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Cspan 3 created by the cable tv industry and funded by your local cable and satellite proprovider much watch us on hd. Follow us on twitter. In the weeks after the june 6th, 1944 dday invasion of normandy france allied troops faced difficult terrain and german fortifications in towns surrounding the beaches. Next military historian John Macmanus talks about what happened in the days and weeks after. What follows from june 7th on ward is an absolute bloody slog that ultimately leads deep into ger...

I unleash the bombing again on july 25th knowing the danger this time. He decides to go ahead with it. Then okay well mark it with orange colored smoke which tells us, okay, dont bomb on this side of the orange colored smoke because thats the u. S. Lines. So the crew men are briefed do not do that. None of them want to bomb their own troops. What do you think happens on july 25th. Heres murphys law. Which way do you think the wind is blowing. Towards the u. S. Lines. So orange smoke is coming ba...

But tip had a heart that i think was unmasked in terms of wanting to do the right thing for the country. Whether Ronald Reagan or whoever was president tip was the hot devoted to help the country. Even though it may to be someone from the opposite party, he felt it was important to move legislation or proposals for word. I will never forget with Ronald Reagan when we brought the budget to the floor i was on the Budget Committee at the time. And we lost the budget book and was just devastating as...

Army commander tells waters, this is the first ever meeting of polish and american soldiers on a battlefield. So the two coordinate to snap trap shut for the germans and they will do so, but the germans have continued trying to attack furiously eastward to get out of there. Collectively this part of the battle of normandy is known as the falasie gap. Its roughly around 1944. The german losses have been terrible. 25,000 to 50,000 men captured, 10,000 dead in the pocket alone. Its a concentrated a...

We continue with our history of casper. This is American History tv. We are the middle of the salt the placefield, at it was probably first discovered. Right behind me is salt creek. The spring is on both sides of the creek. That is where there was a spring of oil. Oil was coming to the surface. In 1889, a fellow named shannon came out here. He was from a Pennsylvania Oil company and sell is going on and drilled the well three miles north of here. That was the first well in this area. It produce...

Enforce it or do you ignore it . I think thats the bottom line. My time is expired but let me say once again, i thank you an your staff for the process you are going through. It is invaluable to our countrys veterans and to the agency. Senator, thank you very much. Senator tester. I want to thank you, too, for your work and your professionalism. It is very helpful to us so thank you for your work. Your investigations, whether phoenix or the other 93 facilities, is focused on scheduling. Correct ...

Next on booktv leon panetta talks about his career in Public Service ranging from his years as a u. S. Representative from california to his most recent post as secretary of defense. This is about an hour 15. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] good evening. Thank you for coming. I am list titled Deputy Director of events at pulitzers politics and prose bookstore. Ours is a cherished Cultural Partnership and we are in the throes...

It out to the American People last week. What is the Legal Authority youre basing that on . The Statutory Authority is the amf of 2001. If you wanted to add something to that, would probably be the amuf of 2003. My time has expired. I assume you meant theres no purely military solution to isil . When you said theres no military because youre seeking yeah theres no purely military solution. Thank you. We need to stick very carefully to the sixminute rule because we have one, two, three, four, fiv...

Examining a similar situation that bush got us into. Well, first and foremost, i would just say george w. Bush did get us in in a dramatic way into this caldron. And for republicans not to admit that is wrong. And so thats number one. We should not have jumped in with the United States military with the huge occupation force into iraq to change the situation. I would have certainly supported at that time arming the kurds against Saddam Hussein as im supportive now that you have to make sure very...

I think it is too soon to be speculating. We were talking in general terms about how much. We are notcluded dealing with any specific request to my knowledge in terms of funding. You had your hand up . Asked you said you asked but a Congress Report i the end of next week. Expressed their view this should be held as a standalone vote. Having ayou stand on standalone vote . That is the decision we have to make. We await what the house is going to do. I spoke to the speaker on more than one occasio...