i did not wander off in saigon. it was probably paranoia, but i lock me upt them to for trying to start some sort of expatriate movement. >> the second related question, how did you feel? was there a cultural gap for you back in vietnam? back in vietnam i felt like an nfl football player. [laughter] plane, in ho chi minh city, but for me, it will always be saigon, but i felt like a giant. and i had an american passport. and a $20 bill, that was the way the government worked. it was $20 to get through if you ex-pat goingan -- through. it was great to see the friends, the kids, some of my cousins, the people who take -- took care of us when we were small. the aftermath of the war and the communists knew how to fight, but they did not know how to run a peace time economy. it was almost depressing to go to saigon and see the way people were living compared to how we were living in southern california. >> you mention it in your introduction the millions of refugees who came to the united states, and 500,000 had served in

willy and belittle who won tony for miss saigon as well. so many wonderful people who have also come and gone and well chase a nashville now on the tv have oh, my gosh who have careers. >> are you singing any of the miss saigon songs? >> i really can't say. a little about you and broadway. to the show that is not particularly broadway heavy and down from 54 below and upstairs you get a lot of musical theater. this is part of up to where you get all of the that. so this is a little different and stuff i like to do besides musical theater. : that's goods i like that. so we close on valentine's day so i've had my fellow here. so >> with george. it is great. >> we were one was people who turned out -- >> so it sets him off. so japanese word for expensive so he doesn't mend that too much. but what do you got for us right now? >> okay. beautiful. thank you. he touched me he put his hand near mine and then he touched me i felt a sudden tingle when he touched me oh sparkle, a glow he knew it was not accidental no, he knew it he smiled and seemed to

, i called him we have to transmit the evacuation of saigon. if you read that phone conversation between him and me, he realized that we had to leave. but he wanted to squeeze out another 12 hours to see whether we can rescue a few more people. so all the presidents were haunted in their way. dedicated towere finding a peaceful solution. each of them have the dilemma of how do you relate american honor to the ending of the war? that was the dilemma. there was nobody who wanted more , there was nobody who wanted to escalate the war. they all wanted peace. but the question was, under what conditions can you do that without turning over the millions who had relied on the word of previous presidents but committed themselves? mr. updegrove: let me go back to john f. kennedy. there is widespread speculation that had he not been assassinated, president kennedy would have reversed course and withdrawn troops from vietnam, despite any evidence to that end. is there anything you saw from president kennedy that would suggest that over time, he would have

his personal experience as a vietnamese refugee in his book, "a sense of just before the fall of saigon in 1975 when he and his siblings and mother went to america. his father, and air pilot, stay behind and was held in a prisoner of war camp for 10 years. this program was recorded in 2010 in san francisco. it is about 45 minutes. [applause] mr. pham:

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ofe 40 years after the fall saigon in america's withdrawal from vietnam, he called the 1975 evacuation one of the saddest moments of his life, but insisted he had no regrets. kissinger sat down with lbj presidential library director updegrove.grove -- and then took questions from the audience. from his daughters. the conversation with kissinger starts in about 30 minutes. this program is two hours. welcometh

speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. 41st ommemorate the anniversary of the fall of saigon. ms. sanchez: we must remember our fallen soldiers, american veterans and suth vietnamese allies who fought and died in the name of freedom and democracy. unfortunately the government of vietnam continues to crack down on citizens by using article 79 of the constitution, which prohibits political pluralism or prohibits associating pro democracy party. man week, i met with ms. vu khan. mr. win is being detained by the vee in a meese government for peacefully expressing his views on democracy. as president obama prepares to visit vietnam, i urge the president to make human rights a key priority and i strongly urge the president to call for the release of human activist. it's time, it's time for the united states to take a strong and principled stand against vietnam's ongoing human rights violations. and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from michigan seek michigan? >> request to address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. t

they just did one about the evacuation of hanoi and saigon. it's amazing to watch. not everyone takes the time to watch these. so take a moment to understand that and engage veterans in conversation. don't just say thanks for your service. say, what are you doing now? what did you do? these stigmatize mental illness, nonveterans and veterans in institutions must work together to change the cultural narrative about veterans. and there's something that we can do, also, as veterans. we need to tell our own stories. i often referred to the story when i go to the home depot so as a general officer, we have the placards on our windshields in order to get on and off base. mine has a star saying i can get in and out of carlisle army base and i haven't gotten around to get the stuff to take it off. so if i'm in the car alone and you forget what you usually pick up doing a home project, someone will come up to me and say -- very often someone will come up to me and say oh, where did your husband serve? and now, i get a little irritated, and i usually say h, he served in world

let me direct you to one of the stories in 1975, my communist teacher show us a propaganda film "saigonvacuation." remember all those u.s. helicopters lifted vietnamese refugees from u.s. embassy rooftop to u.s. aircraft carrier. her point was, it was u.s. empiricism. all i could think about was how lucky those vietnamese refugees were when they lost their country, our marine choppers lifted them to freedom. i found freedom. ladies and gentlemen, do you realize if we don't do it right for this party, and we lose this election, there wouldn't be a chopper for you and me. so for that reason and i want to introduce this resolution to make sure minority rights, dissenting voices will be heard at a convention. thank you, mr. chairman. mr. ash: is there additional debate, additional comments? i recognize dr. fisher. ms. fisher: dr. ada fisher, north carolina. i never read the congressional rules. so when we say we're going to play by those rule, i don't know what we're playing by. it's not a matter of obama or anything else. it's a matter of the constitution and trying to be fair. and in our

let me direct you to one of the stories in 1975, my communist teacher show us a propaganda film "saigon evacuation." remember all those u.s. helicopters lifted vietnamese refugees from u.s. embassy rooftop to u.s. aircraft carrier. her point was, it was u.s. empiricism. all i could think about was how lucky those vietnamese refugees were when they lost their country, our marine choppers lifted them to freedom. i found freedom. ladies and gentlemen, do you realize if we don't do it right for this party, and we lose this election, there wouldn't be a chopper for you and me. so for that reason and i want to introduce this resolution to make sure minority rights, dissenting voices will be heard at a convention. thank you, mr. chairman. mr. ash: is there additional debate, additional comments? i recognize dr. fisher. ms. fisher: dr. ada fisher, north carolina. i never read the congressional rules. so when we say we're going to play by those rule, i don't know what we're playing by. it's not a matter of obama or anything else. it's a matter of the constitution and trying to be fair. and in ou

they just did one about the evacuation of hanoi and saigon. it's amazing to watch. but not everybody takes the time to watch these. so take a moment to understand that and engage veterans in conversations. don't just say thanks for your service. say what are you doing now? what did you do? destigmatize mental illness. nonveterans and veterans and institutions must work together to change the cultural narrative about veterans. and there's something that we can do also as veterans. we need to tell our own stories. i often refer to this story, when i go to the home depot -- pass a general officer we had the placards on our windshield in order to get on and off base. mine has a star saying i could get in and out of carlisle army base and i haven't gotten around to try to get the stuff that gets it off. so when i get out of my car if i'm there alone to pick up whatever it is you always forget when you're doing a home project, someone will come up to me and say -- very often someone will come up to me and say, oh, where did your husband serve? now, i get a little irritate

this saturday, april 30, marks 41 years since the fall of saigon. commemorated as black april in the vietnamese -- in vietnamese american communities across this nation. i introduced a resolution in remembrance of this event and to honor the contributions and the sacrifices of vietnamese americans. in addition, this week in front of my congressional office i am flying the vietnamese heritage and freedom flag as recognized by states and localities across this country. as we remember the fall of saigon, i also believe it is critically important to continue to shine a lot on human rights abuses in vietnam. when president obama visits vietnam next week, i hope he will make human rights a priority. now is exactly the right time for vietnam to begin respecting the rights of its own citizens. thank you. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: gentleman from california yield back the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from illinois seek recognition >> mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute, revise and e

let me direct you to one of the stories in 1975, my communist teacher show us a propaganda film "saigonacuation." remember all those u.s. helicopters lifted vietnamese refugees from u.s. embassy rooftop to u.s. aircraft carrier. her point was, it was u.s. empircism. all i could think about was how lucky those vietnamese refugees were when they lost their country, our marine choppers lifted them to freedomful i found freedom. ladies and gentlemen, do you realize if we don't do it right for this party, and we lose this election, there wouldn't be a chopper for you and me. so for that reason and i want to introduce this resolution to make sure minority rights, dissenting voices will be heard at convention. thank you, mr. chairman. mr. ash: is there additional debate, additional comments? recognize dr. fisher. ms. fisher: dr. ada fisher, north carolina. i never read the congressional rules. so when we say we're going to play by those rule, i don't know what we're playing by. it's not a matter of obama or anything else. it's a matter of the constitution and trying to be fair. and in our stat