the lbj administration decided not to do this, because we were already under pressure, domestically. and for other reasons that don johnson may know better than i do. but then, when nixon came in, they can have already before he assumed office sent a message to the north vietnamese that he was eager to resume negotiations. in the third week of the nexen presidency, they started an offensive in which every week, up to 500 americans were killed. and many of these attacks, more than half of these attacks came from the areas that were occupied by those four divisions inside cambodian territory. an established base areas from which they launched attacks into vietnam, and the divisions were put there in opposition to the cambodian government. the cambodian government told them that if we bombed those areas and didn't kill any cambodians, they would close their eyes to it. the lbj administration decided not to do this, because we were already under pressure, domestically. and for other reasons that don johnson may know better than i do. but then, when nixon came in, they can have already be

the lbj administration decided not to do this because we were already under pressure domestically and for other reasons that may be known by others better than i. but then the -- one nixon came nixon had already, just before he assumed office sent a message to the north vietnamese that he was eager to resume negotiations. in the 3rd week of the nixon presidency they started out offensive in which every week 500, up to 500 americans were killed, and many of these attacks, more than half of these attacks came from the areas that were occupied by those four divisions inside cambodian territory. and after we had suffered 1500 casualties, and ten years of war in afghanistan nixon ordered an attack on the areas within 5 miles of the vietnamese border that were essentially unpopulated. so when the french cup -- when the phrase carpet bombing is used, it is, i think, probably much less than what the obama administration has done in similar areas. which i think is justified. and therefore, i believe that was done in cambodia was justified and eventually wiped out the areas. the casualties were

the lbj administration decided not to do this, because we were already under pressure, domestically. and for other reasons, that tom johnson may know better than i do. but then, when nixon came in, had already, before he assumed office, sent a message to the north vietnamese that he was eager to resume negotiations. in the third week of the nixonpresidency, they started an offensive in which every week, up to 500 americans were killed. and many of these attacks, more than half of these attacks came from the areas that were occupied by those four divisions inside cambodian territory. and after we had suffered 1500 casualties, nearly as many as we suffered in 10 years of war in afghanistan, nixon ordered an attack on the base areas within five miles of the vietnamese border, which were essentially unpopulated. so, when the phrase carpet bombing is used, it is, i think, attacks,ze of the probably much less than what the obama administration has done in similar base areas in pakistan, which i think is sanctified, and therefore i believe what was done in cambodia was justified. and when w

that if we pop those areas and they would close their eyes doing the lbj administration decided not to do this because they were already under pressure domestically and better than i do. but then, the -- when nixon came in, nixon already took office and sent a message to the north vietnamese that he was eager for negotiations. in the third week of the nixon presidency they started an offensive in which every week 500, up to 500 americans were killed and many of these attacks, more than half of these attacks came from the areas and occupy those four divisions inside cambodian territory and suffered 1500 causalities. in ten years of war in afghanistan and nixon ordered attacks within five miles of the quarter that is unpopulated. and the size of the attacks probably much less than what the obama administration has done in similar based areas. in pakistan. and therefore i believe that what was done in cambodia was justified and when we eventually wiped out the areas the causalities went down by 80% and so those i would bet that sooner or later any president would have had to do it because

the lbj administration decided not to do this because they were already under pressure domestically and for other reasons that johnson may know better than i do. but then the -- when nixon came in, nixon had already before he assumed office sent a message to the north vietnamese that he was eager to resume negotiations. in the third week of the nixon presidency, they started an offensive in which every week 500 -- up to 500 americans were killed. and many of these attacks, more than half of these attacks, came from the areas that were occupi occupi occupied by those four divisions inside cam bode -- cambodian territory. after we had suffered casualties, more than in afghanistan, nixon ordered an attack on the base areas within five miles of the vietnamese border that were essentially unpu unpop lau unpopulated, so when the word carpet bombing is used, it was probably much less than what the obama administration has done in similar base areas in pakistan, which i think is justified and, therefore, i believe that what was done in cambodia was justified and when we eventually wiped out the

administration. he is chairman emeritus of the lbj foundation board of trustees. moderating the discussion is brian sweeney. editor of texas monthly. ladies and gentlemen please welcome our guests. [applause] [applause] >> thank you for that. thank you to all of you for being here. i take particular pride in having been fortunate enough to having been part of the civil rights event. we learned a lot with the community coming together. i like to pay welcome to the patriots who served in the military overseas. thank you for being here today and being part of this conference. [applause] to give an overview of what role the leaders in the white house plays with the decisions they made that shaped american foreign policy. our growing and deeper involvement in vietnam. through the lens of the johnson and nixon administrations. going back to the global realignment after world war ii. to the ministration of president truman. give us a sense of what the world was like starting back down. what was the chain of events that came forward that would've put pressure on subsequen

administration. to be very influential political scientist before he was president but fdr made it permanent end to wilson's ideas to make it permanent and then to be supercharged by lbj with the great society programs. with the last version of the great expansion. >> they are all democrats. >> what were the republicans doing? now with the philosophy but eisenhower would pray to dixon because that worked a.m. he gave us the epa. what were they doing all this tide to expand government? >> because they tried to make peace with a giant welfare state that fdr it lbj created by the president comes along end some of the theories have come back around by conservatives in the end because he wanted regulations to be lifted for the economy to grow faster but in order to do that he had to demand the other bridges defer to what they we're doing to give a free hand so the reagan administration calls it the chevron doctor and so the court should defer to the agency so reagan could you regulate. >> host: let's talk about the chevron case in the '80s and the rate given bureaucracy with the people love the epa abided by his philosophy, had the regulations and said it is easier? then t