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If youd acted sooner, they might have had more impact on the war. 0h, absolutely. remember that i tried to put them out to the senate in the fall of 69. and it was promised by senator fulbright, chairman of the foreign relations committee, that he would hold hearings. but he didnt. he didnt do it. he didnt want to know. he backed off. senator mathias backed off. representative mcclusky in the house said he would do it, but he hadnt yet done it. so i was trying to get them out from about the time...

Chairman of the foreign relations committee, that he would hold hearings. but he didnt. he didnt do it. he didnt want to know. he backed off. senator mathias backed off. representative mcclusky in the house said he would do it, but he hadnt yet done it. so i was trying to get them out from about the time i read all of them. was it anger that drove you when you read the pentagon papers? did you feel a real sense of anger that successive administrations hadnt really told the truth? hadn�*t front...

Some people would say if youd acted sooner, they might have had more impact on the war. 0h, absolutely. remember that i tried to put them out to the senate and it was promised by senator fulbright, chairman of the foreign relations committee, that he would hold hearings. but he didnt. he didnt do it. he didnt want to know. he backed off. senator mathias backed off. representative mcclusky in the house said he would do it, but he hadnt yet done it. so i was trying to get them out from about the t...

Them out to the senate in the fall of 69. and it was promised by senator fulbright, chairman of the foreign relations committee, that he would hold hearings. but he didnt. he didnt do it. he didnt want to know. he backed off. senator mathias backed off. representative mcclusky in the house said he would do it, but he hadnt yet done it. so i was trying to get them out from about the time i read all of them. was it anger that drove you when you read the pentagon papers? did you feel a real sense o...

My intent at the time was to put out more important papers. i felt top secret papers on nuclear war planning and the prospects of nuclear strategy, supposedly, which i had in my safe. top secret safe at rand. and i copied them at the same time. and as a friend of mine who went to prison, and was a model for me, really, randy keeler. told me at the time he was one of the very few people i told i was going to do this. and he said, "theres enough known about vietnam." "now in 69 we have that." "you...

"they are more important." "but vietnam is where the bombs are falling right now, and i have to do what i can to shorten that." and you released this trove of documents which actually gave a long history to us involvement in vietnam over four administrations. in doing so, you must have known that there would be massive legal consequences for you. well, i assumed without knowing anything of the legal history or the law at that time, or the constitution, which i didnt think applied to me, i worked...

Legislation to a bill like the national defense authorization act which get as vote annually. happy 190th birthday to this amazing tortoise, jonathan. he is the worlds homest land animal. his home island is throwing him a huge party to celebrate him this weekend. to put his impressive age into perspective, he was born before the first photograph was even taken. he has lived through 39 u.s. presidential administrations. here he is at the tender age of 54, way back in 1886. wow. those are the head...

Highly trained status would be in the aircraft working at 35,000 feet. you have to be an excellent marksman. we have the highest standards for federal law enforcement when it comes to qualifications with our firearms firearms. taking highly skilled air marshall putting on the border doing details that ngo or contractor could do. >> pete: here is what the department of homeland security. >> long supported operations across democrat and republican administrations alike. there is nothing new or uni...

U.s. economy is out of the woods. there are a lot of things globally that could impact it and turn the tide, there are key indicators headed in the right direction. again, another sort of positive glow around this president. >> well, the economy is a challenge, and presidents always get credit and they get attacked. >> credit they dont deserve. >> credit they dont deserve and attacks they dont deserve. so you think about what is the single biggest concern we have about the economy is probably wh...

Aspects being phased or pushed out and marginalized. the same example, dwight eisenhower wrote two letters on d-day. one worked and one didnt. one was a resignation letter. not a single general said, "maybe it is a good idea to step aside after troops killed and the debacle in afghanistan. we have a failure. >> harris: that is a good one. >> pete: they were effective in politicians and cater to the obama administration at the biden administration. those administrations got what they wanted. >> e...