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. >> issue one, the vietnam syndrome. >> both the united states and vietnam are participating in what would be an extraordinarily ambitious effort to increase trade, commerce and add transparency in terms of commercial relationships throughout the asian pacific region. >> given the progress of our bilateral relationship over the past 18 years, it is time now to form a comprehensive policy to further strengthen our relations in various areas. >> president obama met this week at the white house with the president of the socialist republic of vietnam. at the top of the agenda was bilateral trade between the two nations now at $24 billion how to enlarge that trade volume. the summit comes as vietnam's trade with china still its no. 1 trading partner is cooling. china's economy is in an incipient slump. at the same time tensions have developed between vietnam and china due to china's territorial interest off vietnam's 900-mile coast south of china's province. the united states is vietnam's second largest trading partner and also in japan prime minister minister abe won with big numbers hav
. >> issue one, the vietnam syndrome. >> both the united states and vietnam are participating in what would be an extraordinarily ambitious effort to increase trade, commerce and add transparency in terms of commercial relationships throughout the asian pacific region. >> given the progress of our bilateral relationship over the past 18 years, it is time now to form a comprehensive policy to further strengthen our relations in various areas. >> president obama met this...
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of the 550,000 men that fought in vietnam that were in vietnam that served in vietnam, only 50,000 men were infantry and fighting the enemy. every candidate for the letdown, they don't even know if they will have a foot or a life when they come out of it. we have to look at military and vietnam from not viewpoint. it has become a big corporation rather than a fighting institution and i think that we need to return our military to an organization that can serve and defend our country. without all the games that people play. c-span: how many words did he win a match. >> guest: i do not know. c-span: how many purple hearts? >> i want a purple hearts. i was a little kid in korea in infantry squad. and i learned how the sniper and he got me first and the bullets struck me in the back of the head and came out under the skin and it knocked me on my tail. i thought my buddy that was with me, blood spurting everywhere. when i came to my senses i was myself and i crawled out of their and it was way out in front. there was an enemy that was killed on a machine-gun crew. and i have to crawl over t
of the 550,000 men that fought in vietnam that were in vietnam that served in vietnam, only 50,000 men were infantry and fighting the enemy. every candidate for the letdown, they don't even know if they will have a foot or a life when they come out of it. we have to look at military and vietnam from not viewpoint. it has become a big corporation rather than a fighting institution and i think that we need to return our military to an organization that can serve and defend our country. without...
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assistance to vietnam. and we do that unless the vietnamese government improves its respect for human rights to meet spessfid requirements. let's send a message to that regime that the status quo is unacceptable. this bill does that. i strongly urge its passage and once again, i strongly commend and thank its author for his perseverance on this issue. i will reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california reserves. the gentleman from new york is recognized. mr. smith: madam speaker, i yield myself -- mr. engel: madam speaker, i yield myself such time as i might consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. engel: i'd like to thank the sponsor of this legislation, mr. smith of new jersey, an thank the chairman of the committee, mr. royce, for their leadership in advocating for human rights in vietnam. despite a move to a more open economy, rights for the people of vietnam remain curtailed. just last week, the president hosted the leader of vietnam f
assistance to vietnam. and we do that unless the vietnamese government improves its respect for human rights to meet spessfid requirements. let's send a message to that regime that the status quo is unacceptable. this bill does that. i strongly urge its passage and once again, i strongly commend and thank its author for his perseverance on this issue. i will reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california reserves. the gentleman from new york is...
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of course, the war in vietnam. there was -- 1972, the withdrawal of american troops from vietnam in 1973, and final soviet split, the china and soviet union were actually butting heads. there was a conflagration in 1969. so because of the geopolitical changes in the sense the cold war in asia was coming to an end, but the fight between north and south korea was actually heating up. at this point, at the beginning of south korea's rise as an economic power, and south korea was kicking off at this point, and by contrast, north korea, period when its economy was starting to slow down, and so the saga, the window of opportunity to unify with the south quickly poisoned. and decided at that point to do a series of very provocative actions to take down the regime beginning with the blue house raid in an attempt to assassinate the president, which failed. so local war phase between 1968 and early 1990s. the current -- extremely angry, wants to retaliate. the americans have come to restrain him and then kim sung, and '83, t
of course, the war in vietnam. there was -- 1972, the withdrawal of american troops from vietnam in 1973, and final soviet split, the china and soviet union were actually butting heads. there was a conflagration in 1969. so because of the geopolitical changes in the sense the cold war in asia was coming to an end, but the fight between north and south korea was actually heating up. at this point, at the beginning of south korea's rise as an economic power, and south korea was kicking off at...
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prime minister visited russia in may and inspected submarines vietnam has agreed to purchase. he also gave encouragement to vietnamese military personnel receiving training from russia. >> translator: all of you have responsibilities that need to be fulfilled. the vietnamese people have great confidence in you. >> reporter: vietnam is purchasing six russian submarines. two of them have already been completed and will be delivered by the year end. in late may he told a regional security conference in singapore that small incidents could flare up and trigger a much wider conflict. >> translator: a single irresponsible action or instigation of conflict could interrupt trade and lead to unforeseen consequences not only for regional economies but also the entire world. i urge you to join hands and take concrete actions to build trust and create an era of peace, cooperation and prosperity in the asia pacific region. >> reporter: china is too rich and powerful for vietnam to resist on its own. it's cooperating with other asean nations as well as large powers including russia, the uni
prime minister visited russia in may and inspected submarines vietnam has agreed to purchase. he also gave encouragement to vietnamese military personnel receiving training from russia. >> translator: all of you have responsibilities that need to be fulfilled. the vietnamese people have great confidence in you. >> reporter: vietnam is purchasing six russian submarines. two of them have already been completed and will be delivered by the year end. in late may he told a regional...
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we did it in korea and we can do it in vietnam.of course undersecretary of state said no, no it's the wrong analogy. it's not about south korea and vietnam are not equal. we have to look at the internal war but johnson really felt that he could not lose south vietnam because he saw -- truman was in china and he was in a sense a product of the 1950s. he saw korea as in a sense justifying his involvement which led to obvious tragedy. in terms of china, i think china is a lot more complicated but the lessons of korea from mao was that you could have this war in korea for domestic, domestic revolution aside and i think he used again a similar analogy with the vietnam war then to spur on the culture revolution against so-called soviet revisionists. what's interesting of course they both now, and johnson took the lessons of korea, mao made it extremely clear that they would intervene directly in the war if the americans invaded north vietnam. unlike macarthur he took the lessons of korea and listen to mao's warning so another sino-americ
we did it in korea and we can do it in vietnam.of course undersecretary of state said no, no it's the wrong analogy. it's not about south korea and vietnam are not equal. we have to look at the internal war but johnson really felt that he could not lose south vietnam because he saw -- truman was in china and he was in a sense a product of the 1950s. he saw korea as in a sense justifying his involvement which led to obvious tragedy. in terms of china, i think china is a lot more complicated but...
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and sparked the vietnam war.ive you the facts and let you decide. coming up, ralph peters and colonel oliver north join us. >>> plus, pope francis drawing massive enthusiastic crowds wherever he goes. coming up, see what we're learning about the newest leader of the catholic church. >>> and right over there, you can't see it? maybe see it a little bit? our very first picture of megyn kelly's new baby. a closer look at all of the details, but you've got to stick around. so i'm checking out the jetta. 34 hwy mpg. check. no-charge scheduled maintenance. check. and here's the kicker... 0% apr for 60 months. and who got it? this guy. and who got it? this guy. and who got it? this guy. that's right... [ male announcer ] it's the car you won't stop talking about. ever. hurry in to the volkswagen best. thing. ever. event. and get 0% apr for 60 months, now until july 31st. that's the power of german engineering. humans. even when we cross our "ts" and dot our "i's", we still run into problems. that's why liberty mutual in
and sparked the vietnam war.ive you the facts and let you decide. coming up, ralph peters and colonel oliver north join us. >>> plus, pope francis drawing massive enthusiastic crowds wherever he goes. coming up, see what we're learning about the newest leader of the catholic church. >>> and right over there, you can't see it? maybe see it a little bit? our very first picture of megyn kelly's new baby. a closer look at all of the details, but you've got to stick around. so i'm...
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how did you process going to vietnam, being gone for a couple of years and coming back?ver been away for my brother. we have been seen other for every day. i did not know how to act without knowing that i was not going to see him. , what too years i left do my basic training and went off to vietnam and spent 14 months there. it was a lifetime experience. i learned things about human beings -- this was on the 1960's. i guess what i tell the guys, i learned in vietnam, we were we were two wars, fighting the vietcong and among ourselves. the prejudice i found was -- that existed, it was in vietnam between gis who never thought that black people took showers. here we come, people -- guys from chicago and detroit extent with guys from west virginia. they had different views of each other. that blew me away. i came back and i said this is the most exciting thing i had -- i never knew this existed. it brought a bunch of people together who did not know about each other. we were trying to fight an enemy called the vietcong. the most incredible thing i have experienced in my life
how did you process going to vietnam, being gone for a couple of years and coming back?ver been away for my brother. we have been seen other for every day. i did not know how to act without knowing that i was not going to see him. , what too years i left do my basic training and went off to vietnam and spent 14 months there. it was a lifetime experience. i learned things about human beings -- this was on the 1960's. i guess what i tell the guys, i learned in vietnam, we were we were two wars,...
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vietnam talked with the prime minister about maritime security. vietnam apparently hopes to strengthen ties with japan in this field. it's currently disputing with china over a group of islands in the south china sea. >>> abe will use this momentum to boost relationships across the region. abe will visit may layer shark singapore and the philippines. he says the prime minister's hoping to forge stronger ties with members of the association of southeast asian nations. >> translator: asean nations have grown rapidly. japan wants to improve its economic ties with them. >> the prime minister will hold talks with u.s. vice president joe biden in singapore. abe visited vietnam, thailand and indonesia in january and myanmar in may. >>> it's time to take a look at what's going on in world weather. it's a sunny day in tokyo. let's find out what's happening across japan. >> yes, well, the end of the rainy season was declared pretty early in much of japan this year. however, it looks like it has made a comeback across much of eastern continental asia. this i
vietnam talked with the prime minister about maritime security. vietnam apparently hopes to strengthen ties with japan in this field. it's currently disputing with china over a group of islands in the south china sea. >>> abe will use this momentum to boost relationships across the region. abe will visit may layer shark singapore and the philippines. he says the prime minister's hoping to forge stronger ties with members of the association of southeast asian nations. >>...
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i got to vietnam in december of '67. >> i apologize sir.i'm going to object as to relevance. >> please approach. >> so on the stand right now is john donnelly who has said under oath is a very close friend of george zimmerman's. joining us right now is our legal analyst lisa bloom and former prosecutor faith jenkins. faith, let me start with you, is lisa with us or not? okay, just wanted to make sure. it seems as if john donnelly, a retired p.a., taking an almost fatherly interest in george zimmerman. tell me why they're trying to get his background as a former medic in vietnam. >> the defense wants to establish that he's a great guy, he was a medic in vietnam. he's witness number 7 for the defense to say that's george zimmerman's voice on the 911 call screaming in the background. probably this is an objection that this is getting duplicative, repetitive. what sticks in my mind is mark o'mara's cross-examination of trayvon's mother saying you hope that that's trayvon's voice on that 911 tape because the alternative is too hard to bear. that
i got to vietnam in december of '67. >> i apologize sir.i'm going to object as to relevance. >> please approach. >> so on the stand right now is john donnelly who has said under oath is a very close friend of george zimmerman's. joining us right now is our legal analyst lisa bloom and former prosecutor faith jenkins. faith, let me start with you, is lisa with us or not? okay, just wanted to make sure. it seems as if john donnelly, a retired p.a., taking an almost fatherly...
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i've -- i feel many of those facts could be applied to the vietnam war. vietnam did not even have an air force or nav. 50,000 or more were killed. the rest turned and ran. guest: there were obviously strategic blunders committed during the korean war. is it a war that we absolutely should not have fought? that is a much more difficult question. if the united states had not gotten involved in the korean war, probably today the entire korean peninsula will look like north korea and south korea would not exist. today south korea has one of the most vibrant democracies in all of asia. in the united states we drive around in our hyundai's, we have our samsung phones, all of these things would not have existed if the united states had not gotten involved in the korean war. i think that is important to remember. there were tragic elements of it. there were strategic blunders. i think the sacrifices of the americans who fought in the war made were not for nothing. they helped to create a prosperous democracy, whose citizens are better off than people throughout m
i've -- i feel many of those facts could be applied to the vietnam war. vietnam did not even have an air force or nav. 50,000 or more were killed. the rest turned and ran. guest: there were obviously strategic blunders committed during the korean war. is it a war that we absolutely should not have fought? that is a much more difficult question. if the united states had not gotten involved in the korean war, probably today the entire korean peninsula will look like north korea and south korea...
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vietnam talked with the prime minister about maritime security. vietnam apparently hopes to strengthen ties with japan in this field. it's currently disputing with china over a group of islands in the south china sea. >>> prime minister abe has strengthened his hand at home. now he's hoping to win support abroad. he'll fly later this week to southeast asia for a three-day tour. japanese chief cabinet secretary said abe will visit malaysia, singapore and the philippines. he says the prime minister is hoping to boost relations with members of the association of southeast asian nations. >> translator: asean nations have grown rapidly. japan wants to improve their economic ties with them. >> the prime minister will hold talks with u.s. vice president joe biden in singapore. abe visited vietnam, thailand and indonesia in january and myanmar in may. >> thai kick boxes or muay thai is the country's natural sport, said to be the strongest standing martial art in the world. muay thai fighters begin training from an early age. the government and national me
vietnam talked with the prime minister about maritime security. vietnam apparently hopes to strengthen ties with japan in this field. it's currently disputing with china over a group of islands in the south china sea. >>> prime minister abe has strengthened his hand at home. now he's hoping to win support abroad. he'll fly later this week to southeast asia for a three-day tour. japanese chief cabinet secretary said abe will visit malaysia, singapore and the philippines. he says the...
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we did increase and we can do it in vietnam. of course the undersecretary of state says know it's the wrong analogy. it's not about south korea. they are not equal but johnson really felt he couldn't lose south viet nam he was the product of the 1950's, said he saw korea as a way of justifying his involvement in the tragedy. in terms of china, it is actually a lot more complicated for china but for now it is that sort of war and revolution that you could have the war and rea for domestic revolutions in sidey and i think that again is a similar analogy with the viet nam war than to spur on the cultural revolution against the so-called soviet religionists. what is interesting of course is now they also took the lessons of korea and these made it extremely clear that they would intervene directly in the war if the americans invaded north viet nam. unlike macarthur, he took the lessons of korea and he listened to mao's warning said that another complication was avoided. >> host: re-ride fast forward to the current situation and i th
we did increase and we can do it in vietnam. of course the undersecretary of state says know it's the wrong analogy. it's not about south korea. they are not equal but johnson really felt he couldn't lose south viet nam he was the product of the 1950's, said he saw korea as a way of justifying his involvement in the tragedy. in terms of china, it is actually a lot more complicated for china but for now it is that sort of war and revolution that you could have the war and rea for domestic...
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so i went pretty fast you went to vietnam as a volunteer it originally was a schoolteacher and then i became a merchant marine sailor and then i went back as a volunteer soldier in the infantry as you support of that war actually read i did i was raised a republican my father. did not want me to go but he was a moderate republican and he believed communism was the bane of western civilization had to be stopped in asia. for a tune change your life to. among you know i have to say the divorce of my parents was the biggest change i was a spoiled child and privileged child until about this age of fourteen boarding school knocked it out of me pretty fast because it's a very tough place it was the i think it still is but vietnam was the icing on the cake it certainly opened my eyes to the what the poor people in the world and the people who do go into these wars that have to serve and i got a whole other appreciation of what america is really made of it was all to the tune of tough shoot very hard down fifty fifty and then fifty five days in the jungle it was miskito it was a long nights.
so i went pretty fast you went to vietnam as a volunteer it originally was a schoolteacher and then i became a merchant marine sailor and then i went back as a volunteer soldier in the infantry as you support of that war actually read i did i was raised a republican my father. did not want me to go but he was a moderate republican and he believed communism was the bane of western civilization had to be stopped in asia. for a tune change your life to. among you know i have to say the divorce of...
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he fought in the vietnam war and published a memoir.amazing veteran is reminding us all to give back to the soldiers who help keep america free. he is doing that with a goal of raising $1 million for wounded veterans. joining us now is retired marine sergeant and author of semper cool, sergeant barry fixler. thank you for joining us. it is an honor to have you here today. i want to talk about your book "semper cool" and the picture on the cover of the book. there is a significant story behind that. >> that picture is three marines. three marines that before we got to vietnam we were told one-third of us were going to get killed in the next year. one-third of us will lose our legs or lose a limb. and only one-third of us are going to return. i'm so fortunate that i'm the one-third that returned in whole. we were told only one-third would be able to be standing up after our tour in vietnam for one year, and that's me. >> it ended up being true? >> yes. >> this book in particular, you wrote it because you were able to return and, as you sa
he fought in the vietnam war and published a memoir.amazing veteran is reminding us all to give back to the soldiers who help keep america free. he is doing that with a goal of raising $1 million for wounded veterans. joining us now is retired marine sergeant and author of semper cool, sergeant barry fixler. thank you for joining us. it is an honor to have you here today. i want to talk about your book "semper cool" and the picture on the cover of the book. there is a significant...
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and as the vietnam war got are really heated up in '65, '65 citizens everywhere decided to burn their cards in protest of the actions big government was taking. and so here we are about 50 years later, we're facing a new kind of government mandate under obama-care and so we've decided that we're going to torch our own cards. >> stephen: people forget that about the vietnam war. those hippies were just fiscal conservatives protesting a big government program. i don't want to see a whole generation forced to fight infection in some nearby county hospital only to come home in one piece with something to live for. i mean, keep on trucking. well i say if these young people truly want to resist obama-care they need to do what vietnam protestors did in the '60s and move to canada. bonus: i hear they have a great health care system up there that doesn't cost that much. nation, if you watch this show, you know i don't mince words. i have a little guatemalan woman who minces them for me. this is tip of the hat, wall of the finger. [ cheers and applause ] folks, ever since the tragic events in b
and as the vietnam war got are really heated up in '65, '65 citizens everywhere decided to burn their cards in protest of the actions big government was taking. and so here we are about 50 years later, we're facing a new kind of government mandate under obama-care and so we've decided that we're going to torch our own cards. >> stephen: people forget that about the vietnam war. those hippies were just fiscal conservatives protesting a big government program. i don't want to see a whole...
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there was an american presence in south vietnam before that. but the act of military participation of the americans came in president johnson's time. and he deployed 550,000 members of the armed forces there, almost all of them conscripted, not volunteers. and he largely won the war. and this was demonstrated in the tet offensive. but instead of coming to that conclusion, he became demoralized and began to deescalate the war and retired from his office. president nixon managed to salvage a non-communist vietnam and withdraw american forces entirely while doing that. and in the great north vietnamese offensive in april of 1972 between mr. nixon's visit to china and his visit to the soviet union, the south vietnamese actually defeated the north vietnamese and the viet cong on the ground. now, they had heavy american air support, but they had no american ground support. and nixon submitted the peace treaty to the senate for ratification, and he had the constitutional right simply to sign it by his authority as president, the constitutional authori
there was an american presence in south vietnam before that. but the act of military participation of the americans came in president johnson's time. and he deployed 550,000 members of the armed forces there, almost all of them conscripted, not volunteers. and he largely won the war. and this was demonstrated in the tet offensive. but instead of coming to that conclusion, he became demoralized and began to deescalate the war and retired from his office. president nixon managed to salvage a...
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king 1967 speech against the war in vietnam. washington post declared king had, quote, "diminished his usefulness to his cause, his country, his people." >> i think it's so unfortunate that publications like time magazine, washington post -- if they had to rewrite those articles today, it would be a different story. dr. king was right. he was right -- and so many others, politicians, who came out against the war, whether it was eugene mccarthy or others, later bobby kennedy. what that war helped to destroy: the hopes, the dreams and aspiration of so many people. war is bloody. it's messy. >> and so, today, the war in afghanistan, the drone war that president obama is conducting in pakistan, in yemen, in other places, with the "kill list," that the times called it, that he personally keeps and names the people he puts on the list- your thoughts? >> well, i think it's time for us to end, end the efforts in afghanistan. we cannot justify the killing of people that we don't see. we don't know anything about them, or very little. war
king 1967 speech against the war in vietnam. washington post declared king had, quote, "diminished his usefulness to his cause, his country, his people." >> i think it's so unfortunate that publications like time magazine, washington post -- if they had to rewrite those articles today, it would be a different story. dr. king was right. he was right -- and so many others, politicians, who came out against the war, whether it was eugene mccarthy or others, later bobby kennedy....
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vietnam, andaos, cambodia.f you have information that might be useful as a veteran that you think might be useful in a recovery process, please feel free to come to our website. contact information is there and send the information to the office and i will be happy to forward that on to dpmo and jpac and they will do further investigation. host: do you know how many teams are out right now? guest: i'm not sure how many. host: do you get tips in your office about where to search? guest: we do. any information that is provided to us by individuals whether it is from in the state's or if we get dog tag reports or individuals in vietnam from cambodia who believe they have found human remains, we send that along to the appropriate offices. the steps are followed up. host: are the families updated regularly or is the information kept from them until it is completely finished. there is communication throughout the process, throughout the year especially depending how involved family members are. search and families ar
vietnam, andaos, cambodia.f you have information that might be useful as a veteran that you think might be useful in a recovery process, please feel free to come to our website. contact information is there and send the information to the office and i will be happy to forward that on to dpmo and jpac and they will do further investigation. host: do you know how many teams are out right now? guest: i'm not sure how many. host: do you get tips in your office about where to search? guest: we do....
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i am a vietnam veteran and i witnessed when i was on active duty in vietnam where 20-something bodies were buried. these were men they personally disarmed because i was demo men -- man and i saw them put in body bags and an officer ordered them to be buried in a very unique and in a way that is very contradictive to the way marines do things but it was done all the same and for years i have tried relentlessly the y and get both families and the organization to help me get these bodies home and i've gotten into mat ises of bureaucracy. i'm told it cost a million and a half dollars to start a dig. when that's ridiculous because these men were buried in body bags. know the approximate location now. host: tom, let's get an answer from lacy. guest: thank you, tom. i don't know exactly the situation that you're speaking of. if you would contact the league office i'd be happy to get some information from you. it's important to know that in southeast asia, especially vietnam, there are unique circumstances and one of those is the acidic soil in vietnam and because of this remains and evidence
i am a vietnam veteran and i witnessed when i was on active duty in vietnam where 20-something bodies were buried. these were men they personally disarmed because i was demo men -- man and i saw them put in body bags and an officer ordered them to be buried in a very unique and in a way that is very contradictive to the way marines do things but it was done all the same and for years i have tried relentlessly the y and get both families and the organization to help me get these bodies home and...
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in 1966 and 67, and they were shot to pieces. 30 of them killed in vietnam and cambodia, more than the other west point classes, and then they came home and found they were pariahs within the generation, no longer the leaders, but outcasts effectively as the country went through this great upheaval over the war and many other things. i just felt -- i went to the 15th reunion in 1981 at west point, meet in the cemetery where a lot of the dead are buried, and everyone's crying, and it was -- it was so heart breaking. it was clear this was -- this was a powerful story that allowed you to tell a social history of america over a quarter century, and i went back to the 20 #th renne union and that's when i started it as a book, and i do feel that there were 579 men in the class who were all male at that appointment, and they are an extraordinary bunch, for not what they went through in west point and vietnam, but things that happened to them subsequently. the book is built around three central characters, and i'm still very close to the men from that class. i always think of them as 18-year-o
in 1966 and 67, and they were shot to pieces. 30 of them killed in vietnam and cambodia, more than the other west point classes, and then they came home and found they were pariahs within the generation, no longer the leaders, but outcasts effectively as the country went through this great upheaval over the war and many other things. i just felt -- i went to the 15th reunion in 1981 at west point, meet in the cemetery where a lot of the dead are buried, and everyone's crying, and it was -- it...
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use pumps i had but i also want to say california is i've been you know forty years i've been since vietnam i've been smoking off and on and it is the best week in the world in california it's like seriously like french wider california nobody gets that kind of what is it the air of a soil it's because we've adapted our technology to growing better weed we it's certainly the air of the soil but the taking the seeds from all over the world with us jamaica afghanistan mostly afghanistan vietnam thailand these places and making experimentation with the with the with the technology that they have the growing this hydroponically the growth in closets they can grow it right in your house right here you have scenes of my she will be using shoot my cheek all right you know we have scenes there but it's too difficult to shoot there with the insurance issues right now but we shut everything around l.a. . and we're going to be and canyon is north of los angeles the deserts the northeast of here i was wondering where where they were that way yes those lessons you know what's called mr mason it's a it's
use pumps i had but i also want to say california is i've been you know forty years i've been since vietnam i've been smoking off and on and it is the best week in the world in california it's like seriously like french wider california nobody gets that kind of what is it the air of a soil it's because we've adapted our technology to growing better weed we it's certainly the air of the soil but the taking the seeds from all over the world with us jamaica afghanistan mostly afghanistan vietnam...
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you can watch the senate on our 2.mpanion network, c-span president obama hosted the president of vietnam at the white house, truong tan sang . they talked about trade and security. he is the second president to visit the white house since diplomatic relations were reestablished in 1995. this is about 20 minutes. >> it is my pleasure to welcome tosident truong tan sang the white house and oval office for his first bilateral meeting with me. >> [speaking vietnamese] >> this represents the steady progression and strengthening of the relationship between our two countries. >> [speaking vietnamese] obviously, we all recognize the extra nearly complex history between the united states and vietnam. >> [speaking be enemies] >> but the step-by-step, what we have been able to establishes a degree of mutual respect and and trust that has allowed us now to announce a comprehensive partnership between our two countries. >> [speaking be enemies] - speaking vietnamese] >> that will allow even greater cooperation on a whole range of issues between trade and commerce to illustrate to work on cooperation
you can watch the senate on our 2.mpanion network, c-span president obama hosted the president of vietnam at the white house, truong tan sang . they talked about trade and security. he is the second president to visit the white house since diplomatic relations were reestablished in 1995. this is about 20 minutes. >> it is my pleasure to welcome tosident truong tan sang the white house and oval office for his first bilateral meeting with me. >> [speaking vietnamese] >> this...
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involvement in vietnam, came to be published not in the new york times by the beacon press. we will hear from three men at the center of the storm. west, ellsberg, robert and former alaska center mike gravel. all over washington, not only in the pentagon, but in the cia, state department, and elsewhere. isit is the government that lawless, not the press. all theseking to put papers into the record automatically. bang, they are in the record. that is how it got into the record of the united states of america. >> all that and more, coming up. i'm amy goodman. today we have a special on whistleblowers and leaks. when edward snowden came forward as the man who had secrets about the national security agency program, he was praised by the country's best known whistleblower, daniel ellsberg. "i think there has not been a more significant or helpful leak out for another ride disclosure in american history ever then went edward snowden shared with a guarded about the nsa, and that includes the pentagon papers." in a moment we will hear daniel share a story about how he leaked the pen
involvement in vietnam, came to be published not in the new york times by the beacon press. we will hear from three men at the center of the storm. west, ellsberg, robert and former alaska center mike gravel. all over washington, not only in the pentagon, but in the cia, state department, and elsewhere. isit is the government that lawless, not the press. all theseking to put papers into the record automatically. bang, they are in the record. that is how it got into the record of the united...
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examples is it that currencies are not exactly in the strongest position at the moment and whilst vietnam and india are coming down on the gold trade and imports they're saying it's because you know this isn't an empty investment it's not doing anything they don't see this is actually this is a currency that they're wanting to hold this is gold you know this is what they want to spend their money and say in argentina way you've got inflation if she's india where the repeat significantly weak vietnam where there's also been huge inflation issues people want to. own gold and it's not because it's just jewelry and it looks pretty it's because it's an alternative form of money but i think it's important to keep in mind that over the past couple hundred years there's been over seven hundred currencies that have been created the average lifespan is about twenty seven years is when the average life span of paper money gold however is still been money for five thousand years let's talk about silver jazz coils any sign that asian indian investors are moving into the so over bullion market there's
examples is it that currencies are not exactly in the strongest position at the moment and whilst vietnam and india are coming down on the gold trade and imports they're saying it's because you know this isn't an empty investment it's not doing anything they don't see this is actually this is a currency that they're wanting to hold this is gold you know this is what they want to spend their money and say in argentina way you've got inflation if she's india where the repeat significantly weak...
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vietnam apparently hopes to strengthen ties with japan in this field. it's currently disputing with china over a group of islands in the south china sea. >>> broadcasters in china and in south korea have been voicing their concerns over possible revisions to the constitution. the morning news on china's state-run network, cctv, opened with the results of the election. >> translator: the abe government will accelerate moves to revise the constitution. >> the election also made the front page of the communist party affiliated newspaper "the global times." the headline says abe's victory is raising concern around the world. the results of the vote also made the major papers in south korea. the top daily says prime minister abe has gained momentum now that parties in favor of amending the constitution have increased their seats. >>> but those forces don't have enough power to push through a constitutional amendment. so abe will have to do some negotiating. nhk world's mitsuko nishikawa reports. >> reporter: the liberal democratic party and others in favor o
vietnam apparently hopes to strengthen ties with japan in this field. it's currently disputing with china over a group of islands in the south china sea. >>> broadcasters in china and in south korea have been voicing their concerns over possible revisions to the constitution. the morning news on china's state-run network, cctv, opened with the results of the election. >> translator: the abe government will accelerate moves to revise the constitution. >> the election also...
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escalate twenty twenty five dollars an ounce and not just in china you know we also hearing about vietnam and india and of course they're interesting because there are two countries that are featured heavily in the last year or so in terms of governments trying to clamp down on gold now let me interrupt you for a second ok argentina has been reported i just saw something across the tape that people are paying one thousand two hundred dollars an ounce for gold almost two thousand dollars an ounce for gold all time high price for gold that he's saying that well am i i've said it and i have these things anecdotally i haven't looked at it but what we've got between the common themes argentina vietnam and india just to pull three pull three examples is that their currencies are not exactly in the strongest position at the moment and whilst vietnam and india are coming down on the gold trade and imports they're saying it's because you know this isn't an empty investment it's not doing anything they don't see this is actually this is a currency that they're wanting to hold this is gold you know
escalate twenty twenty five dollars an ounce and not just in china you know we also hearing about vietnam and india and of course they're interesting because there are two countries that are featured heavily in the last year or so in terms of governments trying to clamp down on gold now let me interrupt you for a second ok argentina has been reported i just saw something across the tape that people are paying one thousand two hundred dollars an ounce for gold almost two thousand dollars an...
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. >>> the bay is home to the largest vietnamese population in the world outside of vietnam. today president obama welcomed vietnam's president to the white house but not without some protests. protesters chanted outside the white house calling on the president to protect human rights in vietnam. mr. obama and president tron ton song had a candid conversation about the human rights record. obama said the president he wants to extend trade, cultural and scientific exchanges between the two countries. >>> the fate of the man accused of being responsible for the largest leak of classified documents in u.s. history is now in the hands of a judge. the prosecution gave its closing argument today against accused wikileaks sort branly manning. wikileaks has never confirmed manning was the source of its information. one of the most serious charges manning faces is aiding the enemy, which would carry a maximum sentence of life in prison. >>> what the doctor said was four to six weeks untreated. and four to six months treated. so when i heard that i said, let's get married. because i wa
. >>> the bay is home to the largest vietnamese population in the world outside of vietnam. today president obama welcomed vietnam's president to the white house but not without some protests. protesters chanted outside the white house calling on the president to protect human rights in vietnam. mr. obama and president tron ton song had a candid conversation about the human rights record. obama said the president he wants to extend trade, cultural and scientific exchanges between the...
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sorties over vietnam? missions over north vietnam, laos, and cambodia. combat. >> what kind of plane. >> the best airplane god allowed make.o it was awesome. sat side-by-side. tandem seating. an intact aircraft. no supersonic flying. all we did was deliver weapons on the ground. most of my flying was done over vietnam. they were night low level planes. at night m went out with more than one airplane. >> how old were you? foolish.and i was the first lieutenant. so i was probably 24, 25. missions overnorth vietnam, you remember? >> well, the one moment i remember was the time i didn't i coming home. i didn't think i was going to get back. it was just the mission. had a -- back then we were kind of stupid things.w we did the ingress routes were almost always the same. the target times were almost same. the everything was repeatable back then. my -- we were at liberty to change our ingress however we to do it. the targets were the same no matter what. there was one area in the portion of north vietnam. and every time you went in there, they knew you were com
sorties over vietnam? missions over north vietnam, laos, and cambodia. combat. >> what kind of plane. >> the best airplane god allowed make.o it was awesome. sat side-by-side. tandem seating. an intact aircraft. no supersonic flying. all we did was deliver weapons on the ground. most of my flying was done over vietnam. they were night low level planes. at night m went out with more than one airplane. >> how old were you? foolish.and i was the first lieutenant. so i was...
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plus, good morning vietnam.ther huge name from main street betting on growth in one of asia's top economies. should you be looking at vietnam as an investment? "countdown to the closing bell" coming right back. stay tuned. dow jones industrials down 48 points. you make a great team. it's been that way since e day you met. but your erectile dysfunction - itld be a question of blood flow. cialis tadalafil for daily use helps you be ready anytime the moment's right. you cabe more confident in your ability to be ready. and the same cialis is the only daily ed tablet approved to treat ed and symptoms of bph like needing to go frequently or urgently. tell your doctor about all your medical conditions and medications, and ask if your heart is healthy enough for sexual activity. do not take cialis if you take nitrates for chest pain, as this may cause unsafe drop iblood pressure. do not drink alcohol in excess with cialis. side effects may include headache, upset stomach, delayed backache or muscle ache. to avoid long-t
plus, good morning vietnam.ther huge name from main street betting on growth in one of asia's top economies. should you be looking at vietnam as an investment? "countdown to the closing bell" coming right back. stay tuned. dow jones industrials down 48 points. you make a great team. it's been that way since e day you met. but your erectile dysfunction - itld be a question of blood flow. cialis tadalafil for daily use helps you be ready anytime the moment's right. you cabe more...
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america was never behind the war in vietnam like world war ii. in the the factor of the enemy from each other from north carolina to be a bomb or the south vietnamese looks the same and all the american soldiers. >> in fact, one of the authors that wiedmaier the most from american experience is in vietnam says sari that is one of the reasons why the british never restore the government in the areas they conquered like charleston because they would never certain who was on their side. said there were some similarities. essentially to look at how united the citizenry could defeat a major power there are other examples in history with they did not succeed like in the 1950's. the key it seems is the heart of the people. >> how did the low opinion that the british officers had of american loyalist soldiers and officers and the initial reluctance to recruit american loyalist into the british aren't all -- rb how did that affect the war effort? >> but it is based again on firsthand knowledge during the french and indian war were most dismissive of the o
america was never behind the war in vietnam like world war ii. in the the factor of the enemy from each other from north carolina to be a bomb or the south vietnamese looks the same and all the american soldiers. >> in fact, one of the authors that wiedmaier the most from american experience is in vietnam says sari that is one of the reasons why the british never restore the government in the areas they conquered like charleston because they would never certain who was on their side. said...
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. >> how many sortis over vietnam? the>> i flew 100 missions into north vietnam, laos, and cambodia. so during the campaign, i flew cal combat planes. >> what kind of planes? >> i was an a-6 fighter pilot. the best arpte god ever made. it was an attack aircraft. no super sonic flight flying. no sonic flying. all we did was deliver weapons to a target on the ground. most of my flying was done offer in north vietnam. low-were generally night, level interdix missions -- interdiction missions. you seldom went out with more than one airplane. >> how young? >> i was young and foolish. i was a first lieutenant. so i was probably 24 or 25. >> so you think back to those missions over north vietnam. what's the motion moment that you remember? >> the one moment i remember is the time i didn't think i was coming home. i didn't think i was going to get back. it was just a mission we went in. we had a particular -- back then we were kind of stupid about how we did things. the target times were almost always the same. everything was
. >> how many sortis over vietnam? the>> i flew 100 missions into north vietnam, laos, and cambodia. so during the campaign, i flew cal combat planes. >> what kind of planes? >> i was an a-6 fighter pilot. the best arpte god ever made. it was an attack aircraft. no super sonic flight flying. no sonic flying. all we did was deliver weapons to a target on the ground. most of my flying was done offer in north vietnam. low-were generally night, level interdix missions --...
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likewise large cargoes were sent to eastern asia during the korean and vietnam wars. during the seventy's a large bulk of food aid went to the middle east. during the ninety's after the fall of the berlin wall food aid was directed to countries the former eastern bloc the same pattern was repeated in afghanistan and iraq during the war on terror. if you have took aboard diplomacy it's of a subtle way of pushing a message on agenda. to another country you know because if you if you've seen even more so because the training elephants for their training even cheap and since they use food is that if you want to train the cheap ones who can dance like a human being you keep rewarding it with a little biscuit or something so next am vindictive you jump up american people sing jump up you jump up see what i mean. from very early on africa became the focus of attention as the u.s. and soviet union were trying to gain zones of influence countries like somalia ethiopia and kenya received help. there's a little peace is good as it would be easy to prove to them or the police doe
likewise large cargoes were sent to eastern asia during the korean and vietnam wars. during the seventy's a large bulk of food aid went to the middle east. during the ninety's after the fall of the berlin wall food aid was directed to countries the former eastern bloc the same pattern was repeated in afghanistan and iraq during the war on terror. if you have took aboard diplomacy it's of a subtle way of pushing a message on agenda. to another country you know because if you if you've seen even...
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back during the days of vietnam it wasn't until the media opened its eyes to what was happening on the frontlines of the battlefield and we americans began to truly understand for the first time the atrocities that come along with a war that turned public sentiment against the war in vietnam as marshall mcluhan once said television brought the brutality of war into the comfort of the living room vietnam was lost in the living rooms of america not on the battlefields of vietnam and all the footage coming out of vietnam was horrifying and gruesome it was important for the american people to see it so that they could speak out against it with some out between the one nine hundred seventy s. and today our media has lost its ability or its willingness to show americans the horrors of war and the realities of violence americans need to wake up call out the media and open their eyes to the violence and brutality in the world today only then will public sentiment against the horrors of war and what's going on in guantanamo and the reality of violence change here in washington d.c. and that's t
back during the days of vietnam it wasn't until the media opened its eyes to what was happening on the frontlines of the battlefield and we americans began to truly understand for the first time the atrocities that come along with a war that turned public sentiment against the war in vietnam as marshall mcluhan once said television brought the brutality of war into the comfort of the living room vietnam was lost in the living rooms of america not on the battlefields of vietnam and all the...
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most americans think of vietnam, they think of the vietnam war in which the united states was involved was the worst thing that happened. many vietnamese of experience of this was worse than the vietnam war in the 60s and 70s. a 1 million vietnamese died of starvation because of japanese policies which involve this only to feed japan, the vietnamese were shipped and 1 million of them starved and were dead. how many people know, even most dedicated students, it was always something new that you could tell people that they didn't know before. >> how would world war ii have ended in 1942 eastern front had not opened? >> i think the united states and britain would probably have prevailed in the end. but in the end, it could've been a terribly long time. one of the things that i think we get wrong is that we all think that the first world war is much worse than the second world war we had better generals who understood that you have to be more careful. this was not so. the truth was that in these terrible 20th century wars. to defeat a very powerful enemy industrial states, a lot of people
most americans think of vietnam, they think of the vietnam war in which the united states was involved was the worst thing that happened. many vietnamese of experience of this was worse than the vietnam war in the 60s and 70s. a 1 million vietnamese died of starvation because of japanese policies which involve this only to feed japan, the vietnamese were shipped and 1 million of them starved and were dead. how many people know, even most dedicated students, it was always something new that you...