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, i wasn't a war.he people didn't get involved, didn't get ener sgrized -- ener jized. so they forgot about the war. the veteran never forgot. >> alex roland, we start our piece by looking at e vens today where korea is front page news, no doubt the big e change since the war is the incredible growth of south korea. but in what ways do you see the war as still with us, still with our politics? >> oh, i think it's with us because of the way the war ended. there wasn't a peace treaty, there was just an armistice which in fact south korea refused to sign. so the war is still unsettled in a way, and that has left open the open sore between north korea and south korea that prevents them reconciling their differences and creates the unhappy world situation that we are faced with in north korea, a truly dangerous and perhaps irrationale government that has its hands on a very large military establishment and probably nuclear weapons. >> michael, you've chronicled all the presidents since, but here's another p
, i wasn't a war.he people didn't get involved, didn't get ener sgrized -- ener jized. so they forgot about the war. the veteran never forgot. >> alex roland, we start our piece by looking at e vens today where korea is front page news, no doubt the big e change since the war is the incredible growth of south korea. but in what ways do you see the war as still with us, still with our politics? >> oh, i think it's with us because of the way the war ended. there wasn't a peace treaty,...
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war policy we can see that some material has potential. human rights reform and this is one of those cases so we put in a little bit of extra effort to try and get to the truth. so the united states a spends more than three hundred billion dollars on the war in afghanistan a conflict that has claimed the lives of more than one thousand u.s. troops and still the lead comes at a particularly bad time for this white house as it struggles to maintain support for an unpopular war amid growing questions about the third. besides being war has the potential to be very harmful to. those that. you know our military those that are cooperating with our military and those that. are working to keep us already rumblings on capitol hill indicate that the leaks may indeed affect u.s. war policy the chairman of the senate foreign relations committee john kerry issued a statement saying that the leak raises serious questions about the reality of america's policy towards pakistan and afghanistan it will take weeks if not months to go through all of the inform
war policy we can see that some material has potential. human rights reform and this is one of those cases so we put in a little bit of extra effort to try and get to the truth. so the united states a spends more than three hundred billion dollars on the war in afghanistan a conflict that has claimed the lives of more than one thousand u.s. troops and still the lead comes at a particularly bad time for this white house as it struggles to maintain support for an unpopular war amid growing...
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thirty nine soon there will be a third war and it will start here gaining momentum and giving the world true freedom. historian waffen s.s. were created by german forces in one nine hundred forty four and sent to battle the anti hitler coalition forces thousands of civilians died at the hands of those soldiers at their glorified as the true heroes of a store near. rallies like these take place every year with full support from the government people turned up in full regalia wearing nazi symbols and selling german war souvenirs a bitter pill for those who are trying to stop cism in the baltics from rearing its ugly head they to hold rallies but few managed to take part as the authorities in a stone you did everything in their power to stop them your son. i'm not going myself because a stunning north already is in two thousand and seven put the latvian anti fascist committee on the blacklist we all received explanatory notes my note contained a hardly credible statement that the latvian anti fascist committee posted a threat to a stunning statehood and civil order. blacklists with no expl
thirty nine soon there will be a third war and it will start here gaining momentum and giving the world true freedom. historian waffen s.s. were created by german forces in one nine hundred forty four and sent to battle the anti hitler coalition forces thousands of civilians died at the hands of those soldiers at their glorified as the true heroes of a store near. rallies like these take place every year with full support from the government people turned up in full regalia wearing nazi symbols...
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war veteran groups in the u.s. are becoming increasingly angry over what they claim are broken government promises they say the country they fought for has turned its back on them leaving many out on the street the want to speak with some of them. beyond san diego's picturesque. ugly truth a wounded military community neglected by the very nation to defend. the mentally able to do this country. and i came home to be medicated and pushed it was. morally ethically unjust like a monster we're creating when our bad i think. about not just. the service people but i think. everybody these are just some of the troubled voices coming from a growing number of homeless veterans this particular weekend they made their way to stand down an annual nonprofit event that helps thousands of homeless vets get back some dignity many of these vets will get assistance in housing clothing work even a little inner team. and a good hot meal just a day here at stand down they're going to go through about how tanami just at the all these ve
war veteran groups in the u.s. are becoming increasingly angry over what they claim are broken government promises they say the country they fought for has turned its back on them leaving many out on the street the want to speak with some of them. beyond san diego's picturesque. ugly truth a wounded military community neglected by the very nation to defend. the mentally able to do this country. and i came home to be medicated and pushed it was. morally ethically unjust like a monster we're...
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is a losing war a failing war and has been all along that's what's key here this has been a failing war all along many of us said right at the beginning that this war was never going to quote succeed if i succeed we meant transforming afghanistan into something it never was and will not be under under the boots of american soldiers people need to know in this country what is being done in our name by our young soldiers with with our tax money and for which we are being held accountable but we don't know we don't have the information and if this people to more opposition so that the war can be brought to a to a halt sooner i think that that's a heroic act and it will it will end up being very important in history it has been and still going on here from the washington institute for policy studies. and if you see one slot was europe's fastest growing economy many people have to rely on charities for the bare necessities coming up. sanctions against iran have come under fire from moscow russia's foreign ministry said the move falls outside the scope of the latest u.n. restrictions and
is a losing war a failing war and has been all along that's what's key here this has been a failing war all along many of us said right at the beginning that this war was never going to quote succeed if i succeed we meant transforming afghanistan into something it never was and will not be under under the boots of american soldiers people need to know in this country what is being done in our name by our young soldiers with with our tax money and for which we are being held accountable but we...
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should food festooned who is a great war political war one water line war was a scene who stopped our clocks though we met him grim and gay and i know people who got their clocks stopped so badly they never got beyond drugs booze women suicide whatever you want to call it and that happened to me and i think my clock was stopped for close to forty years before i got over that i was ashamed i was ashamed that i had been wounded i was ashamed that i hadn't been a hero. i never understood that my problems with my parents my problems with my wife my ex-wife were buried in the fact that i had gotten blown up i never i never understood it repressed it totally and then i began to go to a coffee shop and i would hear the big bands of the night hundred forty five and i would weep like a baby in public i had no idea that what i was doing i could reply to was going back and try to fly that the little boy of my teeth and what happened. the fall of eighty four i was driven to go back to fly to look some birds to spend the night there to rent a car and file and find the place where i was wounded on
should food festooned who is a great war political war one water line war was a scene who stopped our clocks though we met him grim and gay and i know people who got their clocks stopped so badly they never got beyond drugs booze women suicide whatever you want to call it and that happened to me and i think my clock was stopped for close to forty years before i got over that i was ashamed i was ashamed that i had been wounded i was ashamed that i hadn't been a hero. i never understood that my...
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of three hundred eight to one hundred fourteen to provide fifty nine billion dollars to the afghan war effort but with the majority of americans opposing this war does this show more than ever how desperately out of touch with reality the washington establishment is and could that be bad news for obama in two thousand and twelve we'll speak to jane of the young turks and there is word that tony hayward is going to be sent to russia for a joint venture looks like he'll be free to live a posh life of extravagance without the judgment of american doesn't sound like much of a punishment to me but we'll get a report from moscow on what life for ex-pats really does like there next the mexican drug war rages on and just as medical marijuana becomes legal here in washington d.c. so do you think americans will ever come to understand the connection between legalization and that war going on across the border we're going to speak to a former law enforcement official who is against prohibition and the american media has found its next top russian spy except well what she actually has an accused o
of three hundred eight to one hundred fourteen to provide fifty nine billion dollars to the afghan war effort but with the majority of americans opposing this war does this show more than ever how desperately out of touch with reality the washington establishment is and could that be bad news for obama in two thousand and twelve we'll speak to jane of the young turks and there is word that tony hayward is going to be sent to russia for a joint venture looks like he'll be free to live a posh...
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estonian veterans who sided with the nazis during world war two against the soviets a gathering in the north east of the baltic states it has sparked outrage over why the country's authorities are welcoming fascist sympathizers and some of those who wanted to oppose the meeting i've been barred from entering. not says in one of the most feared movements the world has it countered yet there are those who glorify it today. on the border. there were two liberation wars in the world one began in one nine hundred fourteen the other in one nine hundred thirty nine soon there will be a third war and it will start here gaining momentum and giving the world true freedom. the estonian waffen s.s. were created by german forces in one thousand nine hundred four and sent to battle the anti hitler coalition forces thousands of civilians died at the hands of those soldiers get their glorified as the true heroes of a stone. rallies like these take place every year with full support from the government people turn up in full regalia wearing nazi symbols and selling german war souvenirs a bitter pill fo
estonian veterans who sided with the nazis during world war two against the soviets a gathering in the north east of the baltic states it has sparked outrage over why the country's authorities are welcoming fascist sympathizers and some of those who wanted to oppose the meeting i've been barred from entering. not says in one of the most feared movements the world has it countered yet there are those who glorify it today. on the border. there were two liberation wars in the world one began in...
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for war and cold war relations that follow. a very warm welcome see this is coming from moscow with me on this have it a growing closeness between russia and the west was on show was a joint russian german summit in the city of you've got that emberg president dmitri medvedev and chancellor angela merkel joked about. the smiles they got some business a number of agreements while our correspondent daniel bushell is in the russian city for single line daniel a busy day for the team leaders wasn't it but there appeared to be a lot of smiles and even the little. yes in the window over you could get was very much a case of the. show if you like is the. strong relationship really the country. the movement of people to agree to do. better in flu. and russian he with her off to a top local restaurant where they enjoyed octopus but later promised it was not people who predicted that germany would lose in the semifinal all over the world cup now. there was talk of big business deals there starting to form a new trio of forward looking wo
for war and cold war relations that follow. a very warm welcome see this is coming from moscow with me on this have it a growing closeness between russia and the west was on show was a joint russian german summit in the city of you've got that emberg president dmitri medvedev and chancellor angela merkel joked about. the smiles they got some business a number of agreements while our correspondent daniel bushell is in the russian city for single line daniel a busy day for the team leaders wasn't...
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wikileaks release of secret war documents gave us 92,000 reasons to end the war. >> it is wrong to be borrowing money from china, laying off american police officers to train police officers in afghanistan. >> the costs of this war are too enormous in blood and treasure. >> reporter: last year, when the house last voted on war funding, 32 democrats voted no. today, more than three times as many democrats came out against funding the war. a stand they took, even after a last-ditch appeal by the president to vote yes. >> to ensure that our troops have the resources they need and that we're able to do what's necessary for our national security. >> reporter: but they weren't listening. >> it is a mistake to give the administration yet another blank check for this war. >> there's nowhere in the constitution that says that the president just gets to go and fight wars without the oversight of the congress. >> reporter: opposition to the war came from some of the top democrats in congress, including appropriations chairman david obey, who voted in favor of the war funding last time around. >>
wikileaks release of secret war documents gave us 92,000 reasons to end the war. >> it is wrong to be borrowing money from china, laying off american police officers to train police officers in afghanistan. >> the costs of this war are too enormous in blood and treasure. >> reporter: last year, when the house last voted on war funding, 32 democrats voted no. today, more than three times as many democrats came out against funding the war. a stand they took, even after a...
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america's longest war u.s. involvement and the policy is vietnam a cell from stray shoe with the growing human and financial costs build its. first five years together in orbit and the us mark the anniversary of their joint space flight and the four in cold war relations the. russian aircraft maker sort of class decide its biggest foreign contract worth almost one billion dollars next week that and more coming up in our business program. a very warm welcome t. this is a life from less habits occurring closeness between russia and the west was on show at a joint russian german summit in the city of that amboy president to me that medvedev and chancellor angela merkel. to person. i mean the smiles they got some business done with dozens of agreements signed our correspondent dana bash is following the story. in the windy city of where you could turn berg it was very much a case of the madrid if and merkel or a malema sure if you like is the su country's leaders were all smiles their personal strong relationship r
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about the rules of war which covers. me. within the law and expose to me how unlawful the government is and and then that trickles into almost every other aspect of life and into how we have our children how much we're conditioned former m.p. and london mayoral candidates lembit opaque believes that while parliament sitting people should be allowed to make their protest heard within earshot of their m.p.'s cricketers all about free speech over time we fight wars over free speech and then we start a battle in parliament square against people who are expressing free speech that to me is a total contradiction it's anti-democratic but as democracy village is replaced by one. the half meter metal fence says the demonstrators adamant it's no barriers to getting hurt every time citizens of a country step the. parameters approaches and they take radical nonviolent action. in this power. affects people in all positions. you can achieve just about anything you want. a bit of courage. to see it but it won't for now calm is restored to
about the rules of war which covers. me. within the law and expose to me how unlawful the government is and and then that trickles into almost every other aspect of life and into how we have our children how much we're conditioned former m.p. and london mayoral candidates lembit opaque believes that while parliament sitting people should be allowed to make their protest heard within earshot of their m.p.'s cricketers all about free speech over time we fight wars over free speech and then we...
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it is not just the president's war, it is our war too. we arehe ones who voted to put our soldiers in harm's way. we are the ones who keep funding it. my friends on the other side of the aisle who request, why are we asking questions, why don't we just rubber stamp what the senate did or what the prident sent us? the reason why we shouldn't do that is because it's not our job. we're supposed to deliberate and ask questions and figure out whether we're doing the right thing. they're our constituents, our family members in harm's way. we need to let this administration know that we want a way out. we want a plan. that's not a radical idea. we want a plan. we want an exit strategy. for the last 30 years we said never again will we commit our armed forces out a clearly defined mission and that means a mission with a beginning a middle, a transition period and an end. well, that's all we're aing fotoday is a clearly defined mission. what's the plan? we are dealing with the worst economy since the great deprefplgs our citizens, our constituents
it is not just the president's war, it is our war too. we arehe ones who voted to put our soldiers in harm's way. we are the ones who keep funding it. my friends on the other side of the aisle who request, why are we asking questions, why don't we just rubber stamp what the senate did or what the prident sent us? the reason why we shouldn't do that is because it's not our job. we're supposed to deliberate and ask questions and figure out whether we're doing the right thing. they're our...
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respect to the war in afghanistan and we centrally drifted into a war in a long term commitment a long term commitment that appears to be wearing on lawmakers who want to know this wouldn't be helpful for the president to at least lay out a flexible time for when the u.s. is getting out beyond the july two thousand and eleven date to start withdrawal u.s. president obama set it given no assurance that this should be an open ended occupation holbrooke emphasizes the u.s. is committed to no calendar i am very leery of setting a date certain. they here for the salute withdrawal but still the endgame is unclear civilian and military operations in afghanistan are proceeding without a clear definition of success the ambassador is banking on the success of reintegrating the taliban starting next week but little about afghanistan appears to be in u.s. favor it's not where you choose to fight to defend the american homeland it's the most remote logistical place in states ever fought ancestry but just who can put an end to this fight in the absence of withdrawal dates if military and political m
respect to the war in afghanistan and we centrally drifted into a war in a long term commitment a long term commitment that appears to be wearing on lawmakers who want to know this wouldn't be helpful for the president to at least lay out a flexible time for when the u.s. is getting out beyond the july two thousand and eleven date to start withdrawal u.s. president obama set it given no assurance that this should be an open ended occupation holbrooke emphasizes the u.s. is committed to no...
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is a losing war a failing war and has been all along that's what's key here this has been a failing war all along many of us said right at the beginning that this war was never going to quote succeed if i succeed we meant transforming afghanistan into something it never was and will not be under under the boot of american soldiers people need to know in this country what is being done in our name by our young soldiers with with our tax money and for which we are being held accountable but we don't know we don't have the information and if this first people to more opposition so that the war can be brought to a to a halt sooner i think that that's a heroic act and it will it will end up being very important in history also connected to the u.s. conflicts in the middle east is the iraq war inquiry of course underway in the u.k. the key witness speaking to the british pound was hans blix the chief u.n. weapons inspector in iraq he says the invasion was illegal and he has the support of british m.p. jeremy corbett it's not the inquiry that many of us who oppose this war beginning actual
is a losing war a failing war and has been all along that's what's key here this has been a failing war all along many of us said right at the beginning that this war was never going to quote succeed if i succeed we meant transforming afghanistan into something it never was and will not be under under the boot of american soldiers people need to know in this country what is being done in our name by our young soldiers with with our tax money and for which we are being held accountable but we...
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billions of dollars are already going to cyber war contracts and a new cyber command office is being stablish so will we soon be calling cyber war the next frontier or could this just be an excuse for lawmakers to pass more legislation that strips away all of your privacy correspondent lucic half enough is here to discuss it with me lou so you went to this hearing today they had on cybersecurity on the hill tell me this cyber warfare is it's a pretty new it's a pretty was probably a good discussion a very complicated one these lawmakers are kind of old they seem like they have a grasp on this very new issue it is a very new issue and unfortunately have to remember that when we're talking about the u.s. congress we're essentially talking about a glorified retirement community except unfortunately in this specific among the specific body of older folks the decisions and their whims really do have very real consequences on the lives of you and i and other americans so you know a lot of these folks are just barely becoming comfortable with the concept of e-mail let alone something so vas
billions of dollars are already going to cyber war contracts and a new cyber command office is being stablish so will we soon be calling cyber war the next frontier or could this just be an excuse for lawmakers to pass more legislation that strips away all of your privacy correspondent lucic half enough is here to discuss it with me lou so you went to this hearing today they had on cybersecurity on the hill tell me this cyber warfare is it's a pretty new it's a pretty was probably a good...
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war veteran groups in the u.s. are up in arms over what they say broken government promises to claim the country they served as let them down and left many home. in the space to call home it's ten years now since the international space station first became habitable when the russian module life support systems docked with the orbiter many space experts worldwide see the project as the pinnacle of international cooperation. the next this morning artie's debate show cross-talk after wiki leaks released papers on the afghan war revealing u.s. suspicions about pakistan.
war veteran groups in the u.s. are up in arms over what they say broken government promises to claim the country they served as let them down and left many home. in the space to call home it's ten years now since the international space station first became habitable when the russian module life support systems docked with the orbiter many space experts worldwide see the project as the pinnacle of international cooperation. the next this morning artie's debate show cross-talk after wiki leaks...
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wikileaks release of secret war documents gave us 92,000 reasons to end the wars. pick one. >> we should use this money to bring them home. >> reporter: the president found himself in the unusual position of relying on republicans to pass his bill. >> cutting off their funding in the middle of that fight is tantamount to abandonment. >> reporter: today press secretary robert gibbs said it's hard to wage war without the support of the american people. >> i think obviously public opinion matters quite a bit when you have your forces in harm's way. >> reporter: if fact only in the early years did americans believe the war in afghanistan was going well. between 2003 and 2008 when the focus was on iraq support plummeted. after some minor ups and downs today stands at a mere 31%. even if the president's right, that there isn't much new in the leaked documents, they still threaten to turn public opinion against the war even more, by focusing a spotlight on all that's gone wrong. mounting u.s. casualties, civilian casualties, afghan government corruption and claims that pa
wikileaks release of secret war documents gave us 92,000 reasons to end the wars. pick one. >> we should use this money to bring them home. >> reporter: the president found himself in the unusual position of relying on republicans to pass his bill. >> cutting off their funding in the middle of that fight is tantamount to abandonment. >> reporter: today press secretary robert gibbs said it's hard to wage war without the support of the american people. >> i think...
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these wars are not just the administration's wars. they are our wars too, we found them. we're the ones who go along with it. we're the ones who decide whether to condition aid or withhold aid. i think we should be doing a better job. we have known for a long time that the pakistan intelligence agencies have been undercutting our efforts in afghanistan. they have put our soldiers at risk. we have known that for a long time. yet what have we done? so this may be a time for us to raise some of these issues, raise some of these questions, hopefully have more -- prompt more memories of this body to get involved in the debate but also to send a signal to the administration that we need to re-evaluate what we're doing. if we're going in the wrong direction we need to have the courage to change course if necessary. so with that, mr. speaker, i would urge a yes vote on the previous question on the rule. i yield back the balance of my time and i move the previous question on the resolution. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. all time now ha
these wars are not just the administration's wars. they are our wars too, we found them. we're the ones who go along with it. we're the ones who decide whether to condition aid or withhold aid. i think we should be doing a better job. we have known for a long time that the pakistan intelligence agencies have been undercutting our efforts in afghanistan. they have put our soldiers at risk. we have known that for a long time. yet what have we done? so this may be a time for us to raise some of...
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the war that matters is war against the imagination all other wars are subsumed in it. the ultimate famine is the starvation of the imagination. it is death to be sure, but the undead seek to inhabit someone else's world the ultimate claustrophobia is the syllogism. the ultimate claustrophobia is "it all adds up" nothing adds up and nothing stands in for anything else. the only war that matters is the war against the imagination. the only war that matters is the war against the imagination. all other wars are subsumed in it. there is no way out of the spiritual battle there is no way you can avoid taking sides there is no way you cannot have a poetics no matter what you do: plumber, baker, teacher you do it in the consciousness of making or not making yr world you have a poetics: you step into the world like a suit of readymade clothes or you etch in light your firmament spills into the shape of your room the shape of the poem, of yr body, of yr loves a woman's life, a man's life is an allegory dig it. there is no way out of the spiritual battle the war is the war again
the war that matters is war against the imagination all other wars are subsumed in it. the ultimate famine is the starvation of the imagination. it is death to be sure, but the undead seek to inhabit someone else's world the ultimate claustrophobia is the syllogism. the ultimate claustrophobia is "it all adds up" nothing adds up and nothing stands in for anything else. the only war that matters is the war against the imagination. the only war that matters is the war against the...
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america's longest war in u.s. involvement in afghanistan the pulses vietnam the prostration with the growing human financial crisis. first five years it together and all but to rush on the u.s. market beyond of the three of their first joint spaceflight and the foreign cold war relations that. russian aircraft make a soup or plastic sign of biggest foreign contract worth almost one billion dollars that and more in our business program at twenty past the hour. a very warm this is our live from moscow i'm on this have a growing closeness between russia and the west was on show want to join russia summits in the city of book president to meet the veteran chancellor angela merkel about the world cup. i mean the smiles they've got some business signing a number of agreements our correspondent daniel bushell is following the story in the russians. in the windy city over you could get was very much a case of the madrid if and merkel i'm sure if you like is the sioux country's leaders who are all smiles their personal str
america's longest war in u.s. involvement in afghanistan the pulses vietnam the prostration with the growing human financial crisis. first five years it together and all but to rush on the u.s. market beyond of the three of their first joint spaceflight and the foreign cold war relations that. russian aircraft make a soup or plastic sign of biggest foreign contract worth almost one billion dollars that and more in our business program at twenty past the hour. a very warm this is our live from...
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it's not just the president's war, it's our war, too. like it or not. we voted to send our sons and daughters to war, we voted repeatedly to send money to support this war, we have a responsibility to ask the tough questions and to do the right thing. and so i urge all my colleagues to think long and hard today about this critical issue. it is time for congress to step up to the plate and do its duty. i hope my colleagues will support the lee amendment and i hope they'll support the mcgovern-obey-jones amendment and i hope they will support this rule. mr. speaker, i would like to urge a yes vote of the previous question on the rule and i yield back the balance of my time and i move the previous question on the rule. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. without objection, the previous question is ordered. the question is on adoption of the resolution. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the ayes have it. the gentleman from california. mr. dreier: i ask the yeas and nays. the speaker pro tempore: the yeas and
it's not just the president's war, it's our war, too. like it or not. we voted to send our sons and daughters to war, we voted repeatedly to send money to support this war, we have a responsibility to ask the tough questions and to do the right thing. and so i urge all my colleagues to think long and hard today about this critical issue. it is time for congress to step up to the plate and do its duty. i hope my colleagues will support the lee amendment and i hope they'll support the...
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jews become a poster boy for the stop the war coalition. with a hero's welcome following his release from prison for someone they consider brave and principled well i mean should not be punished at all he's saying what everyone believes and everyone knows the war is not just on winnable it's immoral it's a disaster it's causing catastrophic for the people of afghanistan a more and more young british men and women are being sent out to risk their lives for a war that money the politicians support even in private i know it's a disaster joe blanton story is ok because it comes straight from the front line as do the ninety thousand documents released this week showing the armed bandits truths of a bloody conflicts and going by clinton's account of the support he received from other soldiers during his time in prison there is dissent inside the armed forces something the government could have a hard time ignoring nor emmett's r.t. . president has heatwaves three ping russia continues unabated with july already the hottest month on record as a re
jews become a poster boy for the stop the war coalition. with a hero's welcome following his release from prison for someone they consider brave and principled well i mean should not be punished at all he's saying what everyone believes and everyone knows the war is not just on winnable it's immoral it's a disaster it's causing catastrophic for the people of afghanistan a more and more young british men and women are being sent out to risk their lives for a war that money the politicians...
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to can trees i belong to there at war aggression . from one country to the motherland control and of course there is a huge amount of anger anger that will follow channeled into art in march the rocky american turned his back into canvas for an ongoing project called and counting. observers watch as the law is scored with a borderless map of iraq surrounding the city's dots representing the deaths of iraqi civilians and american soldiers dots only seen under a black light and the reason to have it and then invisible things is to call attention to how they are is gone and marked a death count which includes his younger brother. how old was your. think that was before he about twenty maybe before he. it was two thousand and four in the laws hometown city of kufa haji and fellow iraqi civilians were demonstrating against u.s. occupation when a u.s. predator drone dropped a missile i felt compelled to engage people in some. to be to use raney's awareness about what is going on says the media is not paying any attention. but last month the
to can trees i belong to there at war aggression . from one country to the motherland control and of course there is a huge amount of anger anger that will follow channeled into art in march the rocky american turned his back into canvas for an ongoing project called and counting. observers watch as the law is scored with a borderless map of iraq surrounding the city's dots representing the deaths of iraqi civilians and american soldiers dots only seen under a black light and the reason to have...
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within a real war with no end in sight christine for south r t. well christine joins me now in the studio to give us more details now christine you mention or showed us a clip of john kerry talking about the leak of these ninety thousand pages of internal reports from afghanistan to any of the other lawmakers talk about wiki leaks or bring it up john kerry was the only one to mention it he is the chairman of the senate foreign relations committee and he talked about it in his opening statements and it's he straight a little bit from what he said yesterday as soon as we came out with this information yesterday he said it doesn't matter how this information was obtained it just matters that it forces us to relook at the strategy and perhaps come up with a more urgent one today than the lightning words we were all excited right we're going to have today he pushed back a little bit he said the way that these that this information was obtained was illegal and it's an unacceptable and he also hinted at the fact that there will be an investigation into w
within a real war with no end in sight christine for south r t. well christine joins me now in the studio to give us more details now christine you mention or showed us a clip of john kerry talking about the leak of these ninety thousand pages of internal reports from afghanistan to any of the other lawmakers talk about wiki leaks or bring it up john kerry was the only one to mention it he is the chairman of the senate foreign relations committee and he talked about it in his opening statements...
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somalia is a small war. it is not a big war. and before all of the money from piracy came into it, they might have been fighting a big war because they would have been fighting over bigger spoils. >> i agree, but what concerns me about al-shabab is that they do have links -- not strong links, but they do have links to yemen and minneapolissand ma -- minneapolis, minnesota and to australia. you could pick a relatively small, insignificant in surgery -- insurgency, but given our communications among our people, it can unravel pretty quickly, as the ozzieaussies found out lt year in their intense investigation. >> we have time for one more question. this fellow in the back. >> i am from washington science. as you all know, there were very senior officials in the last administration who would say that britain and israel were our only true allies were smote derisively if you mentioned france, germany and canada. what is your own view -- ambassador crompton in particular -- what is your own view of who the best allies are, the real al
somalia is a small war. it is not a big war. and before all of the money from piracy came into it, they might have been fighting a big war because they would have been fighting over bigger spoils. >> i agree, but what concerns me about al-shabab is that they do have links -- not strong links, but they do have links to yemen and minneapolissand ma -- minneapolis, minnesota and to australia. you could pick a relatively small, insignificant in surgery -- insurgency, but given our...
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in the war we saw. dozens. crossing the border into. and it was only a matter of time before a car bomb started on. a. car bombing might have become a lebanese national custom but the lebanese never created the car bomb. like a lot of other things in the twentieth century car bombs are an american invention . by the one nine hundred twenty s. new york could become the financial center of world capitalism. but then in september one thousand twenty wall street was rocked by a massive explosion. it was the world's first car bomb. where we're walking right now is exactly where if you've been standing here on september sixteenth one thousand nine hundred twenty you would have been hit by the bomb over here what was then the u.s. sub-treasury. and of course the stock exchange with the big flags on it there same buildings that would have been here most famously the morgan bank. and that really was and in some ways still is just the epicenter of american capitalism and government tell me what happened here at about twelve zero one away or stron
in the war we saw. dozens. crossing the border into. and it was only a matter of time before a car bomb started on. a. car bombing might have become a lebanese national custom but the lebanese never created the car bomb. like a lot of other things in the twentieth century car bombs are an american invention . by the one nine hundred twenty s. new york could become the financial center of world capitalism. but then in september one thousand twenty wall street was rocked by a massive explosion....
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support from the government people turn up in full regalia wearing nazi symbols and selling german war souvenirs a bitter pill for those who are trying to stop naziism in the baltics from rearing its ugly head. they to hold rallies but few managed to take part as the authorities in a stone you did everything in their power to stop them your son. i'm not going myself because a stunning or thirty's in two thousand and seven put the latvian anti fascist committee on the blacklist we all received explanatory notes my note contained a hardly credible statement that the latvian anti fascist committee posted a threat to a stunning statehood and civil order. blacklists with no explanations sudden inability to speak anything but estonian our crew witnessed all these tricks they enter fascist organizations however say nothing will stop them from calling the world's attention to this because the pain is too raw even sixty five years on so. i presume these cloves for a second time and came up to the barbed wire and all of a sudden i imagined that excuse me please. thank. the stand off between welc
support from the government people turn up in full regalia wearing nazi symbols and selling german war souvenirs a bitter pill for those who are trying to stop naziism in the baltics from rearing its ugly head. they to hold rallies but few managed to take part as the authorities in a stone you did everything in their power to stop them your son. i'm not going myself because a stunning or thirty's in two thousand and seven put the latvian anti fascist committee on the blacklist we all received...
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it's war. it's one damned thing after another. >> reporter: julian assange the head of wikileaks which posted the documents on the web hopes researchers will mine them for a real picture of the war. this new trove covers six years of war in afghanistan through kind of reports both accurate and inaccurate every commander receives at his morning briefing. >> small arms fire and rpg. >> reporter: for instance, this report of the first use of the heat-seeking surface-to- air missile against an american aircraft. a weapon that would cripple u.s. air power if the taliban ever got them in large numbers. most of the reports document what is already well known. for years the u.s. has not had enough troops in afghanistan. resulting in this record of a remote outpost calling for help as they are nearly overrun. we are taking casualties. enemy in the wild. the afghan government has been corrupt and inefficient. according to this document, "the general view of the afghans is that the current government is w
it's war. it's one damned thing after another. >> reporter: julian assange the head of wikileaks which posted the documents on the web hopes researchers will mine them for a real picture of the war. this new trove covers six years of war in afghanistan through kind of reports both accurate and inaccurate every commander receives at his morning briefing. >> small arms fire and rpg. >> reporter: for instance, this report of the first use of the heat-seeking surface-to- air...
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and the approval for the war itself is also at a new low. [ gunfire ] the war in afghanistan is moreolent than ever. last month was the deadliest for u.s. troops. and more afghan civilians aredye dying than ever before. and as more americans die in afghanistan, more americans back home are questioning the war. in december, 52% said the war was worth fighting. today, that number is 43%. the increased fighting has a lot to do with it. as fewer troops die in iraq, support for that war has increased. up 8 points to 42%. but right now, americans are deeply concerned about whether both wars are worth it. the u.s. has spent $1 trillion in iraq and afghanistan. and more than 5,500 men and women have been killed. but still, only about half say the iraq and afghanistan wars have improved long-term american security. the fear for the u.s. in afghanistan, the next few months will only get more violent. and that could further erode u.s. support. >> we're engaged in a contest of wills. our enemies are doing all they can to undermine the confidence of the afghan people. >> reporter: and support in
and the approval for the war itself is also at a new low. [ gunfire ] the war in afghanistan is moreolent than ever. last month was the deadliest for u.s. troops. and more afghan civilians aredye dying than ever before. and as more americans die in afghanistan, more americans back home are questioning the war. in december, 52% said the war was worth fighting. today, that number is 43%. the increased fighting has a lot to do with it. as fewer troops die in iraq, support for that war has...
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about the rules of war which covers all wars and it showed me how evil wars are within the law and expose to me how unlawful the government is and and then that trickles into almost every other aspect of life and into how we educate our children how much we are conditioned. opaque believes that while parliament sitting people should be allowed to make their protest heard within earshot of their m.p.'s cricketers all about sri speech over time we fight wars over free speech and then we start a battle in parliament square against people who are expressing free speech that to me is a total contradiction it's anti-democratic so now calm is restored to parliament square and the protesters dispersed but the determined people and vowed to gather again elsewhere it took sixteen bay let some four hours to clear out the tents and the people and erect this fence and along with the process just when the rights of free speech. they say the government sending a message to democracy keep up the crofts no rabbits. coming up next our justice or racism opinions on the body israel the palestinian man convic
about the rules of war which covers all wars and it showed me how evil wars are within the law and expose to me how unlawful the government is and and then that trickles into almost every other aspect of life and into how we educate our children how much we are conditioned. opaque believes that while parliament sitting people should be allowed to make their protest heard within earshot of their m.p.'s cricketers all about sri speech over time we fight wars over free speech and then we start a...
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it is not just the president's war, it is our war too. we are the ones who voted to put our soldiers in harm's way. we are the ones who keep funding it. my friends on the other side of the aisle who request, why are we asking questions, why don't we just rubber stamp what the senate did or what the president sent us? the reason why we shouldn't do that is because it's not our job. we're supposed to deliberate and ask questions and figure out whether we're doing the right thing. they're our constituents, our family members in harm's way. we need to let this administration know that we want a way out. we want a plan. that's not a radical idea. we want a plan. we want an exit strategy. for the last 30 years we said never again will we commit our armed forces out a clearly defined mission and that means a mission with a beginning a middle, a transition period and an end. well, that's all we're asking for today is a clearly defined mission. what's the plan? we are dealing with the worst economy since the great deprefplgs our citizenss our cons
it is not just the president's war, it is our war too. we are the ones who voted to put our soldiers in harm's way. we are the ones who keep funding it. my friends on the other side of the aisle who request, why are we asking questions, why don't we just rubber stamp what the senate did or what the president sent us? the reason why we shouldn't do that is because it's not our job. we're supposed to deliberate and ask questions and figure out whether we're doing the right thing. they're our...
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you don't just fight the last war, we've got to be ready for the next war. if i can switch gears again. sorry i'm all over the place, but i only have a short amount of time to ask you questions. a program you were watching closely called imminent fury. the navy committed a reprogramming request for the second phase of this program, denied for a bunch of fferent reasons. and you were supportive of the program at the time. i don't know if that's still your opinion i wanted to check with you and see if you think that's a program worthwhile pursuing.. >> yes, sir, i thought it was at the time, and i still do. it's a test program to see if we can use turbo prop planes to replace much more expensive plane, but more importantly, more effectively in the counterinsurgency environment. t there's an awful lot of data we would have to collect. that's why i wanted to do the test but yes, sir, i'm still supportive of it. i think i need to build some support for it. >> okay. thank you, general. >> thank you, general. if we can be of any service to you, i had a great relati
you don't just fight the last war, we've got to be ready for the next war. if i can switch gears again. sorry i'm all over the place, but i only have a short amount of time to ask you questions. a program you were watching closely called imminent fury. the navy committed a reprogramming request for the second phase of this program, denied for a bunch of fferent reasons. and you were supportive of the program at the time. i don't know if that's still your opinion i wanted to check with you and...
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who are military analysts is an unwinnable war you said this is a war that we're all concerned about but you don't really see you know the kind of activism that you saw during the vietnam era you don't see the kind of activism that you see here out parts of europe while why do you think that is no one seems to be speaking up the way that they did before why is that is that alec tronic apathy are people just indifferent to it have they lost faith i mean what is it that people will sit you know on their couches and complain but they won't go out they won't do what you do they won't take to the streets. we're talking about two different moments in the sense. that we look at the vietnam war. there were a sense of change. in so many ways during the period before and leading up to the vietnam war from the civil rights movement to women's rights movement all those fall into that kind of. social as a social dynamic we saw through. to our lives. well a vision we saw through we saw the examples of the expansion of ideas you know we saw in the maison illogical demit you have that we saw countri
who are military analysts is an unwinnable war you said this is a war that we're all concerned about but you don't really see you know the kind of activism that you saw during the vietnam era you don't see the kind of activism that you see here out parts of europe while why do you think that is no one seems to be speaking up the way that they did before why is that is that alec tronic apathy are people just indifferent to it have they lost faith i mean what is it that people will sit you know...
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i used to be a cia station in the during the civil war. it was chaos. but the real threat was always car bombs. but until now the car bomb secret history has never been told. who invented it. and who killed. i've come back to the one city where car bombs have forever shaped our history. beirut. i loved. it was a great place to be. and then the embassy got hit. by a suicide car bomber. sixty three dead dead american dead. six of my close colleagues friends in the cia were killed. carsten saw the bomb go off. this. white star. and then of course the bang and then when i looked up. and i run over. and destruction and. it was a stunning assault. one man with a car could wage war on the united states ironically with an american truck. there is one man who knows a lot about lebanese car bombs. mahmoud. a top expert who defused does. palestinian. muslims. in the long drawn out. and then i was the only experts who was dismantling. his adversaries decided to target him. especially for me. it was activated. and as soon as i touch of the. two thousand and five for
i used to be a cia station in the during the civil war. it was chaos. but the real threat was always car bombs. but until now the car bomb secret history has never been told. who invented it. and who killed. i've come back to the one city where car bombs have forever shaped our history. beirut. i loved. it was a great place to be. and then the embassy got hit. by a suicide car bomber. sixty three dead dead american dead. six of my close colleagues friends in the cia were killed. carsten saw the...