american president has to deal with the spector of vietnam, gag myer, the idea of how many how we get stuck. vietnam one war america has lost. here you come now to president obama, a new generation, after vietnam, and you say he is still bedeviled by vietnam, why? absolutely. and that is because the power of a lost war has infiltrated itself into the white house. they use different language now. you talk about an exit strategy but you mean vietnam as the lesson. every single president was haunted by this lost war. they were affected by it. they were influenced by it. but they came to different conclusions. for example, ronald reagan, extraordinary politician, ronald reagan on his shift in october of 1983, 241 american marines were murdered by islamic fanatics in beirut, lebanon.
legacy, you talk about how every american president has to deal with the spector of vietnam, gag myer, the idea of how many how we get stuck. vietnam one war america has lost. here you come now to president obama, a new generation, after vietnam, and you say he is still bedeviled by vietnam, why? absolutely. and that is because the power of a lost war has infiltrated itself into the white house. they use different language now. you talk about an exit strategy but you mean vietnam as the lesson. every single president was haunted by this lost war. they were affected by it. they were influenced by it. but they came to different conclusions. for example, ronald reagan, extraordinary politician, ronald reagan on his shift in october of 1983, 241 american marines were murdered by islamic fanatics in beirut, lebanon.
american president has to deal with the spector of vietnam, gag myer, the idea of how many how we get stuck. vietnam one war america has lost. here you come now to president obama, a new generation, after vietnam, and you say he is still bedeviled by vietnam, why? absolutely. and that is because the power of a lost war has infiltrated itself into the white house. they use different language now. you talk about an exit strategy but you mean vietnam as the lesson. every single president was haunted by this lost war. they were affected by it. they were influenced by it. but they came to different conclusions. for example, ronald reagan, extraordinary politician, ronald reagan on his shift in october of 1983, 241 american marines were murdered by islamic fanatics in beirut, lebanon.
edwards lawyers say it was gifts from old friends intended to keep the affair street from elizabeth edwards who died back in december. first, joe johns lays out how all of this mess began. reporter: john edwards, the politician. remember him? we have much work to do. because the truth is, we still live in a country where there are two different americas. reporter: as it turned out, mr. two americas had two very different faces himself. people close to him said it was the face of betrayal. betrayal of the people closest to him. his late wife, elizabeth, supporters, his staffers, his contributors. grant it, he was a promising politician at first. rich trial lawyer, but a spokesman for the poor. smart but homegrown. talked such a good game, he good picked up as john kerry s running mate in 2004. i have chosen a man who understands and defends the values of america. reporter: but it didn t work out, so next election cycle, edwards jumped into the race for the white hou
secretary general of nato said today. nato, our partners, the whole international community stand with you. we stand united to make sure that you can shape your own future, and that day is getting closer. reporter: overnight more nato air strikes in tripoli took out weapons and ammunition depots. airstrikes alone cannot force gadhafi out of power, but nato says they are working to degrade gadhafi s military, a defecting general said it s been degraded by 80%. jacob zuma failed to broker a cease fire, and now we know why. zuma released a statement that reads in part, colonel gadhafi emphasized he was not prepared to leave this country. and a libyan official followed up by saying at no time during those talks with zuma was there a mention of an exit strategy, so gadhafi looks to be hunkering down and going to fight this one