everything else, and turns around and flies south to saigon and lands. i never met the man, but i've always admired him and this is my chance to hopefully immortalize him a little bit. c-span: was he moving south vietnamese out? >> guest: yes, these were south vietnamese airborne. there was not a single u.s. wounded on that airplane. this was south vietnamese troops that were wounded that he came in there to save. c-span: i know you went there twice, and this may have been on your second visit, but you talk about how you heard people refer to the south vietnamese as gooks and it irritated you. >> guest: sure it did. c-span: why? >> guest: well, that's a pejorative term. it's a term of prejudice. it's a term that tends to paint everybody with the same negative brush. i've got to tell you that the south vietnamese that i served with on that first tour were not corrupt; they were not cowards. they were very brave, very heroic patriots. many of them were citizens of north vietnam who had been run south because they were catholic -- i mean, literally run out

it's not going to be like saigon. for north vietnam to get to saigon, they needed tanks. they needed artillery and they needed trucks. taliban has none of that status in pakistan is it going to give it to them. adelphia taliban gaining control. the only hope over the future for 10 is the next president is a real leader, but i can't predict that. >> host: should we leave an american force and asking if dan? >> guest: i believe it is that the critical that we live a force there for a morale reason. napoleon once said the moral is to the physical is three to four to. afghanistan the moralist to the physical is 20 or or 30 to one. if the afghan army that we are paying for the leaves we have left completely, they are going to fall apart. and i believe every single senior, military officer has said that president obama and he knows it and he's hoping he can cut some sort of deal with the next president. whoever the next president at afghanistan he is going to date please do here and we'll leave about thousand troops. >> host: bing west, one of his books, "the wrong war." this i

putting, painting a mural of the history of the tenderloin right there at the entrance of the little saigon and that will be done by the end of may and we have also completed a mural right in the tenderloin at eddie and mason, a big 16 by 13 feet, i believe, if my memory serves me correct. it is on the historical bristol hotel. so the mural really brings the pride of the neighborhood, it promotes safety, particularly for the families and the children living in that neighborhood. i am obviously very passionate about art and about children and about the quality of our life in san francisco. i have been living here for nearly 35 years, i have raised my two daughters here and educated them here. i've lived and worked in this city, i love the city and i have the passion, the energy, and the resources to make sure that i make a difference in this beautiful city. i think i might be forgetting something else but i think that's enough for you guys to consider my appointment. >> you gave us plenty. >> thank you very much. >> thank you. okay, public comments. ron grant, genevive joponda >> hello, my n

of the space and implementation and of our really important pedestrian safety plan and the little saigon project and we are excited that it is going to come to fruition, whether we are talking about the scale lighting and the sidewalk widening or the corner, and this intersection is definitely a hairy intersection for those of you who have been there and it is a major corridor for bart and for the law school, but of course for many of the folks that are coming from mid market and south of market into the tender loin and vice versa and it is just very confusing for the drivers too. you will see when the cars are there, that they are not sure where to turn or where to go straight and i think that more visible redesign will make that intersection much, much safer and i just did have one quick question and i was wondering what ocs was. >> overhead contact system, the system that can electrify the charlie buss that travel that route. >> congratulations, i would like to thank them, and so to be sure that they would fund the design cost so that we could spread out and leverage the double dollar

people are risking their lives, buzzing around the gulf of saigon to find an airplane and thigh now.g for the last three weeks they told us the last cockpit voice that couple out was, good night. now say say it's something else. it would say to me why wouldn't they come out and say that wasn't right a week ago. now it's something else. the whole thing -- i understand the chinese dragon is angry and it should be because they lost 153 people and the malaysians are not coming clean. >> you wonder, though, what it is that malaysia would have to hide under your scenario? >> absolutely. i mean, malaysian airlines is like the malcolm milk toast of asia airlines. nice airline, not much to speak of. no profile. i don't know. it could be face. it could be something really screwed up and they don't want to let the world know about it. i don't know. we know this. they haven't been up front and now this latest thing with the cockpit transcript, that's another -- i think a smoking gun that somebody needs to sit them down and say what is going on. >> i don't know how anybody to make that mistake in

tomorrow we commemorate the 39th anniversary of the fall of saigon and the collapse of the republic of vietnam. this is known in my community as black april. it's been my honor to join with the vietnamese american community of little saigon which is in my district to remember this important event. mr. lone thall: 39 years ago -- mr. lowenthal: 39 years ago, many of them found their way to the united states where today they comprise a strong, vibrant community that has given invaluable contributions to our nation. this week we remember the brave sacrifices of so many in the cause of freedom who fought tirelessly to enable their children to live a better and brighter life. today we must ensure that their sacrifices were not in vain by continuing the fight for democracy and human rights in vietnam. thank you and i yield the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from north carolina seek recognition? ms. foxx: i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute, mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentlewoman is r

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the vietnamese boat people who escaped communist after the fall of saying -- saigon, after we left and vietnam became communist and thousands of people fleeing the country like in cuba as well. the sailor, the american sailor, was hard at work on the carrier midway, which was patrolling the south china sea. the crew spied on the horizon a leaky little boat. and crammed inside were refugees from indo-china, hoping to get to america. the midway sent a small launch to bring them to the ship in safety. as the refugees made their way through the choppy seas, one spied the sailor on deck and he stood up and he called out to him -- one of the boat people -- look up, called out to him as sailor pulled out his hand to pull him up and he yelled, hello american sailor. hello freedom man. hello american sailor. hello freedom man. so, imagine that. at that moment, this boat person, he is more than just a boat person. he is a spokesperson. a spokesperson for freedom. a spokesperson for american exceptionalism. as reagan was at that moment. got a symbol here, more profound and deeper than the south c