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was a machine gun if youcommander, and have read anything about that crucible of was the the united states army. which the american armies suffered enormous casualties and broke through the defensive buts on the western front, at a very heavy cost. of thewright came out war with his experience of commanding, macarthur, patton came out, short-lived experience in combat and spent a lot of time training soldiers. so that was their combat experience. >> i just have one question. did eisenhower's lack of combat experience in world war i cause any sort of friction between him and some of his european coalition partners in world war ii? men like montgomery obviously had combat experience in world war i. did that ever affect their relationship with eisenhower? dr. dickson: yes. it is an interesting story. course, eisenhower smoked four packs of cigarettes a day and montgomery was a teetotaler, non-smoker. in fact, one of the first times eisenhower was in london doing initial planning, the british arecers and american staff together. eisenhower lights of a cigarette, and montgomery says who is smoking i

i want to thank the united states marine band and the united states army chorus for that incredible performanced love to have a voice like that. what a voice. we love our country, we respect our flag and we always proudly stand for the national anthem. we always will stand for the national anthem. [applause] it is my great pleasure to welcome everyone to the white house for this patriotic celebration. beautiful, beautiful day and a beautiful celebration. i also want to thank our great vice president, mike pence. thank you, mike, for joining us along with secretary steven mnuchin, secretary ryan zinke, representative lou barletta who hopefully lou barletta will be your next senator from the great state of pennsylvania. [applause] it is a great state. representative mike kelly. thank you, mike. great to see you. i want to take this opportunity to explain why young americans stand for our national anthem. maybe it's about time that we understood. we stand to honor our military and to honor our country and to remember the fallen heroes who never made it back home. we stand to show our love for our

president of the united states of america authorized by act of congress, march 3, 1863, has awarded in the name of congress the medal of honor to first lieutenant garland m. connor, united states army. for conspicuous gallantry at the risk of his own life, above and beyond the call of duty. first lieutenant garland m. connor distinguished himself by acts of gallantry while serving with company k, third battalion, seventh infanttry regiment, third infrantry division on morning of january 24, 1945. ar the town of hausen, france. german forces counterattacked the front left flank with 600 troops. six tanks and tank destroyers. lieutenant connor, having recently returned to his unit, after recovering from a wound received in an earlier battle, was working as an -- the intelligence officer in the third battalion command post at the time of the attack. understanding the devastating effect that the advancing enemy armor could have on the battalion, lieutenant connor immediately volunteered to run straight into the heart of the enemy assault. to get to a position from which he could direct friendly artillery on the advancing enemy forces. with complete disregard for his own safety, lieuten

he was a young kid and was in the united states army. he served in europe and he was gassed and machine guns, and i am sure many of you know people like this, he would die of the wounds he received an world war lungs,51, because of his the long-range consequences of the disease. we will talk about how the world was changed by the war. some of the incredible changes, you think of russia. before the war, you had bizarre. tzar.aar -- the after the war you had lenin. in germany, before the war you had the kaiser. after, you had the fuhrer. the treaty of versailles was created -- signed, creating new nations. finland, austria, czechoslovakia, yugoslavia, poland, hungary, latvia, that the winnie a, estonia. none of those countries existed before world war i. i thought it would be interesting some of the expressions which have withstood the test of time. i did not know that this originated in world war i, dingbat. century washe 19th used like we say thingamajig. new dealers -- new zealand troops and world war i when people were shellshocked, th

i want to thank the united states marine band and the united states army corps for that incredible performancealways probably stamp of the national anthem. we always will stand for the national anthem. it is my great pleasure to welcome everybody to the white house for this patriotic celebration, beautiful, beautiful day in a beautiful celebration. i also want to thank our great vice president, mike pence. thank you, mike for joining us, along with secretary stephen mnuchin, secretary rines inky, representative lou -- who hopefully he will be your next senator from the great state of pennsylvania. [applause] a great state, representive, mike kelly, it's grt to see you. i want to take this opportunity to explain why young americans stand for our national anthem. maybe it is about time that we understood. we sent to honor our military, and to honor our country, and to remember the following heroes who never fallen heroes who never made it back home. we stand for fellow citizens in our magnificent constitution. we stand for the incredible americans who came before us in the heroic sacrifices they

here is a guy who got wounded at a battle and was in the united states army and in the army hospital after the war. he did like ike. our first speaker, dr. keith dixon. he is the professor of military studies at the joint. stop force college -- at the joint force staff college. he has a ba in history from the institute, anary ma from the university of richmond, and a phd. prior to his academic career, he served as an army officer almost entirely in special operations. in 2006, he retired as deputy commander, let's welcome dr. keith dixon. [applause] dr. dixon: ladies and gentlemen, thank you for coming. i appreciate it and i look forward to talking to you about dwight eisenhower. dwight eisenhower was born in 1890. she grew up in abilene, kansas, one of five brothers. his mother and father emphasized faith, hard work, self-discipline, and education. he entered west point in 1911 for two reasons, one, to advance his athletic career, and the second, he had a free education. his athletic ambitions were cut short in 1912, when he suffered an injury playing football. to eisenhower, it was

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great credit upon himself and the third infantry divn and the united states army. [applause] . >> let us pray. almighty god, i ask that these moments here together and the heroic acts of lieutenant -- of this lieutenant garland conner become for us a lifetime of strength. we ask you always for your continued presence through all of our american heroes serving home and ape broad in military service, continue to pour your wisdom and fill pauline conner, her family, and our entire nation with your peace today and always. amen. . >> please remain in your seats until the president has departed. departed. >>> c-span's washington journal live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. coming up wednesday morning inside elections reporter reviews the results of tuesday's primary and runoff contest in 7 states. then oklahoma republican congressman tom cole on immigration policy. politica's decision on president trump's travel ban and democrat tom swase. be sure to watch washington journal wednesday morning. join the discussion. >> here is a look at what's live o

president of the united states of america authorized by act of congress march 3rd, 1863, has awarded in the name of congress the medal of honor to first lieutenant garland m. connor, united states armycuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his own life above and beyond the call of duty. he distinguished himself with acts of gallantry while serving can company k, third battalion, third infantry division on the mortgaging of january 24th, 1945. german forces ferociously counter attacked the front left flank of the regiment with 600 infantry troops, six tanks and tank destroyers. lieutenant connor, having recently returning to his unit after a wound received in an earlier battle, was working as the intelligence officer in the third battalion command post at the time of the attack. understanding the devastating effect the advancing enemy could have, lieutenant connor ran straight to the heart of the enemy assault to get to a position from which he could direct friendly arartillery. he maneuvered 40 yards through the enemy artillery fire that destroyed trees in its path and rained shrapnel all around him. while unrolling telephone wire needed to communicate with the command post.

unite families with their loved ones. eight years ago, retired mississippi state guard kohl member, bill,eant mccontinuey's nephew, submitted d.n.a. samples along with two relatives to the united states army n march, 2018, sergeant mckinny's remains wre identified. for 67 years we waited for answers, mr. huff said. it has been so hard for all of us and the family. it was hardest on our uncle's youngest sister. for years she would not eat much for fear her brother was starving. she would remove the bed cover at night because she worr brother was shivering somewhere. on wednesday, june 6, 2018, members of theatrd riders escorted members of the family to theemph international airport to bring his remains to mississippi. friends and loved ones attended the funeral, internment was held at the national cemetery. he was buried with full military honors. we're so grateful that d.n.a. technology helped us to find uncle julius, mr. huff said. welogical share our story to the public every chance we get in ohat ours will not gupon the sd your honors. your honors. joyce, tanner, his knees -- niece, expressegratd her ude. we'rthankful the u.s. army did not abandon their search for you until they were a

out of 15 united states army air forcers.had an easy ride over there yet, and today'be different, no escort aside from unfriendly, so keep your eyes peeled. don't get excited when talking on the intercom. save your ammunition and make shots count and let you know what goes on. stay on the ball and she will bring us back like she has always done. ok? let's go. they have completed 24 missions, in this, the toughest the of war, the big league of sky fighting. their experience is priceless. if the memphis belle comes back this afternoon, they will bring the vital lessons they have learned to thousands of men training at home, in america. [engine rumbling] announcer:s is a battlefront like no other in this or any war. no monster armies, no booming cannon. only the roaring engine of the bombers over the quite english -- quiet english countryside. front. an air [engine rumbling] announcer: the wheels of the memphis belle leave the soil of enand for the 25th time, the friendly soil of england with its rural hamlets, if the states --

we're showing a comparison of the range and weight of fire from the artillery systems and the united states army armored brigade combat team and fairly typical russian motorized rifle brigade. so for those of you that are aware, a typical united states -- or typical western brigade will have three or four maneuver units supported by usually a single artillery unit. in the russian ground forces, it's three or four supported by three or four. so frequently in practice you'll actually see more like a one-to-one unit supported by artillery rocket systems, surface-to-surface missiles. so they have rocket launchers that have high rates of fire. they have more of them, and they support tanks and armored vehicles that are designed to have very high mobility, both the tactical and operational levels, and so essentially this is an army that's designed to move fast and to hit hard. so this is one of the areas that they have shown considerable improvement. they have narrowed the quality gap between themselves, and the west. there is still some important limitations, if you compare them to us. but it's impor

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we are located at the association of the united states army building on wilson boulevard in arlington virginia. sir, before we talk about your experiences in vietnam, i would like to get a little biographic information about you if i could. >> yes sir. >> where and when were you born? >> i was born in a little town called beaver, virginia. december 16, 1947. >> you were a young man. who were your family members? >> well, i have a father who is still living today. he is 96 years of age and a world war ii veteran. my mom is also living and she is 95 years old. they are both independent. they are both living alone and they take care of themselves. >> take care of themselves. brothers and sisters? >> i have two sisters and i am in the middle, so i caught hell. >> they kept you on the straight and narrow, though, didn't they? >> yes sir. >> and your hometown? >> my hometown is hampton, virginia. >> when did you enter the army? >> i entered the army march 7, 1947. 1967. yes sir. 1967. >> drafted or enlisted? >> i enlisted. there were reasons why i enlisted. the vietnam war was going hot and

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there were not part of the united states army, they were civilian employees, but he often wore discarded uniforms. his exhibit for trays john boston, one of those men who had escaped slavery and went to work on the construction core of the united states military railroad. here we portray the damaging of a railroad, the ties were ripped up in the rail was heated in bentz. immediately look at this as a sherman's, but the first instance of rail being heated and distorted like this was near cumberland, maryland in 1961. when the confederates captured the bridge over the potomac river and ripped up a mile of track, he did the track and wrapped it around trees. clare was at massive industrial complex. probably by the turn-of-the-century some 400 or 500 acres. ,nd here during the civil war the the and oh railroad built its own locomotives, the railcars, cast its own rail, and built every kind of apparatus and piece of steam agreements. they also prefabricated bridge sots, sections of equipment that as the confederates would damage the main line somewhere between harpers ferry and martinsburg or

and announces iraq we will maintain the finest fighting force the world has ever known the united states army was so reliant on the private sector i would call it a dependency we have a mismatch between the way we. work to be and the reality of the twenty first century enough for a good year. for you and i know how many of the persons that you're sending out to should be child soldiers my. child soldiers reloaded on al-jazeera. new yorkers are very receptive to al to see because it is such an international city they're very interested in that global perspective that al jazeera provides. this is al-jazeera. and this is the news hour live from london coming up in the next sixty minutes of on. bitterly divided on how to deal with migration into europe e.u. leaders meet for a summit in america says could make or break the union. a parliamentary report in the u.k. says spy agencies tolerated the inexcusable mistreatment of us.

we will maintain the finest fighting force the world has ever known united states army was so reliant on the private sector i would call it a dependency we have a mismatch between the way we. are to be here and the reality of the twenty first century enough to get here in a bagel for a while and i'll tell you how many of the persians that you're sending out you should be child soldiers not. child soldiers reloaded on al-jazeera. the sams in archaeology graduate from iraq he's also a part time going to pergamon museum which includes a reconstruction of the famous ishtar gate in bubble most of the people he's showing around came to germany as refugees this is just one of several billion museums taking part in the project called a meeting point and as well as bringing people together one of its aims is to emphasise the contribution of migrants right up to the present day to western culture. because i've been here for some time i can help them with lots of things that mrs ford to me the great thing is it's not just about museums about forming a new life it is a part of life it's culture t

advocate for preparedness he realized as of 1939 letter that in the future the united states earl might not -- the united states army might not have the luxury of waiting for a year to enter kpwt. he examined how to increase efficiency of training without sacrificing quality but realized that the best way to guarantee access at the outbreak was to institute peacetime training. he realized that the american public would never be supportive of large standing army so when he returned to the united states following world war i he became a strong supporter of compulsory military training because he believed it provided the best opportunity of raptd -- for rapid mobilization. he advocated for some form of universal training the rest of his career but was never able to garner enough believe or congressional support. as chief of staff he supported the effort to institute a peacetime draft in 1940 because of possibility of mobil ize more quickly -- mobilizing. as evidenced by the 1939 letter to john mcnair his concern is not only that they have adequate time to complete the program but it reflected the reality of war. during

so this study was done on behalf of the united states army. we drew inspiration from an study on the u.s.-china military balance called the scorecard.military that study started from a higher about hownderstanding china would fight and had an nderstanding of specific scenarios, in particular, taiwan and the south china sea. at elt when we were looking to takee that we needed a step back and take a stab at an introduction on how we russia would fight before we could talk about omparisons that were made in that report so this was ssentially a precursor, a prelude to a study like that. the report is 12 pages long. you can hit the high points quickly and it's intended to distillation of the best judgment of the community of russian analyses. shouldn't be too many surprises people that follow russia so we structured today's talk a little differently from how we wrote the paper. in the paper we started strategic level and work our way down. jump down to the tactical level. i'll talk about some of the army stuff. and work our way back up i'll hand it

i want to thank the united states marine band and the united states army chorus for that incredible performance. their voices -- i'd love to have a voice like that. what a voice. we love our country, we respect our flag and we always proudly stand for the national anthem. we always will stand for the national anthem. it is my great pleasure to welcome everyone to the white house for this patriotic celebration. a beautiful day and a beautiful celebration. i also want to thank our great vice president, mike pence. thank you, mike, for joining us. along with secretary steven mnuchin, secretary ryan zinke, representative lou barletta, who hopefully will be your senator for the next great state of pennsylvania. it's a great state. representative mike kelly. thank you, mike. great to see you. i want to take this opportunity to explain why young americans stand for our national anthem. maybe it's about time that we understood. we stand to honor our military and to honor our country and to remember the fallen heros that never made it back home. we stand to show our love for our fellow citizens and our

we will maintain the finest fighting force the world has ever known united states army was so reliant on a product sucker i would call the dependency mismatch between the way we. work to be and the reality of the twenty first century you know. how many of the current good years and the no child children. child soldiers reloaded on al-jazeera. with a big breaking news story it can be chaotic and frantic behind the scenes. people shouting instructions if you will trying to provide the best most accurate up to date information as quickly as you can. it's when you come off air on things to appear to realize you've witnessed history in the making. welcome back a quick look at the top stories now turkey's president. has been reelected with sweeping new powers but international want to says of criticize the conditions under which the election was held. and he's deputy prime minister mattel's salvini has met libyan officials to discuss ways to end illegal migration to europe it comes as the libyan coast guard has picked up almost a thousand african refugees in light winds in the mediterranean

this was done on behalf of the united states army. we drew inspiration from an earlier study of u.s. china military balance scorecard that started from a higher level of understanding about how china would fight with an understandinwithin understandind particularly taiwan and the south china sea. we felt like we needed to take a step back and take a stab at how we thought it would fight before we talk about comparison of like those that were made in that report. so, this was essentially a precursor to a study like that. it's really intended to serve as the best judgment of the russia analysts. shouldn't be too many surprises so the structure of today's talk a little bit differently from how we wrote the paper. in the paper we started the strategic level and work our way down and today we are going to jump off a down to the tactical level and some of the army staff and worked our way back up. i will hand it back over to handle the operational and strategic additional observational strategic considerations and finally i will make a note

the white house announced it will host a ceremony today featuring the united states marine band and the united states armyrding to the white house, loudly and probably play the national anthem. -- loudly and proudly played the national anthem. >>> today we are talking about former 49er star dwight clark . he lost his battle with what is commonly known as lou gehrig's disease. dwight clark passed away. his wife made the announcement on her husband's official twitter page. >> kelly clark wrote, i am heartbroken to tell you today i lost my best friend and husband. he passed away peacefully surrounded by people he loved most. i am thankful for all of his friends, teammates and 49ers fans who have sent their love during his battle with als. >> als is a neurodegenerative disease that takes away the ability to move, speak and even swallow and finally, breathe. ived emotional support from ty several san francisco 49ers, including dwight clark before dwight clark heard the diagnosis he had the same incurable disease. they shared a philosophy of making each day count. >> cherish the day. do not lose sight of th ble

. >> united states army sergeant. [cheers and applause] >> that's cool.ed special leave from fifth deployment i kosovo to surprise his son. jillian: hundreds of absentee ballots turning up five months late. board of elections after hung up in processing. for a number of positions including mayor. luckily, none of the end results were changed. rob: g.m. executive slams a pace car into the wall before indycar race. he wrecked $123,000 vet after hitting a bump and losing control. nobody was seriously hurt. wow, what a bummer though. that's a beautiful car. it's the golden hour. not the magic hour. i knew i was wrong. jillian: that's funny. rob: we'll see you later. jillian: have a good day. ♪ ♪ >> secretary of defense james mats returning from talks with world leaders in singapore just one week ahead of the historic summit. >> if the white house continues to tam down expectations. >> these negotiations take time. everything is on the table. >> president trump's attorney, throwing down the gauntlet against special counsel robert mueller saying any attempt to

it says "the united states army of the constitution less the united states air force was crated by law in 1947." it goes on to say " shall exist to prop and sustain land combat." that is what we do. we break things that kill people on behalf of of the united states. if you don't like that, you need to consider who you vote for. because strategic choices, including voting, have consequences. we are going to talk about three things that happened during this period from 1970 to 1991. the first is institutional change in the u.s. army. what you need to understand about armies of any kind or institutions of any kind may have traditions and legacies, but they are ephemeral, because it depends on young people coming and going. everybody doesn't join the army and stay for 30 years, most people stay for three years or four years, and relatively few stay for a career. the army changes continuously. in the days of 1970 and 1971, it was a draftee army, an army that no longer exists. it was a citizen's army. now it is a professional force. that has different ramifications for the country and the in

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the white house with the united states marine band and the united states army chorus honoring americanfl, no escaping the locker rooms." joe lockhart, the press secretary for clinton and department comm director for the nfl put a hard tackle on the president this morning. listen here. >> this is the latest example of the imperial presidency. how trump sees himself as a president. last time i checked it wasn't his house. he doesn't get to decide. this is the people's house. it shouldn't matter where ten players are coming or 30 players are coming. >> john: reaction from the nfl players association saying they are disappointed by the president's decision to cancel the invitation. adding, "this decision by the white house has led to the cancellation of several player-led community service events for young people in the washington, d.c., area." no word on why the players couldn't have gone ahead with those local community events. the golden state warriors went ahead and did some events for kids while they were here. we should add they were going to be in town anyway to play the washington

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military service and reflect great credit upon himself, the third infantry division and the united states armys pray. almighty god, i ask you these moments here together in the heroic acts of lieutenant -- of this lieutenant garland connor become for us a lifetime of strength. we ask you always for your continued presence for all of our american heros serving home and abroad in military service, continue to pour your wisdom on our leaders and fill pauline and her family and our entire nation with your peace today and always, amen. [laughter]

pleasure to my welcome lieutenant colonel brian who after more than 28 ,ears in the united states army has retired, but has continued on in his role as an historian and specialist in the middle east. he served eight nephews a half years in the middle east and was a jordanian army officer and liaison to the israeli force, which helped shape his scholarly perspective. he has written widely on military history and theory and and has awareness, recently published "voices of the iraq war: contemporary accounts of daily life, voices of an era." colonel steve is also a phd student at the university of city.ri -- kansas ladies and gentlemen, we you please join me in welcoming lieutenant colonel brian steed? [applause] ok, first, i want to thank everyone for coming out and i want to go back the slide. this is such an honor to be here tonight, a tremendous honor to be in this facility. a tremendous location. this is the second time i have spoken in this series. the first time was three years ago and i did not get the chance to present here. that time i talked literally about the great war in the

united states army and the military in general is so reliant on the private sector i would call it a dependency but we don't know who's the on the ground presence of these companies overseas we just don't know. it's crazy and actually it's really crazy in iraq. because since the first day i stepped my fits in iraq every day there was a bomb and they bombed the village there is a rockets. every day we have rockets fired. every day i heard gunshots every day a bomb in income in income in all my good it bomb went you know what soups and it's damage for all of our guards four of the civil union guys well trained guys as soon as they originally rock i called my mom i said mom i'm in iraq she said oh . i said i'm in iraq no no you're kidding i said no moment i'm in iraq i said mom just watch the number what's the number and she watched the number. she was she was just she was yelling oh daddy. i said no mom there is no problem here we have to see if we are not using a weapon we are you here is does our home i said we are doing just domestic walk in iraq she told all the neighbors around so

that borders the state of indiana, representative warren davidson who served his country as a united states army ranger and had been in business prior to coming here to the people's house. with that, i would yield to the gentleman as he may consume. mr. davidson: mr. speaker, i would like to thank chairwoman brooks and call attention to some good news. good news is out there. and sometimes hard to find in the news, but tax cuts and jobs act is all about good news. what is astonishing, the tax cuts and jobs act is having an impact before it became law. the cuts that were to come were causing our economy to grow at nearly double the rate as it was under the previous administration. and now we have seen deeds, not just words but actions transform the idea of tax cuts enacted into tax cuts, things that ransform the 1 1/2% growth and take-home pay was stagnating and no hope for the growth that our parents once knew. today we are seeing 3% growth and we may see even more 4% growth. the experts said this wasn't going to happen. and instead what we have seen is the power of ideas, the power of those ide