i think that is a terrific idea to honor those who lost their lives protecting us in vietnam and in other wars. if we, i and my team have the opportunity to leave -- lead this country, this will be one more symbol of respect we show veterans, not just those here today but those who served our lost their lives and their families in the past. i'm being cut off. this was great fun. i will be here again tomorrow morning, 4:00. it won't be as hot. let me thank "the des moines register" for having me. thank you all for being here. this should be a time when we feel the most optimist it, the future.ited about our if we get the right leadership, we will. god bless you and god bless the united states. >> thank you, governor. >> governor george pataki on a 90 degree day at the iowa state fair in des moines and on the "the des moines register" candidate soapbox we are back in two morrow at the fair with three more candidates. we are here -- we here in the morning from wisconsin governor scott walker. the afternoon, carly fiorina at 1:00 eastern and lindsey graham at 4:00 p.m. our coverage will conti

i think that is a terrific idea to honor those who lost their lives protecting us in vietnam and in other wars. if we, i and my team have the opportunity to lead this country, this will be one more symbol of respect we show veterans, not just those here today but those who served our lost their lives and their families in the past. i'm being cut off. i will tell you, this was great fun. i will be here again tomorrow morning, 4:00. it won't be as hot. come back. no, i can't do that. let me thank "the des moines register" for having me. thank you all for being here. this should be a time when we feel the most optimistic, the most positive, the most excited about our future. if we get the right leadership, we will. god bless you and god bless the united states. > thank you, governor. >> i was just wondering. you mentioned you grew up on a farm. i was wondering how you can use that for iowa voters and what is the most important issue facing farmers today? mr. pataki: i did grow up on a farm and spent my whole life on a farm. we're running our farm now and every saturday we take some of our gr

i think that is a terrific idea to honor those who lost their lives protecting us in vietnam and in other wars. if we, i and my team have the opportunity to lead this country, this will be one more symbol of respect we show veterans, not just those here today but those who served our lost their lives and their families in the past. i'm being cut off. i will tell you, this was great fun. i will be here again tomorrow morning, 4:00. it won't be as hot. come back. no, i can't do that. let me thank "the des moines register" for having me. thank you all for being here. this should be a time when we feel the most optimistic, the most positive, the most excited about our future. if we get the right leadership, we will. god bless you and god bless the united states. >> thank you, governor. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2015] [indistinct conversations] >> i was just wondering. you mentioned you grew up on a farm. i was wondering how you can u

us to flight school. for me, i learn helicopter in alabama. >> so after you both did your training, you mr. wen did your training in america. you came back to vietnam to serve. you came back to serve as a gunship pilot. can you tell us about your most memorable combat experience. >> i was the first in south vietnam air force. we provided fire support to all four military areas in south vietnam. let me tell you a little bit about i flew. i flew one night in a gunshot. it was an aircraft converted to gunship. this aircraft provided low fire support for south vietnamese with the ability to fire up 6,000 rounds per minute from its guns. very deadly. submission was to attack. one night on november 27, 1971, it was thanksgiving day. we found a convoy of five jets. this is a rare catch for the black raven. the test disappeared in the cloud of dust. and i cannot forget was when the gi about to be over were in the air fighting contact person. we didn't want an f-5. get me a black raven. that was happened one night in the summer of 1972. right at the border of cambodia and vietnam. the victim took attack briefly. we were outnumbered. they were just about 100

i said, i was in vietnam for the last two years, and i was living in paris the past few years. paris? oh, tell us about paris. for a time, vietnam was erased in consciousness. >> for me, i agree. vietnam was the war that everyone wanted to forget. when i came back, i went back to san francisco. i remember all my friends saying, oh, how was it? did you have an interesting time? yes, i did. well, here's what's been going on while you were away. professionally, for me, it was very positive because i left vietnam in like august of 1973. then there was the war that broke out. i was one of -- by then, working for the ap, and wes gallagher, who sent me to vietnam, then sent me to israel and sent the other reporter to cairo. professionally, it was a positive because we had proven that women could actually do the job. >> i think, one thing, she's talking about her job, and laura also, but it also is emboldening personally. you think, you've been in vietnam and you've covered that. then things i didn't really know my profession and my craft, i went from being -- writing about parties to writing about wars.

i said, i was in vietnam for the last two years, and i was living in paris the past few years. paris? oh, tell us about paris. for a time, vietnam was erased in consciousness. >> for me, i agree. vietnam was the war that everyone wanted to forget. when i came back, i went back to san francisco. i remember all my friends saying, oh, how was it? did you have an interesting time? yes, i did. well, here's what's been going on while you were away. professionally, for me, it was very positive because i left vietnam in like august of 1973. then there was the war that broke out. i was one of -- by then, working for the ap, and wes gallagher, who sent me to vietnam, then sent me to israel and sent the other reporter to cairo. professionally, it was a positive because we had proven that women could actually do the job. >> i think, one thing, she's talking about her job, and laura also, but it also is emboldening personally. you think, you've been in vietnam and you've covered that. then things i didn't really know my profession and my craft, i went from being -- writing about parties to writing about wars.

such as considering a possibility of using nuclear weapons in vietnam and yet, there were people that would walk through walls for barry goldwater, and he barely captured the republican nomination, beating the establishment candidate of his time, governor nelson rockefeller, of new york. who like jeb bush, has certain appeal, that nobody but nobody was willing to walk through brick walls for nelson rockefeller, and no one with is going to walk through brick walls for jeb bush. >> he says he is leading the race, because he is taking direct aim at government probables so later today, jeb bush plans to go on the offensive with a foreign policy speech that addresses fighting isil, and attacks hillary clinton, now according to excep from the speech, he plames the fomenter secretary of state, he says after the troops left iraq, clinton quote stood by as that hard won victory was thrown away. in all her record setting travels she stopped by iraq exactly once. he also adds it was a case of haste to get out, and to call the tragic consequences somebody else's problems. bush will make his speec

marine corps and one of my great friends who served in the platoon in vietnam is with us today. his name is dan broome. for those of us who are in the infantry during that time, it was a brutal time. we lost three times as many vietnam war as were in the entire korean war. died,9, more americans and in fact, twice as many asricans died in vietnam have been lost in iraq and afghanistan combined in the last 12 years of war. it is always a great honor for me to be able to give my thanks to the people who served with us and yesterday was the anniversary of when dan broome was wounded. he was wounded twice. it is great that he is with us. [applause] webb: also, general washington, i got to meet him backstage. i was wanted to meet general washington, because my great-grandfather's served in the revolutionary war under general george washington. those of you who remember the encampments of valley forge across the delaware, general washington reminded me of how much he appreciated his virginia soldiers during that engagement. i was also glad to see that governor huckabee preceded me. is

in vietnam? well, sometimes yes. sometimes no. talk to us about this. >> i was there so late in the war that i was standing on the shoulders of those who had made real sacrifices to give women the opportunity. as i mentioned, it was not only the women at "the new york times" and the sex discriminate suit, but people like urate who fought to have women have access, so i didn't have obstacles in my path that way, but i think i knew as a woman i had to earn my place at the table. there were some things that were a given. i would never show fear. i would work as hard as any man, i think as -- i don't know what my colleagues think. i think as a woman i was someone who was always more comfortable talking about feelings, so it wasn't -- it was a natural far me. so if i'm interviewing a g.i., i'll ask the second and third follow-up question. >> denby? >> my thoughts on it were that i think being a woman was important because it showed that women could do that. even up to the end, edie and her boss and kate webb and other female reporters, we were ki

said he wants to expand his business network in vietnam and eventually build a chain of gay friendly businesses in southeast asia. ♪ ♪ >> the l & g beer club used new owner nguyen purchased it a year ago and re-opened it as a place specifically for lesbians and bisexuals. establishments such as this, targeting gay women are rare in ho chi minh city. [ speaking foreign language ] >> it's been two months since linh and foon had their wedding ceremony on an airplane. their life as a newly married couple has just begun. [ speaking foreign language ] >> meanwhile, papa cafe bustles with its usual throng of lunch time diners. [ speaking foreign language ] [ speaking foreign language ] >> a lot. i think at the moment, most of the guests are from australia. >> australia? >> yes. and europe, also america. still too early for gay only, but it is growing. people start to know the hotel more and more. >> where are you from? which country? >> sweden. in sweden we have snow. >> oh. [ indiscernible ] >> when you go there you can find -- >> where are you from? >> i'm from holland. people think that gay hotels might be different. this is gay friendly. it's mixe

said he wants to expand his business network in vietnam and eventually build a chain of gay friendly businesses in southeast asia. ♪ ♪ >> the l & g beer club used new owner nguyen purchased it a year ago and re-opened it as a place specifically for lesbians and bisexuals. establishments such as this, targeting gay women are rare in ho chi minh city. [ speaking foreign language ] >> it's been two months since linh and foon had their wedding ceremony on an airplane. their life as a newly married couple has just begun. [ speaking foreign language ] >> meanwhile, papa cafe bustles with its usual throng of lunch time diners. [ speaking foreign language ] [ speaking foreign language ] >> a lot. i think at the moment, most of the guests are from australia. >> australia? >> yes. and europe, also america. still too early for gay only, but it is growing. people start to know the hotel more and more. >> where are you from? which country? >> sweden. in sweden we have snow. >> oh. [ indiscernible ] >> when you go there you can find -- >> where are you from? >> i'm from holland. people think that gay hotels might be different. this is gay friendly. it's mixe

reporter: can you tell us whether the missile site in north vietnam that were bombed yesterday were manned by russians? and whether or not the administers and has a policy about russian technicians in north vietnam? pres. johnson: we have no information on how they were manned. i cannot speak with authority on that matter. we made the decision that we felt our national interests required, and as those problems present themselves, we will face up to them. reporter: i wonder if you have had any communications from chiang kaishek, that he is ready to go to war with you. pres. johnson: we have communicated with most of the friendly nations of the world the last few days. we have received from them responses that have been encouraging. i would not want to go into any individual response here, but i would say that i have indicated to all of the friendly nations what our problems were there the decision that confronted us, and ask for their help and their suggestions. mr. roberts. reporter: mr. president, given the russian military involvement , or a parent involvement, on the side of hanoi, on t

such as considering the possibility of using a nuclear weapons in vietnam. and yet, there were people who would walk through walls for barry goldwater and he barely captures the republican nomination, beating the establishment candidate of his time, governor nelson rockefeller of new york. who like jeb bush, or scott walker, had a certain apeople, but note but phone was willing to walk through brick walls for him. he says the reason why he believes he is leading the race, is because he is an anti-establishment candidate, and taking direct aim at government problems. later today, jeb bush will go on an offense, that addresses fighting isil and attacks hillary clinton. bush blames the former secretary of state for isils rise in the middle east. in his words he says, after u.s. troops left iraq in 2011, clinton stood by and that hard won victory ally forces was thrown away, and all the record setting tramps she stopped by iraq, exactly once. he also says it was a case of blind hate to get out, and called the tragic consequences somebody else's problem. bush wil

one of my great friends -- [applause] in served in my platoon vietnam is with us today. is in iowa and his name is dan brew. [applause] actually, for those of us who were in the marine infantry during that period, it was a very brutal time, folks. we lost three times as many arenas in the vietnam war that have been lost in the entire korean war. entering the period that we were there in 1969, twice as many as hadns died in vietnam been lost in iraq and afghanistan combined in the last 12 years of the war, so it is always a great honor for me to be able to give my thanks to people who served with us. yesterday was the anniversary of wounded,re brew was wounded twice, so it is great to have been with us today. [applause] i got to meet general washington, i always wanted to meet general washington because my four times great grandfather served in the virginia line during the american revolutionary war under george washington. he was at valley forge, those of you who remember thing cap inset valley forge across the delaware, and general washington reminded me of how much he

in vietnam or had died in vietnam. these wars are very different, aren't they? >> we are delighted there's so many young people with us this evening. if we still had a draft in this country, it would be a very different, a very different prospect, i suppose. urate, can you tell us a little bit about being wounded? >> well, you know, cason was a very big story, and i broke my rule -- since i was a freelancer, it was very hard to get things into newspapers. never go where all the press goes. if everybody was up there, i was down in the delta, but this was such a big story. marines were under siege since middle of january. i got the assignment from wr radio to interview new yorkers who were in caison. i hitched a ride on a helicopter. there was very limited press accessibility, and i saw, like we always did in vietnam, empty helicopter blades whirring. being a girl, i had that advantage. i looked over and i said, where you going to caison by chance? sure. hope on. public information officer was furious, because he had his roster of "washington post," new york times, "upi," whatever. we made the fatal mistake of not throw

us here. mel laird and the post-vietnam military in the united states is a book that takes us through what i think is one of the most important turning points and this is a point that the senator made. one of the most important turning points in american military and political strategy and also one of the most important turning points in american society. and the american military was one of the places where american social change occurred. part of this book is about not just the vietnam war, but also the changing composition of the u.s. military, the changing role of the u.s. military and american society, the struggles with drugs and rape in the american military as well as the struggle with fighting a war in vietnam. i want to raise three issues for us to think about today, three areas where i think this book enlightened my thinking and where it can enlighten all of us and hopefully give us more issues to discuss in our conversation that will follow. first issue, what is the role of the secretary of defense? what role should the secretary of defense play? of course, when the office was created

americans held prisoner of war at some time or other during the long, agonizing vietnam conflict. >> all of us would like to join in those b-52s in and did the job. >> nixon was overjoyed when the p.o.w.s came home. and they were overjoyed to see him. nixon was a hero to the p.o.w.s. >> because as all of you know, if they hadn't have done it, you wouldn't be here tonight. >> but while he was cheering the p.o.w.s, nixon is thinking, watergate is going to take me down. that night when it was over, he went back to his study and got his daughters down and said, you know, i might have to resign. >> good evening. the congress of the united states in an historic action today made effective a limitation on the powers of the president to make war. the house and then the senate overturned president nixon's veto of the war powers bill and, despite his opposition, that measure now becomes law. >> is this override the result of watergate, the new developments in watergate? >> i think this has no relationship at all to watergate. this is a prerogative of the congress of the united states that several presidents have tried to tak

in history? and he's used as a mascot for one of the is it 7th cavalry today? is that right? >> guest: his name has been used in many contexts. during the vietnam war, the 7th cavalry used his name for an operation, operation crazy horse. and right now a gigantic statue is being carved not far from mount rushmore in north dakota to commemorate crazy horse. it seems as if over time the pizzazz of being a great fighter has won out over the more thoughtful contributions of sitting bull. c-span: when you have your sessions with the little bighorn association, what is it that people disagree about the most? >> guest: well, people are apt to disagree about many different things: whether or not custer was to blame in any way for the disaster; the contributions of various of his subordinates at the time. episodes in custer's life can generate controversy. i mean, these are people who care a great deal about the truth of the battle. they care about preserving the battlefield and about custer's life. i don't know if you know that recently, in spite of the passage of time, as i've said, feelings continue to be very strong. recently the battlefield has bee

thirteen of us had served in or during vietnam.thirteen corporate reps were old enough to be our fathers. many many were retired military officers who had served in world war ii, korea and vietnam. i started in the breakfast line to get it out of the way. the conversation had quieted as men throughout the room focused on eating while balancing plates and coffee cups on their knees. suddenly to my left, the kitchen door flew open and warner step through decisively. gentlemen, the chef. he announce. behind him through the door followed taylor. she wrote wore a pink robe and it was tied around her neck with fluffy white balls at each end. on her feet she wore pink slippers with fluffy white balls matching those on her collar. the same sound i had always heard when someone entered a room. the entire entire room now stood at attention. those of us formed a fairly straight rank and i could see a man holding out his plate at belt level as if holding out his scrambled eggs. [laughter] taylor was greeting each individual personally pitching

in dallas. we could've learned a great deal about what vietnam cost us in the country and the world yet no presidential libraries offers those. so iraq, afghanistan and so on until we and the presidents we elect lead us. i think it matters. it's actually just over 2 million people visit the presidential libraries each year and in some states the presidential libraries produce the components for those states schools in teaching them about their presidents. some of those residential libraries that educational component is founded by the presidential foundation. are you going to give $10 million to a presidential foundation that said the president was wrong or said the president did bad things or broke the law? you're you're not gonna support that in educational programs or exhibits. just one more thing here, does any of this ultimately matter? does does the conduct of presidents past have any relations to the conduct of the future presidents? what they didn't do, what they they ought to have done make any difference in our lives? does the way they present their history affect art regiment in creating our

the first time it was used in a speech defending the vietnam war, there was no question it was in thetical and social protests from young people and african-americans. the difference is when nixon coined the phrase, 80% of all voters are whites without a college education. now, the voters are around 45%. we're living through diversification. obama lost white voters more than carter did in 1980 and still won. i think the donald trump line of argument about immigration and other irshoo y shissues does dr from anxiety among elements in society of the things we're living through. the silent majority is a way to talk to those voters. >> thank you all. i appreciate it. wish we had more time. we'll have you all back on to talk about this. as we just talked about, the debates, don't miss. the second republican debate here on cnn, september 16th at the ronald reagan library in california. cnn will also host the first of six democratic debates. that is october the 13th from nevada. right here on cnn. >>> coming up, the potential triple threat. three major hurricanes. right now, three in the pac

and three of us, including me, were sent to the battlefield. >> that battlefield was in south vietnamand his friends marched along the ho chi minh trail to get there. they staged attacks against the enemy, using the jungle as cover. >> translator: our unit was directly sprayed with agent orange. they were spraying above our heads. we could hardly breathe, so we pressed wet towels against our noses. we completely lost our sense of smell. he were shrouded in black smoke. everything smelled the same. it was suffocating. several days later, thiet was ordered back to the area on a recon mission. he could not believe what he saw. >> translator: there wasn't a single leaf anywhere. it gave us chills. we looked at one another and wondered out loud, what did they spray that could do this? no one knew what it was. we didn't know it was poison. we had no idea that the united states was spraying a toxin. >> when the vietnam war ended in 1975, thiet left the army and returned to hanoi. almost immediately his health started failing. at the hospital, he was diagnosed with hepatitis b, hepatitis c, a

in suits with monica healey the only woman. it was an equal standoff between two generations of veterannings. thirteen of us had served in or during vietnam the 13 corporate reps by and large were old enough to be our fathers. many were retired military officers who had served in world war ii, korea and vietnam. i started the breakfast line in order to get mine out of the way. by 8:20 the conversation had quieted as men focused on eating while balancing plates and coffee cups on their knees. i sat on thety van under the garden windows. suddenly, to my left the kitchen door flew open, and warner stepped through decisively. gentlemen, the chef, he announced. and behind him through the door followed taylor. she wore a pink robe buttoned in front. the robe was tide around her neck by a white cord. on her feet she wore pink slippers which had fluffy white balls matching those on her collars. officers, attention! rang the order in my mind, the same one i had always heard when brass entered the room. clearly, i wasn't the only one who herald it. the entire room now stood at attention. we formed fairly straight rank, and looking to my left i coul

in the vietnam after he was elected to into. i lost four under johnson. do you think he really did his best to get us out of vietnam in an orderly fashion or did they drag it out for reelection's sake speak with this is a fair question and is a huge scholarly debate, called decent integral. there is a theory and a lot of evidence to prove it that nixon and kissinger were cynical. it goes like this. that the we pull out or if we lose, pulled up too fast, saigon will fall, we will be blamed for it and i will not win the 1972 election. there's some evidence on the tapes they talked that way. but there's also evidence rent the other way that nixon did want to win. you get that at this fourth reich is that little country, how come we can't win? he would urge the military to hard travel and you have spasms of violence in bomb in 1972, all of the info of 69, christmas bombing. the evidence is somewhat contradictory, whether he really wanted to win or not. it begs the larger question, why didn't we just get the hell out in 1969? people think we got the same deal in 1973 that we could have gotten in 1969. i d

why were we in vietnam in the first place? >> because the french wanted us to be in there and we didn't want to be involved quite as much as they wanted us to be involved. they asked us to drop an atomic bomb on them. eisenhower refused to do that. he said we're not going to get involved in that war. we were very, very cautious, particularly under eisenhower, about anything that had to do with endochiena. then kennedy wabecame president. he was more ready to practice what they call warfare. counter insurgency, that's right. one of his ideas was that vietnam was the perfect place to practice counter insurgency, to practice what he thought would be the new american doctrine, which would win these wars and counterinsurgency was the thing. >> where were we then when president johnson was in office? what happened by the late 1960s? >> it became office that counterinsurgency could not win the war because the vietnamese, north vietnamese kept sending troops in and counterinsurgency couldn't defeat them because that counted on the south vietnamese to do that. we had

. >> reporter: chris it innings tell us that spotfora spoke about his survivor tail and his time in vietnamut his military service record tell a different story of a naval technician who was thousands of miles away, with no documentation that he ever served in the war zone. >> you don't to have put your boots on the ground to be a vietnam vet. >> reporter: were you no where near that area. >> i cannot say. >> reporter: stafford township mayor john spotfora has not always been so secretive about his military service. his 2011 election flyers and township bio touted him as a vietnam veteran and vietnam war medal of valor recipient. >> i knew the the the truth he wasn't a vietnam. >> reporter: it that is truth that earl galloway a retired master chief said ultimately made him target of the local, county, and federal criminal investigation. >> it is all a van debt a against me. i exposed him for what he is. >> reporter: these public record show spotfora enlisted in the nave any 1966 and served as a technician perform maintenance on machinery or ctm, cross the mediterranean and atlantic. his two

marine corps and one of my great friends who served in the platoon in vietnam is with us today. his name is dan broome. for those of us who are in the infantry during that time, it was a brutal time. we lost three times as many marines in the vietnam war as were in the entire korean war. in 1969, more americans died, and in fact, twice as many americans died in vietnam as have been lost in iraq and afghanistan combined in the last 12 years of war. it is always a great honor for me to be able to give my thanks to the people who served with us and yesterday was the anniversary of when dan broome was wounded. he was wounded twice. it is great that he is with us. [applause] senator webb: also, general washington, i got to meet him backstage. i was wanted to meet general washington, because my great-grandfather's served in the revolutionary war under general george washington. those of you who remember the encampments of valley forge across the delaware, general washington reminded me of how much he appreciated his virginia soldiers during that engagement. i was also glad to see that

marine corps and one of my great friends who served in the platoon in vietnam is with us today. his name is dan broome. for those of us who are in the infantry during that time, it was a brutal time. we lost three times as many marines in the vietnam war as were in the entire korean war. in 1969, more americans died, and in fact, twice as many americans died in vietnam as have been lost in iraq and afghanistan combined in the last 12 years of war. it is always a great honor for me to be able to give my thanks to the people who served with us and yesterday was the anniversary of when dan broome was wounded. he was wounded twice. it is great that he is with us. [applause] senator webb: also, general washington, i got to meet him backstage. i was wanted to meet general washington, because my great-grandfather's served in the revolutionary war under general george washington. those of you who remember the encampments of valley forge across the delaware, general washington reminded me of how much he appreciated his virginia soldiers during that engagement. i was also glad to see that

vietnam rough riders". this interview as part of book tvs college series and took place at the university of southern california in los angeles. it is 20 minutes. >> are now joining us on bic to be on c-span2 is u.s. professor frank mcadams who has written vietnam rough riders, a, commanders memoir. what is a rough rider in the vietnam era question that. >> a rough rider in the vietnam era and the first marine division, and we ran the trucks up and down highway one, right out of the neighing and north through the notorious. anybody who want on those convoys one of the dangerous pass in vietnam, they just nicknamed up the rough riders. sometime before i got there in 66 or 67 when i got there they told me is going to be 11th motor transport those are the ref writers. >> what is highway one. >> that's the main highway in vietnam that stretched from the delta, through the central highlands, into three core and then into ichor which is where i was from the neighing. all the way north to the dmz. it was the main highway. it was just called highway one. i believe it so-called highway one. >> and what was your job. >> my job was the convoy commander. i was responsible for e

i was using it for research, made in vietnam.t's even copy books. >> american flags made in china. >> oh, god. >> i hope he's not on to catastrophe. >>> look how bush and other gop contenders are trying to out survive. you're watching "hardball," the place for politics, . >>> welcome back to "hardball." nasty words are escalating between donald trump and jeb bush. he used barbara bush in an instagram post against her own son today. here it goes. >> would you like to see him run? >> no. i really don't. i think it's a great country. there are a lot of great families. there are other people out there that are very qualified. >> mrs. bush the former first lady has since said she hardly endorsing jeb's candidacy. here he goes. >> this is a guy who was a democrat for most of the last decade. i don't think he represents the republican party. >> jeb bush went to the texas boarder today to highlight immigration policy and this morning, trump mocked bush's trip and said he's just too soft on immigration. >> i think it's great that he's goi

latest intelligence information available to us, the number of hard-core, full-time viet cong communists, regular combat and , support forces in south vietnams approximately 65,000 men. in addition, there are between 80,000 and 100,000 part-time or irregular drills. the regular and irregular drills forces their total about 165,000. >> the secretary goes on to announce that there will be a buildup of american ground combat forces in south vietnam to overcome the unfavorable manpower balance. this increased military support by the united states starts arriving shortly and is the largest free world contribution to south vietnam's struggle against communist aggression. in addition to these american troops, other nations, great and small, contribute financial support and manpower, including combat troops from australia, new zealand, and korea. ♪ our combat forces were deployed to areas known to be viet cong strongholds. ♪ once again, the helicopter becomes indispensable in the struggle against the communist terrorists who, like quicksilver, break up and spread to inaccessible areas when they are attacked. but very little, if anything, is inacces

we made this mistake before in vietnam where the generals were telling us for years we were winning. >>> south sudan's president signed a peace deal aimed at stopping almost two years of violence. he expressed reservations over whether it will end his country's civil war. >> reporter: when the fighting started in december 2013, people fled to the safety of u.n. bases in several towns. now, 20 months later, more than 200,000 people are still living under the protection of the u.n. what began as a fight between soldiers killed and injured thousands of people. but the violence didn't stop in the capital. it spread from town to town destroying neighborhoods and leaving tens of thousands of dead in its wake. the conflict took a new dimension. everyone in the area is affected by the conflict has a tire to tell. she was forced to run. >> translator: sometimes my heart tells me he's alive. sometimes i get depressed. but lots of people told me other people have facedded a worse fate than you. i stopped thinking about it and left it up to god. >> the army was split up to two factions. the last

according to shaffer wealthy hosts in vietnam have used groundup rhino horns as a party favor, said toot only they're a status symbol but of their wealth and their ability to provide this to their guests. >> and of course it doesn't work. >> right. doesn't work. >> to stop the killing the u.s. government has targeted people who deal in the illegal animal trade. and according to the u.s. government, that includes an antique dealer in south florida named chris hayes. >> do you have anything to say? >> for 2 1/2 years hayes and his internet auction site sold black rhino horns, some for as much as $80,000. his cut he admitted in court documents, 31% of every sale. hayes pleaded guilty and on may 20th was sentenced to three years in prison. in court he told the judge he made a terrible mistake. leaving court, shielded by friends, he said almost nothing. >> can you explain to us why you were selling these horns? you obviously knew for 2 1/2 years according to prosecutors that you were selling these horns. >> it doesn't matter. >> according to the government chris hayes and his elite art comp

in vietnam? >> i thought it was a life experience. i have ptsd before i went over and a recurring nightmare where the proverbial used to chase me through my neighborhood in chicago. they had ak-47s and all i had was a 45 and no matter where i hit oran to be near where i was and i would wake up my t-shirt with the absolutely trenched. once i got over to vietnam and i got into my first convoy ambush for the nightmares stopped and they never had any problems. coming back i never had any problems but a lot of my friends did and i tried to help them and i joined the veterans group. once i joined the veterans group device with a group they are taking place i realized how lucky i was coming back. i didn't even get wounded over there but i saw some of them who didn't get wounded also. but they were wounded psychologically. and some of them didn't do so well. but that particular time in the early '80s, vietnam veterans had an astronomical rate and i think that it could be prepared also to the same rate with afghanistan. >> what you do here? >> i've been teaching here since 91. he was from the uk. we would like you to teach a class. the class st

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companies sent to vietnam are used in large factory cafeterias to feed tens of thousands of workers,tly competing with poultry produced by domestic farmers. most vietnamese consumers prefer what they call feathered chicken chickening chicken," that is slaughtered shortly before they eat it. theywant a very fresh and aren't interested in frozen erican chickens. perhaps this is a painful lesson for one sector in vietnam in global trade. shery: great to talk to you, john boudreau, in hanoi. you can get more on that story anytime, anywhere. just download bloomberg+. next, freebies for flyers. the indian airline that has been giving away tickets. it will be live in mumbai to ask if there is a catch -- we will be live in mumbai to ask if there is a catch. ♪ shery: welcome back. you are watching "trending business." i am shery ahn. vistara has resorted to free flights to lure passengers. let's get to mumbai for the details. what can you tell us? reporter: singapore airlines and stake. group have a they have resorted to free tickets as intense competition and low fares are set to try and cus