pearl harbor is still the headquarters of pacific command.you were one of the wish to washy anti-imperialists who thought the united states was about government built on the consent of the governed, then you shed a few tears, i think. tavis: tell me about the annexation of hawaii. >> there were two factions that wanted it. all of them were white. people in washington wanted to turn it into a big military base. on the ground in hawaii, there were the descendants of the original new england missionaries who started the sugar plantations. they had overthrown the hawaiian queen. they wanted ye to become american. they wanted to hawaiian sugar to become american sugar. the hawaiian people were still loyal to their queen. when annexation, before the congress, the hawaiian people rallied. they gathered thousands of signatures and sent them to washington. they said they wanted to go back to being a sovereign nation. that worked. there is no real treaty of annexation. the congressmen were persuaded by the hawaiian people and the queen who wrote this b

pearl harbor was still the headquarters of the u.s.acific command, just as for all three of america's 20th century wars in the pacific with japan, north korea and north vietnam. so i started looking into hawaii in the outback of american global domination. americans and their children spent the 78 years between the arrival of protestant she marries in 1820 and the american annexation in 1988, americanizing hawaii, importing our favorite religion capitalism in their second favorite, christianity. in certain ways, the americanization of hawaii parallels the americanization of america. just as their puritan forebears have set up on the air and into the wilderness of new england, the new england missionaries to fill to the sandwich islands, a place they thought i was as a spiritual wilderness. just perhaps nine out of 10 natives of the americans were wiped out by context of european diseases, so was the native population ravaged by smallpox, measles and disease, just as the industrial revolution in another brother is brought in the huddles

pearl harbor is still the headquarters of u.s. pacific command just as it was for all three of america's 20th century wars in the pacific with japan, north korea and north vietnam. so i started looking into hawaii's big part in the epic of american global domination. americans and their children spent the 78 years between the arrival of protestant missionaries and the americanizing of hawaii, importing our favorite religion, capitalism and our second favorite religion christianity. in certain ways, the americanization of hawaii in the 19th century parallels the americanization of america. just as their puritan forebe forebearers into the new england the new england missionaries sent sail for the sandwich islands a place they thought of as a spiritual wilderness. perhaps 9 out of tern natives of the americas were wiped out by contact with european diseases, so was the native hawaiian population ravaged by smallpox, measles, whooping cough and venereal disease and the building of the railroads brought in the huddled masses of immigr

our fleet was sitting at the bottom of pearl harbor. there just wasn't the time or the resources to get them out. therefore, you had these nurses on corregidor when the japanese troops landed on the island, and general wainwright knew that if he didn't surrender the forces, who were -- they were horribly outnumbered, there was going to be a bloodbath. c-span: give us an overview. the japanese bombed pearl harbor on december 7th, 1941, and how many american troops were in the philippines? >> guest: well, the americans and filipinos were grouped together. it was all an american force. and there were 72,000 troops in the american and filipino troops. the vast majority were filipinos, but there were tens of thousands of american men and then this small group of women there. c-span: you can see the map on the screen showing the philippines. i'm going to drop it down a little bit. explain the -- manila on the right and the bataan peninsula -- is that part of the philippines? >> guest: yes, it is. it's part of the largest island called luzon,

pearl harbor is still the head quarters of the u.s.-pacific command as it was for all the wars in the pacific with japan, north korea, and north vietnam. i started looking into hawaii part in the epic of american global domination. americans and their children spent the 78 years between the arrival of missionaries in 1820 and the american annexation in 1898, importing our favorite religion, capitalism, and our second favorite, christianity. in certain ways, the americanization parallels the americanization of america. just as the puritan before theirs set off into the wilderness of new england, the new england set sail for the islands, what they thought of as a spiritual wilderness. nine out of ten natives were wiped out by contacts of european diseases, so was the population ravaged with other disease. just as the industrial revolution and the building of the railroads brought in the huddled masses of immigrant the to the united states, the sugar plantations founded by the sons of the missionaries required massive imports of labor fro

of course there were so many hearings after pearl harbor. what might have been done? who might have known this? was it right to have a concentration of our battleships in mobilize and vulnerable as they were with all of our planes on the ground on a sunday morning? i look back upon 9/11 and are, where of the reappraisals and lessons learned and studies that have been done and there's no question but that the fact the united states of america in the case of somalia after being attacked pull back. in an instance when haiti was attacked, and i think it was bosnia where folks want to cross the line and were captured and we pull back several kilometers. in lebanon after the marines were killed in the barracks at the airport the united states withdrew their forces. after the crowbar towers were attacked by terrorists the reaction of the united states was minimal. there were cruise missiles launched on a couple of occasions but if you think about it the terrorists that organized these kinds of activities don't have countries to defend. they don't have populations to defend.

i just -- i would say it's like pearl harbor. it was a failure of imagination, and probably a relatively understandable failure of imagination. >> made a couple of questions from the audience. one is about iraq and vietnam. do think about that comparison? >> there are certainly comparisons and notable differences between the two. the vietnamese were not likely to come and attack the united states of america. the terrorist threat, the dangers of, and iraq was on the terrorist list, the terrorist threat was a very real one to our country. and al qaeda have demonstrated that they would come and attack america. now, there was no direct link between al qaeda and iraq. there certainly was between afghanistan and iraq. and iraq was on the terrorist list. and iraq and a pattern of having developed weapons of mass destruction. and so they were these things that effected it. but i would say that -- or, i think the differences were greater than the similarities but there certainly were similarities. >> how about in the case, unite both know

america's response to japan's attack on pearl harbor. the mission was left to a group of young airmen with a daring plan that had never been tried before. this weekend, the last survivors gathered to remember and share an incredible act of bravery. nbc's kevin tibbles reports. >> reporter: honoring a group of airmen who 69 years ago flew courageously into the face of danger. david thatcher, robert hite, edward saylor, thomas griffin, richard cole. the five surviving members of the famed doolittle raiders who in the aftermath of pearl harbor were given the daunting task of striking back. >> president roosevelt wanted to get back to the japanese. pe badgered his military people until somebody came up with a way to do it. >> reporter: back in 1942 the group numbered 80. serving under lieutenant colonel jimmy doolittle. he devised a plan to launch 16 b-25 bombers from the deck of an aircraft carrier. never done before. >> i had faith in the airplane. it was a good airplane. >> reporter: but when the carrier hornet was spotted in the western

so i first set foot in america in pearl harbor. and so i arrive inside the navy housing at pearl harbor, the daughter of an enlisted serviceman who was a valet. that's what you wanted if you were a filipino, to be a valet or steward in the homes of the admiral, and i began my american journey. here i am on my fifth birthday with my other class mates there, the girls in the neighborhood and my little brother who's rather confused where he fits in, but he found his way. [laughter] so that really began my ethnic journey. one of the things i struggled with was trying to fit in. your height, your size, your color, et, et, don't set the stereotype of what's typically american. you constantly struggle to find a place where you really fit in. i learned to resolve this by saying, you know, it's not so bad being the underdog. first of all, you know, you look different, people remember you, right? and you're also hungry for opportunities because you want to move out of your condition. you don't want to be poor again. you don't want people to

like so many young people in the week of pearl harbor she moved to washington and was determined to preserve her country. she was single, 30 and unemployed with several failed attempts of the career behind her. she was also looking for a second chance of life, the chance to remake her life come to do something special. she was the daughter of able to do rancher and graduated but had spent most of her post college years as she admits as a social butterfly. she spent a lot of time playing golf and tennis, attending parties and having a good time. she was keeping house for her father and living a very sheltered life. she was by her own account a pretty plain a person with no skills. she didn't speak any language is and she had never been further out of the country than a trip to tijuana. she always felt she was bigger than life. she always thought she was destined for big things but by 30 the head miserably failed to materialize. still, she was tall, athletic, she was sure she would be natural for the army or the navy reserve. when she was rejected the letters came, too tall, the state. she was

i step what in america first at pearl harbor. i.r.a. rived as a daughter the listed servicemen youalet would be a houseboy or is to word in the admiral and here i hady begun my a journey probe i grew up in the neighborhood and my little brother is confused wary he fits in with gender and racial background. [laughter] that began my ethnic journey. but i struggled with trying to figure last name, color, i etc. and don't fit the se stereotypes of what is typically american. you costly struggle to find a place where you fit in.arne in a lot of ways are resolved it to say it is noting so bad. first of all, you stand out. join u.s. navy 1977 when i matriculated at the military medical school in bethesda. my parents could not afford me to medical school the only way was to a list in the navy which you all paid for and i got us scholarships spending 12d years of your life i said 924 years because it was that exciting. really the military allowedup me to become the person that i am. of the things that i learned about focusing on what the mission

were a group of elite airmen who executed the first surprise air raid following the bombing of pearl harbor. the ship serves as a museum, but during living weekends people can get to spend the night on the ship among other activities. >>> we will get a better idea in the coming days how the giants fan attacked at dodgers' stadium is doing. doctors are slowly reducing his level of sedation. he'll undergo more testing today, so doctors can evaluate the extent of his head trauma. doctors in the bay area tell us if all is well, stowe could wake up sometime this weekend. >> the worst case scenario would be over the next 48 to 96 hours. we see no improvement in his neurologic function, and he remains in a comatose state. >> the best case scenario would be that he wakes up and starts to show signs of consciousness. >> the outpouring of support continues for stowe's family. >>> when we come back, state parks get a face lift in honor of earth day. >>> and severe weather slams into the southeast, take a look at these pictures, we'll show you some of the footage of the 150do tornatos hit four states o

fleet at pearl harbor. millions of men left their jobs to join the armed forces. defense factories critically short of manpower it needed. that is where woman power came in from the bay area and beyond. >> places like the tiger shipyard would encourage workers come away as far as from arkansas and missouri. >> that influx of different people continues to this day. they have recorded more than 130 rosies so far and they want to hear from as many as they can. the recent death of one is a reminder that is short. she spawned the iconic poster from the road. many of the ladies are now their 80s and 90s. >> the fact that this generation is getting older brings us a renewed sense of urgency. >> eric thomas, "abc 7 news." >> staying with ladies, the basketball team is one of the top ranked in the nation thanks in large part to two sisters. mike shumann has more. >> they have outscored oregon, 31-27 on their own. >> she tried not to influence her sister where she wanted to go to college. so shenay made the logical choice. >> it was decision but i took night consideration,

in many sense or could be a kind of an electronic pearl harbor. without space the u.s. would be unable to conduct any type of military operation in an effective way. the civilian space industry generates more than two hundred fifty billion dollars every year the destruction of even a single orbiting satellite could put at risk the economy daily lives and well being of millions of citizens. if you look at space times you think about. most people. every day. when you open yourself to make. money out of the. satellite t.v. and live news from around the world. to use the positioning system to see traffic control and even in your own. weather forecasting disaster monitoring. our entire life and satellites they're sensual and we're not consciously antilles that. there's a tremendous premium on the united states being able to prevent other people from attacking our assets in space and to ensure that we can continue to exercise for use of and if necessary also to be able to deny others use of similar assets for their own purposes. the world is changing as more in the war countr

of elite airmen who executed the first surprise air raid against tokyo following the bombing of pearl harbor. the ship serves as a museum but during living weekends there are also simulated flight operations as aircraft as you saw there are actually lifted to the flight deck and placed into launch position. there we go. if you miss the event today, here's a couple others. the jimmy dorsey orchestra will be performing on the ship on saturday, may 7th. there's also family nights on the hornet where people get to spend the night on the ship and other living weekends coming up as well. that's all in alameda. we have some remarkable video to show you tonight of a whale rescue in sri lanka. huge waves washed this blue whale into shallow water. sailors on a navy vessel spotted the 82-foot long whale and decided to help out so they tied ropes around the animal as you can see here and then dragged it by boat into deeper water. blue whales are classified as an endangered species and are considered the largest animals to ever live on earth. there goes the whale. that means they are even bigger than the

it was america's first response to japan's attack on pearl harbor.rews loaded the bombers on to the aircraft carrier in alameda in 1942, and they cruised under the golden gate, beginning the first mission to strike back at japan and the first ever to launch bombers off a ship. they took off from the hornet in the western pacific on april 18th and successfully hit their targets in tokyo. but several were captured and imprisoned. the surviving five members of that mission gathered today. they all served under lieutenant colonel jimmy doolittle. >> i was captured. >> how long did you remain in captivity? >> 40 months. we weren't in solitary confinement. the rations were very, very limited. we did what we had to do. >> the uss hornet cva later sank during a raid, but the replacement hornet is now stationed in alameda and serves as a museum open to the public. the doolittle raid, by the way, was considered a tremendous morale booster for the united states. and many historians say it helped change the course of world war ii. doolittle received the congress

is the first time it was done to united states since the second world war since the attack on pearl harbor so and ted and s. and p. look to the situation in america and said well at the moment because of the it doesn't look like it's going to be any. the agreement between republicans and the democrats any time soon they can see the being in agreement till after the election next year so really they are really hard to do this because they can't get agreement. all right peter thank you very much indeed for that update we'll talk to you later. and that was asked his business that day join us for more next hour and of course you can always log on to our web site. we have seen the damage it has done to our environment mark chemicals with the power props we do not want any more new g.m. molds. our core system is to say there was a cause more experience and i'm just i'm just appalled that that's allowed to go on in america. we are eating this unfortunately because we don't know what's in it and there's no labeling there for it being used like i'm aboard for the experiment to be used as guinea pig

if after pearl harbor we had only sent an arms shipment to tokyo we would be okay.e is saying if we arm al-qaeda they will like us better. what is going on at nbc? >> sean: obama has had the toughest presidency not reagan, not bush after 9/11, no obama has had the toughest job since fdr. how do we know? the suck up to obama media tells us. >> you can nick pick what happened in egypt and libya. in -- you can nitpick in what happened in egypt and libya. you said you can't recall a time where a president has faced a confluence of events like the confluence of events taking place now, explain. >> in my adult lifetime as a reporter, here you have a president who had two wars underway engaged in a third war. here at home, a recession that we cannot completely get out of yet. and political paralysis in washington over the budget. all that is has arrived at the oval office at the same time. >> sean: why don't we have his face on mount rushmore now? >> it is amazing. here's what is going on rush -- sean. they can't blame george bush any more. now they are blaming the world.

i just would say like pearl harbor rose failure of imagination and probably relatively understandable steed of imagination. >> media couple questions from the audience. one is about iraq and the imam. do you think that is a fair comparison? >> there are certainly similarities and certainly notable differences between the two. but the vietnamese are not likely to attack the united states of america. the terrorist threat, the dangers, and iraq was on the terrorist list, the terrorist threat was a very real one to the country and al qaeda had demonstrated that it would come and attack america. there was no link between al qaeda and iraq there certainly was between afghanistan and iraq coming in iraq was on the terrorist list and had a pattern of having developed weapons of mass destruction so there were these things that affected it, but i would say that i think the differences were greater than the similarities but there were similarities. >> how about the case to the and i both know a lot of people that worked for lyndon johnson and one thing i often say the tough thing for them is whe

recovered the bodies of two people who had been missing after a fireworks storage bunker exploded near pearl harbor. that brings to five the number of people killed in the blast near a business center near the former military facility. the cause of the explosion is still under investigation. the bunker was authorized to store fireworks. >>> in world news dozens of protesters are calling on the u.s. government to stop iraqi forces from attacking a camp of iranian exiles. yesterday's protest in san francisco's union square follows a raid by iraqi forces on the camp. the camp it located outside baghdad. it houses about 3400 iranians claiming to be political refugees who want to overthrow the iranian regime. iraq considers them terrorists. they said 12 people were dade in one report and another report says 33 were killed in the attack. the u.s. and great began have condemned raid. >>> now the government has averted a government shut down, work begins to finance the rest of the year. a relieved president obama spoke at the lincoln memorial yesterday crediting congress coming to an agreement to-wit: $28.

i just would say like pearl harbor rose failure of imagination and probably relatively understandable steed of imagination. >> media couple questions from the audience. one is about iraq and the imam. do you think that is a fair comparison? >> there are certainly similarities and certainly notable differences between the two. but the vietnamese are not likely to attack the united states of america. the terrorist threat, the dangers, and iraq was on the terrorist list, the terrorist threat was a very real one to the country and al qaeda had demonstrated that it would come and attack america. there was no link between al qaeda and iraq there certainly was between afghanistan and iraq coming in iraq was on the terrorist list and had a pattern of having developed weapons of mass destruction so there were these things that affected it, but i would say that i think the differences were greater than the similarities but there were similarities. >> how about the case to the and i both know a lot of people that worked for lyndon johnson and one thing i often say the tough thing for them is whe

recovered the bodies of two people who had been missing after a fireworks storage bunker exploded near pearl harbor. that brings to five the number of people killed in the blast near a business center near the former military facility. the cause of the explosion is still under investigation. the bunker was authorized to store fireworks. dozen of protesters are calling on the u.s. government to stop iraqi forces from attacking a camp of iranian exiles. yesterday's protest in san francisco's union square follows a raid by iraqi forces on the camp. the camp it located outside baghdad. it houses about 3400 iranians claiming to be political refugees who want to overthrow the iranian regime. iraq considers them terrorists. swung report says 12 people died. another says 33 were killed in the attack. the u.s. and great began have and the united nations have condemned the raid. >>> now the government has averted a government shut down, work begins to finance the rest of the year. a relieved president obama spoke at the lincoln memorial yesterday crediting congress for coming to an agreement to cut $38.5 bil

in july 1941 before pearl harbor roosevelt signed an executive order, very short, about two pages. very vague. it said that colonel donovan, because he had been a colonel, we will collect information for me of national importance. he will do other unspecified duties. this was setting up an organization called the coroner of information that later became the office of strategic services. in fact, initially it was the coordinator of information. it was such a vague order that roosevelt's other cabinet offers started scratching their heads thinking what is the stamp to. what are you getting into? he had to send a followup members to explain what this coordinator of the information business was all about. donovan lexus and he began his unit as zero ss from-0. in effect he also started out with one guy. in the beginning he was kind of like a player and a pickup basketball game looking for agents are operations or covers were ever he really could find it. for example, the phillips lamp company sold lamps overseas. donovan made an arrangement with the phillips plant company salesman when

the japanese high command said repeatedly they were planning to attack the american homeland at pearl harbor. might have turned out differently on september -- december 7th, 1941. we were warned but the warnings were not heeded and similarly there were people in the government and the cia, certain people in the fbi, o'neill died in the trade center on 9/11, richard clarke and others who took this threat seriously. the problem with the bush administration is they came into office, there's a quick about after the french revolution when the monarchy was restored they came back into office having forgotten and learned nothing. that is true of the bush administration. when it came into office in the pre 9/11 time period they basically were locked in the cold war mindset concerned about russia, china, iraq and missile defense which would do nothing to stop a terrorist attack. even though they were getting a lot of information about al qaeda's plans they didn't process it. there's a distinction between belief and knowledge. the classic example is it was well known during world war ii that the holoc

it was like the nazis bombed pearl harbor. it was one of those kind of moments.dibly powerful. it is ridiculous. it is miseducating the people of this region and has for decades and the fact that it is still on the air, i don't know why it hasn't been targeted. it is a joke but it is deliberately misleading the people of libya and has long been doing that. >> would it seem to be an easy thing to do to take it out? >> not so easy. you remember during the iraq war they kept trying to take out the state television in iraq. >> i remember that now. >> they kept moving on satellite trucks and it was sort of a little cat-and-mouse game. i don't think it's taken seriously by enough people to waste the million dollars i think it cost per tomahawk missile to take down this clown of an organization. >> it's been great working with you this week and we thank you for staying up well into the

. >> guest: i didn't revisit pearl harbor or the battle of the bulge. >> host: as a matter of fact, there's one little clip that you have in there that i hope doesn't ease k2 much notice. you actually have cheney at one point, drawing an analogy between someone's incompetence and making the point you wouldn't take someone who knows how to fight your shotgun. on a hunting trip, right? you have some fun. there's no question about that. but let's talk again about where the third segment goes because a lot of it is about the third kennedy brother. a lot of it is about teddy who doesn't come off very well. >> guest: that's right. first of all, if you look at american history from 1960 to 1980, the kennedys are -- one kennedy or another is a dominant figure. but the notion i have here, and quite deliberately an analogy, is ted kennedy is the overwhelming favorite in 1980, carter lost in 1976. he's not going to run again because amy told him it was a bad idea. >> host: we do get that? >> guest: that eni told him there was a bad idea? well, in the debate you may remember jimmy carter said i was tal

. >> guest: you notice i didn't, like, revisit pearl harbor or refight the battle of the bulge. >> host: as a matter of fact, there's one little quip that you have in there that i hope doesn't escape too much notice. you actually had dick cheney at one point drawing an analogy between someone's incompetence and making the point that you wouldn't take someone who doesn't know how to fire a shotgun on a hunting trip, right? you have some fun. >> guest: yeah, sure. >> host: there's no question about that. but let's talk again, now, about where that third segment goes. because a lot of it is about the third kennedy brother. a lot of it is about teddy who doesn't come off very well. >> guest: well, here's the -- that's right. and, first of all, if you're looking at american history from -- political history until 1980, the kennedyss, one kennedy or another is a dominant figure. >> host: that's correct. >> guest: but the notion i have here, and i quite deliberately wrote an analogy, ted kennedy's the overwhelming favorite in 1990. carter's lost in 1976. he's not going to run again because amy

entered the war after pearl harbor, but in 1943, december, there was a big powwow in cairo and is the first and only time fdr met john kai-shek. as greater present as roosevelt was, i as an investigative report have found that some things that i wish we could go back and change. one of them was come he never let facts get in a way of a good story when it came to this idea of four pillars. britain, russia, china and the u.s. it didn't quite work out that way, but his vision of the united nations did work out, and as you know yesterday, two weeks too late they decided to install and no-fly zone to help the people who are about to die. we will not go there now. anyway, he was very upset with kai-shek who was supporting john service and in report he had been hoarding supplies to fight his rivals, rather than commit to stilwell's counteroffensive against the japanese. so roosevelt said this mustachioed fellow on the right whose name is patrick early. patrick earley had been hoover's secretary of war. he never fought a battle in his life, but homer lea new a lot more about military defense

. >> guest: you noticed i didn't revisit pearl harbor in this one or refight, you know, the battle ofhe bulge. >> host: as a matter of fact, there's one little quip that you have in there that i hope doesn't escape too much notice. you had dick cheney at one point drawing an analogy between someone's incompetence and making the point that you wouldn't take someone who doesn't know how to fire a shotgun on a hunting trip, right? you have some fun with it. >> guest: sure. >> host: there's no question about that. >> guest: yeah. >> host: but let's talk again about where that third segment goes. >> guest: right. >> host: because a lot of it is about the third kennedy brother. a lot of is it about teddy who doesn't come off very well. >> guest: well, that's right. and first of all, if you look in the american history -- political history from 1960 to 1980, the kennedys -- one kennedy or another is a dominant figure. >> host: that's correct. >> guest: but the notion that i have here both of and i quite deliberately want to acknowledge, carter is not going to win because amy told him it was

she was the first on the scene as a reporter after the pearl harbor attack. she was recruised because of her wartime experience and knowledge of japanese. she and jane would disappear for weeks at a time on orientation courses and small arms courses mastering a submachine gun and a cult 45. julia was desperate to go to france, but after 17 years of high school and college french, she knew she is couldn't speak a word. when the word went out that donovan was looking for warm bodies, any bodies to set up and run a network of new intelligence bases in india, burma, and china, she immediately volunteered. she didn't care where, as long as she got to go. there was a man shortage and the newly oss was woefully understaffed. it's important to remember that when you think of the oss, you generally think about the military and guerrilla operations getting the glory. you think of images of agents parashooting, the vast majority spent their time writing reports, collecting and analyzing information, planning missions. the fact that the oss activities could be conducted

like so many young people in the wake of pearl harbor she moved to washington and was determined to tryo serve her country. she was single, 30 and unemployed with several failed attempts of her career behind her. she was also looking for a second chance at life, the chance to remake her life and to do something special. she was the daughter of a well-to-do ranger and had graduated but had spent most of her post college years as she admits as a social butterfly. she spent a lot of time playing golf and tennis, attending parties and generally having a good time. she was keeping house for her widowed father and living a very sheltered life. she was on her own account a pretty clean person with no skills. she didn't speak any language is and she had never been further out of the country than a trip to tijuana. she had always felt she was bigger than life and destined for big things. but by age 30 the head miserably failed to materialize. still, she was tall, very athletic, she was sure she would be unnatural for the army or the navy reserve. when she was rejected, the letters came to call t

in july 1941 before pearl harbor roosevelt signed an executive order, very short executive order aboutwo pages, very vague, it said that colonel donovan because he had been a colonel in world war one will collect information for me of national importance. he will do other unspecified duties. this was setting up an organization called the coordinator of information that later became the office of strategic services to be in fact, initially it was the coordinator of the information to read it was such of the order that roosevelts of the cabinet officers started scratching their head. what is this guy up to? what are you getting into? he had to send out a follow-up memos to explain exactly what this coordinator of information business was all about. donovan liked to say that he began his unit as oss from minus zero. in effect he really only started out with one guy which was "wild bill donovan." in the beginning he was kind of like a player in a pickup basketball game looking for agents or operations or covers wherever he could find it. for example, the phillips lamp company sold plants o

we won the entire second world war in three years in eight months. 44 months from pearl harbor to thely stupid, we can be. but it is very expensive. so take that model and i want to now outline for you seven major steps to re- centering and rethinking the entire health system, starting with a comment when he was the head of nih in an interview and he said, i think this is what they but this is the kind of debate we need and u.s. congress, this is the kind when the debate in academic centers. he said for $10 billion in research and aids and hiv we saved approximate $1.4 trillion in health costs plus a notice about the pain, lost lives, et cetera. he estimate was 140 to one return on investment. i don't know if that is accurate or not. it may only been 70 to one. it is vastly more than we got out of the stimulus. it is fast and more, got out of cost-cutting we're about to go through. we are in a position of people who decided in the congressional budget, i strongly applaud paul ryan and i strongly applaud the courage to offer the right size argument, and i felt very sad the president fa

in july 1941 before pearl harbor roosevelt signed an executive order, very short executive order about two pages, very vague, it said that colonel donovan because he had been a colonel in world war one will collect information for me of national importance. he will do other unspecified duties. this was setting up an organization called the coordinator of information that later became the office of strategic services to be in fact, initially it was the coordinator of the information to read it was such of the order that roosevelts of the cabinet officers started scratching their head. what is this guy up to? what are you getting into? he had to send out a follow-up memos to explain exactly what this coordinator of information business was all about. donovan liked to say that he began his unit as oss from minus zero. in effect he really only started out with one guy which was "wild bill donovan." in the beginning he was kind of like a player in a pickup basketball game looking for agents or operations or covers wherever he could find it. for example, the phillips lamp company sold plants

we won the entire second world war in three years in eight months. 44 months from pearl harbor to the surrender. if we're determined and be willfully stupid, we can be. but it is very expensive. so take that model and i want to now outline for you seven major steps to re- centering and rethinking the entire health system, starting with a comment when he was the head of nih in an interview and he said, i think this is what they but this is the kind of debate we need and u.s. congress, this is the kind when the debate in academic centers. he said for $10 billion in research and aids and hiv we saved approximate $1.4 trillion in health costs plus a notice about the pain, lost lives, et cetera. he estimate was 140 to one return on investment. i don't know if that is accurate or not. it may only been 70 to one. it is vastly more than we got out of the stimulus. it is fast and more, got out of cost-cutting we're about to go through. we are in a position of people who decided in the congressional budget, i strongly applaud paul ryan and i strongly applaud the courage to offer the right size

when we were attacked in world war ii on december 7, pearl harbor, within 24 hours this body came together and voted to declare war on japan. there is no excuse for the senate not to vote on going to war before we go to war. the president had time to go to the united nations, have a discussion and a vote. the president had time to go to the arab league, have a discussion and a vote. the president had the time to go to nato, but the president had no time to come to the people's house, to the congress, and ask, as the constitution dictates, for the approval of the american people and for the approval of congress. now, why is this important? it's important because when our nation was founded, we were founded as a constitutional republic. we placed limitations not only on the president but on the congress. we're supposed to obey the constitution. these are important principles, and we have gone beyond that. we have gotten to the point where my question is, are we even obeying the constitution in this body? this is a sad day. this is a sad day for america. the thing is, we need to have checks a

others were with -- he was living on hawaii, the youngest of eight children, the japanese attacked pearl harbor, america went to war with the axis powers and 16 million americans in that generation went to the pacific and europe and because of the g.i. bill eight million went to universities and got bachelor's degrees and started small businesses and industries that took the united states economy to dynamic growth and opportunity to every generation that succeeded him up until now. senator sessions you and i and senator coats and senator akaka who is retiring next year, we are all part of a generation that will at some time leave a legacy to our children and grandchildren. you have children and grandchildren, i have them, senator coats does as well, i don't want to be the first generation since world war ii to leave my children and grandchildren worse off than every generation before that left their children and grandchildren. and this economic war that we have on spending and debt is every bit as damaging as a war with bullets an bombs because -- and bombs because with too much leverage, an in

i think if the japanese have really understood what the political reaction was to pearl harbor, i doubt it would have launched the attack. in fact the polarities that most of the time the average american is not particularly interested in american foreign policy. as long as the elites are not costing him or her a lot of money or sending too many people to go get killed, they let us do what we want. there are certain red lines that when they are crossed, then the jacksonians get involved. they expect things to be resolved in a certain way. he really thought america was so internally divided, ethnic politics and so one being what they were, that the u.s. would not be able to bring considerable force to bear in that war anytime soon, if not ever. if he had understood that better, i do not think the zimmermann telegram would have been written. the ways that telegram ignited a certain reaction in the american popular mind. i definitely think that for other countries there are tremendous advantages and understanding the way we do in the way we do not respond. other questions? yes. >> my name