there, the demilitarization and the neutrality of vietnam, laos and cambodia, as well as a ban on theupply of weapons to these countries, but the peace was short-lived the united states did not sign the agreement, vietnam did not comply with them in the south, they proclaimed the republic of vietnam , where the second indochina war soon began . won a victory in cambodia and laos and vietnam almost 20 years later, and for the americans, participation in the vietnam war became a national tragedy of almost 60,000 dead and more than three hundred thousand wounded july 21, 2010 happened, as recognized by russian archaeologists and historical sensation at the excavations in veliky novgorod, they discovered the first two birch bark letters of the xii century, huh? then they found some 42 cases in one and the fat tell their friends and tell ivan that everything is in order with them another letter, like a warning from a sort of old russian tax service, a note and a letter on pieces of birch bark - this is a great discovery for history, they are in 1951 . for the first time they gave us an ide

into two parts and the holding of free elections there, the demilitarization and neutrality of vietnam, laos and cambodia and also a ban on the supply of weapons to these countries, but the peace was short-lived the united states did not sign the agreement vietnam did not comply with them in the south proclaimed the republic of vietnam where the second inta chinese war soon began the united states supported it feared the communists, but in the end it did not win and in cambodia and laos and vietnam almost 20 years later, and for the americans , participation in the vietnam war almost became a national tragedy. thousands of dead and more than 300,000 injured july 21, 2010 happened, as recognized russian archaeologists historical sensation excavations. in veliky novgorod, the first two birch bark letters of the 12th century were found, and in total then they found 42 in one, some css and a fat woman tell their friends they tell ivan that everything is in order with them another letter, like a warning from this old russian tax service notes and letters on pieces of birch bark - this is a

a particularly bloody period in the vietnam war.ietnamese forces launched an attack on a strategically located airbase inside new saigon. the first american unit called to respond was that of dwight birdwell. unknown to the approximately 100 men in c troop, they were moving to take on a full regiment of viet cong more than 1000 strong. they arrived, specialist birdwell's unit took the main ground of the attack. -- the main brunt of the attack. when his tank commander was hit and gravely wounded, specialist birdwell got him to a place of safety and then took command. he knew his vehicle was on the first line of defense, so birdwell stood in his commander's hat, half exposed, sometimes entirely out of the tank, fully exposed, laying down suppressive fire on the enemy. he used the tank's cannon, use -- he used the tank's machine gun, used a rifle, he sustained fire and drove back the attackers and created a place of relative safety for injured men behind, to take cover. he provided battlefield updates to his commander until the enemy s

in the republic of vietnam during the period of 14 to 15 april, 1972.n the days preceding the events of 14 to 15 april 1972, the commander of the italian was killed, it was destroyed and he refused to be evacuated. on 14 april, he -- was surrounded by this. it an effort to establish an air zone, he moved to: airstrikes. he was again wounded by fragments from a rifle round and refused medical evacuation. shortly thereafter, the enemies began in artillery bombardment on the base and remained in exposed position to direct gunships onto enemy positions, which silenced the enemy fire. he assessed the conditions on the base and ensured the base with dutch relative safety and the remaining element was distributed to the defenders. truly thereafter, the enemy resumed the base, nevertheless he made in exposed position to gunfire on the enemy position. in the late afternoon hours, the enemy began a ground assault from all sides of the firebase and major duffy moved to adjust fire, spot targets for artillery observers and direct gunships fire on a friendly positio

sergei lavrov today also laid at the monument to the fallen during the vietnam war. the socialist republic is well remembered here, of course, and the support from of the soviet union and when the country only gained its independence in the middle of the last century, they also remember the contribution of the ussr and assistance from moscow during the years of the vietnam war. that is why today in the modern world they choose cooperation no with the west, namely with russia years. now, after all, an agreement on a comprehensive strategic partnership is a key document that determines the relations of our countries in many areas, and in particular the expansion and strengthening of this cooperation and partnership. sergey lavrov spoke today at a meeting with his vietnamese colleague, at the ministry of foreign affairs of the socialist republic, actually at the invitation of the vietnamese minister of foreign affairs, and sergey lavrov arrived here in hanoi and so i will quote what was said at these negotiations that russia remains the most important partner and priori

both are veterans of the war in vietnam.vey "barney" barnum received the medal of honor back in 1967 at the young age of 26 and it transformed his life. harvey barnum: it would be naive to believe it didn't. you're in the spotlight 24-7, so after i got decorated it wasn't captain barnum, it was captain barnum -- that guy's got the medal. major barnum, lieutenant colonel-colonel, so you're on a pedestal and you're in view. soledad: ky phu, republic of vietnam, december 18, 1965. in the midst of the enemy's heavy onslaught, barnum reorganized his troops and led a counterattack.elopters're gonnat a time, thirteen men at a time, fast as you can towards the village and you don't stop. the only time you stop is if a marine gets shot and falls down, 'cause you don't leave anybody on the battlefield. well, we made it out, and i was the last one out, and, uh, the greateheard is the gunner, he says, all accounted for. so, uh. soledad: and what went through your mind when you heard that -- "all accounted for"? how many people did you g

opposing the war in vietnam saying they would support people who chose not to go to vietnam and as a result of that julian julian bond was not seated. he was elected to the state legislature at georgia. remember nick they refused to see them. so this is the reaction right? king leaves the protest about bonds failure to be seated, but he still you know, but by 60 70s ready and one of the things that again the war is escalating, but he sees a magazine ramparts magazine. early in 67 which has a photo essay on the children of vietnam. and it describes over a million deaths. and casualties. i mean wounding equipping or of children with images of people napalm children and an essay talking about the tools of war that america is using know gases bombing defoliants and and this really shakes him up so has to speak out. and he joins a march in chicago, but his big coming out is in new york city and a speech. he gives it riverside church. pointing at the wrong thing and it's called beyond vietnam a time to break the silence. and this is one of the strongest public statements made against the w

as the assistance of the ussr during the years of the vietnam war is also remembered.hat is why they choose cooperation not with the west, but with russia moscow and hanoi have been acting in an atmosphere of trust for 10 years already, as the agreement on a comprehensive strategic partnership binds, vietnam fundamentally did not join the anti-russian sanctions. west even despite the us pressure on those companies that cooperate with our country, the vietnamese business sees perfectly well, and its interest will benefit from the further development of economic investment ties with the russian federation we have very close and structured interaction in the energy sector. there are joint ventures. uh, in the field of, uh, production and delivery to international hydrocarbon markets. and today we also talked about the fact that these companies will continue their work with a vietnamese-looking head, at the invitation of whom sergei lavrov arrived, the economy is one of the key ones, since russia is the republic’s largest supplier of weapons, a key partner in the active en

vietnam hanoi summer will be interesting. you ask, you ask summer will be exciting.mmer there will be a breathtaking premiere similar to the world's was. summer will not be boring movies series documentaries cartoons economic news in short russia is the largest supplier of oil to china for the second month in a row, reuters reports june imports of about 2 million barrels per day. this is 15% of china's total demand, while imports from saudi arabia fell to almost a two-year low. now it is the second largest supplier, let me remind you in april. asia has overtaken europe for the first time in terms of oil purchases from russia on the back of growing demand and western embard. appeared in russia first national commodity index. it reflects the price of wheat. this is a ton of grain in terms of delivery to the port, the novorossiysk index has already been approved by the bank of russia, now its value is about 15,000 rubles. excluding. vat, it changes daily based on the results of trading in the central bank, the index is called a benchmark for business, while hedging pric

the years of the vietnam war, including these bitter lessons of history.ere it is well remembered. that is why it is now cooperating with russia and not with west, and in cooperation among lavrov at this moment, he says, just the prime minister of vietnam and he also has a meeting scheduled. there is also the general central committee of the communist party of vietnam, by the way, the only legal party in the country. we are awaiting announcements of the results. thank you in the negotiations alexandra, we will wait for the details from you in the next part. let me remind you that our special correspondent was in direct communication from vietnam. boris ivanin. again, i note that the head of the russian foreign ministry is currently on a working visit sergei lavrov in the republics of donbass today they are waiting for a delegation of the permanent committee of the union state. it will be headed by association hospitals. dmitry metintsev plans to travel several departmental meetings and visits to sports facilities. a batch of humanitarian cargo from the uni

laos and vietnam almost 20 years later, and for the americans , participation in the vietnam war became a national tragedy of almost 60,000 dead and more than 300,000 wounded july 21, 2010 happened, as recognized russian archaeologists? a sensational excavation in veliky novgorod discovered the first two birch bark letters of the 12th century, and in total then they found 42 in one, some kind of chairs and fat tell their friends to tell ivan that everything is in order with them another letter, like a warning from etok and the old russian tax service notes and letters on pieces of birch bark - this is a great discovery for history, they are found in 1951. they first gave us an idea of ​​ordinary life in ancient russia from the ninth to the 15th century, until paper and showed a high level of literacy among the population ; appointments of more than a thousand two hundred were correctly found in novgorod, about 50 more in the city of staraya russa, also letters on birch bark were found in torzhok, pskov, tver, old ryazan, in vologda, in the cities of ukraine, and everything and a few pie

vietnam is changing rapidly, but retains its charm and flavor. one from symbols. vietnam mopeds.oters scooters are almost 90% of vehicles. countries. every morning. millions of people ride them to work, including in metropolitan areas like hanoi at first glance. it seems chaos on the road, but in fact, the vietnamese are extremely attentive and disciplined, and the popularity of scooters can be judged by such parking lots in the city, and do not stretch for tens of meters, huh? mimopeds stand in several rows of lavrov and ask about the accusations sounding from kiev, where they claim that the russian the army allegedly strikes at their own cities as a provocation in order to disrupt the supply of western weapons to ukraine. but if they are short, they are lying. and the facts are well known, these facts are presented by our ministry of defense on a daily basis, but western countries, of course, must be aware of their responsibility, regardless of how zelensky and his team interpret something. uh, the west must be aware of its responsibility for the death of civilians, and above a

so he would have approved of the words -- spoke about vietnam. more landis was a decorated combat marine in vietnam, before he wrote one of the great novels of that war, matter hoard. his regrets, he says, quote, that's the prudence we learned from our involvement in indo china was widely derided from vietnam syndrome. he was not to say, if by vietnam syndrome we mean that belief that u.s. should never again engage in a, military inventions in the form of civil wars and without clear objectives and clear exit strategy. and b, nation building and countries whose history and culture we are ignorant and see, sacrificing our children when our lives, way of life or government for the people are not directly threatened. then, we should never take over the vietnam syndrome. it is not an illness, it's a vaccination. close quote. that vaccination war off and so we went off to iraq. thereby validating the accident, the only thing we learned from his threes that we do not learn from history. today however, we commemorate the 75th anniversary of one of the g

, evacuation journalist shuttle between vietnam and cambodia. despite warnings of the impending danger, john swayne arrived back in pen. i arrived to the hotel plum and i immediately bumped into sydney shamburger. the new york times are rock of freelance photographer who done a lot of work for sydney in the new york times. and sydney's interpreter did pran. so he teamed up as a band and covered the the last days of non pen as the carriage moved and o as the siege got tighter. in the last 3 or 4 days, refugees started crowding around the hotel because they felt safer in the presence of westerners and the red cross took over the hotel and declared as an international zone. and then started letting convergence and who wanted to shelter . and so the hotel suddenly, the grounds, very spacious grounds, were occupied by a mass of people. here, though the weather decided to make it up for everybody. so the refugee walking to be in the middle of this, that was a scottish medical team working for the red cross. one of my visit memories for that period was going in to see them and talked to them

these globally were linked to vietnam. but there is still hope for this disappearing mammal. i am traveling south of annoying to come from national park, where a local n g o is working tirelessly to rescue and release penguins. so i, i don't really, i knew alex hi, i'm douglas of your thumb. like tying his team have returned nearly a 1000 penguins to the wild since 2014 and are preparing to release another 7 over the next few days. they are currently 20 at the center all rescues from trafficking networks but in vietnam and others southeast asian countries. many of the animals that come here are weak d hydrated and have serious injuries like this one angle in 1588 identified by the last few digits of his coat number at the center. the 7 year old last part of his front paw after being caught in a track. he's now ready to be released. no, keep it bed day. do you think i've had to deny that duke on tom's helpful coin could sunday by sal date of man love equal book by one of the other part about the sam mangrio. joe had not been given good. i'm good. no, boss, hope marble and carl

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the words of carl spoke about vietnam, a decorated combat marine in vietnam before he wrote one of the great novels of that war. and his regrets he says that the prudence we learn from our involvement in china has been widely derived as vietnam syndrome. and he went on to say, this vietnam syndrome remained at the least that the u.s. should never again engage in a military defense of informed civil war without clear objectives and strategy. and also nationbuilding whose history and culture we are ignorant and another that affecting her children when our lives and way of life on government by and for the people are not directly threatened. and then we should never get over the vietnam syndrome, it is not an illness, is a vaccination that was a quote. and that vaccination wore off and so we went off to erect rated and there by validating that the only thing that we learn from history is that we do not learn from history. and today however we commemorate the 75th anniversary of the great contributions of the western civilizations of political rhetoric but as i close up to indulgence, a br

off vietnam is home to 2 of its 8 species. the chinese and assumed up hangal in both are critically endangered globally, and their numbers are thought to have fallen by 80 percent or more in recent decades. wildlife trade monitoring network traffic estimates that between 201620 nearly 90 tons of the animal scale. seas globally were linked to vietnam. but there is still hope for this disappearing mammal. i am traveling south of annoying to cotton national park, where a local n g o is working tirelessly to rescue and release penguins. so i'm so tired of it. i knew alex hi, i'm douglas of your thumb like tie and his team have returned nearly a 1000 penguins to the wild since 2014 and are preparing to release another 7 over the next few days. there are currently 20 at the center all rescues from trafficking networks within vietnam and other southeast asian countries. many of the animals that come here are weak d hydrated and have serious injuries like this one angle in 1588 identified by the last 4 digits of his coat number at the

racing again prior to say the world's only through a fairly manual. annoy the bustling capital of vietnam thought removed from the natural habitat of a shy, sensitive, wild animal. but behind closed doors, illegal trade and penguins continues here. even with the countries tough wildlife protection laws and the prime minister, calling for their strict enforcement after the colbert 19 outbreak. i'm on my way to the center of hanoi, a popular destination for people looking for traditional chinese medicines. i hear it's not hard to find the animal scale here for a range of health issues from arthritis to lactation, problems and going under cover with our producer who's got a hidden camera. we'll tell the shopkeepers i'm seeking remedies for my sister was just had a baby and is having trouble with breastfeeding. which i sick stores. shopkeepers either tell us they don't sell scales because it's illegal or say they have them but get suspicious. then we find so many of my uncle and later when am i bless out a follow up on the same like wait a bit. they love the bill of lading that you wow. i lov

wanted to be there one of the unique products of vietnam. i bought it and foreigners will mention them when they're visiting our country with the devil. the sandals were popularized by former revolutionary leader, ho, she min and by viet cong soldiers. during the vietnam war they became a symbol of the communist states resourcefulness during war time. now, during peacetime, they've come to represent sustainable design and reducing one's carbon footprint. for juan load up. oh, go. we rose up. oh, i myself prefer handmade sandals, those out because they're cheaper. lam when they buy sell with what we can use old tires to make the rubber sandals cool with the body. of course that we can just as easily make rubber sandals from new rubber them. but then we'll to price out a much higher than that. that's at that go back in 10 coins hanoi shop, a pair sells for around 10 euro. his brand has sold more than half a 1000000 pairs since he took over his father in law's business 11 years ago for a small young company. that's quite a feat. thanks for watc

the international monetary fund warns of a significantly darkening global economic outlook and in vietnam war time design is making a comeback, sustainable sandals with a smaller carbon footprint. this is the w business. i'm janelle dumas on welcome. european union countries have agreed to cut back on gas consumption by 15 percent from august to march. that's as fears grow that russia might stop already reduced deliveries altogether. but this feel is a much weaker version of original proposal put forward by the european commission, sparking concerns over the potency of these commitments are correspondent in brussels. christine mando has more for us on this story. her seeing a couple of things. so the targets are voluntary, you ministers, had to water and down the plan with exceptions in order to get the member states to agree. can these measures still be effective? while the commission insists at this plan will be effective, even if all of these derogation, or these exemptions are exercised at any given point, and you're quite right. it has been watered down significantly. and at any stag

when the paris peace accords was signed in january 973, ending the vietnam war law know, announced the unilateral cease farm. but the command rouge ignored it and prestone towards the pan. so the united states ramped up the bombing campaign operation, freedom deal. and its last days, us planes dropped over 250000 tons of bond killing thousands of command rouge fight . and one of the few journalists able to get in to cambodia at that time was a young french photographer who went on to take the most iconic pictures of the fall of the pen was a friend together. we in 1973. i mean, we decide to fly to come by and see firsthand what was what is working into was on. so eventually we arrive in a summer and implant and, and just in time to see the last b 52 carpet bombing. oh, it's not simpler when you get into a country, you have to figure out you have to find where as the order report, as i'm in, where you need the information and you need to really kind of understand what's going on. and in fact, sure enough, i mean there was one place you know, benway where you could get all that stuff don

but the situation may change since the end of may, indonesia, vietnam, and the philippines have expressed their desire to have nuclear power to meet the growing energy demand. and get rid of the depends on fossil energy. se asia imports 40 percent of its energy and currently released on the middle east for oil and gas with australia as the main source of coal imports. se asia energy, 80 percent fossil energy, the remaining a renewable energy sources are mainly hydro power. in this context, atomic energy becomes very attractive, or i'd so still arg colby's power, but a lot of aspirations. where are the biggest movements? where is the most progress right now when it comes to nuclear? in southeast asia, indonesia, the world's 4th most populous country, has launched a new plan in early june to have its 1st nuclear power plant. by 2045, it attends to set up a special agency to be responsible for the development and operation of nuclear power plants and in vietnam in late may it's minister of industry and commerce told parliament that the country's development of nuclear energy was an inevitabl

bloody period of the vietnam war.e forces launched an attack on a strategically located air base near saigon. dwight birdwell, unknown to approximately 100 men in c troop, they were moving to be taken on a full regiment of vietcong likely to be more than 1,000 strong. they arrived, the troop engaged, the vietcong forces, the unit took the main brunt of the attack with many tanks and vehicles disabled. when his tank commander was hit, and gravely wounded, specialist birdwell got him to a place of safety and then took command. he knew his vehicle was on the first line of defense. so birdwell stood and his commander, half exposed, at times standing out of the tank, fully exposed, laying down suppressive fire on the enemy. he used the tank's cannon, used the tank's machine gun, he used his personal rifle, he sustained fire, drove back the attackers and created a place of relative safety for the injured men behind the tank to take cover. he provided battlefield updates to his commanders until the enemy shot the communicati

in fact, different years in vietnam. today, they come together.e honored for the one thing that they all had in common. that was, in their battles, they time and time again put themselves in mortal danger to protect their fellow soldiers. it's the one thing that they all have in common, whether it was edward or major duffy, both of whom refused to leave their fellow soldiers as they were under fire from the enemy. today all being recognized. they will be in the history books now today. >> where do you find such good men? it's extraordinary. in the u.s. military. >>> in a few minutes, we are expecting officials to hold a news conference on the latest information from the highland park attack. law enforcement officials will be with us. more on that investigation coming up after this break. we'll be right back. investigatn investigatn coming up after this breakant, especially as you age. i noticed after kids that my body totally changed. i started noticing a little pudge. so i took action! we' some common side effects include temporary numbness, disc

in the wild said vietnam's wildlife release. his penguins in protected areas which are controlled by forest ranger team. these need to be on constant alert to ensure the animals don't fall prey to their most dangerous animal. poachers. but there is another threat. the rangers will need to look out for passages. no evidence has been found, but colbert 19 originated from penguins, but some have been known to carry corona viruses related to the one behind the disease. today the rangers are being trained to take samples from animal encounter in the while to 8 ongoing research efforts on the potential spill over of disease. the specimen for 2 days training is a dead stork. oh, all along. what? when cumberland this and i went back, you know, kinda look at the ego they to put in the book didn't on. yeah. he much and full lot of people don't do that. they do. he took off with back at the center. it's the big day. final health checks have been done. microchips attached and penguin, 1588 and 6, others are ready to be released. hell cookin

from vietnam. however, the reports were far from optimistic instead of a slowdown in hostilities as a result of the peace negotiations. the communists had launched a massive new wave of assaults throughout the south to erode resolve on the home front and grasp heightened leverage in the diplomatic struggle. later in the month us chief negotiator averill harriman arrived in washington for further discussions with the president. after weeks of communist intransigence the united states position continued to show both. and flexibility the united states would stop its air raids over the panhandle of north vietnam where supply and infiltration routes converged into the south when a reciprocal gesture of de-escalation either directly or de facto was apparent the other side. meanwhile, the united states continued to seek peace in vietnam through every other available channel. working toward this goal would be the new us ambassador to the united nations george ball replacing arthur goldberg who was retiring

sergey lavrov continues his trip to asian countries today, official visit to vietnam tomorrow, indonesia let's start with the detention of a number of high-ranking chiefs of the ministry of internal affairs, as reported by the department, the assistant minister and former head of the main directorate of the ministry of internal affairs for st. petersburg and the leningrad region , lieutenant general sergey umnov, was detained. he was taken to umnov himself, the moscow detention center on petrovka, said that he was charged with abuse of power. also, the defendants in the criminal case are the head of the main directorate of the traffic police for st. that the detainees, the general of the ministry of internal affairs, are suspected of spending the funds of the department for personal purposes. established that in the period from 2016 to 2020, several officials and with a frequency senior staff of the main directorate of the ministry of internal affairs of russia for the city of st . continue russia warned the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons, and provocations, which, a

this was when west and journalist began to cover cambodia as well as vietnam. and lou, why l rename does look gnome became cambodia as war. hotel, nbc jim lorry was also posted to pen. i initially went to cambodia in 1970 less than a month after i had arrived in saigon at that time. president richard nixon launched an invasion of cambodia in april of 1970 i got to up to put on pen. once again, i was too poor to stay at the luxury royal hotel, which changed his name later to the the panel because the government that was installed was anti royalist ah, after the crew and removal of see a new can. $970.00 cambodia became a huge battle ground law knows government forces attacked and massacred ethnic vietnamese and cambodians who supported the communist commit. ruge. at the same time the communists under their lead, a whole part gained more support and responded with equal violence. journalists were increasingly vulnerable whenever they left the sanctuary of love to nome, ventured out to the front line case where from united press international was kidnapped by the

soon after independence war broke out in neighboring vietnam between the communist north supported by china on the soviet union, and the government of the self backed by the united states. at 1st, the cambodian king cnu chose neutrality, but in 1963, he did a deal with the north vietnamese to allow them to station troops, cambodia. this ultimately led to the u. s. bombing cambodia for 4 years from 969 to 973. king cnu lost power and who secretly backed by the us in 1970. his replacement prime minister law no headed the right wing pro us command republic. in revenge, the deposed king in exile supported his former enemies, the communist commit. headed by paul paul. this triggered the ferocious civil war, which pictured the command ruge and the exiled prince c on the national front against law. no government forces. this was when west and journalist began to cover cambodia as well as viet nam and lou y l rename does look gnome became cambodia as war town. nbc jim laurie was also posted to pens. i initially went to cambodia in 1970 less than a month after i had arrived in saigon at that t

caller: retired army, served in vietnam, afghanistan and iraq. i take exception to the vietnam people not wanting to be there. the quality of soldier i met in vietnam was just as much of a quality of soldier as those in iraq and afghanistan. i currently have a grandson that is in the army at fort meade and it seems to be that the motivation comes from inside the military motivating people to stay in. that is my question. guest: thank you for your service and all those conflicts. i did not mean to imply the vietnam generation was not a great generation. i was speaking in general terms about when you have people who don't want to be there it is harder to motivate them. i can't speak too clearly to your question. for me at least, it is about the small unit. how are the leaders at the installation at your unit? if they are good people want to stay at that installation and unit. host: retired lieutenant general thomas spoehr. braun from seattle is on the republican mine. caller: i am retired united states army. 16 years as an active duty recruiter. re

shot down over vietnam more than a thousand american combat aircraft.about the vietnamese pilot lisitsyn , that is, the russian lisitsyn , a separate museum dedicated to the defeated american b-52 bomber in hanoi. now vietnam continues. to buy russian weapons that helped him win several wars dmitry kochetkov aleksey labushkin channel one hanoi in lithuania unknown people shoot trucks of kaliningrad truckers the driver is sure that the reasons for the aggression are that on cars russian numbers on cars open fire from a pneumatic weapons, as well as throwing stones, everything usually happens at night for one sura. the driver's windshield was damaged. i managed to notice the attackers, there were several of them, they fled chanting glory to ukraine the three police generals detained in the case of abuse of power suspect the theft of funds and service fund. today , all suspected numbers of the leadership of the main directorate of the ministry of internal affairs for st. semyonov and ivan bakumov according to investigations of the crime were committed in t

i thought your answer on vietnam with good. i really didn't like the answer on degaulle, because i think i've heard you say enough. but i believe we actually have said out loud that you don't believe you are to go out of the country this year, so i don't think you can very well say that you will meet anytime once confided to both people. >> when it can be arranged. i'm not going out of this country. i didn't say where i'd go. i didn't say i'd go out of the country. >> no, i guess -- >> whatever that is i reaffirmed i wouldn't go. >> i see. then i just didn't hear, didn't get the meaning of it that everybody else did. i think the outstanding thing were things where the close-ups were excellent to. you need to learn, when you have a prepared text, you need to have the opportunity to study it a little more and to be dealt with a little more of conviction and interest and change of pace. >> well the trouble is that they criticize you for taking so much time. they want to use it all for questions. and if questions don't produce any

it the vietnam syndrome. the policy areas i say in the book basically was a vast parking malaise -- proclamation of. you go into somalia to help the humanitarian. you ignore the genocide in rwanda and you get into war in kosovo but you don't get any closer than 40000 feet. basically that was the day six under him, people decided particular after vietnam that they didn't want to -- they want to support the cold war but didn't want to use direct war to do so. what changed it seems to me were 9/11 and the two most important words are iran iraq and afghanistan and i think everybody agrees neither were of them taken place without 9/11. both of those wars were really foolish and go consider and so forth and the huge number agree with that now after 20 years and after limping out of afghanistan. now we are in another syndrome. it's not called the iraq syndrome but the iraq afghanistan syndrome and i have no desire to get into any kind of war. iran which everybody hates in the middle east and look at how badly those