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Target, 1,500 more american servicemen and women are going back to iraq in numbers that will double those already on post. They are not intended as combat troops, but theyll be serving in an area surrounded by it. Their stated mission is to train up and stand up the Iraqi Armed Forces so that they can fight isis and other groups. And, yes, many of them are military advisers. And back in vietnam many of our advisers were quickly drawn into combat. It is where we begin tonight with our pentagon co...

Over the past 20 years he has interviewed 4,000, 5,000 veterans as part of americas wars from world war i afghanistan specializing in Untold Stories that read like novels. Please welcome patrick odonnell. [applause] it is really a pleasure and honor to be here. The beginning of my book tour, just came out this week. As jim said i have interviewed 5,000 world war ii veteran, spent an entire lifetime studying world war ii and the stories i will tell you tonight or today is an untold story. Most in...

Thank you very much. Youre watching American History tv, 48 hours of rogramming on American History every weekend on cspan 3. Cspan s on twitter at history for information on our programs, andoming keep one the latest history news. 1944 amidst in world war ii, president franklin campaigned for the fourth and final term as president. Weintraub ley discusses the wartime election and deteriorating health. His book is final victory. This was recorded in the National Portrait gallery in and itss a li...

Catching the unit bomber suspect. Sunday afternoon on a american artifacts at 60 rpm, the 100th anniversary of the panama canal. Let us know what you think about the programs youre watching. Call us at the following number. Email us at the following address. Or you can send us a tweet. Join the cspan conversations but like us on facebook. Follow us on twitter. In march, marine Sergeant Andrew tahmooressi was arrested. He is still being held in a mexican prison. His case was taken up by a House F...

Acknowledgments, you said my son a bully me into writing it. We are talking about this book blue eyed boy. That is true. Desireever really had a to write this book. People had asked me over the years, why dont you write it . I said, i do not need to get into it. I was concerned about after flash. Hard,eing, you know, too dredging up the motions would be too heavy. I did not think at that time years ago that i had anything to in anyt was a anyway way there were a lot of books written by veterans ...

Analysis had reported the groups image and and its prowess and capability as well as the deficiencies of the iraqi military. What we did not do was predict the will to fight. Thats always the problem. That is what he said. He said that in this case, we underestimated isil, the islamic state, and overestimated the fighting capability of the iraqi army. We did not see the collapse in the north coming. Did not see their will to fight, which is in ponderable im ponderable. Thats what the chairman of...

Physically and emotionally rebuilt himself and his career following the explosion. Bob timberg, in your acknowledgments, you said my son bullied me into writing it. If not for him, it would not exist. We are talking about this book blue eyed boy. That is true. I had never really had a desire to write this book. People had asked me over the years, why dont you write it . I said, i do not need to get into it. I think they felt i was concerned about after flash. This being, you know, too hard, dred...

House and in the senate, there is also 108 women in congress, including the first africanamerican republican in the house. Keep track of members of congress using congressional chronicle at www. Cspan. Org. There is a lot of information there, including statistics about each session of congress. Earlier today the Cato Institute held a discussion on the 114th congress and libertarian policy priorities. Scholars analyzed pending trade agreements. This is an hour. Good afternoon, everyone. Thank yo...

Protesters who refused to move. They were blocking Market Street, actually sitting down in the middle of the street near the cable car turn around at powell street, began as a protest against Police Brutality. Hands up. Dont shoot. Reporter demonstrators were back on street on saturday. This group of 100 marching to the mission to protest the recent killings of unarmed black men by police in the u. S. Were just asking for police to be held accountable. We give thm a lot of power. We want them to...

With the latest on the developing story. Reporter good afternoon. We have new information. We now know that police are describing the suspect as a white mail between white male, between 30 and 40, 511, brown hair and brown eyes. Every parent said this is one of the nicest parks in the neighborhood. Thats why theyre so upset to learn a sevenyearold may have been assaulted. It seems like the safest park i could ever imagine, and its not. I think parents take false comfort in that. It may have been...