at the united states military academy, you can get that opportunity. you learn to be someone.skills to truly make a difference in the world. >> glenn: did anybody have a problem when you said you were going to west point? has anybody experienced the "west point? why don't you go to a good school? you could have gotten in xyz." did you experience that? you did? >> i did a little bit, sir. >> glenn: don't call me "sir." i worked a long time for the label of glenn. [ laughter ] >> i think i grew up a little bit, i grew up in colorado. i think there is a little bit of of, maybe a little bit of a mood of discontent with how west point and how all the other service academies fit in with military and the country. i think i ran into a little bit of maybe service rivalry. because air force academy is carl springs. >> glenn: right. west point gives us a chance to serve with soldiers. >> glenn: so you were having the problem between the branches? >> exactly. yeah. >> glenn: what i'm looking for has anybody -- of course. you guys, i mean really, c'mon, seriously. the navy could kick your

davis went to private academies, college, he was appointed to the united states military academy at west point. his older brother sponsored him, took care of him, gave him land. his brother gave him his first slaves. so the gulf began early in the terms of the experiences of wealth and privilege. davis made use of the skills. he became a senator, congressman, one the greatest secretaries of history. but the difference began early in life. >> host: uh-huh. okay. you point out in the book as well that despite all of that the north had suffered during the four years of war, lincoln was not inclined to punish the southern people or their leaders for that matter. and so he tells some of his generals to let them up easy. >> guest: yes. >> host: there's the indication there that he really was more than willing to let davis escape. in fact, he seemed to have preferred that that happened. and i assume that's because he didn't want the country thrown into even more chaos because you are putting the man on trial. >> guest: yes. >> host: but given what the northern people had suffered, was he being

selfless service to the nation exemplified in the best moments of the graduates of the united states military academy. each one was wounded while leading his troops out front, exposed to the dangers and hardships of warfare. we had previously host add group of soldiers from the 82nd airborne division. again, a very proud association as a former commander in that division. we hope periodically to host other wounded warriors from walter reed. but among our guests were capital dan prezinsky, graduate from the class of 2507. he hails from peach tree city, georgia. he was with the 52 striker brigade combat team in afghanistan. operating around agandab river valley near kandahar and he was on patrol, dismounted when he was hit by an i.e.d. and subsequently lost both of his legs. but not the diminution of his spirit or commitment of service to the nation. we're also joined by first lieutenant chris nickles, class of 2008. he was from meyersville, maryland, he was with the first of the third infantry division. he was injured in iraq, north eeflt of baghdad, and -- northeast of bag dads, an explosive i.e.d.,

davis went to private academies and a college and was appointed to the united states military academy at west point. his older brother sponsored him, took care of him, gave him land for plantations, and his brother gave him his first slaves. the gulf began early in terms of experiences and wealth. davis made use of his skills by becoming senator and congressman. the difference began early in life. >> host: okay. you point out in the book as well that despite all that the north had suffered during the four years of war, lincoln was not inclined to punish the southern people or their leaders for that matter, and so he tells his generals to let them up easy, and there's an indication there that he really was more than willing to let davis escape, and in fact, he seemed to have preferred that happen, and i assume that's because he didn't want the country thrown into even more chaos because you put this man on trial and all of that, but given what the northern people had suffered, was he being just a tad naive or just wishful thinking, or what was going on in lincoln's head? >> guest: i th

davis went to private academies and a college and was appointed to the united states military academyat west point. his older brother sponsored him, took care of him, gave him land for plantations, and his brother gave him his first slaves. the gulf began early in terms of experiences and wealth. davis made use of his skills by becoming senator and congressman. the difference began early in life. >> host: okay. you point out in the book as well that despite all that the north had suffered during the four years of war, lincoln was not inclined to punish the southern people or their leaders for that matter, and so he tells his generals to let them up easy, and there's an indication there that he really was more than willing to let davis escape, and in fact, he seemed to have preferred that happen, and i assume that's because he didn't want the country thrown into even more chaos because you put this man on trial and all of that, but given what the northern people had suffered, was he being just a tad naive or just wishful thinking, or what was going on in lincoln's head? >> guest: i thi

at the hoover institution and an associate professor of international security at the united states military academynext we have doctor stuart patrick, senior fellow and director, global governance at the council on foreign relations. and, finally, a senior research fellow at the new america foundation and the author of the second world, empires and influence in a new global order. please help me welcome our panel. [applause] >> thank you very much. we've got a great panel. it covers virtually every issue that it is in the world today. but forcefully for all of you we have insights and solutions both. so take notes, and by the time we are done you should be in great shape to go home. in any event, we've got great folks. and water plan is, we'll go through a couple of rounds of questions, and then open it up to you as soon as possible. so we can really cover what is on your mind as her as possible. so please think about what you want to ask and get involved as early as you possibly can. they're sort of two parts to the title of this discussion. one is new rules and new syste systems. the other is ame

cory at the hoover institution and this is a professor of international security, the united states military academy. next we have dr. stuart patrick till, senior fellow and tutor of the program on international institutions and global governance at the council on foreign relations. and finally senior research fellow with the new american foundation and the author of the second world, and high years and influence in the new global order. please help me welcome our panel. [applause] >> good morning, everyone. we've got a great panel. it's covered virtually every issue that there is in the world today. [laughter] but fortunately for all of you, we have in sight and solutions both. some take notes, and by the time we are done, you should be in great shape to go home. [laughter] in any event, we have got great boats and what the plan is we're going to go through a couple of rounds of questions and then open up to you as soon as possible so we can cover what's on your mind as early as possible so please, think about what you want to ask and get involved as early as you possibly can. there's two parts to

crew is being detained in the united states as they filmed a valley near a military training academy dubbed by critics the school of assassins and cameramen and a correspondent have been taken into custody in the state of georgia along with a number of activists get the latest on this developing story tonight cross to out he's got a future courage falling in motion again what more do we know about what's happened to our colleagues so far tonight. well carol we had the chance to talk to kayleen one of our correspondents she and one of our cameraman john conway are now we jailed in columbus georgia they were covering going to annual demonstration outside fort benning which holds a training center for latin american soldiers and policemen air every year thousands of people gather at the gates of that institution with demands to shut it down among its graduates are many of the continent's most and poorest torturers mass murderers dictators and state terrorists some call for banning america's terrorist training camp kayleen our correspondent said there was no disobedience to the police on

news crews detained in the united states says they filmed a rally near a military training academy in ga plus. two israeli soldiers accused of using a palestinian child as a human shield to see a sentence much to anger the few points groups and the international community. for a good evening from moscow it's nine pm sunday night this is r.t. it's kevin owen here with the stories making the headlines this past week for you and first russia is open to discussion over its participation in european missile defense but only if it's offered a fair and equal. all president dmitry medvedev emphasize the point of the nato summit in lisbon hailed as historic for ending a once hostile relationship between russia and the alliance results is lower enlisted reports negs they still remain issues on which they get to see eye to eye . nato rolled out the red carpet for the country once considered its both. and russian president dmitri medvedev arrived at the summit of the former cold war military alliance to leaders welcoming him with open arms and a plea corporate with arse. let us do this together l

journalist writes in the united states one question optional spent around thirty two hours in jail for trying to film a problem in the peaceful protests against the military academy dubbed the school of assassins that finished with offices hung consecrate covering the event and marched them a to a police van. thank you you may think your. own correspondent for describing to police as brutal she was later released in the brutal her account of the arrest. while we were filming we were asked to step aside we were asked to step onto the sidewalk which we did this is documented in the footage that we shot we turned our backs and all of a sudden we were being arrested we were not told what we were being charged with we were taken to the county jail it took about four hours for us to be told what we were being charged with and we were processed through the system and we actually spent thirty two hours in the county jail there in georgia even though we were clearly credentialed press were accredited with the united states congress we presented our press credentials and they still arrested as we were charged just as all the either activists were all of us were found guilt

united states air force academy. his book, "terrorism and a just war tradition." it includes four years in the united states to force as a militaryandler. it includes the reintegration of military members into civilian life on experiences of patients in the health care system. max is the aurth -- arthur professor of law and of biomedical ethics in the school of medicine. the professor practice law in washington d.c.. he specialized in health care and medical technology. he has authored seven books and numerous articles on subjects including the ethical, legal, and social implications on the advances of human genetics. that is the relationship of medical malpractice reform. last but not least, christine has worked with individuals with learning differences. cognitive, emotional, social, behavioral. she collaborates on methods to improve quality of life for individuals and their family. she worked at quality living inc. in nebraska from 1997 to may 2001. first as an intern, then as assistant director of clinical services. she joined the leadership team as the east coast rep. working from her home, she represents them throughout the

military academy applications on-line. it includes some famous west point names like george custer. and william tecum is a sherman. you can view them on-line through sunday. the united statesing accused of upsetting the trade balance. deliberately weakening the dollar. charlie d'agata has more. >> reporter: fingerpointing is threatening to derail the g-20 summit in seoul. leaders of the world's wealthy economies are sparring over ways to rebuild the global economy. >> we need to ensure balance and sustainable growth. >> reporter: president obama was forced to defend the federal reserve's plan to pump hundred billion dollars in though u.s. economy. critic accuse the u.s. of deliberately devaluing the dollar to boost trade. president obama shook hands with south korea's president but couldn't strike a trade deal. the sticking point, access to south korea's lucrative auto market. >> we don't want months to pass before we get this done. we want this to be done in a matter of weeks. >> reporter: thousands of protesters rallied in the streets, claiming world's powers aren't taking responsibility for the financial crisis. police arrested a woman who threatened to set herself on f

we had basically the united states, had lost in an insurgency and after vietnam, we cease to study culture insurgency in the u.s. government. it was dropped from the military academies it dropped out. we want going to get involved with that, and there was no preparation for what we encountered in iraq, and in afghanistan. afghanistan figures and of course also, but i focus mostly on iraq, and they are the failure of intelligence on our part, on the u.s. part, was extraordinary. like? so i was trying to think of this overtime and one thing is that takes you to think and comparatively about the u.s. in ways that is sometimes a bit taboo and a little bit making people uncomfortable. it is not saying it is all the same, but also it lifts it out of the bush administration per se, where you step back in history and look at the bigger picture and you are going back to world war ii. you are going back to other things. at one point in the book i end up in the philippines at the turn-of-the-century, you know, when u.s. conquered the philippines in 1898 and early 1900's. all the rhetoric was there. i have a line in the book that if you want to find a ghost behind the ghostwrit

basically, the united states had lost in an insurgency, and of after vietnam -- after vietnam we ceased to study counterinsurgency in the u.s. government. it was dropped from the military academies. it was dropped out. we weren't going to get involved in that. and there was no preparation for what we encountered in iraq and in afghanistan. afghanistan figures in, of course, also. but i focus mostly on iraq. and there the failure of intelligence on our part, on the u.s. part, was extraordinary. why? so i was trying to think of this over time, and one thing this does is it takes you to think comparatively about the u.s. in ways that are sometimes a bit taboo and a little bit make people uncomfortable. it's not saying it's all the same, but also it lifts it out of the bush administration per se when you ten back in history and look at -- step back in history and look at the bigger picture. you're going back to world war ii, you're going pack to other thicks -- back to other things. at one point in the book i end up many this the philippines at the turn of the century, you know, when the u.s. conquered philippines in 1898, early 1900s, and all the rhetoric was there. i have a line i

united states air force academy. his book, quote cutter was on and just war tradition," was published in 2007. he served over 18 years and active and reserve components of the military, including four years in the united states air force as a military working dog handler. his current research focuses or his current research focus includes the reintegration of military members into civilian life and influence of the military culture on the expectations and experiences of patients in the v.a. health care system. max mehlman is the director of the law medicine center case western reserve university school of law and the professor of biomedical ethics here in the school of medicine. prior to joining the faculty in 1984, professor mehlman practiced law with arnold and porter in washington, d.c., where he specialized in federal regulations health care and medical technology. he's the author and editor of seven books and numerous articles on subjects including "the ethical, legal and social implications of advances in human genetics." ethical and legal aspects of the patient position relationship and "medical malpractice reform." last but not least, christine borgelt doher

united states air force academy. his book, quote cutter was on and just war tradition," was published in 2007. he served over 18 years and active and reserve components of the military, including four years in the united states air force as a military working dog handler. his current research focuses or his current research focus includes the reintegration of military members into civilian life and influence of the military culture on the expectations and experiences of patients in the v.a. health care system. max mehlman is the director of the law medicine center case western reserve university school of law and the professor of biomedical ethics here in the school of medicine. prior to joining the faculty in 1984, professor mehlman practiced law with arnold and porter in washington, d.c., where he specialized in federal regulations health care and medical technology. he's the author and editor of seven books and numerous articles on subjects including "the ethical, legal and social implications of advances in human genetics." ethical and legal aspects of the patient position relationship and "medical malpractice reform." last but not least, christine borgelt doher

united states air force academy. his book, quote cutter was on and just war tradition," was published in 2007. he served over 18 years and active and reserve components of the militaryncluding four years in the united states air force as a military working dog handler. his current research focuses or his current research focus includes the reintegration of military members into civilian life and influence of the military culture on the expectations and experiences of patients in the v.a. health care system. max mehlman is the director of the law medicine center case western reserve university school of law and the professor of biomedical ethics here in the school of medicine. prior to joining the faculty in 1984, professor mehlman practiced law with arnold and porter in washington, d.c., where he specialized in federal regulations health care and medical technology. he's the author and editor of seven books and numerous articles on subjects including "the ethical, legal and social implications of advances in human genetics." ethical and legal aspects of the patient position relationship and "medical malpractice reform." last but not least, christine borgelt doherty