normandy itself has tremendous visitation. i was there with the president on june 6, and he looked at me and said "great job," and i said thank you, mr. president but i have been the secretary for 48 hours. .. >> basically we have visitors primarily in the western european operation that they say themselves the spot visitors speak in two or three languages and we will be interpreting america's contribution to their security and safety to the program through visitor center and through the brochures that we put together that is well under way mr. chairman. >> thank you. in june 2009 gao released a report identifying 13 deficits with the internal control procedures several involved the trust fund and banking investments and transactions they then recommended 24 corrective actions. what is the response to the report and what steps have been taken to fix these problems? >> first of all, you are correct and we will provide that for the record one of the things that i found when i came here is there was a number of recommendations. s

on lawrence on the western side -- from normandy on board on the western side. it did not and could not win wars. but the failure to concentrate resulted in procrastination over the second front. churchill would have had it postponed until 1945 if the americans had not insisted that we have a second front in 1944. the delay created by this massive this person campaign cost time and lives. the last year of the war, 10 million lives were lost in the european theater, a terrible consequence for the world as well as europe. delay cost those lives. that is what churchill bit. thank you very much. [applause] >> next up is antony beevor. his most recent book was published in june of this year. [applause] >> i never expected to hear pat buchanan backing up vladimir putin said theory that the british were responsible for world war ii. let's please concentrate on the key issues of the debate, whether or not churchill was an asset to the free world, and when was that? the free world was most at risk during the second world war. the gold standard, all of that stuff, let's c

only eight divisions were employed in the normandy landings. the normandy landings eventually rose to 47 divisions. by the end of 1942, the u.s. had 73 divisions, with 5.5 million men. the british had 27 divisions domestically, 38 divisions abroad. 138 divisions in total. we are told -- >> we will give you a chance to continue that. we have come to the time when we have to vote. you have your voting card. will you tear it into and put the appropriate one in the tin that will come around. if you cannot decide, drop the entire ticket into the tin. while this is happening, i am going to ask our speakers to offer eight sum up of their case. beginning with richard overy. >> summing up for our side is not going to be difficult to do. >> can we keep talking a bit quieter, because it is hard to be heard. >> having heard all the arguments from the other side, there seems to be a great deal of nitpicking about live issues of strategy and tactics. it does not seem to me to be answering or serving the proposition itself. we have tried to stick closely to t

normandy itself has tremendous visitation. was there with the president on june 6, and he looked at me and said "great job," and i said thank you, mr. president but i have been the secretary for 48 hours. .. there are other programs we want to put together, like our biggest cemetery in the philippines. so it's well underway, as is the brochures, which we have accelerated in terms of production. they are in multiple languages. i guess the only language that is not covered is southern. basically, we have visitors primarily in our operation that they themselves, the visitors speak two or three languages. so, we will be interpreting america's contribution to their security and safety through the interpretative program, which are visitor centers, and through the brochures that we put together. so that is well underway mr. chairman. s well under way mr. chairman. >> thank you. in june 2009 gao released a report identifying 13 deficits with the internal control procedures several involved the trust fund and banking investments and tr

they would have said to hoover we can't invaded iwo jima for normandy. if we end the war our wartime economy is going to collapse. what about the factories? if they can't make bombs, one of the going to do? they changed. they made stuff for civilian purposes and the economy benefited. the same thing is going to happen. we are going to have this decoupling. the reason the decoupling is going to be good for the world is but the world is decoupling is not the engine but the caboose. if you decouple the caboose you can move even faster. that will happen. it is not going to happen without any kind of friction. there are a lot of special interests that benefit from the status quo, politicians, businesses that benefit from shipping all of this stuff to america and its infrastructure and there is some resistance, but ultimately the free market will prevail and china will reach full. they're going to make things for themselves. 1.3 billion people in china, the one billion people in india. we are worried about consumption, 2.3 billion people, we are worried about

wh my dad went to world war ii, heanded in norman day,- normandy, and was wounded as the went intohe river. in world war ii, the average length of time spent in combat in either theater, pacific or -- a little different in cbi but the european, average length of time in combat was 6.4 months. america goes to war in august of -- 1942, and the average length of time fornfantryman in combat was 6.2 months. today, the third infantry division of the united states army, a young soldier who enlisted for 48 months and extend it out to 6, will have spent 45 months in combat. it is unprecedented. the korean wore, the average was nine months. in the vietnam war, itas 13, and today, ese youngsters are serving in excess of 15-month tours routinely in the army, seve month tours in the marines. and many have had multiple back-to-back tours. they're in harm's way every second. they know a couple of things. first of all these are youngsters who have nos experienced something that the rest of us, mere mortals, don't t to see. they understand that in america, the united states of america, this is one o

tell that to all the soldiers who died at normandy and -- >> one sentence out of the speech and you knowention in any quay -- in any way to suggest america hasn't done great things. what he's trying to do is to get other countries to do more than they have been doing. >> do you believe you can convince them -- with ahmadinejad and holocaust denier -- >> that's not what we're talking about. i think what we're talking about to jonah's monet is what does russia -- to jonah's point is what does russia do? what medvedev actually said is sometimes sanctions are needed. sean: we got to take a break. >> we'll see what that means. sean: we'll come back with our great american panel. we're dedicating this row to christie. gecko: uh, you wanted to see me sir? boss: come on in, i had some other things you can tell people about geico - great claims service and a 97% customer satisfaction rate. show people really trust us. gecko: yeah right, that makes sense. boss: trust is key when talking about geico. you gotta feel it. why don't you and i practice that with a little exercise where i fall backwards

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tell that to all the soldiers who died at normandy and -- >> one sentence out of the speech and you knowention in any quay -- in any way to suggest america hasn't done great things. what he's trying to do is to get other countries to do more than they have been doing. >> do you believe you can convince them -- with ahmadinejad and holocaust denier -- >> that's not what we're talking about. i think what we're talking about to jonah's monet is what does russia -- to jonah's point is what does russia do? what medvedev actually said is sometimes sanctions are needed. sean: we got to take a break. >> we'll see what that means. sean: we'll come back with our great american panel. we're dedicating this row to christie. that's an inside joke. there you go. . boss: so word's gettin' out that geico can help people save in even more ways - on motorcycle insurance, rv, camper, boat insurance. nice work, everyone. exec: well, it's easy for him. he's a cute little lizard. gecko: ah, gecko, actually - exec: with all due respect, if i was tiny and green and had a british accent i'd have more folks payin

the general's first armored division took part in heroic fighting on the coast of normandy and i wouldlt homage to the men and women who risked everything in the home army in the resistance and in the churches and in clandestine universities. i am thinking of those who overcame indescribable despair who took part in the warsaw ghetto uprising. i am thinking of the heroes of the jewish community and the righteous among the nations and those who founded the jewish combat organization with his comrades 66 years ago and irina sandler who saved 4,000 jewish children and a 17-year-old catholic student who became the main interpreter of the country's moral and intellectual imperatives. we shall not forget the light their actions shed in a time of darkness. ande would like to talk of the future under their auspices of today. the peace has been noted by the most prominent minds of the past centuries and is now embodied in your european institutions. after the war, a renewed germany played a major role in creating these institutions. and russia, which has now has been transformed is in dialog wi

the first armored division took part in heroic fighting on the coast of normandy. would like to pay heartfelt homage to the people -- to the polish people and their fighters, to the men and women who risked everything in the home army and resistance in their churches and schools, in clandestine universities, in order to accomplish what honor dictated. i am thinking of those who overcame indescribable despair and took part in the warsaw ghetto uprising and the warsaw uprising. i am thinking of leading polish figures, the heroes of the jewish community and the righteous among the nation's, the man who founded the jewish come back organization with his comrade 66 years ago and saved more than 2000 jewish children', and a 17-year-old catholic student who became the main interpreter of the country's moral and intellectual imperatives. we shall not forget the light that their actions shed in a time of darkness, and we would like to talk of the future under their auspices today. ladies and gentlemen, the european idea of peace has been nourished by the most prominent mind

kline: my father landed on normandy, fought in the battle of the bulge. they came back and did make sacrifices. it's been, as the gentleman suggested, the american way for all generations before us that the next generation has been in better shape, if you will, been left in better condition. it's not that you and i, in fact people in this room don't want things to be worse for our grandchildren. but if we're not careful about how we build this public policy, things are going to be worse. i would argue we have not been careful that we are running a deficit this year alone that was unthinkable six months ago. unthinkable. that national debt i mentioned, unimaginable that we could possibly consider that. mr. akin: the experience of other countries nationalizing their health care, has that been an inexpensive experience? my understanding it's about broke the budget of people who tried to do this thing. massachusetts tried it and tennessee tried it. and the experience that they had was, it was expensive. massachusetts health care costs have gone up like a skyr

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a furious -- a few years later when i was asked to produce his report on the normandy invasion, i washis autograph. he said we would never get the story if he hung around, so he left. the story came first. we stumbled across an old veteran searching for a friend's grave and ask if we could follow him. when he founded, he took out a small container of american soil and scattered it over the grave and started talking to his old friend. when we showed walter the tape, he cried. walter was amazing. he loved his country, he loves people, he left his job, and he loved cbs news. it is hard to believe that it has been 30 years since walter cronkite let the evening news. it is just as hard to believe that since then, three generations have come -- have grown up not knowing his voice. [applause] >> when i went to work for walter, from his perspective, there she is, the first woman producer on the cbs evening news. in all honesty, the fact that i was a woman did not seem to concern walter. what did matter was that i could do the job. early on, he put me to the test. one day i was assigned to be

imagine the invasion of normandy. i was a sailor at juno beach that day. imagine that with no censorship. i think someone in congress would say let's bring general eisenhower back and replace him. we have roughly 9000 casualties the very first day. host:, on the independent line from new york city. -- tom on the independent line from new york city. caller: i wanted to bring up the point that either you are brainwashed or involved in some very nefarious activities in your life. this idea that the united states has to be in an endless war for the sake of our security is an obscurity and far from what our founding fathers had in mind when they put this country together. though it may be what the british monetary -- monetarmarkt is to see. -- monarchy wants to see. host: what would you like to see happen in afghanistan? let's say 10 years down the road. guest: i am frequently asked about what i think will happen, my view is that political forecasting makes this respectable. i would hope we will leave the country of afghanistan in the middle ages to be a modern

imagine the invasion of normandy. i was a sailor at juno beach that day. imagine that with no censorship. i think someone in congress would say let's bring general eisenhower back and replace him. we have roughly 9000 casualties the very first day. host:, on the independent line from new york city. -- tom on the independent line from new york city. caller: i wanted to bring up the point that either you are brainwashed or involved in some very nefarious activities in your life. this idea that the united states has to be in an endless war for the sake of our security is an obscurity and far from what our founding fathers had in mind when they put this country together. though it may be what the british monetary -- monetarmarkt is to see. -- monarchy wants to see. host: what would you like to see happen in afghanistan? let's say 10 years down the road. guest: i am frequently asked about what i think will happen, my view is that political forecasting makes this respectable. i would hope we will leave the country of afghanistan in the middle ages to be a modern