threat in southern vietnam. -- the communist threat in southern vietnam. it is based on this search and destroy tactic and body counts. basically, what he wants to do to achieve victory is to kill as he enemy troops, as can. whenever americans go into combat, once combat is over, they have to count how many vietnamese bodies are left behind. and based on the numbers provided, he measured how successful the u.s. was in the war. beyond all of that, in terms of finding the enemies, because the vietnamese recognize there was no match for american forces. the vietcong in north vietnamese troops are trying to avoid as much as they could to avoid americans in combat. it will go after troops of the south vietnamese regime, feeling confident about their odds against them, but try to avoid major combat with american troops. that is why general westmoreland does this search and destroy thing. americans have to go out in the middle of nowhere to search for enemy troops. they have to find them and destroy them. for your typical american soldier in vietnam, the war is n

south vietnam. up to this point, communist forces have operated primarily in remote jungle, rural areas. cities have been spared the horrors of war. le duan figures that by now, the americans probably do not expect attacks on cities, so he orders an attack on every major town and city in southern vietnam. and he decides to enhance the element of surprise. he decides to order the launching of the attack for tet, which is the coming of the lunar new year for the vietnamese or the chinese, for east asians. at that time in vietnam there had been no fighting. it was not official, but there was informally a truce observed. there was no fighting around tet. tet is basically christmas, new year, easter, take all of the american holidays together and it does not come close to what tet represents for the vietnamese. people take off for weeks and they go to see their families. it is huge. so le duan figures the americans will never expect it. the south vietnamese rivals will never expect it, and when we strike

something like 3 million americans serve in the vietnam -- in vietnam. only 20% of americans who served in vietnam were actually in combat. the overwhelming majority of americans who served were not in combat. -- of the 20% in combat, 10% only ever experienced combat. only a minority of americans served in vietnam and actually did the stuff that you see in pictures and movies. those are the guys that sometimes suffer from various ailments. the nature of the war was really to cope.a 19-year-old for a lot of americans, the war was the best time of their life. if you were 19 years old stuck in an office in saigon, things could be pretty good. that was the reality for most americans who were in vietnam. at one point ask, there was almost 600,000 americans in vietnam, how could the u.s. have lost? most of these guys are effectively support personnel. they are not actually ground forces. the are not soldiers, they are not marines who are out there searching for communist forces. that partially explains why the outcome was not what american policymakers intende

. >> vietnam center and archive located in texas tech is second largest vietnam artifacts in the country. director steve maxner will show us pertinent items for -- personal items of men and women in the the war. >> today we're visiting the vietnam center archive located in the special elections library on the campus. texas tech university. it got its start back in 1989 when a visiting professor decided to determine if he could teach classes on the vietnam war. he was a military history professor, he served two tours in the navy in vietnam and he wanted to try educate the student body about what vietnam was about. he went to the library they almost had no books on vietnam at that time. this was only 14 years. he went to his department chair and asked if they had financial support. i think he was eligible for $300 of support from them. he got together with a group of local veterans and asked them if they would be willing to support the creation of some kind of project so they could teach classes, mostly graduate level and collect and preserve material and start this massive project to make

on the people, the government, and the allies of south vietnam. their attack during the ted holidays failed to achieve its principle objective. it did not collapse the elected government of south vietnam or shatter its army as the commonists had hoped. it did not -- communists had hoped. it did not produce an uprising as they predicted. the communists were unable to maintain control of any of the more than 30 cities that they attacked. and they took very heavy casualties. but they did compel the south vietnamese and their allies to move certain forces from the country side into the cities. that caused widespread disruption and suffering. their attacks and the battles that followed made refugees of half a million human beings. the communists may renew their attack any day. they are, it appears, trying to make 1968 the year of decisions in south vietnam. the year that brings if not final victory or defeat at least a turning point in the struggle. this much is clear. if they do mount another round of heavy attacks, they will not succeed in destroying

is working on a new proposal to offer to the viet cong and north vietnam. >> nixon's strategy on vietnam to negotiate a peace agreement but at the same time to vietnamize the conflict. >> we had to turn the war over to south vietnam, or it was going to be hopeless. we couldn't fight their war forever. >> the south vietnamese were taught to think like americans, act like americans, fight like americans. >> south vietnam's president thieu, he wanted nothing more than to gradually take over full responsibility for the war. >> president nixon started withdrawing troops almost right away. he had a lot to withdraw. there were over 500,000 men there. >> but he did this very slowly. as they supposedly shifted the burden of the fighting to the south vietnamese army. it was going so slowly a lot of people were getting killed in the process, and there was no end to it. >> october 15, 1969, vietnam moratorium day. >> surely this is a day unique in our history. never have so many of our people publicly and collectively manifested opposition to this country's involvement in a war. >> it wasn't hippies

this was another criticism of the united states in vietnam. our mission is precisely what i just stated. we've got a plan that will achieve that mission should we need to send forces in. but of course he didn't answer the question, which is we all thought this was so important to be in vietnam, and it turns out they won, and it didn't threaten american security. are you so sure that we need to be in iraq? and by that time, of course, they had already made up their mind. >> so, in a way, we began with a document and we end with a document, and perhaps that points to precisely the ways in which historians can engage that past to pose questions of us in the present. so please join me in thanking these panelists. >> announcer: today on our companion network, c-span, a discussion on crime and violence in el salvador. the discussion is co-host bid the inter-american dialogue and counterpart international. you can see it live starting at 3:30 p.m. eastern on c-span. >>> this week, book tv is in primetime. starti starting tonight at 8:30 eastern, sena

more than 70% of americans said vietnam was a mistake. of that 70% when they were asked do you wish you had protested the war then, fewer than 25% said yes. so even though they admit it was a complete mistake they wouldn't want to be associated with protesters because the image of people protesting had become so negative in people's minds. >> i was jotting down notes but i have to ask, you made a lot of marijuana references in your statement. it is 4:20 today. was that -- 4/20 today. was that on purpose? >> it was not. but that's probably why "the new york times" published an article about marijuana today. >> that would imply cultural knowledge on my part. that was a joke. >> census is i'm a historian and we're talking about this environment where it's really a war on facts that's occurring, what you're describing. a war on a certain type of story and a certain type of political position. obviously i think the most illustrative example of this is really the pentagon papers when they come out. they get sucked into this anti-war, war argume

let's get back to vietnam. let's say it is new year's day, january 1968. ,f you are william westmoreland how are you doing? who is winning? no, no, no. how is he doing? >> you feel like you have convinced the north to attack you in these big, conventional battles. you think i am pulling them into where i want them to be. prof. faulker: this is what william westmoreland is telling the people. the johnson administration pulls westmoreland back on what will become known as the success offensive. when william westmoreland gets in front of the national press club or the daily briefings in saigon, that is what he is telling folks. notice anything? >> you are transitioning from 1965, 21968attle in emmett you are winning. prof. faulker: good. what else? that there is a light at the end of the tunnel and we can view the end of what we are trying to accomplish. prof. faulker: how does this play into your area? if -- in your area. what are you thinking? go ahead. political time and capital, because you tell everyone it is

and the violence in vietnam. there's very little good news that water cronkite is -- walter cronkite is delivering in 1968. and politicians with law and order messages are coming out and saying i'm going to clean up the streets, we're going to reduce crime. we're going to create some order out of this chaos. have our increasingly potent and convincing. the person with this messages is ronald reagan who in 1966, in a kind of foreshadowing, is elected governor of california. california happens to be the place where these two types of disorders first break out. first on the campus of berkeley in 1964, the free speech movement, demonstrations, mass demonstrations by students against the berkeley administration. and then on the streets of los angeles, the watts neighborhood going up in flame in 1965 in response to police violence. and in 1966, ronald reagan runs against the incumbent liberal governor, someone who had beaten richard nixon soundly four years earlier. and when running on this message of law and order and

we also have newspapers from south vietnam -- the saigon daily news and another vietnam ease lingwoodlication. to chronicle the experiences of our felt -- south vietnamese allies from the republic of vietnam. they lost so much as a result of that war. they lost their homes, families, businesses -- when saigon fell in 1975, we have used that as a tragic loss, because we were fighting to try to preserve south vietnam against communism, but the south vietnamese people lost incredibly i comparison. so again, it is very important to work with them as much as we can to preserve their history and their documents. in addition to that, we do have materials from the communist side of the war, the north vietnamese and the national liberation front of the viet cong. we have some of their equipment, which is interesting when you compare and contrast the type of equipment they use versus what we had. the helmets were wicker versus the steel of american helmets. lighter weight, great for camouflage but not very protective. sandals, whiche everyone has heard of who studied the vietnam war, made from

that airpower campaign can show south vietnam and north vietnam and even to our allies, look at u.s. resolve when we are in a conflict in this cold war environment. this is our resolve against communism. the more practical ideas are, we need some kind of strategic destruction of the north vietnamese ability to make war. where is all the material really coming from for them to make this war? is it north vietnamese industry or not? this is the idea, not only is a -- not only strategic to go after transportation but also to prevent that stuff from moving around. that transportation line, that is the reason for it, even if stuff is coming from outside, to help prevent that keeping north vietnam sustained, make them feel the pain of war. likewise, let's do an operational interdiction campaign that prevents material from going from the north down to the south, primarily through laos. that is the development happening in 1964, if we do a strategic air campaign. then there is another incident, there is a lot of small attacks. things are still happening. insurgency is still happening in the s

losing the vietnam war. but you don't when of the part of the vietnam war at all if you can avoid it. going into vietnam, he says i feel like a jackass in a texas hailstorm. i can't run, i can't hide, and i can't make it stop. i like this. i got it from the johnson presidential library. and why i bought this bust is for a reason. in 1965, johnson commissioned busts. he would hand them out to visitors. what does that to you about johnson? be careful. so you give these things, it says something about the guys ego. he is giving these things out as gifts.

i assume you were in vietnam for three or four years. did you have to have a three or four year commitment? what was it like for your first year special ops? >> you have to be enlisted to get into the special forces. you went and did your time and then went on to another project. it was the special forces was the greatest job in the world and being a special forces team sergeant is the best job in the world. anywhere the things you do are so challenging i can't see how anybody would want to be in the special forces. you mentioned that the american public doesn't embrace veterans the way they ought to. i have one friend that served in afghanistan and some of the times i feel like the american public doesn't know how we stand up at ballgames or whatever and clap. what is a way that the average citizen can do a better job of embracing or thanking veterans? >> we are getting better at it, let's put it that way. people come up and thank you all the time for your service to. being in the shield wall is what it's all about. the best way to have

so finish and vietnam. we talking vietnam with draftees. we fought vietnam with mcnamara's 100,000 which was a prom so that even the mentally -- a program so that even the mentally disabled could die for their country. they drafted people with exceptionally low iqs, basically, in mcnamara's 100,000. not in the main, but in some as a way of filling up the troop levies. which i thought was an insult to the people they actually draft can, but they did fine. they honored themselves by their performance. any other questions? okay. one more or -- >> sure. >> by the way -- go ahead. >> i'm sorry. i was in special forces also, but not earlier than you were. i got out in '68. but i'm saying, things have changed a bit since i was in special forces also. and one thing about it -- [inaudible] >> and vice versa. >> that's one of the things that -- [inaudible] because they really hated the vietnamese. they hated them with a passion. and like we're saying, there was a part about volunteering. you had to volunteer to go to jump school, and then they gave y

losing the vietnam war. but you really don't want to be a part of the vietnam war at all, if you can avoid it. going into vietnam, he says i feel like a jackass in a texas hailstorm. i can't run, i can't hide, and i cannot make it stop. this. i got it from the johnson presidential library. and what i bought it is for a reason. in 1965, johnson commissioned these bus. he would hand them out to visitors. now, now, what does that tell you about johnson? ok. be careful. yeah. so, you get these things -- it says something about the guy's ego. he is giving these things out as gifts. ok? the reason i bought this is it is the original. i got it a couple of years ago. when i opened the box, it like 1966 because they still have hundreds of them stockpiled at the johnson presidential library. what does that tell you? >> not very popular with the people. prof. faulkner: yeah. killedis war has finally him. has finally done him in, broke his spirit. you can still buy an original one from 1966 that johnson would have given

in vietnam,o tours and he wanted to try to educate the suit of audie about what vietnam was about.hey went to the library, they had almost no books on vietnam at the time. and he went to his other chair and asked if they had any financial support. i think he said it it was eligible for $300. he got together with a group of local veterans, and asked them if they would be willing to support creation of some kind of -- graduatehat level, but mostly undergraduate, and collect and start this massive project to make sure we aboutucating our students their history. from that humble beginning, we have the largest archive of vietnam war materials outside of the national archives. while we focus a lot on the veterans themselves, we also have a much wider range of philosophy regarding this project, regarding the vietnam war, and who we invite to participate. history military projects might focus on the american veteran experience, jim's experiences serving with the south vietnamese navy encouraged him to broaden that early on. we started to invite vietnamese participants. and we started to ge

vietnam veterans of my family. got involved with vietnam veterans back in the mid 80s in the chicago area, supporting them locally and this was at a time that was very difficult for our vietnam veterans. the wall was put up in 1982. we started to have some welcome home parades and things like that around 1984 and '85, but our vietnam veterans were still living in the shadows. they were still struggling. still having difficulty, and i started to support them locally in chicago, and then in the 90s i got to play the vietnam veteran, he was a wounded soldier and he led me to start working with the disabled veterans organization back in '94. so forrest gump was certainly, you know, very, very good role to play in many ways. i think if you ask me again what some of the most challenging stuff, i play the governor of alabama, george wallace in a tnt television film directed by john frankenharmer back in 1997, and that was probably the biggest role they had done certainly probably to date. it was a three -- over three-hour

not just vietnam. i think there was areas but in terms of the great society, the kennedy brothers were actually promoting the legislation and take kennedy was more of a legislator in that respect. it was not as if there was a huge chas him be queen -- between kennedy and johnson on those issues.>> we have two more questions. we have time for two more. >> i will make it quick.>> my name is jessica. thank you for the work you do. i am a returned peace corps volunteer. i feel connected to the kennedys. i believe martin luther king jr. sensed there was a common assassination -- coming assassination and i am wondering if bobby kennedy had any inclination that he would be shot? thank you. >> well, kennedy was a fatalist. he knew what the situation was with the country but i don't think that was his way. he was determined to do what he was going to do. i don't know whether he was surprised or not surprised but he knew the temper of the country and he was aware that something like that could happen. >> i don't

speaking of vietnam. that's where comes down, two people who saw two different solutions. >> and also fact that the vietnam war generated a huge street protest. and robert kennedy, over time, developed an ability to deal with that. to capitalize on it. and to make that connection, with opponents of the war that he made with people who were hurting for economically. and so, johnson, when he, when he went out, he didn't help himself. because of his own personality. rather arrogant attitude. robert kennedy helped himself. with his ability to touch heartstrings, owe kuwait his concerns with those people who were in the streets, made him much more effective politician in terms of dealing with the protest. >> jules, you covered that campaign, the main opponent at that time was eugene mccarthy that he was running against. can you talk a little bit in mccarthy and how he figures into this equation? >> mccarthy emerged in large part because of what robert kennedy declined to play that role. early on. two young men

not just vietnam. i think there was areas but in terms of the great society, the kennedy brothers were actually promoting the legislation and take kennedy was more of a legislator in that respect. it was not as if there was a huge chas him be queen -- between kennedy and johnson on those issues.>> we have two more questions. we have time for two more. >> i will make it quick.>> my name is jessica. thank you for the work you do. i am a returned peace corps volunteer. i feel connected to the kennedys. i believe martin luther king jr. sensed there was a common assassination -- coming assassination and i am wondering if bobby kennedy had any inclination that he would be shot? thank you. >> well, kennedy was a fatalist. he knew what the situation was with the country but i don't think that was his way. he was determined to do what he was going to do. i don't know whether he was surprised or not surprised but he knew the temper of the country and he was aware that something like that could happen. >> i don't

crimes committed in vietnam.er his effort failed dellums held his own ad hoc war crimes hearings. his activism landed him on president richard nixon's enemies list. he said he was not going to back away from being called a radical. the he also led congressional opposition to u.s.-backed apartheid in south africa. for nearly 15 years he would push legislation to ban u.s. trade and investment in south africa. >> look at black people dying and suffering in south africa. i ask why. drop bombs on no one. for some reason, black people have suffered at an extraordinary level all ovever e world. at this point, it is heightened in its intensity and south africa. i offer a proposal today, in no particular stick fashion, becaususe i am not doing it outf a missionary spirit, because i believe taking a stand against is as important to the healing and well-being of this country as it is to the healing and well-being of people in south africa. in 1986, congress passed his comprehensive anti-apartheid act but president ronald re

jules: the vietnam war generated a huge street protests. and robert kennedy over time developed an ability to deal on ithat, to capitalize and to make that connection with opponents of the war, with people who were hurting economically. johnson, he didn't help himself. because his own personality, rather arrogant attitude. robert kennedy helped himself because with his ability to and equatestrings his concerns with the people who were in the streets made him much more effective politician in terms of dealing with the protest. donald: jules, you covered that campaign. the main opponent at that time was eugene mccarthy. can you talk a little bit about mccarthy and how he figures into this equation? in largecarthy emerged part because robert kennedy declined to play that role early on. , students inen north carolina or duke created the johnson movement. it really wasn't going anyplace. at they tried to recruit first robert kennedy who wasn't interested, then two or three other politicians including george mcgovern who said, why don't you talk

the destructive power of the us military it reached new heights during the vietnam war. during the conflict the us dropped more than seven million tons of bombs. that's three and a half times the amount used in world war two. the scope of the destruction was unprecedented. this implies heat no doubt only that tactically weaker opponent can survive only because he is able to withdraw into an environment that makes him difficult to find . it could be a jungle or mountains or the civilian population. if and when that opponent is operating over an area that covers hundreds of square kilometers the other side naturally wants to remove his cover was agony in this time that's like the north vietnamese army and vietcong guerrillas made excellent use of mountain and jungle terrain as they carried out their operations. in what was called operation ranch hand the u.s. sought to deprive the vietcong of that cover by spraying an estimated twenty million gallons of defoliants and herbicides over parts of south vietnam from one nine hundred sixty two to one nine hundred seventy one. th

in vietnam. a number of us senators becoming antiwar senators. kennedy was starting to move in that direction from 67 but wouldn't commit to it because his brother was the guy that first got us into vietnam and he was in this quandary attacking the policies he was part of in his brother's administration, johnson going full bore on vietnam on the republican candidates, they are supporting the president on vietnam telling them go go go so alan lowenstein who served one term in congress meeting the antiwar movement on college campuses decides having these protest marches is not going to work, we need someone who will challenge johnson directly and do it on the vietnam war and his number one choice everybody is number one choice was bobby kennedy and they went to see bobby, talked to him several times but forget it. lbj cannot be beaten. if he gets nominated i will endorse him. lowenstein got into a shouting match with bobby kennedy. you could have led this movement, you will be sorry. this train is

you are talking about vietnam. vietnam was started by lyndon johnson. lyndon johnson was a texan.ast five wars have been started by texans. we've been at war for 20 years. clear channel radio had 1500 am radio stations during the bush administration. at&t comes out of the state of texas. georgia had cnn and time warner loaded with military bases. the east coast, connecticut,your liberals, loaded with the treasury, federal reserve, silicon valley. susan: i am going to stop this because you are taking us in a much broader sense than the case. i'm going to move on to john in westlake village, california. caller: my question is, the model that is being proposed is this american model arising from the constitution. my question is, the british of her prior restraint law, they of the state secrets law, they have this very strict libel law. they seem to have a pretty rigorous, fair press. maybe even better than ours. why is the model that mr.abrams is proposing better than the other model? susan: thank you. >> i don't really agree that they have a better press or i've had for many years a

from vietnam, the reports were far from optimistic.ostilities as a result of the peace negotiations, the communists had lost -- launched a massive new wave of assaults. later in the month, u.s. chief negotiator arrived in washington for further discussions with the president. after weeks of communist continuen, the present to show firmness and flexibility. the united states continued to seek peace in vietnam through every other available channel. working towards this goal will be the new u.s. ambassador to the united nations. retiring, he was was praised by the president for path service to his country and charged with a new task of funneling the hope and aspirations of nations to mutually beneficial cooperation. through the month, president johnson continued to meet with the major presidential candidates for intelligence briefings on problems confronting the nation. governor and the president covered vietnam, the economy, and domestic programs. the secretary of state reviewed the diplomatic process. earl weaver discussed the military

, we are in korea and now vietnam. how does it the mass media confront what donna suggested? by 1967, the conventional truthfulness of the political leadership starts to become more fragile. those of you with gray and your westmoreland, the vietnam command is pulled back in a political act by lyndon johnson. west moreland is forced to go around and say we are winning -- what is the first? "light at the end of the tunnel. " course, january 31, vietnam, the defensive takes place. the u.s. militarily wins, but psychologically, strategically loses. who is telling the truth? what is the media supposed to do? some heavy heritage -- some heavy hitters, they know better and they have the post and the times. who is truthful? who is legitimate? you see especially in 1968 both of the big paradigms, who we are at home becoming issues that news media have to cost elite inc. about -- constantly think about. most papers and producers and editors are operating in a very narrow political parameter. the questions are now there. politica

he has become an icon in vietnam. the only thing he regrets about vietnam is there is a statue of him by the lake when he crashed into and it identifies him as an air force pilot, it really passes him off. >> that mice -- might be the most damning thing the vietnamese have done to john mccain? >> i was like this is not good. they have got to get that off of here. >> even when he was in washington, megan, he never missed a weekend in returning back to arizona where you were born and raised. what was it like to be with your dad on the weekends? >> we would go pick him up at the airport, and we would make signs. i just remember it was like disneyland, it was the best when he was home. we would go up to sedona almost every weekend. my family has a ranch, he would take us in the creek and fishing. that i think is a real testament to him that he was able to carpet this is carpet mineralized his career and be so present as a father. when people asked me what he is like as a dad, he is a amazing, but he is a normal dad. he co

the early bobby kennedy went to vietnam and said in vietnam, we will stand by you, because we think you can win this war and it's an important war to fight. and one of the primary authors of the u.s. counterinsurgency strategy was bobby kennedy. he stood up. we don't have to guess about what he would have said about that. he stood up in the u.s. senate and said, i was wrong, he did that in issue after issue. that's the standard. it's the later bobby kennedy. what jules fifer, called the good bobby. the one who was running for president and would have made one of the great presidents, it's not accidental that barack obama and and i think hillary clinton look as their role model more than any politician americ history to bobby kennedy as being the one they wanted to model themselves after. so, as we end, i would like to just say one last thing. so, bill green, in introducing, he skrojoked that i have writte books on very strange topics and i wrote a biography of superman and i would like to present this shirt to bill green. i won't make you put it on tonight. but do we give him a wonderfu

and its involvement in vietnam. the various actions of these groups range from assassination, armed robbery, weapons trafficking and much more. while america is a new to the presence of these groups, the attitude towards the government and how to conduct themselves changed. in "bring the war home" she argues it was after the vietnam war when white supremacy groups fought against government interest instead of for them. why and how they made the shift is something i will be to our author to explain. without further ado here is kathleen belew. [applause] >> hi. how was the ball back there? okay? louder? hello? is that better? good. hello. i'm kathleen belew. i'm here to present this new book, coming to you from chicago where it is still winter so thank you very much for having sentient. it's the thing i have forgot about. so my book trend that is about the white punk movement from its formation in 1979 to the oklahoma city bombing in 1995. the events formed with an event very much like what happened in charlottesville

from vietnam, however, the were far from optimistic.down in hostilities as a result of the peace negotiations, the communists had launched a massive new wave of assaults throughout the south to erode the homefront and grasp tightened leverage in the struggle. later in the month, u.s. chief negotiator arrived in washington for further discussions with the president. after weeks of communist intransigence, the president continued to show and flexibility. the united states continued to seek peace in vietnam through -- either was apparent from the side. meanwhile, the united states continued to seek peace in vietnam through every other available channel. working towards this goal would be the new u.s. ambassador to nations, george ball. wasacing goldberg who retiring, ambassador ball was praised by the president for and service to his country charged with a new task of funneling the hope, aspirations and promise of independent nations into mutually beneficial cooperation. through the month, president johnson continued to meet with the major

by now, we are starting to accelerate into vietnam. johnson started to send combat troops over and when we got into 1967, the vietnam war has been going on a solid three years of open combat. we had almost half a million troops over in vietnam. a number of u.s. senators was becoming antiwar senators. kennedy was starting to move in that direction from 67, 66 and 667 but wouldn't commit to it. .. >> to find somebody who will challenge johnson directly and his number one choice is bobby kennedy and they talk to him and bobby said forget it. he cannot be beat on the endorsement and at one point said you will be sorry. and this train is leaving. sorry but this will not work. and the senator eugene mccarthy. and then to jump into the race. if anybody ever looked like president it was eugene mccarthy. and then to work like mad. and then to put you on the good committees. mccarthy could care less he would not knock the leaders of the senate. it is like a new guinea leprechaun with their seniority and to care of us for any of them. no other ca

president trump first outlined this in vietnam just last year. the national security strategy also detailed that vision. make no mistake, the indo-pacific, which stretches from the united states west coast to the west coast of india is a subject of great importance to american foreign policy. as i will detail in a bit, this region is one of the greatest engines of the future global economy and it already is today. the american people and the whole world have a stake in the indo-pacific's peace and prosperity. it's why the indo-pacific must be free and open. and for those of you who might not be familiar with our terminology of free and open, i want to just spend a minute talking about what it is this administration means when it uses that language. when we see free indo-pacific, it means we want all nations to be able to protect their sovereignty from coercion from other countries. at the national level, free means good governance and ensure that citizens can enjoy their freedoms and liberties. when we say open in the indo-pacific, we want all na

specifically regarding the vietnam, the medal of honor was awarded in the name of congress to the vietnamer. and the soldier was identified, the middle stayed there in arlington. it was not conferred upon the captain. i hope that answers your question. >> [indiscernible] sgt. mcilvenna: that is our only duty when you are assigned to the tomb of the unknown soldier. it doesn't seem like we worked much when you look at the calendar, because a relief will come on duty and serve for 24 hours. actually about 26 or 28. theythat 24 hour period live down in the quarters and performed their duties. then the relief will get a day off and they will come back and do another set of 24 hours and then another day off. then they will do their final 24 hours in that workweek. on calendar, they only work nine days, but those are nine a solid of 24 hours a day. when we are not down there, we ,re off taking care of uniforms if they are in training, learning knowledge and trying to impress upon the badge holders that they want to be there and they know what they are doing and improve their skills. i woulda ba

david maraniss, hrose book, "they marched into sunlight," cicled what happened here as the war in vietnamalated half a world away. >> madison and probably berkeley and ann arbor and a few other college towns were exaggerated representations of what was o happening generation during that period where there was a sensibility that le was changing every day. ♪ ♪ >> reporter: so what has brought nearly 1,000 veterans of campuse upheaval back o madison to sample dozens of panels, screenings, and musical performances, including one from a luminary classmate: boz scaggs. >> madison in the '60s was not just a time and a place, it was a ste of mind. >> reporter: the reunion was organized by noted jazzia mus and lifelong madison resident ben sidran and his wife, lt g time activdy sidran. >> i think anybody who came through here in the '60sot spun a little bit, because of this culture, the ecology of what madison was. >> reporter: if yoleft madison in the first half of that decade, as i did, yoa lived througme not that much different from the 1950s. the clothes, the hair, the mating rituals, the pill

in vietnam when he left. healing process that he believed was necessary was to go beyond the experience he has had on the ground. he knew that we would never be able to be whole as a country until we satisfied our need to solve the vietnam problem. and kudos to bill clinton, who called him up and said i cannot do this without you. i need you to be able to solve normalization of relations. it was a tough decision by john as you are handing a democratic president, who you are in the middle of the elections, a great coup, but this is the best part about john mccain. none of that had any bearing. he thought it was the right thing to do and he was over at the white house the day it happened. he has become the icon in vietnam or he is like a rock star in downtown hanoi. it is unbelievable. the only thing he regrets about vietnam is that there is a statue of him by the lake where he crashed into, and it identifies him as an air force pilot, and it really pisses him off. [laughter] that is the legacy doesn't want. me

we did it in vietnam.t's how it goes. >> you went back to [inaudible] about three years ago -- >> i do not want to go back ever but i made my first fame and as i said, my wife and kids and the dog, the cat, the gerbil, the mice and all the animals buried in the backyard wanted me to go back. after some years i finally did and i wrote a piece for the new yorker about it. what i don't say in describin describing -- there's a couple chapters with more detail about doing the story but what he is talking about there is if you read what's his name the great investigations done by shaw if you read the church groups that published in the 60s about what was going on in vietnam and if you read some of the stuff that was being published in europe about the war he knew there was something really wrong and i was learning ogt been in the pentagon as a reporter and i ran into be troubles with them, the ap about it, because mcnamara was lying about farming and we do not have satellite sent. i learned they were bombing in

congress to the vietnam unknown soldier. when that soldier was identified, the medal stayed there in arlington. it wasn't conferred upon the captain so. i hope that answers your question. yes, ma'am? [question being asked] >> that is our only duty when you're assigned. it doesn't seem like we work much when you look at a kearned, because they serve for 24 hours. actually about 26, 28, when you add getting there early and leaving late. but the 24-hour period, they live down in the quarters. they perform their duties. and then that relief will get a day off. and then they'll come back and do another set of 24 hours. they'll get another day off, and then do their final 24 hours in that workweek. so on the calendar, they only work nine days. but those are nine solid days, 24, 26, 27 hours a day. so when we're not down there, we're off taking care of uniforms. if they're in training, learning knowledge, trying to impress upon the badge holders that they want to be there and they know what they're doing, and improve their skills,