leadership that will take america's great harnessed power and unharness it and put it to work on thenfinished business of home and abroad. by the accident of where i have been, a senator eight years, a vice president, traveled around the world is seven years many times -- by reason of that experience, i have thought deeply and have reached some conclusions about what we ought to keep the peace abroad and restore peace at home. i think the presidency, i would have the opportunity to put those conclusions in practice. that is the reason why i decided to seek the office. there has been a lot of criticism of president johnson. some of it justified and much of it petty and unjustified. there are those who do not like his accent and those who do not like his style. others that do not think he comes over well on tv. [laughter] i know how he feels. [applause] but my friends, the issue in 1968 is not the johnson personality but the johnson policies. i say whether you look at america's record abroad or at home, it is not the time to continue with lyndon johnson. it is time for a new leadership

. >> when the americans were here this sprawling base in k unhar province was called camp bright. now it's just called brigade. the americans left and took with them their air cover. >> we could show to the world that we are brave and we can defend our country independently. >> it's a different picture these days. nestled in the hills where americans suffered some of their heaviest casualties, but the afghan soldiers are suffering more. 300 killed in the last year and many more injured. they fighting experts if guerrilla warfare, the taliban now control more territory than at any time in the last 13 years. the afghans do not have high tech weaponly relying on machine guns. >> since the u.s. scaled down its operations the afghan army can no longer completely rely on the use of american firepower. and that has made a significant difference in its ability to take and hold territory. >> chances of survival are often considerably reduced. >> an ied bomb exploded and we were ambushed. a soldier standing next to me was wounded. if we have air support we can immediately evacuate him, but