year. i am kim reads the deputy director. i would like to start with this wuote -- i am tim reeves. i want to start with this quote. it was the war in perspective. it is by john keegan who wrote the second world war is the largest single event in human history. fought across six of the world seven continents and all of the oceans. it killed 50 million human beings, left hundreds of millions wounded in mind or body and materially devastated much of the heartland of civilization. and of course that largest single event in human history affected the lives of the gentlemen we have assembled here today. i'll begin our introductions with my fellow wichita native, mr. jack ford on my immediate right. jack is a retired police officer in wichita. he arrived on omaha beach on tank6, 1944 with the 743rd battalion. ray.to mr. ford is ray was a staff sergeant. at the outset of the war,

obligation in the way that, for example, dwight eisenhower did when he announced federal troops would enforce the integration of public schools in little rock, arkansas. eisenhower from vacation to explain why he must act to enforce the supreme court's ruling this brown v. board of education because he said the very basis of our rights and freedoms depend ed on it. >> unless the president did so, anarchy would result. there would be to security for any except that which each one of us could provide for himself. >> now these are vastly different moments in our history. to mobs fighting interfwrags or urban unrest in the 19 0s. the ferguson protests have not led to widespread looting or arson or violence at the hands of either black residents or police in the way we saw in moments. i do want to argue in a democracy the response of our elected officials, the singest highest in the land, does, indeed, matter. joining me now is msnbc contributor and associate professor of international and public affairs at columbia university. i'm also not claiming it's because he's a black president that i need him to say more about this moment and, look, i have been a critic of th