. >> wilson center, sinton. to what extent or were you able to find where the japanese officers and recruits into the npr, to what extent did they engage with, or internalize or deal with this notion of defending democracy? and this notion of them being a continuation of occupation ideals, or not? did they see themselves as a rejection of early occupation ideals? >> i think that is a great question. thank you, sinton. to the extent that i was able to see this, and varied a little bit. you asked to what extent did they see themselves as defending democracy? so, at least some of the higher ranking officers of the npr who are writing things like studies about the purge ease that are going to come into the npr, they talk about it as if they are engaging this idea, that they believe this is what the npr can do. and certainly, i think there was a fair amount of belief, that japan did need new military forces for internal security, on the other hand, when you read some of these early oral histories. a lot of them comme

the beacon award would not be possible if it were not for gary sinton and dean gand putting this award together 12 years ago. [applause] every year we have given the beacon award to amazing people from a federal level, state-level, and national level. barack obama got a got it hillary clinton got it, ted kennedy got it. then sharon seckman got it last year. a big handout for sharon seckman. our very own amanda raymond got it. we have given it to tom vilsack and tom harkin. now we have got a great dual. [applause] >> thank you randy. these are certainly dark and scary times we live in. politically right now. it is especially important for us to honor people who shed a beacon of light upon what the best democratic principles and some of the best democratic ideals, among our former elected political officials. when we looked around for this year's awardee, we realized that in the state of iowa we have a couple right here in our home state. that we all have been very, very proud of. so it gives gary and i great pleasure to introduce this year's wing ding beacon award winner. the award goes

the beacon award would not be possible if it were not for gary sinton and dean gand putting this awardogether 12 years ago. [applause] every year we have given the beacon award to amazing people from a federal level, state-level, and national level. barack obama got a got it hillary clinton got it, ted kennedy got it. lastsharon seckman got it year. a big handout for sharon seckman. our very own amanda raymond got it. we have given it to tom vilsack and tom harkin. now we have got a great dual. [applause] >> thank you randy. certainly dark and scary times we live in. politically right now. especially important for us to honor people who shed a beacon of light upon what the best democratic principles and some of the best democratic former electedur political officials. when we looked around for this year's awardee, we realized that in the state of iowa we have a couple right here in our home state. that we all have been very, very proud of. -- gives give larry and i great pleasure to introduce -- it gives gary and i great pleasure to introduce this year's wending beacon award winner. th

rights activist jesse jackson who attended the ceremony called the nazi genocide of half a 1000000 sinton drove the forgotten holocaust. a deal for the u.s. to export more beef to the e.u. so does it help american farmers caught in the u.s. trade dispute with china and could it ease trump's animus toward brussels. also on the show an escalation in the train row between japan and south korea we'll tell you why seoul is fuming. and what can a 2000000 euro real estate investment in cyprus buy you other than some nice digs tell you. this is your business report i'm stephen bears in berlin thanks for joining us u.s. president donald trump has signed an agreement with the e.u. to increase american beef exports into the bloc it's a rare bit of positive trade news from a president who hopes to extract even wider concessions from europeans later this year and it comes one day after the president announced new tariffs on china a move expected to hit american.