there were no presumptions to treat vietnam veterans until 1991. in 1991, a 12th of presumptions -- there were 12 presumptions. if the intent of congress was to move from where we were and causation was not working and we needed another mechanism, i think the will of congress was met. congress and achieved what it wanted. we can discuss how the modified that progress. -- how to modify that process. it will require the kind of work that i have been through for nearly a year now th. besides being descriptive of what congress discuss them to do, any reference to cost is discussed. that was not oversight. that was clearly the intent of congress. it is the secretary's decision. congress reserved to itself the decisional authority of where and how to pay for that decision. i think there is significant involvement on the part of congress and oversight. it that needs to be adjusted, i am more than happy to have that discussion. congress has decided to fund these three determinations. i think congress had an opportunity to review my decision and decide to d

for more than 40 years of vietnam veterans have waited too long. we must work together to create -- to fix this injustice. >> thank you, senator bro. >> thank you, mr. chairman. welcom assessed -- mr. shinseki. i would like to say that i have a pretty long experience with this issue beginning as a company commander in one of the more war-torn areas of vietnam. for those of you who are veterans in the audience, the arizona valley -- barry ravaged places -- very ravaged places. devastated villages in populations. i also had the privilege of serving as committee counsel of the house-veterans committee for four years from 1977 to 1981. on that committee during that time, we had a number of hearings about agent orange. i cancelled several of them. i believe by canceled for as we were attempting to come to grips with how to examine where agent orange was used to was exposed, -- where agent orange was used, and it was exposed, and what we should do about it as a government. those issues ve never been clearly or fully resolved. what we are looking at today

the vietnam war cost $740 billion. caring for the veterans drafted to fight that war is a fraction of the $740 billion. we did not question then and we do not question now. some will face enormous deficits -- some people say we deficits. enormous effort thi we also have to get the full picture. i was here when he proclaimed we had such a huge surplus that we had to cut taxes -- when some people proclaimed we had such a future + that we had to cut taxes. some people voted for that. everybody said ok. tax cuts to expire at the end of this year. there is a moral choice facing the -- facing the veterans committee and the united states congress. there is debate about extending the tax cuts. if we do not extend the tax cuts to the wealthiest 2%, we will save $700 billion in revenue over the next 10 years. frankly, that is so much more than enough to take care of what it is the secretary is required by law to do and needs and wants to do. i have never believed tax cuts for the wealthiest among us is fiscally responsible. it d

. >>> i'm thuy vu in vietnam.he red cross estimates up to 3 million people here suffer from health problems related to agent orange. some of them were with the south vietnamese army fighting along side u.s. forces during the war. coming up, their story of abandonment and their plea to the u.s. ,, the black widow spider's severe bite can cause coma and even death. the african black mamba can kill a man with one bite. but there's an even deadlier predator cigarettes, produced by big tobacco, which take a life every six point five seconds. we're getting a new look at that massive pipeline blast in san bruno. t illance >>> recapping our top story tonight, we are getting a new look at that massive pipeline blast in san bruno. want to show you some surveillance video from a nearby gas station. federal investigators shipped part of the pipe to washington, d.c. for inspection. they are also looking into whether past construction projects in the area could have played a part in the blast. >> we didn't see any contemporaneo

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and vietnam. agent orange. the red cross says about three million vietnamese have suffered health problems from the toxic defoliant sprayed by u.s. troops. cbs 5's thuy vu recently returned from a trip to vietnam response toward by the renaissance journalism center and tonight, she shows us how the damage is now affecting a third generation. >>> reporter: vietnam is full of energy in the big city. [ beep beep ] >> reporter: and lush tranquility in the countryside. but in the 1960s and site of 70s, chaos and war reigned. guns on the ground and the potent weapon in the air, agent orange, an herbicide sprayed by u.s. forces to destroy the jungle hideouts of enemy communist forces. the sprayings went on for nine years. american soldiers came home suffering the effects of agent orange, and it also left lasting scars. >> my mother tell me when she was farming in the farm she [ indiscernible ] chemical -- >> reporter: 23-year-old juan tran believes that chemical agent orange and it most toxic component dioxin caused h

will supply at least one hundred thousand tons of oil each month to vietnam vietnam has also offered to pay b.p. to set up a party joint venture it will include a three and a half billion dollar oil refinery in vietnam and some of russia's oil fields b.p. says it's considering buying new fields in vietnam as it looks to expand its operations outside russia. it opens a new partnership with one of the. most dynamic you're going to use the east is that you are the core of the. goals of vietnam is one of the most dynamic economies in these would be so if you prefer the most to call of them are going to go to ten percent of your super markets with its filesystem. and that's your update for now but of course you can always find those stories if you log on to our web site that's our team dot com that's slash business. news today violence is once again flared up. these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada. giant corporations are on the day. the international association of russian language and literature teachers with the world festival of russian language. are

will supply least one hundred thousand tons of oil to vietnam and petro vietnam has also offered b.p. to set up a parity joint venture that would include a three to have billion dollar oil refinery in vietnam and some of russia's oil fields think of b.p. says it is considering buying new fields in vietnam as it looks to expand its operations outside russia. it opens a new partnership with one of the most dynamic you're going to use of the world the east is the driving economy. the growth in vietnam is one of the most dynamic economies in the east but he doesn't provide this it would be most to credit limit going to goods of ten percent a year so a partnership with them is for us just to teach you are valuable assets. and that's all the time we have for thanks for watching and stay with us. welcome back you're watching r.t. coming to you live from moscow and these are the top stories the second mayor of moscow is reportedly planning to stay on the political scene after the russian president said he lost trust in the official a wednesday morning ride of the mayor's office to start packi

vietnam has also offered to pay b.p. to set up a party joint venture it will include a three and a half billion dollar oil refinery in vietnam and some of russia's oil fields tank a b.p. says it's considering buying new fields in vietnam as it looks to expand its operations outside russia. it opens a new partnership with one of the. most dynamic you are going to be some of the world the east is that you are a corner of the road for growth and vietnam is one of the most dynamic economies in the east but he doesn't think it's very busy to be the most accredited member got to go to ten percent per year that's a partnership with us for system did you are valuable that's a. i'm not sure update for now but of course you can always find the stories if you log on to our website that's called slash business. in some petersburg she's available in hotels a story and a little ambassador in a small school to kowtow to triple the soto patricio toto golden golden. skin. and see if this visit. here in the russian capital you're with. he

caller: the lessons of the vietnam war, as it applies to today's wars, seems to me that vietnam was fairlyrived, the gulf of tonkin incident, we entered the war under false pretenses. it seems to me that iraq is the same thing, or similar, has lots of parallels, and even afghanistan, the fact that the government is to corrupt, and it's supposed to be ourally. it seems to me that our leaders have not learned, really reviewed or learned the lessons of the disaster of vietnam. guest: i agree with you about afghanistan. i'm afraid that as -- one of the points i was trying to make was the arguments for being in vietnam seemed very good at the time, very compelling. well, so did the arguments for being in afghanistan today. what's going to happen to the women of afghanistan if we pull out, and that's a horrible thought. well, you know what happened in vietnam when we pulled out, the antiwar people never want to admit that a million south vietnamese fled in boats because they didn't want to live under the north communists. there will be a real cost to giving up in afghanistan. i do not see how we

supply at least one hundred thousand tons of oil each month to vietnam a picture of vietnam has also off the key to set up a parity joint venture it will include a three and a half billion dollar oil refinery in vietnam and some of russia's oil fields. says it's considering buying new fields in vietnam as it looks to expand its operations outside of russia. partnership in one of the most dynamic going on the views of the world the east is the dry economy. growth and vietnam is one of the most dynamic economies in the east by two thousand and twenty five they seem to be the most economy. going to go up to ten percent per year so a partnership with them is for us just to teach it valuable assets. and that's your update for now but i'll be back with more for you next hour and of course you can always find the stories on our web site that's called slash as. wealthy british style the sun. is not on the president's prime time. markets why not. come to. find out what's really happening to the global economy with mike stronger for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune

will supply at least one hundred thousand tons of oil each month to vietnam vietnam has also offered b.p. to set up a parity joint venture it will include a three point five billion dollar or refinery in vietnam and some of russia's all fields. says that it's considering buying new fields in vietnam as it looks to expand operations outside of russia. it opens a new partnership in one of the most dynamic and the and for those of the world big east is the driver of a corner of the road for growth in vietnam is one of the most dynamic economies in these two thousand and twenty five this is the be the most economy the members are going to the goals of ten percent for you so partnership with them is for a sister to intrude on her valuable assets. and that's your update for now but i'll be back with morphine next hour and of course you can always find real stories if you log on to our website. slash. more news today violence is once again flared up. these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada. giant corporations are only day. they faced it this is not a provoc

we're locked into vietnam.obama says something that i think is really important because biden said, look, what you're doing may not work. and if it doesn't work, and, of course, this is interesting that the vice president will speak to the president this way. you may get to the point where you've got to make a really tough god damned decision, man. not "mr. president" but "man." obama says, i'm not signing on to a failure. if what i proposed is not working, i'm not going to be like these other presidents and stick to it based on my ego or my politics, my political security. end quote. that is barack obama saying i'm not going to be lyndon johnson. >> larry: we'll be back with mobp bog woodward. it's that kind of book. "obama's wars." don't go away. sorry i'm late fellas. [ evan ] ah it's cool. ah... ah. ah. ah. ah. ah. ah. ah. ah. ah! ah! whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, what is that? how come my dap wasn't like that? huh? it's just an "us" thing. yeah, it's a little something we do. who else is in this so-called "us"?

caller: the lessons of the vietnam war, as it applies to today's wars, seems to me that vietnam was fairly contrived, the gulf of tonkin incident, we entered the war under false pretenses. it seems to me that iraq is the same thing, or similar, has lots of parallels, and even afghanistan, the fact that the government is to corrupt, and it's supposed to be ourally. it seems to me that our leaders have not learned, really reviewed or learned the lessons ofhe disaster of vietnam. guest: i agree with you about afghanistan. i'm afraid that a-- one of the points i wasrying to make was the arguments for being in vietnam seemed very good at the time, very compelling. well, so did the arguments for being in afghanistan today. what's going to happen to the women of afghanistan if we pull out, and that's a horrible thought. well, you knowhat happened in vietnam when we pulled out, the antiwar people never want to admit that a million south vietnamese fled in boats because they didn't want to live under the north communists. there will be a real cost to giving up in afghanistan. i do not see how we ca

and petro vietnam have signed a contract on a blend crude deliveries starting from november to supply at least one hundred thousand tons of oil each month to vietnam much of it has also off the tier k.d.t. to set up a parity joint venture it would include a three and a half billion dollar oil refinery in vietnam and so on the freshest oil fields b.p. says it's considering buying new fields in vietnam as it looks to expand it so for ration outside pressure. it opens a new partnership with one of the most dynamic you're going to be some of the east is that you are in a corner of the road for growth in vietnam is one of the most dynamic economies in these where do you feel you prefer. let me go to the calls of ten percent for you so a partnership with them is for us to stick to. your bill so. update for now but i'll be back with more for you next hour and of course it was fun with stories by logging on to our web site. that's. this is all t.v. live from moscow the headlines now people from across. the government also measures to slash pensions spain has been paralyzed by a general strike

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. >> reporter: it is shades of vietnam, including allegations that soldiers at the base regularly used drugs, hashish, laced with opiate, to deal with the stress of their lives in afghanistan. >> bad days, stressful days, days that we just needed an escape. >> reporter: tonight, the military confirmed it has launched an investigation to see why the warnings from the winfields about the murders and the crazy sergeant were apparently ignored, diane. >> all right, brian, thanks to you. >>> and it is the book everyone is talking about, bob woodward's latest, "obama's wars." once again, wood ward has reached into the heart of decisionmaking in the presidency, specifically, a young president, just 14 years old at the end of vietnam, tested by the military as he makes his life and death decisions about the long war in afghanistan. but the book begins with the whiplash. just hours after the inaugural balls, the president is told the reality of what confronts america on terrorism. woodward said, quote, the saber-rattling bush administration had not prepared for some of the worst case scenarios,

during the vietnam war, laos was neutral. u.s.not supposed to be there, so he resigned, as it were, from the air force, donned civilian clothes and he and others went to this remote radar station at the top of a tall cliff 4 laos and from there helped vector in american aircraft for bombing north vietnam and communist controlled parts of laos. in march 1968, unexpectedly north vietnamese soldiers able to scale the cliff, a 3,000 feet tall, attacked these men. many of whom were technicians, and etchberger, according to accounts, picked up an m-16 he had barely any training on and started firing to protect his men. several of them were killed. two of them were wounded. eventually an air america helicopter came in to rescue them. and he -- it is said, braved enemy fire in order to get his men on the hoist and up into that helicopter. he got two of them. another wounded man emerged from the shrushry. got him up in the helicopter too. went up himself. was uninjured, unharmed, but as the helicopter pulled away, there was ground fire, on

vietnam war-- strongly affected by it, strongly affected the outcome, strongly affected the length of that war. we know that now. we looked at this, and we said, "jeez, you know, nobody's looking at it as what it is." how did it get here? where did it-- nobody mandated, "there shall be benefits," you know? how did this come about? well, right away, you run into the name pete seeger. right away you run into woody guthrie. we--i asked david to research it, and david came back with, there is no other work written on this subject, and that was irresistible to us. you know, we feel very strongly about it. we knew we had an advantage if we went to speak to the people who do it, you know? i don't have to walk in cold. i'm not, you know--it's like, "how did you boys meet?" i know, you know, who i'm talking to, and generally, we're at least acquaintances if not close friends, and we're talking about events that we did together or that we've done, you know, separately, but the same event, you know, at different times. and it gave us a window into these people that other people didn't have. we a

vietnam vets home as heroes. did not have a say in the policy. you did what your nation asked of you. when you got home, they did not treat you right. we are paying a horrible price as a nation. half of the homeless on the streets tonight are vietnam vets. it is almost 200,000. that is a national disgrace. our secretary in congress has declared a war of zero tolerance on homeless vets. even worse is a statistic that you have not heard and it will for you. there have been more suicides by vietnam veterans then died in the original war. that is over 58,000. that is a terrible state of america. -- staying on america. -- stain on america. you can certainly take care of the marines and mental health concerns that may have led to the suicide. we did not do it. it is not too late for many of you to say welcome home. it is not too late. it took us a couple of decades as a nation to say that agent orange was a problem. we just denied it. then we said it may have done some harm and we put a bureaucratic hoops that you have

. >> i am a vietnam veteran. i worked at post 69 over in the veterans building. i am here to support the ohlone nation. i would like to see them recognize. -- recognized. as a vietnam veteran, i did not fight to coming -- come back to this country to see that my native brothers and sisters were having struggles of their own. what we failed to do is to get respect. if we want respect, we have to learn how to give it. i know that there are good people on this board. we always need more people to support that. as a vietnam veteran, i want to say to the ohlone the veterans, you have been invited to our meeting. we welcome them and support them and their struggles as well as the other tribes and nations in california. for those of you that do not know what this means, this is the four colors of man. father, sky, and mother earth. it was the african and that turned me on. the aboriginal gave me my heart. it was the european that gave me my sorrow. it was the american that sent me to war. it was the vietnamese that gave me forgiveness. may i forgive myself. the elders a

a young boy, vietnam is there.ver the president, just pushing and pounding and hammering in a wonderful bidenesque way. saying, we're locked into vietnam unless we draw up these -- this term sheet until the military -- you don't have unlimited time. we have to tell the military when they can't do, not just what they can do. so the condition, bottom line of this, is right now, you go through and read all of this. and it sets the table for the world we're in at this moment which is very unsettled. not just in the politics of the country and where the economy is going but very much the war in afghanistan, the president's going to have to make some tough decisions in the next six to nine months. >> we'll be right back with more with bob woodward. i want to know whether next july is really going to be the deadline for beginning to leave afghanistan? back with more with bob woodward and his new book "obama's wars" in a minute. hi. you know, if we had let fedex office print our presentation, they could have shipped it too

he is the first living person to receive the medal of honor since the vietnam war.tober 25th, 2007. gun fire hit him in the chest and yet he got up and ran straight into the ambush to help three wounded soldiers. joining me here is retired army colonel jack jacobs and mike jakoff. colonel, let me again with you. describe if you will what made sergeant giunta's actions so heroic on that day. >> it has to be an action that is above and beyond. it has to be something which if you didn't perform it you couldn't be faulted. but i think the best take on this whole thing came from bob kerry who was an s.e.a.l. and governor of nebraska subsequently. senator from nebraska for a couple of terms. somebody asked him what does it take to get a medal of honor? he said, you have to do something, people have to see it and they have to be able to write and can't hate you. the whole point of it and it's something that sergeant giunta said a couple of days ago. there are lots of people who do lots of things and people don't see it. they see it but they're killed. >> paul, describe wha

it was back on march 11th, 1968 he was in an outpost in laos it was during the vietnam war. they were taking heavy enemy fire. he was calling in air strikes in northern vietnam and essentially he put three wounded comrades on board a rescue helicopter, he called in that helicopter. as he was -- and he did this three times without thinking of his own safety. as he put himself on that last rescue sling that's when he was shot from below and killed instantly. again this american hero was born in hamberg, pennsylvania and he put the lives of others before his own. megyn: why is he being given this, or awarded this 42 years after his active bravery. >> reporter: it's a good question, it's an awfully longtime. essentially his mission and actions were classified up until recent years. they were operating in laos at the time during the vietnam they weren't supposed to be in laos. that's the area if you look now there is a picture of the outpost where he was. it was known as lima site 85 at the time. we weren't supposed to be in laos at that time so it was finally declassified, that'

and it's never late to pay contribute to our vietnam veterans and their families.ck's stories have been known and air force bases have honored him with streets and buildings in his name. and at the base where he trained so long ago in barksdale in louisiana, there's a granite monument with an empty space next to his name, and that space can finally be etched with the words "medal of honor." but the greatest memorial of all to dick etchberger is the spirit that we feel here today, the love that inspired him to serve, love for his country and love for his family. and the most eloquent expression of that devotion are the words he wrote himself to a friend back home just months before he gave his life to our nation -- i hate to be away from home, he wrote from that small base above the clouds, but i believe in the job. he said, it is the most challenging job i'll ever have in my life. then he added, i love it. our nation endures because there are patriots like chief master sergeant richard etchberger and our troops who are serving as we speak who love this nation and d

. >> richard blumenthal claimed he served in vietnam.rved during vietnam he never left the united states. he stepped up to the lie. >> i regret that and i take full responsibility. >> to interest pretty and vietnam was a place you probably wouldn't forget if you were actually in there. >> so will there are soldiers treated badly returned, that is your memory and every time you think you are remembering something you are reflecting something on the fly. what was in his mind at the time, that our generation was treated that way or the vietnam era soldiers were received poorly. those things combined to project that message. >> so we in the press spent a lot of time comparing to what candidates say to what actually happened. probably give them a pass? >> i wouldn't say don't give them a pass, but be aware that people can misremember things in a non-malicious way. it can show other things and it can build into our their memories change over time. >> whether they are lying to you or misremembering the facts, a lot of what you hear won't hold u

caller: the lessons of the vietnam war, as it applies to today's wars, seems to me that vietnam was fairly contrived, the gulf of tonkin incident, we entered the war under false pretenses. it seems to me that iraq is the same thing, or similar, has lots of parallels, and even afghanistan, the fact that the government is to corrupt, and it's supposed to be ourally. it seems to me that our leaders have not learned, really reviewed or learned the lessons of the disaster of vietnam. guest: i agree with you about afghanistan. i'm afraid that as -- one of the points i was trying to make was the arguments for being in vietnam seemed very good at the time, very compelling. well, so did the arguments for being in afghanistan today. what's going to happen to the women of afghanistan if we pull out, and that's a horrible thought. well, you know what happened in vietnam when we pulled out, the antiwar people never want to admit that a million south vietnamese fled in boats because they didn't want to live under the north communists. there will be a real cost to giving up in afghanistan. i do not see h

. >> richard blumenthal claimed he served in vietnam. left the united states. he stepped up to the lie. >> i regret that and i take full responsibility. >> to interest pretty and vietnam was a place you probably wouldn't forget if you were actually in there. >> so will there are soldiers treated badly returned, that is your memory and every time you think you are remembering something you are reflecting something on the fly. what was in his mind at the time, that our generation was treated that way or the vietnam era soldiers were received poorly. those things combined to project that message. >> so we in the press spent a lot of time comparing to what candidates say to what actually happened. probably give them a pass? >> i wouldn't say don't give them a pass, but be aware that people can misremember things in a non-malicious way. it can show other things and it can build into our their memories change over time. >> whether they are lying to you or misremembering the facts, a lot of what you hear won't hold up to scrutiny. >> a tropical

. >> he claimed he served in vietnam.e he served during vietnam he never left the united states. he fessed up to the lie. >> i regret that and take full responsibility. >> hard to miss interpret you were in that country or not vietnam is a place that you wouldn't forget easily. >> in his mind he can manufacturer that. >> people being treated in vietnam memories then what happened to you at the time. every time you remember something you are constructing something on the fly. if what was in his mind at the time that our generation was treated that way where the soldiers were received poorly those were combined without you knowing it. >> we in the press spends a lot of time comparing what candidates say to what actually happened. probably ought to give them a pass that's what you are say isn'ting>> i wouldn't say to give anybody a pass. what we need to do is be aware that people can miss remember things in a completely nonmalicious sort of way. what it can sometimes show is what sort of self persona they are going to presen

there were no presumptions to treat vietnam veterans until 1991. in 1991, a 12th of presumptions -- there were 12 presumptions. if the intent of congress was to move from where we were and causation was not working and we needed another mechanism, i think the will of congress was met. congress and achieved what it wanted. we can discuss how the modified that progress. -- how to modify that process. it will require the kind of work that i have been through for nearly a year now th. besides being descriptive of what congress discuss them to do, any reference to cost is discussed. that was not oversight. that was clearly the intent of congress. it is the secretary's decision. congress reserved to itself the decisional authority of where and how to pay for that decision. i think there is significant involvement on the part of congress and oversight. it that needs to be adjusted, i am more than happy to have that discussion. congress has decided to fund these three determinations. i think congress had an opportunity to review my decision and decde to do

isn't a solid government in afghanistan, or wasn't in south vietnam. but obama sees himself as the smartest guy in the room. he's going to make the final call. he must have known, though, that by waiting as long as he did to provide the 30,000 troops that mccrystal at the time was wanting, that he looked weak, that he looked weak to the world. he didn't know what to do. >> actually the military wasn't requesting a general mccrystal didn't ask for those troops until this year. so there was no delay because there was this month long debate that -- actually went on for almost three months. >> the public perceived that he was dragging his feet, president obama, on that troop decision. >> i think what's interesting in this, and in the book, there are 60 pages, 70 pages of literal verbatim quotes from obama and his advisors in the secret meetings debating what to do and you can see how obama's mind really works. >> how does it work? is he a warrior? is he saying, look, i'm going to kick their butt like paton would no matter what it takes, i'm going to ram it

. >> we have learned something very important since the days that i served in vietnam. >> couric: those words set off an online frenzy and a front page article in the "new york times," all pointing out that while blumenthal was in the marine core reserves during vietnam, he never actually served there. >> i'm a marine veteran. i'm very upset with what mr. blumenthal has done. >> couric: how and why do you think that happened? >> on a number of occasions, a very small number compared to the hundreds of times they spoke about my military record, i inaccurately described it. it was unintentional. that's no excuse. i regret it. i take full responsibility, and i have apologized. >> and i guess blumenthal misspoke again. >> wow, i'm shocked. >> couric: the mcmahon campaign has made hay with blumenthal's gaffe but the democrats have been hitting back by circulating video clips of some of the roughest and raunchiest moments from the w.w.e. >> i sailed take it off! >> couric: many of them featuring mcmahon's controversial business partner. your husband vince is, how shall i say, colorful? >> tha

now, for the first time since vietnam, the medal of honor will be given to a living warrior. u.s. sergeant salvatore giunta rescued soldiers while under fire while in afghanistan. he is still on active duty and he's in vicenza, italy. such an honor to speak to you, congratulations. >> thank you. >> tell me a little bit about what this award means to you. >> this is really huge award. but, to me, you know, it represents more than just me. this is for everyone that i've been with, everyone that i served with and everyone that has served with me. every time we go outside the wire for all the service members, men and women, not only in the army, but also in the marines and the navy and the air force that are really out there fighting for the american people. this incompasses all of us. i'm just the one that's here to receive it here today, i guess. >> everything i read about what you did, absolutely remarkable and truly heroic. and a lot of it, not just about that incident, but about what happened in the valley in afghanistan back in 2007 is written about so extraordinarily in sebasti

boy, vietnam is there.e joe biden, the vice president, is all over the president just pushing and pounding and hammering. you don't have unlimited time. we have to tell the military what they can't do, not just what they can do. so the condition bottom line of this is right now, you go through and read all of this and it sets the table for the world we're in at this moment, which is very unsettled. not just in the politics of the country and where the economy is going, but very much the war in afghanistan. the president's going to have to make some tough decisions in the next six to nine months. >> we'll be right back with more with bob woodward. i want to know whether next july will be the deadline for beginning to leave afghanistan. back with bob woodward in a minute. pearblossom highway? it's just outside of lancaster. sure, i can download directions for you now. we got it. thank you very much! check it out. i can like, see everything that's going on with the car. here's the gas level. i can check on the

one morning as the president comes down the stairs to warn that afghanistan could lead to another vietnam. >> and the president says, i am not going to sign on to failure. i am not going to be like those other presidents and stick with it because of my ego, my politics, my political security. other words, obama says, i'm not going to be lyndon johnson. we have to have a plan. we're getting out. we're ending this war. >> reporter: shocking detail about private meetings is what woodward has built his career on. >> i shall resign the presidency effective at noon tomorrow. >> reporter: in that political scandal that ended a presidency, reporters bob woodward and carl bernstein broke the watergate story and brought the nixon administration down. >> i final wave. >> reporter: their secret source, famously known as deep throat, their clandestine visits depicted in the film "all the president's men." >> i wouldn't quote you. you'd be on deep background. >> reporter: he's famous for getting people on the inside to talk. talked to 100 people. countless documents. you have details of some 40 meeting

i fought against the vietnam war and i feel that we stopped the vietnam war with the coalition of unions and churches and the students. that is what we need to do. there are a lot of people working on that again. we need to get out of the wars of occupation there vietnam was much better off with us out. we diplomatically deal with them. host: let us go to alan, democrat in dearborn, michigan. caller: the other caller from virginia was on the right track. obama as a candidate have the right idea -- had the right idea. the taliban were looking forward to obama becoming president, and it looked like we were going to have a resolution to the conflict. and they were ready to have a resolution. and i think we could of been resolved. the problem in afghanistan could have been resolved quickly. unfortunately mcchrystal did obama a disservice when they recommended the surge to obama and obama fell for it. host: ok. let's look at some other news coming out of washington. this from "usa today." help consumers to start feeling effects. six months later, the law phases in. "usa today" looks at key pr

the vietnam war. it deployed an unmanned surveillance aircraft in guam. the high-tech drone can cover the whole china sea. >> americans realize that to have an enduring strategy for a peaceful and prosperous asia, you you need to have a strong relationship with asean. and that does have to do with china. >> china is boosting its military presence in the east asian seas. both the united states and asean are keen to contain any possible threat as for the fight over the senkaku islands, the focus of public attention has now shifted to what the japanese government will do next. >>> foreign minister, seiji maehara has urged naoto kan to insure the safety of four japanese nationals detained in the country. the minister summoned the chinese ambassador on monday. he requested that japanese diplomats be allowed to continue to see the detainees. seiji maehara also asked for meetings with the four and attorneys. chen reportedly said he would convey the request to the chinese government. the four are employees of

. >> the war in vietnam was fought between blank and blank. 22% replied the war in vietnam was foughtetween north and south korea. the average course spends four minutes on vietnam. [explosion] >> another reason why the textbooks don't seem to get into anything real is that they are usually not written by the people whose names are on the covers. they are written by flunkies. i'm reading one of these books, "pathways to the present." all the way i say to myself, wait a minute, didn't i just read this? true enough, right over here in this other book paragraph after paragraph, these two books bike two completely two different sets of authors are identical. textbooks are almost set up to fail just by the way they are authored. >> professor brinkley, good morning. griff jenkins from fox news. >> this is alan brinkley, as the school's chief academic officer or provost he wrote this book the unfinished nation. his 2008 edition did not have the facts straight about the number of terrorist suspects charged sips the attacks of september 11th, 2001. >> sir, you talk about the suspect's -- septe