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why would conrad truman want to kill his wife? under the circumstances, i'd say the motive was just based on this heat of passion argument that they were having. alcohol, a fight and guns, that's where we got murder. >> reporter: at the same time johnson was still reluctant to press charges. remember, the state's own medical examiner couldn't say whether heidy's death was a homicide. and johnson knew that would be a huge hurdle in court. >> based on my experience in courts with juries, a medical examiner carries a lot of weight. >> reporter: so johnson and wallace showed the m.e. a 96-page power point presentation of all their evidence including those measurements, hoping something would sway him. the presentation worked. the medical examiner changed his ruling to homicide. it sounds like one of the things that got the medical examiner to move from inconclusive to homicide was the measurements of the crime scene suggested that her body was too far from where mr. truman said she'd been shot. >> exactly. >> reporter: so after a ten-
why would conrad truman want to kill his wife? under the circumstances, i'd say the motive was just based on this heat of passion argument that they were having. alcohol, a fight and guns, that's where we got murder. >> reporter: at the same time johnson was still reluctant to press charges. remember, the state's own medical examiner couldn't say whether heidy's death was a homicide. and johnson knew that would be a huge hurdle in court. >> based on my experience in courts with...
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had he ever met truman? >> no.not had formal meeting. >> he comes up with a strategy, what's his basic strategy -- >> eventually even if you have to cross the alleys which was not truman's way of doing things. >> he comes with landing and what was so unusual about that, and also cause mcarthur to think to do things that truman and the joint chiefs had asked him, you really should urge that the president give you license to go ahead. >> did he want to use nuclear weapons? >> yes, that was something that was -- >> truman -- >> in the middle. >> the pacific. what was the meeting like, how did that go? >> not bad, it was going so well that truman decided to get out before they got to -- >> leave meeting early? >> yeah, in other words, they were in such agreement that they didn't want to test that. >> so what led to to truman firing mcarthur? >> he saw that mcarthur was going to be extremely ensu -- insubordinate, you had to fire mcarthur. that was not my joke and mcarthur came back and famously came to congress, gave e
had he ever met truman? >> no.not had formal meeting. >> he comes up with a strategy, what's his basic strategy -- >> eventually even if you have to cross the alleys which was not truman's way of doing things. >> he comes with landing and what was so unusual about that, and also cause mcarthur to think to do things that truman and the joint chiefs had asked him, you really should urge that the president give you license to go ahead. >> did he want to use nuclear...
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when truman left for france, he was lieutenant harry s truman.on to captain and didn't find out about it for months. when he left for europe he had this box where he kept his equipment for his horse. he had written in black print. he had had found out been promoted to captain, he wrote over the top of that, captain harry s truman. hishows before and after promotion in service. the first thing truman did when he went to france was he was assigned to a special advance artillery training school at a small village in france. these are some of the tools he would use and equipment for his artillery training. it includes slide rules and compasses and other things like that. he had other advanced training, and then he was put in command .f a battery they called them the wild irish dizzy d's. catholice mostly irish , some german catholic, but mostly catholics from the area. they were known to be feisty. they had been under several commanders before truman. he really displayed his sense of leadership. to respectthey came him as a very quiet but confident c
when truman left for france, he was lieutenant harry s truman.on to captain and didn't find out about it for months. when he left for europe he had this box where he kept his equipment for his horse. he had written in black print. he had had found out been promoted to captain, he wrote over the top of that, captain harry s truman. hishows before and after promotion in service. the first thing truman did when he went to france was he was assigned to a special advance artillery training school at...
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it was harry truman who created what is called the truman doctrine.t was harry truman who oversaw all the marshall plan. it was harry truman who was in office when nato was established. how, if you try to write the history of the truman administration on the grounds of the misconduct of the white house then, you're not really writing the history of the truman administration. and i think the same thing goes with the george w. bush administration. there are certain things that americans always debate but just because people do not like them and oppose them does not make them illegal or that they are corrupt. take james madison's trying to federalize the new england militia during the war of 1812. this is a policy dispute he had but it never went to court. take harry truman's decision to seize the steel mills in 1950 or 1951. it was declared unconstitutional by the supreme court but it was not a corrupt move and the same with the decision to go to war with iraq. there was nothing illegal or corrupt. it was not misconduct but bad politics, bad executive b
it was harry truman who created what is called the truman doctrine.t was harry truman who oversaw all the marshall plan. it was harry truman who was in office when nato was established. how, if you try to write the history of the truman administration on the grounds of the misconduct of the white house then, you're not really writing the history of the truman administration. and i think the same thing goes with the george w. bush administration. there are certain things that americans always...
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the truman library was built in 1957 and harry truman spent more than a dozen years before his health declining. he spent five to six days a week here in this office which is part of the library building. mostly when truman was here, he was writing letters, doing correspondence, meeting with people. he did most of his reading at home. he might take books from here and take them home and read them. a lot of the books date from before he was president. a lot of the books are things he read as a young man and as a senator before he ever can president. these books here are clearly books that truman wanted to have around him. so it says a lot of these books say more about him as a person, what he really enjoyed them as president. truman primarily liked biographies, lots of biographies of military and political leaders. one of the most interesting parts of the bookshelf is this center section which contains books written by winston churchill. we have a history of indo speaking peoples, the world war ii history. most of these are autographed to truman. he first met winston churchill at the p
the truman library was built in 1957 and harry truman spent more than a dozen years before his health declining. he spent five to six days a week here in this office which is part of the library building. mostly when truman was here, he was writing letters, doing correspondence, meeting with people. he did most of his reading at home. he might take books from here and take them home and read them. a lot of the books date from before he was president. a lot of the books are things he read as a...
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plan for -- truman's plan for national insurance never made it to a vote. again, the reaction to this battle changed the health care system. congress agreed to just one part federalarger program, funding for hospital construction. this is the hill burton act of 1946, which opponents of national insurance supported because it provided for construction only, with no other type of federal involvement. in fact, hill burton maintained local control so much, he -- it preserved the right of communities in the south to use federal taxpayer funds to build segregated hospitals. so southern democrats supported the legislation, even if they opposed the national health insurance plan. over the next 25 years, burton -- hill burton funded a third of all the hospitals built in the u.s., and brought modern medical care within the reach of millions of people, but the choice to centralized medical care in a hospital while not passing universal health care coverage or building primary care making health care more expensive. it also created the hospital lobby, and the hospital
plan for -- truman's plan for national insurance never made it to a vote. again, the reaction to this battle changed the health care system. congress agreed to just one part federalarger program, funding for hospital construction. this is the hill burton act of 1946, which opponents of national insurance supported because it provided for construction only, with no other type of federal involvement. in fact, hill burton maintained local control so much, he -- it preserved the right of...
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unlike earlier proposals, truman's was universal and would have covered everyone. polls show that initially, the majority of the public supported the idea of health insurance for all via social security system. but this was also the start of the cold war. this attack was familiar from three decades earlier and something new that the medical american association ran a campaign telling the public to fear socialized medicine. this was the first pr campaign of its kind. it may have been the most successful, because after three years, public support went down to 20% and truman plan for national insurance never made it to a vote. again, the reaction change the health care system. congress agreed to just one part the hill burton act of 1946. it was supported because it provided for construction only with no other type of federal involvement. hill burton maintained local control so much, it preserved the right of communities in the south to use federal taxpayer funds to build segregated hospitals. southern democrats supported the legislation, even if they oppose -- opposed
unlike earlier proposals, truman's was universal and would have covered everyone. polls show that initially, the majority of the public supported the idea of health insurance for all via social security system. but this was also the start of the cold war. this attack was familiar from three decades earlier and something new that the medical american association ran a campaign telling the public to fear socialized medicine. this was the first pr campaign of its kind. it may have been the most...
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and in particular of your book one reason truman defeated do we was because of the black vote. truman is elected with a stunning upset because of the massive african-american turn out in four urban swingwi states that american politics would never be the same. and then to be hypocritical with the american and european alliance and where they went to die so that black people were not citizens of the united states and plessy is a whole line of cases with the civil rights act in civil war amendments and then williams versus mississippi and then gains versus canada they did not embrace the cause of civil rights. and it is a slow process ending the white primary. and then brown versus board and then a line of cases.he i will not get into a debate and that nothing is permanent and that there has to be people who advocate because the judges do not do this by their own initiative. >> look at the most famous dissent. >> i don't have problem with people reviewing my case. [laughter] but it is important not to look at the supreme court. whatat does that mean clerks we talk of diversity an
and in particular of your book one reason truman defeated do we was because of the black vote. truman is elected with a stunning upset because of the massive african-american turn out in four urban swingwi states that american politics would never be the same. and then to be hypocritical with the american and european alliance and where they went to die so that black people were not citizens of the united states and plessy is a whole line of cases with the civil rights act in civil war...
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was not even in washington to see these huge events that hairy truman was -- harry truman was in the center of. korean war. integration of the military and so on. and then after they were both to get into began letters and diaries and so on, you saw how really essential she was, not only to him but to that presidency. youll i'm telling you is if hear a first lady in real time spouse, as man will i hope soon -- i really didn't have much to do with this. just give the credit to the president. be a little bit skeptical. two that sound right to the of you? ms. tumulty: let me pose an incredible difficult question to george p. bush. aids was an issue. behind the scenes she was influential. partner to ly as a george h.w. bush through his whole life. indispensable to him. one of the questions -- ms. page: i interviewed about 130 people for the book. the interview by saying, if george w. bush had not married barbara pierce, would he have done everything he he, did, including becoming president? i asked barbara bush did and she said, of course he would have. h.w. bush and he thought about it
was not even in washington to see these huge events that hairy truman was -- harry truman was in the center of. korean war. integration of the military and so on. and then after they were both to get into began letters and diaries and so on, you saw how really essential she was, not only to him but to that presidency. youll i'm telling you is if hear a first lady in real time spouse, as man will i hope soon -- i really didn't have much to do with this. just give the credit to the president. be...
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truman. the annual percentage changes he oversaw while preparing and entering the korean war and executing national security strategy and se68 to increase competition against the soviet union are literally off the chart. so much so, in fact, that i had to build another chart to show you how truman's changes in percentage terms compare to every other president since world war ii. so the main take away here is that if we're talking about historic changes in defense spending, we better be talking about harry s. truman. so now i'll pivot to talking about the third question in the report, the most important question in many senses. and that is whether or not dollars follow strategy. the argument i make in the report is that we need to develop diagnostic tests in order to try to assess whether or not strategy and budgets match. when i say diagnostic, i'm using it almost in a medical sense. we are just trying to evaluate whether the budget and strategy match. the problem is that there is no well-def
truman. the annual percentage changes he oversaw while preparing and entering the korean war and executing national security strategy and se68 to increase competition against the soviet union are literally off the chart. so much so, in fact, that i had to build another chart to show you how truman's changes in percentage terms compare to every other president since world war ii. so the main take away here is that if we're talking about historic changes in defense spending, we better be talking...
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spent a lot of time in the truman home in missouri. was not even in washington to see these huge events that harry truman was in the center of. koreanar. integration of the military and so on. and then after they were both gone and you began to get into letters and diaries and so on, you saw how really essential she was, not only to him but to that presidency. so all i'm telling you is if you hear a first lady in real time or a first spouse, as man will be first spouse i hope soon -- i really didn't have much to do with this. just give the credit to the president. be a little bit skeptical. does that sound right to the two of you? >> let me pose an incredible difficult question to george p. bush. barbara bush, aids was an issue. behind the scenes she was influential. more generally as a partner to george h.w. bush through his whole life. she was just indispensable to him. one of the questions -- > i interviewed about 130 people for the book. i would end the interview by saying, if george w. bush had not married barbara pierce, would he
spent a lot of time in the truman home in missouri. was not even in washington to see these huge events that harry truman was in the center of. koreanar. integration of the military and so on. and then after they were both gone and you began to get into letters and diaries and so on, you saw how really essential she was, not only to him but to that presidency. so all i'm telling you is if you hear a first lady in real time or a first spouse, as man will be first spouse i hope soon -- i really...
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especially in 1948 when truman made his stops. even during the later years.rn ponespecial. >> we have worked many stories together so we know each other very well. some of us are conservatives. some are liberal. some are in the middle, but we have deep respect for each other and each other's ideas. the president of the united tates, jimmy carter. >> harry truman, john kennedy and lyndon johnson. >> even the challenger of the opposing party, you are trying to ver if i what impact he has on real people. not on the printing press. not the way he looks on television. his attitude, his face is quite different than the behavior that you're used to when you're questioning in a press conference. something else is visible that is not ordinarily. you see what the man is like in different circumstances. perhaps under stress. and then you see what the reaction of real people needs to e. ♪ >> the presidential campaign was like a race. you have to keep up with the group and the group took you everywhere. by air, train and boat. when i was covering the election story, i wen
especially in 1948 when truman made his stops. even during the later years.rn ponespecial. >> we have worked many stories together so we know each other very well. some of us are conservatives. some are liberal. some are in the middle, but we have deep respect for each other and each other's ideas. the president of the united tates, jimmy carter. >> harry truman, john kennedy and lyndon johnson. >> even the challenger of the opposing party, you are trying to ver if i what...
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truman was disturbed by that development, understandably.alled for scaling back the cia's power dramatically but of course that never happened. the oppositeou happened. in fact over time the cia got more powerful. today the agency and other intel agencies like it aren't simply policymaking arms of government. at times they clearly want to be the government itself, they want to run everything and they do for moments. that's the main lesson, by the way, of donald trump's phone call with the ukrainian president. we learned today that the official who filed the so-called whistle-blower complaint against the president was a career cia officer detailed to the white house. the official did not agree with the president's foreignid policy views, so he felt entitled to veto those views and bring the u.s. government to a standstill, which he did. that's really the meat of the story. we know this because the complaint was released today to the public. you can read it if you want. if it tells us nothing we didn't already know from a transcript of the pho
truman was disturbed by that development, understandably.alled for scaling back the cia's power dramatically but of course that never happened. the oppositeou happened. in fact over time the cia got more powerful. today the agency and other intel agencies like it aren't simply policymaking arms of government. at times they clearly want to be the government itself, they want to run everything and they do for moments. that's the main lesson, by the way, of donald trump's phone call with the...
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you had people lined up, in '48 when truman made appearances.n during the later years, johnson went south as the train, which was called the corn pone special. marino: i know many top-notch correspondents. we have worked on many stories otherer so we know each very well. some of us are conservatives. some are liberal. some are in the middle. but we have deep respect for each other and each other's ideas. >> all presidential candidates one.to have to take marino: we exchange a lot of material and a lot of ideas with other correspondents. it allows you to qualify your judgments by comparing information with someone else who knows a little bit more about a particular subject. >> that's the foreign policy. exchange of views is very useful. you are getting a feeling of the andtry and where it's going this adds something to your --ight, to your investment, judgment, to the way you eventually will be reporting. announcer: president of the states, jimmy carter! [cheering] harry truman -- marino: when you go out to the president, even the challenger the
you had people lined up, in '48 when truman made appearances.n during the later years, johnson went south as the train, which was called the corn pone special. marino: i know many top-notch correspondents. we have worked on many stories otherer so we know each very well. some of us are conservatives. some are liberal. some are in the middle. but we have deep respect for each other and each other's ideas. >> all presidential candidates one.to have to take marino: we exchange a lot of...
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he said truman. like it was the end of the world and i don't know. 30 years later, i was back home, we sat down to have a chat after dinner and he started telling me about how pl world was going to hell and country was going to hell and he paused he said too bad all harry still isn't in the white house. and that's what happened, dust settles and you see them differently. you judge them differently and he himself said that you have to wait 50 years and with this books i was writing about about people you never heard of and nobody has ever heard of including historians, and i had dreamed of doing that someday. why to have a select from the past to help me get everybody into the tent? let's do it just on the the story that's there to be told. i wases hugely influenced by thorne wilder when i was in college and i loved our town. >> this was at yale and arttown is classics american masterpiece. couldn't i even find a situation, a story where there was sufficient material to tell the story in their languag
he said truman. like it was the end of the world and i don't know. 30 years later, i was back home, we sat down to have a chat after dinner and he started telling me about how pl world was going to hell and country was going to hell and he paused he said too bad all harry still isn't in the white house. and that's what happened, dust settles and you see them differently. you judge them differently and he himself said that you have to wait 50 years and with this books i was writing about about...
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within a few years, harry truman himself regretted creating it.n an op-ed he complained that "the cia has diverted from its original assignment, it has become operational and at times a policymaking arm of the government." truman was disturbed by that development and he called for scaling back the cia's power dramatically but of course it never happened -- the opposite happened. over time, the cia got more powerful. today, the agency and other intel agencies like it aren't simply policymaking arms of government, at times they clearly want to be the government itself, they want to run it, everything. and they do. that is the main lesson of donald trump's phone call with the ukrainian president, we learned today that the official who filed the so-called whistle-blower complaint against the president was a career cia officer. the official did not agree with the president's foreign policy views, so he felt entitled to veto those views and bring the u.s. government to a standstill which he did. that is the meat of the story. we know this because the co
within a few years, harry truman himself regretted creating it.n an op-ed he complained that "the cia has diverted from its original assignment, it has become operational and at times a policymaking arm of the government." truman was disturbed by that development and he called for scaling back the cia's power dramatically but of course it never happened -- the opposite happened. over time, the cia got more powerful. today, the agency and other intel agencies like it aren't simply...
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in september of 1948, president truman delivered a keynote address. meeting, in which he condemned loyalty attacks on scientists. he said enough is enough, let's get on with what we are doing. the questioning style and examination techniques employed by house un-american activities to many later served as a model by which senator mccarthy gained fame. however the committee lost considerable prestige in the 1960's, was renamed late in the 60's and totally dissolved in 19 some five. -- in 1975. the gentleman here thomas samil dickstein had an unusual role. in 1945the committee and died in 19 city for peer he left congress in 1945 to become a justice of the new york state supreme court. according to document identified in moscow, in the 1990's, he was $1250 per month by soviet spy agency from 1937 to 1940, to arrange visas for soviet operatives. codename crooke by his handlers because of his love of money. he died in 19 city for. you cannot make this stuff up. its too good. -- he died in 19 624. what about -- 1964. there is the chair, jay parnell thomas,
in september of 1948, president truman delivered a keynote address. meeting, in which he condemned loyalty attacks on scientists. he said enough is enough, let's get on with what we are doing. the questioning style and examination techniques employed by house un-american activities to many later served as a model by which senator mccarthy gained fame. however the committee lost considerable prestige in the 1960's, was renamed late in the 60's and totally dissolved in 19 some five. -- in 1975....
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he was pardoned by truman after completing his jail sentence on christmas eve, 1952. what was the question whose answer is "ut"? in 1943, classes were held at the university of tennessee for some staff of tennessee eastman for training. general groves mentioned this in his book. in september of 1945, clinton labs director martin whitaker, and chemistry department professor warren johnson had discussions with dean smith of ut and the physics department chair. the result was monsanto and the manhattan engineer district arranged for ut to conduct graduate level classes at clinton labs for lab staff with classes beginning in october, 1945. and for hertell, the shared coordination of this joint activity. william pollard of ut was a to the professor prior start of the war and during the early war years. he went to columbia during the war. houseparty at his maxwell shortly after his return. he heard from a colleague who was at the metallurgical lab in chicago who mentioned that universities were interested in collaborating with the lab. and what did he know about that? simil
he was pardoned by truman after completing his jail sentence on christmas eve, 1952. what was the question whose answer is "ut"? in 1943, classes were held at the university of tennessee for some staff of tennessee eastman for training. general groves mentioned this in his book. in september of 1945, clinton labs director martin whitaker, and chemistry department professor warren johnson had discussions with dean smith of ut and the physics department chair. the result was monsanto...
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secretary of state dean acheson then secretary of defense during the truman years and i have signed copies to neil armstrong because a friend of a friend gave me his p.o. box at a farm in ohio near cincinnati and i forwarded the box with a note that i would like to interview him and i got back a note from his assistants except mr. armstrong will read one of the books, he said. .. >> part of it was he didn't trust celebrity culture who did the transatlantic flight and his baby and child was kidnapped. so the idea that he wasn't directly so in that direction. and when 9/11 happened and then it was supposed to be a few days after that and i watched all of this going on in washington dc and the shanksville pennsylvania and all the airports were closed and there was an interview in houston and said neil armstrong doesn't cancel. he said he will be there and he will be there at the exact time. so i showed up and i drove he flew his own plane and from cincinnati. he landed and walked out he had a box lunch and then off he went to the wild blue yonder. and at that point i realized i loved s
secretary of state dean acheson then secretary of defense during the truman years and i have signed copies to neil armstrong because a friend of a friend gave me his p.o. box at a farm in ohio near cincinnati and i forwarded the box with a note that i would like to interview him and i got back a note from his assistants except mr. armstrong will read one of the books, he said. .. >> part of it was he didn't trust celebrity culture who did the transatlantic flight and his baby and child...
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after the war, truman was interested and under truman there were some roads built, but it wasn't until eisenhower came along that the full interstate highway act was passed the allocated money to start to build a nationwide system. >> you are about to make the journey again along the lincoln highway. for those who want to re-create the route, how can they do that? >> they can read my book, and the lincoln highway association -- a couple thousand actives active members. they have annual conferences, and they are very, they have been busy promoting the lincoln highway, keeping the sort of knowledge of the lincoln highway active. i would think go to the lincoln highway association's website, look at what they have for information. you can get a detailed map. in each of the states along the havethe tourist bureaus information. >> the roads are better today, but for those who make the route, would they see similar topography that these people saw ? >> absolutely. they would see farms and small buts and more buildings, the topography is certainly the same. nowadays you have the interstate so
after the war, truman was interested and under truman there were some roads built, but it wasn't until eisenhower came along that the full interstate highway act was passed the allocated money to start to build a nationwide system. >> you are about to make the journey again along the lincoln highway. for those who want to re-create the route, how can they do that? >> they can read my book, and the lincoln highway association -- a couple thousand actives active members. they have...
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after the war, truman was interested, and under truman there were some roads built, but it was not until eisenhower came along that a full interstate highway act that was passed. it allocated the money necessary to start the build a nationwide system. steve: i know you are about to make the journey again. for those who want to re-create the route, how can they do that? michael: they can read my book, first of all. the lincoln highway association has a couple thousand active members, annual conferences, and they have been very busy promoting the lincoln highway. -- highway, keeping the knowledge of the highly active, so i would say go to the lincoln highway association's website. look at what they have for the information there. you can get detailed maps. in each of the states along the way, tourist bureaus have information on the lincoln highway as well. steve: the roads are certainly better today, but those who make the route, would they see similar topography? michael: yes, absolutely. they would see more farms and small towns coming up. and, more buildings along the way, but the topog
after the war, truman was interested, and under truman there were some roads built, but it was not until eisenhower came along that a full interstate highway act that was passed. it allocated the money necessary to start the build a nationwide system. steve: i know you are about to make the journey again. for those who want to re-create the route, how can they do that? michael: they can read my book, first of all. the lincoln highway association has a couple thousand active members, annual...
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harry truman was a second term senator from missouri.n he saw, actually, washington transform into this place where lobbyists were seeking these defense contracts, scurrying after defense contracts, the money was just flowing, it really worried truman. truman takes off on a road trip and drives south to florida and through the midwest and up to michigan, washington, dc, thousands of miles in his car. he came back to washington, stood up behind his desk on the floor of the senate chamber and said, i have deep concerns. he divides a strategy. even the thaint the truman committee maybe coming to a particular plan, will lead to internal changes. it is a really effective committee that exists all through wartime and arguably he would not have been the vice presidential candidate without s chairmanship of this committee. t raised his national profile. and so, battles over executive privilege and the information congress has the right to look at, that has led to some of the most notable senate nvestigations. >> at long last, having left -- >> w
harry truman was a second term senator from missouri.n he saw, actually, washington transform into this place where lobbyists were seeking these defense contracts, scurrying after defense contracts, the money was just flowing, it really worried truman. truman takes off on a road trip and drives south to florida and through the midwest and up to michigan, washington, dc, thousands of miles in his car. he came back to washington, stood up behind his desk on the floor of the senate chamber and...
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miles says i will go meet franklin roosevelt in the white house moll reaches out $950.00 to harry truman he reaches out to dwight eisenhower his hand was tossed away. this opportunity that might of changed history prevented was saved countless lives was lost because the truth of miles of the true was was denied in the washington of the 1950s. stayed to pop and officials who had carried mao's messages were condemned done justly as communist traitors. everybody who knew my who spoke chinese was gone in the 1950 s. the state department had no employees who spoke cheney it's resulted in us not having relations with the number one most populous country in the world in 1979 this man then. became china's paramount leda he said socialism does not mean shit poverty. this was code for the most radical reform since miles revolution. the return of capitalism to china but this time controlled by the communist party. to be rich's glorious day was reported as saying. america was now threatened by the emergence of a vast image of itself. this is one of the many very exclusive gated communities in shangh
miles says i will go meet franklin roosevelt in the white house moll reaches out $950.00 to harry truman he reaches out to dwight eisenhower his hand was tossed away. this opportunity that might of changed history prevented was saved countless lives was lost because the truth of miles of the true was was denied in the washington of the 1950s. stayed to pop and officials who had carried mao's messages were condemned done justly as communist traitors. everybody who knew my who spoke chinese was...
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and it is the home of president harry truman. harry truman happens to be heavily involved in the project to mark the national old trails road that led to those daughters of the american revolutions statues being put up in the 1920's. is a 20th century political figure but he had a profound interest in the trails as well. they erected a national frontier trails museum. and they put up a pioneer mother sculpture in the courtyard. to evoke the struggle and hardships of pioneer women. this is something that happened pretty often in this time. that if you want to put up a museum at a historic site but you do not have, like it would be great if you had trail ruts to show. for your overland trail museum but if you do not have actual-they're not many things actually survive. but trail ruts to survive. and they did survive in some places where trails were crowded into a narrow area and wagon wheels carved narrow marks come outside boise, idaho for sample. there places where these persist. but in urban areas like independence and kansas ci
and it is the home of president harry truman. harry truman happens to be heavily involved in the project to mark the national old trails road that led to those daughters of the american revolutions statues being put up in the 1920's. is a 20th century political figure but he had a profound interest in the trails as well. they erected a national frontier trails museum. and they put up a pioneer mother sculpture in the courtyard. to evoke the struggle and hardships of pioneer women. this is...
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alcohol helped in his home state, why are you working that terrible democrat truman, president trumand basically he says, the defense of our country is nonpartisan. and the quote you'll hear often is, politics ends -- stop advertise water's edge. stay with that tradition. i hear the other pleas but secretary carter, ash carter good, friend, my predecessor, under president obama, refused to engage in political discussions. and he would order the military officers sitting next to him on capitol hill, not to answer a question that a congressman was asking, because it was purely political. we have get to keep the military out of this. none of us have any fear of the military moving into the political realm in an authoritative way but most countries in the world aren't like that. i've gone on too long. [applause] >> thank you. >> now we'll move from the question is wrote on a not pad to the question its wrote on note cards. these are your questions the military awards medals for physical courage, there is ever a way to get awards for moral courage? >> i think the reward for moral courage a
alcohol helped in his home state, why are you working that terrible democrat truman, president trumand basically he says, the defense of our country is nonpartisan. and the quote you'll hear often is, politics ends -- stop advertise water's edge. stay with that tradition. i hear the other pleas but secretary carter, ash carter good, friend, my predecessor, under president obama, refused to engage in political discussions. and he would order the military officers sitting next to him on capitol...
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truman kept him on, so hoover was there through the early cold war, and through mccarthyism, when trumanleft, eisenhower came in, and hoover stayed through both eisenhower's presidential term, developing cold war through the 1950s, through the rise of civil rights politics in the united states, he stayed on through john f. kennedy. after kennedy was assassinated in 1963, he stayed on for lyndon johnson's presidency, and when lyndon johnson left office, he stayed on through richard nixon's presidency, and finally died in the position of fbi director in may 1972. so, throughout this. as you can see, hoover lasted in this world of bipartisan establishment politics he lasted through eight presidents and almost 2 dozen attorneys general, republicans and democrats alike. he was never elected to this position, but was reappointed repeatedly, and over the course of his career, he built the fbi from being a rather small and insignificant bureaucracy, the investigative wing of the justice department, into a really substantial part of the national security state and an institution that was created
truman kept him on, so hoover was there through the early cold war, and through mccarthyism, when trumanleft, eisenhower came in, and hoover stayed through both eisenhower's presidential term, developing cold war through the 1950s, through the rise of civil rights politics in the united states, he stayed on through john f. kennedy. after kennedy was assassinated in 1963, he stayed on for lyndon johnson's presidency, and when lyndon johnson left office, he stayed on through richard nixon's...
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ilia: el presidente truman ordenÓ recortar una vez mÁs el nÚmero de refugiados que penetrar estados unidostres de los capturados fueron condenados por asesinato, homicidio involuntario y son convictos de delitos sexuales unos 100. ilia: nos habla de nuevo juguete de gÉnero exclusivo de mattel. la lÍnea se llama mundo creable. asÍ buscan abrir el diÁlogo o sobre este tema. reportera: basada en la inclusiÓn de gÉnero, mattel las uso de muÑecas que busca eliminar los estereotipos de gÉnero. el juguete no tiene el gÉnero definido. cada versiÓn tiene estilos intercambiables, con opciones de cabello corto y largo, ropa masculina y femenina, y diferentes tonos de piel. muy lejos de su icÓnica creaciÓn, la ultra femenina barbie, mattel busca generar la inclusiÓn y diversidad con su . -- permiten que mÁs niÑos jueguen con sus juguetes, pero algunos padres no estÁn tan emocionados con la idea. >> a mÍ se me vienecon la idea de que es lesbiana. reportera: esta madre dice que el juguete iniciarÍa una conversaciÓn incómoda. >> creo que trayÉndoles estos como confundiÉndolos. cÓmo le explicas a un niÑo
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[applause] and to take us through the ogermantown the building of panama canal truman or adams and the americans then has been given the presidential medal of freedom which is even better than honor. excuse me and you have been writing about america. your trajectory of 150 years since the revolution to charles lindbergh and to be on. is there a theme quick. >> yes. i now see it and some things you do gain as time goes thousand now see almost all of my books of americans who set out to accomplish something worthy that they knew would be difficult and going to be more difficult than they expected and who did not give up and learned from their mistakes and to achieve their purpose in the first place. but that is to increase our whpacity for gratitude for those who went before us and what they did for us it achieved for us and for us to take it for granted to take it to the extreme. >> but what we read and teach our gratitude and empathy. if we food themselves in the place of those that went before us. what would they put up with quick. >> and working for the last understandingin the pione
[applause] and to take us through the ogermantown the building of panama canal truman or adams and the americans then has been given the presidential medal of freedom which is even better than honor. excuse me and you have been writing about america. your trajectory of 150 years since the revolution to charles lindbergh and to be on. is there a theme quick. >> yes. i now see it and some things you do gain as time goes thousand now see almost all of my books of americans who set out to...
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abuses and political and economic turmoil it destroyed all manner and to be true as nothing that truman was there really really great did nothing for our nation for it wanted to do is progress as in disaster and everything opposition leaders say some of the others back to public policies such as land reform and indigenous ation cripple the economy and government services the fact that it has led to pass on in foreign lands is something that points to the problems that we have in our country we can't pay for leaders in africa being treated in foreign lands we must be able to fix our politics fix our governance institutions fix our governance systems so that we have big ideas not just big men big institutions not just big personalities . remains a polarizing figure but government officials say who be treated with respect and dignity to zimbabwe's founding father robert mugabe will be given a state funeral his body will lie in state for a few days then he will be buried at the national hero symmetry in the capital when many people who fought in the white minority rule are there it. al-jaze
abuses and political and economic turmoil it destroyed all manner and to be true as nothing that truman was there really really great did nothing for our nation for it wanted to do is progress as in disaster and everything opposition leaders say some of the others back to public policies such as land reform and indigenous ation cripple the economy and government services the fact that it has led to pass on in foreign lands is something that points to the problems that we have in our country we...
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silicon valley loves to send a green more of that's exactly what we're doing is all around the country truman members and 16 chapters yeah just to add on john's point if i may that's exactly what the chairman national security project is about is about bringing up the next generation of thought leaders in this space but also activating people in their own communities and we need to understand all levels not just outside of washington that everybody is a foreign policy voter whether or not he or she realizes because all of these decisions are impacting whether it's the the cost of a washing machine as we see is the result of trump's trade wars of choice or the jobs that people have a need build the people to come here and work all of the stuff matters to the american people about the keeping people safe and keeping them prosperous but talking to people and ways that they can understand about what is really at stake here because the stakes could not be higher sco i want to bring you in here there is a term the silicon valley loves disruption donald trump seems of very very disruptive in the unu
silicon valley loves to send a green more of that's exactly what we're doing is all around the country truman members and 16 chapters yeah just to add on john's point if i may that's exactly what the chairman national security project is about is about bringing up the next generation of thought leaders in this space but also activating people in their own communities and we need to understand all levels not just outside of washington that everybody is a foreign policy voter whether or not he or...
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aspects one is transparency when you walk around here you'll see that we've had no car very few close truman said cetera me s. than managing director estates in the open spaces like anyone else and if you want to listen to what i talk about you can sit next to me and i think building on that there's a big degree of trust. if you get to work early you can choose where to sit. but you can't choose who sits next to you. well even though you're just seeing me right now this show is made by dozens of people reporters camera women editors sound engineers technicians graphic designers video editors teamwork is he without it you can't do television or make most products that work is just too complex and that holds for research and technological development as well the end of vacation lap and heidelberg brings together scores of scientists from universities and companies to work on advanced technology with commercial potential focuses on organic electronics that sounds difficult and it is precisely why so many clever people have to work together. you know my job. and i love my job. and about differen
aspects one is transparency when you walk around here you'll see that we've had no car very few close truman said cetera me s. than managing director estates in the open spaces like anyone else and if you want to listen to what i talk about you can sit next to me and i think building on that there's a big degree of trust. if you get to work early you can choose where to sit. but you can't choose who sits next to you. well even though you're just seeing me right now this show is made by dozens...
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allegations of human rights abuses and political and economic turmoil to destroy a dominant snuffy that truman was there really really. did nothing for a nation for it what it did do is brand as as in disaster everything opposition leaders say some of the god is black and public policies such as land reform and indigenisation cripple the economy and government services the fact that it has led to passed on in foreign lands is something that points to the problems that we have in our country we can't save our leaders in africa being treated in foreign lands we must be able to fix our politics fix our government institutions fix our government systems so that we have big ideas not just big men big institutions not just big. mugabe remains a polarizing figure but government officials say who'd be treated with respect and dignity due to zimbabwe's founding father robert mugabe will be given a state funeral his body will lie in state for a few days then he will be buried at the national hero symmetry in the capital when many people who fought in the white minority rule are buried. al-jazeera. or st
allegations of human rights abuses and political and economic turmoil to destroy a dominant snuffy that truman was there really really. did nothing for a nation for it what it did do is brand as as in disaster everything opposition leaders say some of the god is black and public policies such as land reform and indigenisation cripple the economy and government services the fact that it has led to passed on in foreign lands is something that points to the problems that we have in our country we...
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allegations of human rights abuses and political and economic turmoil to destroy a dominant nothing that trumanwas there really really great did nothing for a nation for it wanted to do is brand as as in disaster and everything opposition leaders say some of the god is black empowerment policies such as land reform and indigenisation cripple the economy and government services the fact that it has led to pass on in foreign lands is something that points to the problems that we have in our country we can't save our leaders in africa being treated in foreign lands we must be able to fix our politics fix our government institutions fix our governance systems so that we have big ideas not just big men big institutions not just big you know personalities mugabe remains a polarizing figure but government officials say who'd be treated with respect and dignity due to zimbabwe's founding father robert mugabe will be given a state funeral his body will lie in state for a few days then he will be buried at the national hero symmetry in the capital when many people who fought in a white minority rule are
allegations of human rights abuses and political and economic turmoil to destroy a dominant nothing that trumanwas there really really great did nothing for a nation for it wanted to do is brand as as in disaster and everything opposition leaders say some of the god is black empowerment policies such as land reform and indigenisation cripple the economy and government services the fact that it has led to pass on in foreign lands is something that points to the problems that we have in our...
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human rights abuses and political and economic turmoil to destroy a dominant retries nothing that truman was there really really. did nothing for a nation for it wanted to do. as as an interim disaster and everything opposition leaders say some of them got his back to public policies such as land reform and indigenisation cripple the economy and government services the fact that it has led to passed on in foreign lands is something that points to the problems that we have in our country we can't save our leaders in africa being treated in foreign lands we must be able to fix our politics fix our governance institutions fix our governance systems so that we have big ideas not just big men big institutions not just big you know personalities mugabe remains a polarizing figure but government officials say who'd be treated with respect and dignity due to zimbabwe's founding father robert mugabe will be given a state funeral his body will lie in state for a few days then he will be buried at the national hero symmetry in the capital when many people who fought in a white minority rule are the
human rights abuses and political and economic turmoil to destroy a dominant retries nothing that truman was there really really. did nothing for a nation for it wanted to do. as as an interim disaster and everything opposition leaders say some of them got his back to public policies such as land reform and indigenisation cripple the economy and government services the fact that it has led to passed on in foreign lands is something that points to the problems that we have in our country we...
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the world is truman. shaped. thing. we are. dare to ask. thousands of american men and women choose to serve in the country's military and the decision lotos sheltered lives every thing came to a complete. the day that i was raped and. you know told to shut up was there to kill me and i see how it destroyed my life any screamed at me and he made me come in and he grabbed my arm and he write me with his birthing if you take into account that women don't report because of the extreme retaliation and it's probably somewhere near about half a 1000000 women have now been sexually assaulted in the us military is a very very traumatizing thing tat happen but i've never seen trauma like i've seen women who are veterans who have suffered military sexual trauma reporting rape is more likely to get the victim punished them the offender and almost 10 year career or chose very invested in and i gave a sex offender who was not even put to justice or put on the registry this is simply an issue of our in violence male sexual predators for the large part of
the world is truman. shaped. thing. we are. dare to ask. thousands of american men and women choose to serve in the country's military and the decision lotos sheltered lives every thing came to a complete. the day that i was raped and. you know told to shut up was there to kill me and i see how it destroyed my life any screamed at me and he made me come in and he grabbed my arm and he write me with his birthing if you take into account that women don't report because of the extreme retaliation...
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allegations of human rights abuses and political and economic turmoil to destroy a dominant snuffy that truman was there really really. did nothing for a nation for it what it did do is. disaster everything opposition leaders say some of the black to public policies such as land reform and indigenisation cripple the economy and government services the fact that it has led to pass on in foreign lands is something that points to the problems that we have in our country we can't pay for leaders in africa being treated in foreign lands we must be able to fix our politics fix our governance institutions fix our governance systems so that we have big ideas not just big men big institutions not just big. mugabe remains a polarizing figure but government officials say who be treated with respect and dignity due to zimbabwe's founding father robert mugabe will be given a state funeral his body will lie in state for a few days then he will be buried at the national hero symmetry in the capital when many people who fought in a white minority rule are there. al-jazeera. to minxin us from the school of ori
allegations of human rights abuses and political and economic turmoil to destroy a dominant snuffy that truman was there really really. did nothing for a nation for it what it did do is. disaster everything opposition leaders say some of the black to public policies such as land reform and indigenisation cripple the economy and government services the fact that it has led to pass on in foreign lands is something that points to the problems that we have in our country we can't pay for leaders in...
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allegations of human rights abuses and political and economic turmoil to destroy a dominant snuffy that truman was there really really. did nothing for our nation what it did do is. disaster everything opposition leaders say some of the black empowerment policies such as land reform and indigenisation cripple the economy and government services the fact that passed on in foreign lands is something that points to the problems that we have in our country we can't save our leaders in africa being treated in foreign lands we must be able to fix our politics fix our governance institutions fix our governance systems so that we have big ideas not just big men big institutions not just. mugabe remains a polarizing figure but government officials say who'd be treated with respect and dignity to zimbabwe's founding father robert mugabe will be given a state funeral his body will lie in state for a few days then he will be buried at the national hero symmetry in the capital when many people who fought in a white minority rule are there 8. al-jazeera. judges in cameroon have adjourned the trial of the ma
allegations of human rights abuses and political and economic turmoil to destroy a dominant snuffy that truman was there really really. did nothing for our nation what it did do is. disaster everything opposition leaders say some of the black empowerment policies such as land reform and indigenisation cripple the economy and government services the fact that passed on in foreign lands is something that points to the problems that we have in our country we can't save our leaders in africa being...
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low-key about a great event. t whse of us who told him he needed to go to berlinor keedy and for trumannd f reagan, and he said, "what would i do?he dance onall?" he knew it was a german mome. he was able to step back, not take cret at that moment. en 45 years of american resolve that had allowed that unification to take place, but he didn't need to sah that a moment. i learned so much from george h.w. bush about grace. i learned so much from him about diplomatic skill. and i learned a lot about building relationships. and so, he was master of those things and one of the reasons that we were able to see the building of that better world at the end of the cold war. >> i mean, i can't help butes notice how youibe president george h.w. bush andsh contst it with some of the rhetoric we see on the international stage now. a let's taook at just a sampling. >> i'm getting a lot of credit for what we're doing foreign. but everybody gives me credit for decimating isis. we just tookver 100% caliphate. that means the area of land. we did that in a much shorter period of time than it was supposed t
low-key about a great event. t whse of us who told him he needed to go to berlinor keedy and for trumannd f reagan, and he said, "what would i do?he dance onall?" he knew it was a german mome. he was able to step back, not take cret at that moment. en 45 years of american resolve that had allowed that unification to take place, but he didn't need to sah that a moment. i learned so much from george h.w. bush about grace. i learned so much from him about diplomatic skill. and i learned...