and vietnam.r, when the prime minister was here meeting with president bush, they announced a series of initiatives in education, as you mentioned, also, the intention to explore. i was also very interested at the same time that the prime minister was here, the u.s. navy because the hospital ship was visiting and the u.s. doctors were treating about 10,000 vietnamese patients. there's a lot of depth and exchange occurring here. it should be pointed out, a lot of the people in this room were involved in those efforts -- the navy, some of the pharmaceutical companies here. not only are they investing, but they're providing a lot of support. would you think the government of the united states, the private sector's on both sides can do to make projects -- progress in the near future? >> [unintelligible] >> [laughter] your remarks were too short. >> i stressed the confidence because our relationship has been up and down. u.s. gis were in vietnam, u.s. bombers farming the country, getting a lot of peopl

universities in vietnam. on the medical, i think -- the interesting thing, when the delegation comes in from vietnam, there was a big delegation. madison was requested in -- madison was requested in a huge amount. -- medicine was requested in a huge amount. these people bought all that they saw. i think that we need, we have a big need for medicine. medicine from the u.s. and we have programs -- my government has a program -- for joint venture investors to invest in medical production. one of the shortest way is you have to -- they will show the way. it will show how we should do that. >> thank you. mike? >> thank you. i am from the congressional research service. mr. ambassador, one year ago, and went to vietnam to research a number of subjects on behalf of congress. >> do you want to come back? >> most definitely, i do. during that time -- there were a number of different officials from the vietnamese government -- the talk about the process of normalization of relations and the sense that i had from those

they were not involved in vietnam. if they had been, you might have known that you do not fight and unnecessary war. you do not fight a war of choice because want to fire the first shot, you do not know what will happen after that. -- once you fire the first shot, you do not know what will happen after that. the looting started in the museum in baghdad and this thing was out of control and these people did not know what they were doing. >> back to the two books. was one or the other easier or more difficult to write? >> they were both very difficult for me. >> let me show you what you said. i will then ask you something about waters block back in our first interview. >> did you ever find yourself blocked when you were writing? >> knott blocked, but i would spend days battering away at a problem. it covers an enormous span of years and events and it is very telescoped in its writing. i would spend days -- i would spend a day and not finish what i had started out to do that day. i would not write the pages that i wanted

ghosts of vietnam. this is no idle figure of speech. started his career over the vietnam quagmire. we know that obama is reading the placard of lyndon johnson, who broke his great presidency on the vietnam commitment. he said he would not declare troop numbers, but his boss is saying to do it now. >> interested in what you were saying about nato allies and the way that the president might view them. for all of these european countries, in the last few years in particular many of the big countries are reticent to put down troops. >> although there are a lot of german troops, germany will not call it a war. it is a peacekeeping operation. you are quite right. i think that there is a lack of focus from the obama presidency. one would think that having clinton and jim jones there, but they are not getting your route. what they have in, not hard power, but soft power and smart power, it is not only afghanistan. they want the president to put his shoulder to the wheel and put real oomph behind this concept. the summit is not coming forward. it is an obama achilles heel. >> we will have f

more than 500,000 troops in vietnam. leads to the question, are there parallels between afghanistan and vietnam. we'll talk about it in the roundtable. i'm joined as always by george will, tom friedman, bob woodward of the washington post and our martha raddatz. george, you write about this week with a different parallel between afghanistan and vietnam. >> in 1966, the senate foreign relations committee in february held very important hearings about the national argument that was then raging. it's nation building. it's beyond our capacity and besides vietnam is peripheral to our national interest. at the same time, of the americans who died in vietnam, 55,000 of those deaths haven't occurred. i think that's why some people think we're in a similar inflection point. a slow bleed could be equally costly to the nation in terms of its morale, if you will, and particularly to the democratic party which will split on this issue. >> bob woodward, you talked to a lot of people in the military. general petraeus said the biggest l

it's beyond our capacity and besides vietnam is peripheral. at the same time, of the americans who died in vietnam, 5500 of those deaths haven't occurred. some people think we're in a similar infliction point. a slow bleed could be equally costly to the nation in terms of its morale if you will, and particularly to the democratic party which will split on this issue. >> bob, you talked to a lot of people in the military. general petraeus said the biggest lesson is not to be a prisoner of lessons you may have learned. >> exactly. the good news in all of this, i think president obama and his national security team decided to have a real serious series of decision kiscussions about this. and there will be real options on the table. from covering jochgeorge w. bus implement what his gut. president obama has opened the door very aggressively to other options. and they're not going to be rushed. >> i think he does have a gut. and his gut is, this isn't going to be his vietnam. i think that's where he starts. i think the relevant amall nalo right now

in vietnam. >>> time for our friday roundtable discussion of some of the week's top stories. we will look at the debate over ar in afghanistan, as top u.s. military comnders call for yet more american troops. and we will examine the global economic summit in pittsburgh, what the leaders accomplished as their ranks increased from a group of 8 to a group of 20. and joining us, once again, gideon rose, managing editor of "foreign affairs" magazine, and rana foroohar, senior editor of "newsweek's" international editions. welcome to both of you. nice to see you. >> thank you. >> let's start with afghanistan, and it seems that everything isp really kind of up in the air. gideon, your thoughts on what do you make of this debate?

citizens were returned from vietnam. the unidentified remains from the vietnam war will be tested in hopes ty can be identified. there are still more than 1,700 u.s. service members unaccoted for from that war. >>> and we end tonight with an incredible journey by a member of the greatest generation. a former bomber pilot who 65 years o was shot down and decided to bury his pilot's wings in a german cellular where he was held prisoner. al these years later he determined it s time to get his wings back. nbc's donna fries picks up the story. >> reporter: t last time bern nard harng was i germany it was a ver difrent place. it w july 1944, fit lieunant harng from new hampshire was leading nine other b-24s on a dangerous daylht bombing mission of a germa aircraft factory. just 25 years old he was already a veteranilot having flown 13 missio. his 14th was his last. >> we were attacked by a group of german fighte, and iless

-- towards another war like vietnam. are you getting the same sentiment from other world leaders are reporters following the situation in afghanistan? guest: i do not think i have heard a lot of comparisons to vietnam at this point. there are plenty of precedents, and other places. there is going to be -- president karzai will be here even though the election was somewhat questioned, and i am sure he is going to be campaigning, if you will, persuading to keep the troops there, in fact. and then out. host: our e-mail address is journal@c-span.org. you can also send us a twitter attwitter.com/cspanwj. lou joins us from california. go ahead. welcome to the program. caller: thank you for c-span. i guess we can't get away from afghanistan. but a couple of points need to be made. the italians are withdrawing, want to withdraw. the canadians want to withdraw. you need to look at again in the history, and this has brought up a couple of times. there is no nation of afghanistan. i have a friend who was born and raised in pakistan

. >> veterans of the vietnam war were barely welcomed home. many found themselves facing protesters just for having served their countries. but now, as digital correspondent tells us, 34 years later, an ambitious campaign is here to hear their stories and honor the 58,000 killed in that conflict. >> jackie brant is a history teacher in fairfax county. >> jimmie maylor from massachusetts. >> today she brought pictures of her classmates and those who came from a texas school, to make sure no one forgets about them. >> they gave so much more than i did. >> the vietnam memorial fund invited folks to visit any of the 1600 fedex office stores to scan photos of loved ones whose names are on the walls. there is now an opportunity to put faces to the 58,000 names on the vietnam memorial. the pictures will be placed in an education center to be built underground near the vietnam wall. >> so that the value for which people like my dad and my uncle served and sacrificed are going to continue. >> my dad's picture, he is wearing his 100 mission patch. he is

president visiting vietnam after the war. the united vietnam, not the north or south vietnam.and the first prime minister, setting up the framework for the development of bilateral relations for the future. and since then, we have annual -- almost annual summits between the two countries. 2006, president bush was in vietnam for those meetings. 2007, our president became the first president of the socialistic republic of vietnam to visit the united states. and that our prime minister visited the united states again in 2008. for all of these summit meetings and dialogues we have constituted a very solid foundation for the bilateral relations, both on french shriee ndship. a number of people ask me why i was going out when we did not know who is the next president. i had to ask hanoi for this vital time to visit. no matter who will be in the white house next, the united states of america needs to have good relations with vietnam. in vietnam -- and vietnam needs to have good relations with the united states, no matter who will be the president. another reason i told hanoi that, we

in vietnam. i think we are finding that out in iraq as well.rtant point is that iraq has been a distraction from our attack on al qaeda. i think most people believe now, if we'd given the full force and attention that we gave to iraq and took that in pursuit of osama bin laden, we could have been successful in locating him and could have dealt a fatal blow to al qaeda. and now what we're facing is a hydra-headed terrorist group around the world. and it's more complicated, more difficult. and as i said, iraq has become this administration's vietnam. as i get older, i'm making changes to support my metabolism. i'm more active, i eat right, and i switched to new one a day women's active metabolism. a complete women's multivitamin plus more for metabolism support. and that's a change i feel good about. new from one a day. ♪ >>> as democrats we recognize that each generation of americans has a rendezvous with a different reality. the answers of one generation become the questions of the next generation. >> larry: in 1980 ted kennedy ran for presiden

i am a vietnam era person. during that time, we were constructed to fight in vietnam, all war which was a lot murkier than this one. i see the same kind of creeping defeatism coming in here. no one is forcing these people to be in the military. we are a military superpower. i think my point is what good is being a military superpower if you do not want to use that military? as far as europeans go, if they do not think they have a dog in the fight, what happens in madrid, in london? taliban comes back -- if the taliban comes back and al qaeda comes back in afghanistan, you will statee it all over europe. guest: i happen to agree with everything you said. i had seven tours in vietnam. and i could not agree with you more. what you just said is irrefutable. equally irrefutable is the fact that 67% of americans -- 57% of americans are against any more involved in afghanistan. host: tell us about the comparisons between the vietnam war and afghanistan? guest: lyndon johnson had to can see that he lost public opinion.

is the comparison to vietnam fair? are more troops headed to afghanistan? what are the stakes if they don't? >>> thank you for joining us. senior democratic officials are use this label of vietnam, senator kerry was one of the people who applied that label to the iraq war, yet the surge ended up remedying that to a great degree in turning the country around. that is a fair characterization in your view? >> i do not see any comparison or similarities between afghanistan and vietnam. but, there are also? comparison being made between afghanistan and iraq, and do see some similarities as far as the size of the country, the population, size of the population and the mix. like majority muslim countries. but apart from that i think they are two very separate countries with different histories and i do not agree with the notion. >> let's stay -- president obama has repeatedly said that obviously the important conflict is afghanistan. there is a shift of resources underway. draw-down in iraq to try to facilitate that. he authorized 21,000 more troops including 4,00

caller: i was calling to make a comment on vietnam. i was in vietnam. i served. one night we killed 3000 vietnamese in one battle. we lost 57,000 people in vietnam. they do not want any more of america. at the time we collapse of afghanistan, i guarantee the taliban will want no more from america. i know good and well there is no better army in this world than the american army. they can really put it on you. i want to hear your comments to that. guest: i was working vietnam is the same time is a foreign correspondent. it seems to me we had totally forgotten at the end of the vietnam war came about. the last american soldier left vietnam on march 29, 1973. yet, saigon did not fall still two years later. the vietnamese and we're doing quite well in between that. at that point, the vietnamese friends decided there is no point in fighting since we had been abandoned by the united states. if you read the memoirs the famous south vietnamese commander, if you read his memoirs, he concedes they were taken by surprise. how quickly saigon came within their grasp. they tho

. >> for now the extreme weather is moving across vietnam towards laos. the typhoon has killed 31 in vietnam and forced 170,000 to flee their homes. for neighboring cambodia, our correspondent has more. >> vietnam had been bracing itself for this -- the full force of the typhoon, as a supposedly weaker tropical storm it had been devastating. by the time the typhoon reached the fourth largest city, it had been upgraded to the even more potentially destructive typhoon status. danang was the first major population center in its path. authorities cancelled flights and closed the airport. schools were also shut and tens of thousands of people were evacuated from coastal areas. for this city, the world heritage status was little protection against the path of a typhoon. travel inside the city was hard enough -- leaving it was all but impossible. more than 1,000 people were trapped at the main railway station and roads linking north and south vietnam were cut off by floods. >> this morning water has been rising quickly. we need help from the authorities, as my h

there is now an opportunity to put faces to the 58,000 names on the vietnam veterans memorial.e pictures will be placed in an education center to be built underground near the vietnam wall. >> so the value for which people, like my dad and my uncle served and sacrificed are going to continue. >> my dad's picture, he is wearing his 100 mission patch. he is kneeling in front of his car, which he did his first hundred missions. >>> he held several sports teams, but today, his focus is off the courts to make the education center at the wall a reality. >> there are 54 names on that wall of people i served with, that died in a 12 month period of time. this is a way for me to give back. >> and hoping to gather 58,261 pictures of fallen vietnam veterans. in washington, 9news

it's larger and more vital in vietnam, it's smaller and more incipient in cuba.in vietnam, what we're seeing is the government really is gettinb concerned about this and cracking down. in cuba, we're keeping a watchful eye. this is really a new phenomenon in cuba to see how the government responds. >> joel simon, thank you very much for joining us. >> thank you so much for having me. >>> talking about cuba, president obama has extended the u.s. trade embargo on that country for another year. a move that was expected even though there has been a lot of talk in the administration of trying to improve relations. the president has reached out to cuba by easing travel and financial restrictions on americans with families on the island. >>> finally tonight our original signature story, the first of three reports this week on preserving history and the challenges involved in doing so. this summer we went to greece to take a look at the long dispute over some of the world's most famous sculptures. the problem, as the greeks see it, is simple, the sculptures were stolen f

villager later returned that helmet to her when they found his remains in vietnam. the vietnam veterans memorial day fundopes to break ground on the education center in 011. when it is done, each of these veterans' photos will appear on their birthday n northwest, sherry ly, fox 5 news. >>> if have a picture of somebody on the wall and you would like to submit it, go to our web site, myfoxdc.com and click on web links. >>> it looks like the race for virginia governor will come down to the wire. up next, the latest on new poll numbers that are very close as democrat creigh deeds and republican bob mcdonnell square off in a local debate. we'll talk about that coming up. c1 parentheses have a place but not on your face. smooth those lines away for up to a year with juvÉderm®. juvÉderm® is a smooth injectable gel your doctor uses to smooth out wrinkles like those lines on the sides of your nose and mouth instantly. side effects... usually mild to moderate included temporary injection site reactions like redness, pain, firmness, swelling or bumps. smooth, natural. everyo

. >> for now, this extreme weather is moving across vietnam towards laos. typhoon ketsana has forced 170,000 to flee their homes. >> vietnam had been bracing itself for this. the full force of typhoon ketsana. by the time it reached vietnam's fourth largest city, it had been upgraded to the more potentially destructive typhoon status. authorities canceled flights and closed the airport. schools were also shot. tens of thousands of people were evacuated from coastal areas. world heritage status was little protection against the power of a typhoon. traveling inside the city was hard enough, leaving it was all but impossible. more than 1000 people were trapped at a main railway station. roads were cut off by floods. >> this morning, water has been rising quickly. we need help from the authorities. we have lost everything. >> at least there has been some time to prepare. world vision says people have been given sufficient warnings about the tycoon and local authorities were well placed. >> and afghan-born man has pleaded not guilty to allegations he plant a bom

more than 58,000 men and women's names are listed on the vietnam memorial wall. >>> an army sergeant who ran into the line of enemy fire who save one of his men was recognized today with the nation's highest military honor. sergeant first class jared monte posthumously received the purpl medal of heart awhat are. his group was ambushed by the taliban in 2006. sergeant monte left cover and ran into the line of enemy fire to retrieve a wounded private. on his third attempt, monte was killed. he was 30. president obama said today slgt monte's act of bravery was something no amount of training can instill. this is the fir medal of honor presented by president obama. >>> he said he was trying to defend his home using a samurai sword against an intruder. >>> also still to come, crime on the rise. targets are metro riders. find out where commuters are turning into victims. >> a traffic nightmare. 30-minute closures on the beltway. where and when and to avoid the lane shutdown. >>> let's get the latest on the rush hour ride home. >>> we continue to keep an eye on the breaking news in largo,

. >> he covered the invasion of iraq but also a way back before that, the vietnam war. brian barron's career spanned half a century. he was an inspiration to many of us. he was charming, braes, and cool under pressure. he has died at age 69. -- she was charming, brave. -- he was charming. >> it was a career that spanned five decades. brave and unobtrusive, brian barron of the bbc. >> the communist brigade has been broken. >> he made his name in vietnam. >he was on the front lines of the fighting. he was in saigon. as the viet cong are arrived, he stayed behind to record the chaos. >> is there any way that we can get out of here? >> no corresponded was more courageous. -- correspondent was more courageous. he never drew attention to self. for 40 years he traveled the world, always insightful. here he followed the dictator into exile. >> it is said that you ran away. >> i never ran away. >> he could turn his style to anything, he even tried a little will reporting once. >> it was a pack performance and it ended with a laugh as she hit the wrong notes. >> he was universall

, so a as a teenager and young adult, i dedicated myself to supporting the opposition of the vietnam war and i was personally enitched by participating in these movements and by the people i met, worked with and loved in those years. this is what i mean when i say i do not regreet my militant opposition to racism and the vietnam war. that said, like middle most peoy age, i made my share of mistakes. " wow, let's take a couple of things. wow, mistakes -- blowing up the pentagon is not a mistake. enriched? hmm. he was enriched are by his work in the weather underground, but here is where the train really goes off track. today, he quotes" i am using the organizing skills and insights i learned from those movements in my work as a consultant for environmental and labor groups. one is the new york state apollo alliance, an affiliate of national apollo. apollo is working towards a goal that is simple and straightforward, create good jobs for working people in the new clean energy economy. that's a goal i support and i continue to work on." so, what do we have here? we have a guy who is usi

we did a cover called "obama's vietnam" i think back in january or february.ters. and the comparison can be a little -- it's not exactly the same situation. but we have made some of the same mistakes. some of the same problems are there, as you noted, with pakistan. and it's -- i think it's actually smart that they're paying attention to the parallels, even if they don't like to use the word "vietnam" very much. >> thank you so much. of "newsweek" magazine. a great conversation and great article. >> just ahead. >> bill clinton, and the vast right wing conspiracy. we've been talking about that, tamron. >> the same people who were said to be after president clinton in the '90s, trying to derail president obama? is it the same theme? we're going to take a close look at it. my name's lisa. i'm from fayetteville, north carolina, ...and i smoked for 29 years. the one thing about smoking - is it dominates your life, and it dominated mine. and the sad thing about it is that you can always use an excuse if cigarettes don't kill me, oh well - something else will. but, y

i would not be alive today, a navy corpssaved my life in vietnam. i have seen and save the lives of countless others and army medics. they are extraordinary. i firstet this young guy on the battlefield in afghanistan in 2001. this point in his life hes part of the lead company in the atta gn baghdad. baghdad is the smoke you see in the background were three days outside baghdad, 25 miles away. the lead element, a marine rifle company, motorized and not particularly well -- on the foot of everybody, is engaged by a republicanua regiments, the last line of defense for saddam hussein. one marine rifle company, one regiment of the replican guards. the is a furious gun fight. if you notice, the vehicles are not armored humvees like we have today. they spin them aund and put a little bit more between themnd at they are flying. this and navy corpsman rushes out into the battlefield, what we would call the bands of fire, and starts pulling wounded marines out of the middle of that gun fight. the first two guys he brings, licopter lines -- landn the mile of

fought another war between wwii and vietnam, and our troops are still there. >> it's a learning experience that teaches a surprising lesson. how to become a dreamer. i'll explain. >> the news you need to know. next on "teen kids news." >> hi, i'm mwanzaa >>>> and i'm jessica. >> hello everybody! >> president obama addressed students across the country in a special back-to-school speech. he spoke about the importance of staying in school and working hard. >> i'm calling on each of you to set your own goals for your education and do everything to meet them. you cannot drop out of school and just drop into a good job. you've got to train for and work

friday, putting a face with the names on the vietnam wall. >> this is a person who had hopes and dreams that were cut short. >> a new project hopes to expand one of the mall's most moving monument. >> an astounding story that began at this target. it woman is carjacked and taken on the 40-mile ride. she's survived. i will tell you all the details. >> joe conway will help you you

it was not the case for vietnam. the argument is that we stay in afghanistan to avoid allowing the haven for those who would continue to attack if it were allowed. the enormous difference. it was morbid geopolitical struggle with communism for vietnam, and the so-called domino theory in play at the time. host: at the speech on wednesday the president brought up the war and vietnam, saying that we can find healthcare unlike my predecessor and move us into iraq without the money to pay for it. is that a fair comparison? guest: his point is turned to look at iraq and afghanistan in a financial way because it touches on something people are very upset about. both conservatives and liberals have been exasperated by the spending of the last eight years. he is trying to say he will do differently even though he also has big ambitions, those involving health-care here at home. host: your paper describes what happened over the weekend. 39 afghan soldiers killed. also u.s. soldiers. guest: you will see more of these stories. t

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vietnam was started under a democratic administration.ocrats we recognize that each generation of americans has a rendezvous with a different reality. one generation become the questions of the next generation. >> larry: in 1980 ted kennedy ran for president. almost got the party's nomination, barely losing to the incumbent jimmy carter. his speech at the convention and reaction on the floor is the stuff political legends are made of. ted kennedy had the gift of public eloquence when he spoke out if the spotlight of major public events, people listened. let's look at some of those moments now. starting with the 1980 democratic convention. >> we are the party of the new freedom, the new deal and the new frontier. we have always been the party of hope. so this year let us offer new hope. new hope to an america uncertain about the present, but unsurpassed in it's potential for the future. for me, a few hours ago, this campaign came to an end. for all those whose cares have been our concern, the work goes on, the cause endorsed, the hope stil

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fought another war between wwii and vietnam, and our troops are still there. >> it's a learning experience that teaches a surprising lesson. how to become a dreamer. i'll explain. >> the news you need to know. next on "teen kids news." >> hi, i'm mwanzaa >>>> and i'm jessica. >> hello everybody! >> president obama addressed students across the country in a special back-to-school speech. he spoke about the importance of staying in school and working hard. >> i'm calling on each of you to set your own goals for your education and do everything to meet them. you cannot drop out of school and just drop into a good job. you've got to train for and work for and learn for it. >> the president's plan to speak directly to students had drawn criticism from some people. they feared the president would use the speech to further his personal political agenda. but the president's message seemed pretty clear to the kids. >> well the president said that if you're quitting on yourself than you're quitting on your country and i thought that that was very important. >> no clear winner yet in afghanistan's pr

i mean, even look back at vietnam, right? it's much harder to sort of win over the support of local people when they perceive their own government to be fundamentally ineffective and corrupt. but it's also worth noting that there's a key difference, there, ough, between vietnam and afghanistan, charlie, and that's that there's no romanticized notions among the afghan people for what it would be like to live under the taliban like there might have been... like there certainly were in south vietnam when it came to the communists. the afghan people have lived under a repressive taliban regime for some years and they've resoundingly rejected that. the fact that they are acquiescing to the taliban, in some cases turning to the taliban is a statement of just how bad an ineffective the current government is and how people don't have employment opportunitys so many many cases they take ten bucks a die fight for the taliban. or they turn the taliban to adjudicate their disputes because the police demand bribes before they'll investiga

we should open the files print then we come to the vietnam war. 3 million victims of the vietnam war. during 11 days, bombs were used more than the bombs used during the second world war. the bombs used in 12 days were more than that. this fierce work took place after the establishment of the united nations, and we decided there would be no more. this is the future of mankind, and we cannot keep quiet. how can we be safe? how can we feel accomplished? this is the future of the world, and we have to make sure that such wars will not be created in the future. [unintelligible] 4000 people were killed, and the president of this country was taken as a prisoner and put in prison. noriega should be released, and we should open the file on how we give the rights to a country that is a member state of the united nations to wage a war against a country and take the president of the country as a victim in prison. who would except that -- accept that? we should make investigations, and each one of us could face the same destiny. especially if this aggression is made by a member state that is in p

you can go to vietnam now and buy a big mac. how are you going to say you are doing something to help afghanistan when the war is not even afghanistan in it in pakistan. that is where bin laden is and how are we going to defeat afghans when we are not doing nothing in pakistan? when the wall went up our country promised us we would never occupy another land again. that is one promise we have not kept. i'm sufg from post-traumatic stress almost 40 years after the vietnam war and i only did one tour. what do you think will happen -- and i can't get help from the government? what will happen to the troops going over there tour after tour when they get back? they will be in the same s&p i'm in. -- they will be in the same shape i'm in. i love president obama and i voted for him but he is wrong trying to continue this war. they have been fitting for centuries and there nothing we are going to do to change the situation over there. host: mr. boot? guest: well, i thank the caller for his service in vietnam but i respectfully disagree w

i'm daljit dhaliwa president ama says that while afghanistan isot vietnam, the are dgers in not havi clea goals on afghanistan and not having strong support from the american people. but polls show support for the war dereasing. the airman of the joint chiefs, is country's top officer, told coress today that more s. forces i afghistan are probably quired. but afghastan isn't t only ttleground in the fight agains extremistsnd terrorism. there arey tonight in pakistan and somia. all this is how we start with tonight's lead focus. intelligen officials have descrid him as one of their st wanted terr suspects, and late yesterday it was reporte that sah ali saleh nabha was killed in an atack that took placin southern somalia. naan, a kenyan with links to ringleader of the 2002 bombi of hotel in the kenyan sort of mombasa. 13 people were killed in the attack. he's also bieved to have been bend an attempt to shoot dn an israeli rliner that had taken off om the mombasa airport the same day. the rocket missed the airplane. u.s. officis say american rces were involved in yestday's raid perhaps

. >>> in vietnam, thousands of people are being evacuated as typhoon bears down on the central coast.torm killed 240 people in the philippines. it is expected to make land fall in vietnam later today. >>> we are feeling the affects of fall approaching. here's howard bernstein. >> that we are. cooler air mass has blown in a front. today breezes, windy at times. we will get close to 70 and maybe low 80s to the south and the winds at times gusting to 30 miles an hour. tomorrow mid-60s. a slight chance of a shower and upper 60s on thursday. we will call it partly sunny, breezy, cooler around 70. west winds ten to 20. sunset 6:54. partly cloudy and chilly tonight. mid-40s in the cooler spots. mid-50s in town. tomorrow a mix and clouds and sun and highs in the mid-60s and again a stray shower. big storm system in southern canada throwing rain across new york state back to pennsylvania and ohio. for us, it is bringing in the northwesterly winds and there's some cloudiness to the north and west which is rotating in toward us. the bright sunshine will dim at times behind those clouds and the n

and the snake, a tiger-striped pit viper, also found in vietnam. >>> time for our friday roundtable discussion of some of the week's top stories. we will look at the debate over ar in afghanistan, as top u.s. military comnders call for yet more american troops. and we will examine the global economic summit in pittsburgh, what the leaders accomplished as their ranks increased from a group of 8 to a group of 20. and joining us, once again, gideon rose, managing editor of "foreign affairs" magazine, and rana foroohar, senior editor of "newsweek's" international editions. welcome to both of you. nice to see you. >> thank you. >> let's start with afghanistan, and it seems that everything isp really kind of up in the air. gideon, your thoughts on what do you make of this debate? >> well, it's fascinating because a debate over troop levels, how much force the united states should send, is segueing into a debate on strategy, what strategies the united states use, which is segueing in turn to debate over is the war necessary in the first place? it's fascinating, because everything seems to

during vietnam, ople would row blood on the steps, and you would feel the ang about the war. you know, people think othe pentagons this big place where war plans are de. and it's really athe end of e day a place, it's a marketplace whe contracts and decisions are de. and it feels like an offe building. so, doou feel it? not particarly, because people have a different vange point. you know, it fee like at 4:00 the halls arempty. and i'm always st of disturbed by this. where isverybody? and again, don't know what 's supposed to feel like. bui know it shouldn't feel like ts. >> moyers: what about the soldrs you personally met in afghanistan? what do you thinthey might say about the photogra? whether to show it or t to show it? >> that's a good qstion. i think it depends on whyou ask. i think a lot of them uld be offended, because it'so persal. these are guys that ey were sittinnext to the day before. it's sething to them that's not for so of public consumption. it's gruesome, is graphic. it's somethinghat belongs to them andomething that they ha to deal with. but athe same time,

caller: yes, i did, i was a crew chief in vietnam. and i can tell you right now, there is something rotten in denmark. although it was crude, we had the ability to do all the things they need to do to win that war, and when it quick. host: i will stop you at that point. should president obama send additional troops to afghanistan? half of those surveyed opposed sending additional troops. three of the five killings overnight are attributed to roadside bombs. this, it from joe -- this comment from joe. stanley mcchrystal, who will appear on "60 minutes" on sunday, talking about the situation with david martin. >> or things worse or better than you expected? >> there are probably a little worse. i think that in some areas, the geographic spread of violence, places to the north and west, or more than i would have gathered. >> that violence is catalog in the briefing books he scans every morning at his headquarters in kabul. but he does not trust them to give him a real sense of what is happening out there amid all the ambushes and firefig

tens of thousands of homes have been destroyed by mudslides in vietnam. strong winds have blown down entire villages. >>> in this country late today, gm announced it is going to get rid of the saturn brand. talks to sell the division have collapsed. the penske group, headed by the racing legend roger penske, was in negotiations to buy the brand. with the talks broken down, the brand, once touted as the future of gm, is dead. here's chris bury. >> reporter: for more than 300 saturn dealers and 13,000 gm employees, this is the end of the road. for gm, saturn had become an unwanted, unprofitable step-child. >> general motors ignored saturn. they launched it strong. they brought it out and let the product age and become uncompetitive without putting more money into it when they needed to. >> reporter: saturn debuted 20 years ago. gm's long awaited answer to japanese imports. >> going to be a great feeling. >> reporter: saturn pioneered no haggle pricing. management and union boasted of a team approach. but sales peaked in 1994. it never made a profit. >> it l

he was one of the first of vietnam combat veterans ected to the u.s. house of representatives and overwhelmingly reelect by pennsylvania voters five times. please join me in welcoming governor tom ridge [applause] governor ridge come yearbook has taken the media and the press and the public by storm. one of the main thhngs people have been focusing on that you have focused on this many times before the last couple-- , you state you were presred by donald rumsfeld and john ashcroft before the election to raise the terror alert level. can you state at actually happened? >> thank you. i want to be very,ery clear. other people say that i say in thbook that i was pressured. but and care for reading of the book by what hope that you would conclude that admitted the there is a passage to really have an imagination you ca conclude that is what it says recalls in my mind a gger issue that i do with the secretary. i will not second-guess the pele that interpreted that y they are entitled, but one of the biggest challenges i had as secretary is keeping the public

the problem is as long as there's one being made in china or vietnam, it's going to be cheaper than one made in the united states unless we lower our price, and by lowering the price, someone is going to have to take a cut, and that could mean labor which should affect our standard of living, doesn't it? >> the challenge is to maintain our productivity. we make millions of appliances here, dish washers, refrigerators. we could make them here because our workers are so much more productive. better educated, better capital. that's why we have a higher standard of living from china. ambassador kirk has a tough job, but this administration is trying to have it both ways. they tell other countries to resist protectionism, keep their markets open and they're practicing protectionism at home. these are lower end tires. >> we just import them from other places. >> exactly. meanwhile, low income american consumers -- >> if we could go back to the refrigerator example because that's so important. >> okay. refrigerators and home appliances are capital intensive goods so the labor cost component is

. >>> the vietnam veterans memorial fund says grass on the national mall will soon be a lot greener. the foundation which built the vietnam veterans memorial is taking over lawn care for 13- acres around the mall on the monument. armando trull is live there with more. armando. >> the national mall is known as america a's front yard but lately uncle sal has been neglecting it. the land in and around the wall as well as the monuments themselves are in dire need of tlc and today volunteers from the vietnam memorial fund as well as other organizations are here to do some landscaping and cleanup and with us is the founder of a company known as dooty calls. >> it is doody. >> is there poop that sneads -- is there some poop that needs is to be scooped. we wanted to do our part and make it cleaner and safer for everyone. why are you doing it? why shouldn't the federal government do it? >> we wanted to give back and raise awareness to personal responsibility that people should pick up after their pets because truly it is a health hazard if it runs in to the watershed. we are happy to do what

[laughter] when i came home from vietnam, vietnam was awful, people were over there, i have learned ts. i've got good news and -- [laughter] the good news about bein in hanoi i missed the whole antiwar stuff, the country blowing up and going arazy and ty tell us about it, we jt don't believe them and phey said they are loving every bit of itnd they would read all ofhese bad thingsappening but we are part of the last idealists in the entire world. we dn'tnow until three years after it happened and we found out about that just somebody hanoi hand on the propagaa was talking about neil @rmstrong visiting the jihadi, has no need to tell them with the surcef the moon is like. they can see it for themselves on the b-52 tracks. one of our guys must he gone to the moon. that is how we und this out, total isolation for six years and two months, 432 days and yet it was a great experience because i got to meet some of the neate man i'vknown in my life and i came ck and found it isn't cool to be a guy any more. everybody else is gettin special preferentiatreatment and when we started talking about

vietnam relationship is becoming. vietnam is a big country. 85 million people.he other that struck me is interesting, and i think it's vitally important as u.s. and vietnam trade which was less than 3 billion in 2002 and is now over 15 billion last year and since signing the bilateral trade agreement in 2001 and the launch running wto in 2007 it has blossomed into a rather fruitful and valuable relationship. very quickly, i will introduce ambassador le cong phung. he's a career diplomat and prior he was the first deputy foreign minister at the ministry of foreign affairs and second ranging official and assisted to the foreign minister and conduct of the vietnam's foreign policy he served as deputy foreign minister between 2001 and 2004 and he was assistant minister from 99 until 2000. from 2002 to 2004 he acted as the chairman of the committee on border affairs and as the national commission for unesco. with that, thank you very much, and after your remarks we will take questions from the audience. >> thank you for the introduction this morning. it is my great h