consumerism and soldiering in the vietnam war." professor lair, what was the typical experience of northwestern soldier in vietnam. >> that's a great place to start. i think the american public has an assumption about what that experience was that was informed by television, movies, media coverage of the war, that shows the general of the grunt who is in the boonies, who is in imminent danger, living a life of austerity and frequent danger. that's a powerful image. certainly an experience that many, many vietnam veterans had but it's probably not the dominant experience of the war, because particular live by the late 1960s, the united states had built an incredible logistical apparatus to support troops in combat so most soldiers were serving in support capacity, living largely out of harm's way, and as the war went on, and enjoying an increasingly comfortable quality of life that was designed to minimize the difference between living conditions in u.s. and on a u.s. military base and living conditions in vietnam. >> host: how many

it very in congress picture with what we traditionally see of the vietnam war. [inaudible] >> i believe he's an englishman who covered the war he was one of the couple of photojournalist who was interested in the side of the war. that was something that proved very difficult when i was trying to find quality images to include in the book. i did find lots and lots of not so quality images that were taken by these very soldiers themselves who had very little facility with the cameras they were using so lots of larry shots and dark interiors. the professional journalist they were charge is getting the story that would help sell papers so the war that they tended to focus on was the killing and dying war, the images that they produce are incredibly powerful and beautiful. people like -- i have a photo in the book that is very famous but people like -- or another photographer that i talk a lot about who is actually a soldier journalists. they took photographs that capture this other side of the war and it really undermined the impression that the war was of great urge

and retired captain bing west, on active duty during the vietnam war, later served as assistant secretary of defense during the reagan administration. welcome to you both. the reason i made that comment about likely sentences, this still has to go up one administrative level if i understand it. colonel solis, here you had 24 iraqi civilians killed. all these cases went on and on and basically no one served any time. what is your assessment of this judgment today? >> this is a pathetic conclusion to an outrageously inept prosecution for a horrific act. no one can be pleased by the outcome. certainly the united states ends up looking terrible. not to mention 24 dead bodies and no time anywhere in the process. >> warner: professor west, what is your assessment of this?

many people fled the country during the vietnam war especially from south vietnam in the final days of the conflict in the 1970s. about 2.7 million vietnamese now live overseas. officials used to treat them with suspicion because of connections with proreform groups. but that attitude has changed in recent years. the government even invited children living overseas back to vietnam to see firsthand how the country is developing. former refugees are now viewed as what the country needs to further business reforms. the president played drums to welcome the expats home. the government will likely continue to send messengers of conciliation to vietnamese around the world to urge them to return and to support the nation's economic development. and now to afghanistan where it's been more than a decade since the overthrow of the taliban. the strict rule of the islamic militants included a ban on movies, but these days film is grabbing the hearts and the minds of young afghans. some of them are even using the medium to send their own message to the world. >> reporter: thisictional film is the w

his public opposition to the war in vietnam. >> rose: and then iraq? >> and then iraq washe last event, really, that he pronounced upon. he was interviewed about the runuto th war in iraq in 2002. he thoht it was a terrible idea. he had no sympathy for, that is putting it mildly, the administration of george w. bush. it is very interesting, charlie, that in 1944 george on the way to moscow is coming through baghdad and has to stay overnight or stay there three nights and he writes in his diary, this is a terrible place. it is too hot to go out in the day and too dangerous to go out at night, butome fool american is going to come along at some point and try to redesign the whole thing. and this is a improve a prophec4 and that's what he thought was happening in 2002, 2003. >> the lead story in "the new york times" this morning, arrest warrant for sunni leader spurs iraq crisis, death squads alleged at u.s. exits fear of insurgce arise. a dangerous political crisis is faced monday as the shiite dominated governor ordered the arrest of the sunni vice presi

endless war was not part of dr king's vision of america it was one of the loudest critics of the vietnam war even going so far as to say silence in opposition to war was a betrayal of america king had this mission's message for the nation back in one thousand nine hundred sixty seven. that we need to hear once again. we still have a choice today nonviolent core existence a violent crime nomination we must move past in decision direction we must find new ways to speak for peace in vietnam and justice throughout the developing world. that borders on a door if we do not act we shall surely be dragged down by long dock and shame for prayer doors of time reserved for those who possess tyler without compassion might without more relative and strength without sight non-net us again not let us rededicate ourselves to the moment bitter but beautiful struggle for a new way. to our many problems today from racism to wealth inequality to never ending wars dr king's words offer us solutions we just need to listen to them to all of them and get off this road to feudalism and servitude and back on the road

i remember being in seventh grade and i have become obsessed with the vietnam war. i would argue to my classmates that america really won the war. i remember supporting george h. w. bush in 1992. i was 12 years old. i was an active seventh grader campaigning on his behalf. i was telling my friends about vietnam and this and that. as i moved into a teenager, i became fascinated by a lot of the drug literature material. as i had to get a job and wanted to write, i knew i wanted to write from a young age, this war again became something i was fascinated by. i felt like these are the big stories of my generation. neil sheehan' s advice is to find the biggest story and grab onto it. >> explain your being interviewed by a well-known reporter. there seems to be a tension here. explain this. he is the establishment and you are not. >> i do not mean this to be contentious. obviously, your piece has created some controversy among your colleagues. do you think it is fair to hang out with somebody over a long time or even a short time and, you know, go drinking with them -- >> i

then bogged down in the vietnam war. woodrow wilson, of course, shortly into his term was consumed with the european war which he ultimately had to get into. on a lesser scale, without question, i had this... i got on the committee, it was then called bking, it became financial services, because i have a passion for dealing with low-income housing. rental housing. that's one of the things i'm frustrated by. i have felt we made a mistake in trying to get lower-income people into hses that they own. if we had decent rental housing for people there wouldn't be a need to have a push to put people inappropriately in some cases into that. and i finally got to be chairman of this committee in 2007 whi has jurisdiction over housing and housing is a broadway to deal with... i'd like to... we could get rid of homelessness except for those who were for mental or emotional regions determined to be homeless. i thought we could do a great deal to improve people's living conditions. i wanted to integrate housing with human services to d

and then collapsed and world war two solve the problem and then the korean war the cold war the vietnam war in the third quarter of the century and now you know military expenditures are high absolutely but they're declining to the four percent range they're not sustaining the economy and global pressures are undercutting us so we're really. against how do you manage the economy the war the war in iraq and a war economy for a century i think that's right and that's an oversimplification i wouldn't run but even back to after the civil war reconstruction was usually profitable absolutely and main and kept the system stabilized so i don't think we're in for a big crisis of the economy was the government was about eleven percent of the economy nine hundred twenty nine and it's now about thirty percent roughly so i don't think we're going to have a total collapse but stagnation and decay and pain and that's when people begin to think is there a way to rebuild that to try something new over the long haul trying to change the system but it is more of an evolutionary way than the traditional kind o

one interesting exchange came after ron paul called newt gingrich a draft dodger during the vietnam war. he said he was not eligible because he had a wife and kid. >> i have an idea of what it is like to worry about your father getting killed. i resent the kind of comments you routinely make without accurate information and slurring people. >> when i was drafting, i was married and had two kids. i went. >> the next debate is going to be tomorrow morning. let's talk about the contentious debate tonight. >> with analysis is rebecca cooper from manchester, new hampshire. >> what were the headlines tonight? >> midevening. i think the headline from tonight was that while the candidates did criticize mitt romney they did not focused their attacks on him. a lot of the bickering was between the second tier candidates. rick santorum, they did not focus their fire on mitt romney. many feel like mitt romney was able to come out relatively unscathed. he might not have won over any converts but he did not lose any. for that, it was a win. >> amazing how he has walked away unscathed. what was the foc

reporter and presenter expresses at the time the official conception regarding the war coverage in vietnam the great way to go to war for the american media the conception that described the war as an exciting adventure gradually changed the vietnam war turned out very bad for america. and after that was it news organizations in a to some degree felt responsible. in a pit so shaded protests and i want to pulitzer prize for writing stories that attacked the u.s. military in the u.s. government the pictures that a.p. people took eddie adams a picture of the police executing a viet cong in the streets of saigon a nine hundred sixty eight nick but another a.p. photographer take your picture of a young girl with the clothes burned off by napalm running down a country road these were very negative images. u.s. media turned away from. reporting. from then on independent journalism was regarded as a collateral and a. after the terrorist attacks of september eleventh two thousand and one the bush administration took a chance on trying to control the media and manipulate american public opinion. i t

you know, the wars subsequent to that, korean, vietnam, the current wars, really great costs to the american economy because we -- you build the bomb and it goes off and there's nothing left. you know, you build a school or wrote and it lasts. educates people and makes transportation of goods more efficient. so in the end, no, i don't think we need a war. but i think a said what i think we need. we need to restore faith in government, and it's hard for me to see where that's going to come from, especially given, it seems to me that the media has no independent voice. it follows the washington dialogue. if the democrats and republicans essentially agree on the subject there is no alternative. that has been happening much too much and much too often for 20 1/3 years. [inaudible question] what was the question about? well, i think that tea party, the question is what is my opinion of the tea party. i think the tea party is an outgrowth of a bad economy. i think people should recognize that. lots of those tea party years are far from well-off people. a think there are frustrated, scared about lo

military analysts are calling it the biggest change to the defense strategy since the end of the vietnam war. president obama outlined the strategy and it looks beyond the wars in afghanistan and iraq and guides them through a $450 billion in budget cuts while refocusing the national security priorities. >> we will ensure them with smaller conventional ground forces. we will continue to get rid of outdated systems so that we can invest in the capabilities that we need for the future. including intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance. counter terrorism and weapons of mass destruction and the ability to operate in environments where adversaries try to deny access. >> joining me now to discuss this, the chairman of votes vets.org and retired army colonel jack jacobs. you are among those who say this is the most significant change since the war. why? >> we are refocusing on the attention from europe where it was for a long, long time. with a side job in vietnam and so on. it's the first time since the end of the second world war. the first time that the commander guidance has been so publi

they come up short changed after vietnam war, persian gulf war, and even now.ns administration. >> i think we all agree there's a generational challenge for the country with the brain injuries and other injuries. i want to stay on the economy for a minute. you started to shake your head. again, specifically, the role of government question. should the government be stepping in and saying we need to help these sub group and the economy that's hurting, the veterans? >> obviously, we have and should continue to have veteran preferences. people who went out and served this country should have preference for job positions when they come back and work in this economy. my dad and mom worked for the veterans administration. i grew up on a va grounds. lived in an apartment on those va grounds for the first 18 years of my life. i saw the impact of the vietnam war on those veterans who came back. they came back very damaged. they -- not just with physical wounds but a lot of psychological ones. and that's i'm sure a very big part of the high unemployment rate we're dealin

he corveed everything from the vietnam war not assassination of robert kennedy to the kidnapping and trial. his last appearance was in 2004 on sunday morning when he came out of retirement to celebrate the broadcast's 25th anniversary. richard was 74 years old. we'll be right back. >>> this friday the 13th, not unlucky at all. rather lucky. we had high temperatures averaging up to 10 degrees above normal. good evening. let's take a look from marin toward the golden gate bridge. in that city by the bay, the beautiful city of san francisco. 65 degrees today when the average high is 56. reached all the way up to 74 degrees in salinas and santa cruise. santa rosa is at 39 degrees. these temperatures have been averaging 30s and 40s. so will be another frosty overnight. waking up to frost on the lawn and one more day of unseasonally mild temperatures. the first rain on tap for wind and thursday. 29 overnight anticipating. freezing in napa. it is the 15th spare the air day of the winter seasonal tomorrow. a bit of haze in the atmosphere. we all want to do our part. that's the nation watches

he said that is bad and the people who cover the war should have had more vietnam anti-war fighting experience bought it hook line and sinker. he aeroused bad foalings and it raises an interesting point. the iraq war was not a victory and it kind of -- it is a dark truth to realize that and this is what he's writing about as well as afghanistan. >> no doubt the book is generating a lot of buzz. thank you as always. >> a church in michigan is reaching out to worshippers in a modern way. tattoos are just the beginning, stay with us. [ male announcer ] it's simple physics... a body at rest tends to stay at rest... while a body in motion tends to stay in motion. staying active can actually se arthritis symptoms. but if you have arthritis, staying active can be difficult. prescription celebrex can help relieve arthritis pain so your body can stay in motion. because just one 200mg celebrex a day can provide 24 hour relief for many with arthritis pain and inflammatio plus, in clinical studies, celebrex is proven to improve daily physical function so moving is easier. a celebrex is not a narcotic. whe

college students were galvanized by the vietnam war and inspired by the black power movement.e daily nies people were agitated and there were a growing number of people who had the obviously political feelings. i understand it had a lot to do with civil rights and the pressure for equality and demands for social justice. i had not found a group of people they could talk to about political issues in global terms, yes. in national terms, yes not in ethnic specific terms. how does this affect filipino americas. >> they were organizing around california. in san francisco the third world liberation front was formed to challenge education. the front was spearhead by the black student union who lead a coalition of hispanic and native american and others they had 15 demands intending to change the focus and the power structure of san francisco state. these 15 demands had 3 themes. the right of third world students to an education. the formation of a school of ethnic studies. and the hiring of third world faculty. school administration gave little response. history professor john marti

it survived the vietnam war largely intact, and poverty in subsequent years was so widespread that thegovernment never got around to renovating this run-down part of town. things changed in recent years as the vietnamese economy opened up and private sector development was legalized. anyone who owned property in the old town soon discovered the potential of tourism, and the neighborhood began to transform. some streets are lined back-to- back with souvenir stores, banks and fast food chains. pham hong dung is off to the temple to pray. he buys some offerings on the way. when it's full moon, the residents of the old town traditionally go to the temple to pray to buddha and the old vietnamese kings. this temple is over 700 years old. inside, the noise of the mopeds fades to a distant hum. >> twenty years ago, it was very nice. sometimes i still remember. i'm a bit sad about it, about the changes. >> in 1999, there were fewer mopeds in hanoi's old town. there were barely any stores -- just a few craftsmen's workshops. the streets in this footage shot by a german film crew have been comple

what you have on this chart is the four drawdowns, the post-korean war, post vietnam war, post cold war and even they we don't have a name for the current drawdown we for the purposes of this chart call it the post budget control act. i don't think that's a name that will catch on and survive over the decades. [ laughter ] so we're seeking a new and better name for it. we thought about putting post, question mark, on the chart there but that allows to you sort of benchmark the peak and the trough. what you have on the first column is the peak and those dollars are in fact in millions, so it's really $717 billion is the peak, and the trough and that's a projected trough for the post budget control act of about $567 million. that includes base budget and overseas contingency operations, as laid out in yesterday's announcement by the secretary, so those numbers are updated as of yesterday. it's a reduction of about 21%. that compares in fact with reductions of ,31% and 36% in previous drawdowns so on a pure percentage basis this drawdown is not as dramatic as the previous three have been.

. >> when he resisted all to oppose the vietnam war, he could say, i put my life where my mouth was. this is the way i am prepared to live and i am prepared for whatever the consequences are, for standing up for i believe then. -- for what i believe then. that made him more fans. >> in the early 70's, he came back to boxing slower. there were giants to overcome, men like forman and frazier. after decades of pounding, he was diagnosed with parkinson's disease. it is now more than 30 years since he skipped rope but his presence still invokes awe. >> i want to say happy 70th birthday, thank you for everything that you did inside and outside of the ring. you are great. >> i am the king of the world, he announced at 22. now, at 70, we know he was right. >> a tribute there from all around the world to a very great boxer and a very great man. we at the bbc wish mr. ali a very happy 70th birthday. you can find updates to all of our story on our website. if you would like to find me on twitter, i am there. from all of us here, thank you so much for watching. do tune in tomorrow. >> make sense

engineering and was commissioned in september of 1949 and served as a fighter pilot during the vietnam war. he subsequently graduated from the u.s. air force, experimental test force at edwards air force base. and was assigned to the fighter branch of flight test operations and participated in flight testing of all century series fighters. he performed the zero launch program and flew an f-100 in the first jet crossing from england to alaska. he retired in 1977 with 32 years of service and flew over 550 combat missions in korea and vietnam. his decorations include the air force cross, silver star, legion of merit, divisioned flying cross, bronze star, and the air medal. francis sanza was a driver for eisenhower and patton while serving with the medium automotive maintenance company. he was chosen by general patton in 1944 during preparations for the allied invasion of german occupied france and drove for him from d-day until the end of the war in europe in may 1945. later that year patton died as a result of an auto accident. mr. francis sansa received medals during his time of service. th