carter's remarks about the modesty of the veteran who upon returning to the normandy beaches wondered if he was worthy after only spending nine hours there on d-day whether it was -- he deserved to come back there again. i have spoken to army veterans who were wounded and needed help but say i don't want to go to the v.a. and ask for help because maybe there's something wounded worse than i was and they need the help more, they need the money more than i need it. and that modesty and sense of self-sufficiency is admirable but something we on the veterans service committee tried to get past and tried to convince all americans that they've earned the assistance that this country should give them. i'm somebody who was turned away on induction day when i went for my physical at haliburt avenue in baltimore for various physical reasons, but as fate would have it, i'm now chairing the veterans' affairs subcommittee on disability assistance and memorial affairs. and we were in the middle of a hearing yesterday on the state of veterans benefits administration when i had the honor to welcome g

in the wake of the normandy invasion on e beach were so many of gave their lives, he found bibles, toothbrushesf families back home staring up at him from the sand. but the most common items he found were letters, letters from ome and a link writing paper waiting to become -- blank writing paper waiting to become letters in return. i believe each story, each item they carry sends a powerful message. it is notbout how they died, but how they lived and what they cared for. today is a different time. these are different wars, so troops maycarry fewer physical keepsakes. but there will always carry and cherish the love of their family, the respect of their fellow citizens, and in -- and an abiding hope for a safe return. as a corporal in afghanistan wrote in his final letter to his family, "know that you all are the reason that i'm here and to give my life for that is nothing to me." here in arlington, nturies guard the stories of those who gave their lives, those who willingly sacrificed all that they carried. and if such stories of courage, love, and hope will be our continuous renewal has grass

it is in normandy, not far away from omaha beach. we did not go to the beaumont village. you can see it there. the ancestry -- we have not been in touch with them for 13 years, but another count lived there. it came down to him through his wife, who was a descendant of one of the brothers of tocqueville. >> he had no children. that is why it went to his brother. >> why is that? did they decide not to have children? >> they wanted to. he is very dynastic. he wanted his name to be inherited. who knows why? health problems, perhaps. >> back to the beaumont comments -- "the americans are a nation of merchants, devoured by a hunger for wealth that brings many far from honorable passions along with it, such as greed, fraud, and bad faith. they seem to have but one single thought and one single goal, which is to make their fortune." has that changed? >> even beaumont and tocqueville would have put it differently by the end of the trip. they were staggered by the commercial frenzy. in the class they grew up in, you were supposed to be above mere money. there was a snobbishness to

white, go back into your boss's that no one is going to run through here but the storm and normandie.t is not happening. >> also says academy, you're not welcome here. we will fight. i will fight until my dying day. i refuse to her 194. [unintelligible] >> did it happen? >> did they get into the space? no, they did not. >> to determine that were to mark >> what ended up happening was that they filed a law school -- a lawsuit about the school vote -- closing and one. the space to not become available. >> can someone go to a charter school in harlem above 110th street -- and if you are from 33rd come -- could you go to the charter school? >> you could enter the lottery but what this particular school applied for in its charter was for students in this district as well as failing schools and siblings. the traffic keep families together, they try to serve the community. but all of this is dictated by law. >> did you change your mind about anything that you thought you believe before you got into this documentary? >> going into it, my commitment to all sides was very strong. and it is diff

. >> he said the people who stormed the beaches at normandy were not trying to win any buddies hearts and minds. you know, either we are in that to win it or we are not. >> larry: longer than vietnam. where does it go, do you think? what does happen? what happens? >> we have said what happens. we are pulling out in a year. what is the point of the people who are going to die between now and year later? that is the question. that is the john kerry question. how you ask a man to be the last man to die for a mistake. >> larry: was he right to fire mcchrystal? >> i think here is a guy that is trying his hardest to implement the policy that may not be as. i hate to see a guy taken down for gossip. i think the way to fight this is not the way they are doing it. i look at the terrace and the plots we have stopped in recent years. i think they are home grown. obama's policy is really not that different than bush's policy. he used to say we are fighting them over there and we will fight them over here. redneck it. obama is just the tenor of two deals. it is the same policy. he may enunciated b

he said, the people that stormed the beaches at normandy weren't trying to win anybody's hearts and minds. you know? i mean, either we are in it to win it or we are not. >> larry: longer than vietnam now. >> yeah. >> larry: why does it go, do you think? what does happen? . >> we have already said what happens, we are pulling out in a year. so what is the point of the people who are going to die between now and a year later? that's, i think, yet. that's sort of the john kerry question, how do you ask a man to be the last man to die for a mistake? >> larry: what -- was the president right to fire mcchrystal? >> as i said, you know, i think here's a guy who's trying his hardest to implement a policy that may not be his. i hate to see a guy taken down for gossip. you know, i think the way to fight this is not the way they are doing this. you know, i mean, i look at all these terrorists that we've -- these terrorist plots that we've stopped in recent years. they are kind of home-grown. you know, obama's policy is really not that different than bush's policy. bush used to say we are fighting th

in the wake of the normandy invasion, he described what remained on the beach where so many gave theirats and socks, that's -- bibles and toothbrushes, hand grenades, and snapshots of families back, staring up at him from the sand. but the most common item he found or letters, letters from home and blank writing paper waiting to become the letters in return. i believe each story, each letter, each item they carried sends a powerful message. it is not about how they died, but how they lived, and what they cared for. today is a different time. these are different wars. troops may carry fewer physical keepsakes, but they will always carry and cherished the love of their families, a respect of their fellow citizens, and an abiding hope for a safe return. as an army corporal in afghanistan and wrote in his final letter to his family, " know that you all are the reason i am here. to give my life for that is nothing to me." here in arlington, sentries guard the stories of hose who gave their lives, those who willingly sacrificed all they carried. such stories of courage, love and hope will be

in the wake of the normandy invasion, he described what remain on the beach where so many gave theircs and sock, bibles and toothbrushes, hand grenades and snapshots of families, back home staring up at him. but the most common but -- i have a town were letters, letters from home waiting to become the letters in return. i believe each story, each letter, each item that they carried sends a powerful message. it is not about how they died but how they lived and what they cared for. today is a different time. these are different wars. some troops may carry fewer physical keepsakes but they will always carry and cherished the love of their family, the respect of their fellow citizens, and an abiding hope for a safe return. as an army corporal in afghanistan wrote in his final letter to his family, "know that you all are the reason i am here and to give my life for that is nothing to me." here in arlington, folks centuries guard the stories of those who gave their lives, those who willingly sacrificed all. and the stories of courage, love, and hope will be our continuous renewal as grass

at oregon pipe national monument, these things look like a normandy barriers, used to be our border between the united states and mexico. this used to be put in there to stop mexican cars from coming into the united states. well, we have a different wall there now that is much more effective so we don't need those. so instead, the public land manager in this particular area took these barricades and put them inside his territory, once again, not to stop foreigners from coming in, but to stop the border patrol from going in. somehow we have to realize that what we need to do is to allow the border patrol to have routine access, routine patrol and not stop them from going into these territories. now, once again, we have met with them and said we are working these things out. everything's going to be fine. in fact, some of the gates we are putting up have locks on them and we're giving the border patrol keys to the locks. they could push those gates. however, local security -- the local law enforcement doesn't have a key to those locks. if a deputy sheriff in one of those counties is chasing a

the screaming eagle warriors landed on normandy on d-day and fought in the battle of the bulge, the crucial turning points of world war ii. they fought in the rice paties of vietnam and stood in the towns of iraq. and they're leading in afghanistan to fight againstt the cowards in the desert, the taliban. i've been to iraq and afghanistan and let me tell you something, madam speaker, there is no better fighting machine in the world than the 101st. they were the first conventional unit to deploy in support of the american war on terrorism. the 101st easy company was portrayed in the series "banff brothers" and -- ban of brothers" and matthew gave his life with four other fellow soldiers that day. it was the bloodiest day of the war so far this year. madam speaker, this is a photograph of matthew. he and his fellow soldiers were killed when their humvee was hit by an improvised explosive device, that's called an i.e.d., that's the cowards way of the taliban of fighting our troops. but as shakespeare said, they shall be remembered, we few, we happy few, we banff brothers for he today that shed