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Vietnam was toward the end of the war. Summer of 70 to summer of 71. The experience stuck with me less because of anything i experienced as a combat platoon leader, but from what i saw in terms of the it gave me an idea of the terrible effects of long war. How long were you in the army . 15 years. We served until 1992. It was a year in vietnam early on. But for the most part, i was my experiences were those of a serving officer in the latter part of the cold war. We thought that we existed to be...

As not simply honorable but almost a part of what it meant to be a citizen. I grew up in that environment. When it came time to go to college, i had choices. And i think i went to west point, not because i thought i was going to be a career officer, but because i was attracted to what they had to offer and thought i would save my parents some money by paying for my education. They paid for you go there too, slight. Its a stiphon. Its spending money, more than spending money, yes . Where did you ...

Hello, im john berman. Michaela pereira is off today. Wed like to welcome our viewers to the United States and Around The World. Breaking news at this hour. A highly anticipated and extremely controversial report due out any minute details just what cia interrogators did to Terror Detainees after september 11 and if it worked. Any minute now senator Dianne Feinstein will present this report. Youre looking at live pictures of the senate well. The senator will detail tactics and policies used duri...

Been a long year. Kristin it certainly feels that way. Its good to be with you, leland, on this historical day. Im Kristin Fisher and were going to be having Team Coverage on this. We have Mark Meredith at the white house and we begin with Lucas Tomlinson at Lafayette Square which is right outside the white house. Lucas. Good afternoon, kristin. Thousands of Peaceful Protesters have descended on Lafayette Square. Its peaceful, different from earlier this week when this burned. I asked her if she...

I remain concerned about whether the administrations priorities are when we weaken our presence in the region of such huge strategic importance to our National Security. Let me ask you, will our removal of an Aircraft Carrier from the persian gulf affect our ability to deter iranian action in the gulf . Or elsewhere in the region . Obviously, it is more difficult for us to reassure our friends and to deter iran, but i believe that a strong statement of political will and the forces i have their ...

Of the San Francisco bay area. Fleet week for many years in San Francisco was a somewhat [inaudible] affair and it has been transformed into this great coming together by the military and the first responders, the great coming together of our uniformed personnel and a great [speaker not understood] of San Francisco. This amazing transformation in the last few years was due primarily to the vision and the dedication of three people, george and Charlotte Schultz and mike myers. Id like to pause to...

Oclock along with general charlie. The previous day general hughes had briefed us that the Chinese Military were to begin extensive military maneuvers in the taiwan strait. This morning we were stunned to learn that they had fired two missiles that landed just 10 miles off the coast of taiwan. The taiwanese had a president ial election underway, and the chinese were using a not too subtle way of explaining to them what they wanted the outcome of that election to be. Thises was an unacceptable fo...

Inconsistent. Can you tell us in your judgment whether or not first of all the is our mission succeeding in afghanistan, first of all, but secondly, can you tell us about the capabilities of the Afghan Security forces and whether they are on track for where we expected them to be at this point in the campaign with a little over 20 months to go until the end of the i. C. F. Mission. Thank you, chairman. Ill defer. I thought i would start with general madison. Did i say you, admiral . Im sorry. Ch...

And this is part of it. We sent airmen, marines to deploy our notice ends they want to take care of their families. We are going to have to cut some programs. We i him him him him him him. This is a fantastic question. When we get together come our conversations dont start, we are talking about our plans and we talk about soldiers and airmen, marines, guardsmen, we talk about the impact on the families all the things that are important to our people. A the problem is that 31. 5 million manhours ...

Right here in virginia, but it doesnt just stop there. If the sequester goes into effect, more than 2,000 College Students would lose their Financial Aid. Early education, like head start and early start, would be elimb flatted eliminated for nearly 1,000 children and 18,000 fewer virginiaans would get the skills they need to find a job. Across the country, these cuts will force federal prosecutors to close cases and potentially let criminals go. Air Traffic Controllers and Airport Security will...