Directed by john ford, the 50 minute film was released six months after the war began when north korea invaded south korea in 1950. In the first major conflict of the cold war, korea was backed by china and the soviet union could and the soviet union. This is korea. [explosions] [gunfire] and this is korea, a peaceful land once, with lakes and villages. And mountains, where the rice group. Grew. Men and women, and people lived for living, until the ruthless, red hand of communism reached out to snatch it. Old people, kids, and more kids. Sometimes, i think that is the last thing the navy will last thing any of us will ever forget. Those kids, laughing, crying, homeless, hungry. Until we fed them. Korea, where it gets cold in the winter time, where young men and women marry. Where the kids used to play. Happily. And here comes your kids, and yours, and yours. Dirty and tired, slogging back fback from the reservoir fight, not retreating as they say, but advancing in a different direction
Washington journal begins live at 7 00 a. M. Eastern tuesday morning. On september 14, 1986, president and mrs. Reagan made a rare joint address from the white house residence carried live on national television. Their message was on drug abuse. First lady nancy reagan, who died on march 6 at the age of 94, urged young people to just say no to drugs, an antidrug abuse strategy she had been promoting since 1982. Good evening. Usually, i talk with you from my office in the west wing of the white house. But tonight, theres Something Special to talk about and ive asked someone very special to skroin me. Nancy and i are here in the west hall of the white house and around us are the rooms in which we live. Its the home you have provided for us of which we merely have temporary custody. Nancy is joining me because the message this evening is not my message but ours. And we speak to you not simply as fellow citizens but as fellow parents and grandparents and as concerned neighbors. It is back
And here come your kids, and yours, and yours. Dirty and tired, slogging back from the desperate chosen reservoir fight, not retreating as they say, but advancing in a different direction. The first marine division. While the head man of the village watches them pass and wonders and the villagers still all wonder, and this little boy wonders, too. Poor kid. Into the rest camp for christmas. Christmas in the year of grace, 1950. Last christmas. Christ is born of mary and gathered all above while mortals sleep the angels weep their watch of love oh, morning stars together proclaim the holy birth and praise and sing to god our king and peace to men on earth we hear the Christmas Christmas eve and all those kids again on their funny ice sleds. This man out there on guard duty. Merry christmas, joe. Fleet post office. Mail, stuff from home, flown in by the navy, and is that welcomed. Cigarettes, candy, newspapers, letters. Did you remember . Did you . Some of the boys didnt get back for chr
Will be shot, but understand you may very well be back again and again as the documents that were requested finally come in. For that, i am truly sorry that you may have to come back here again and again, but if we do not receive documents that were requested in plenty of time, then many of your testimony today will be a first round and not in fact a definitive oversight that we expected to have. With that, i recognize the Ranking Member for his opening statement. Thank you very much, mr. Chairman. Thank you for holding this very important hearing, and i thank you all of our witnesses for being with us today. The horrific bombings of our embassies in kenya and tanzania in 1998 were a watershed moment for our nation. Following those attacks, the state department reported that 80 of its overseas facilitiy i did not i repeat, did not meet Security Standards. Congress authorized billions of dollars to expedite Embassy Construction around the world. As part of this effort, the state Departm
I want to welcome everyone. I want to apologize to our two witnesses and to everyone else whos been waiting. Just blame me for the delay. That would be the quickest and easiest thing to do. Ill do my best to start on time henceforth. This is hearing number two, reviewing efforts to secure u. S. Department diplomatic facilities and personnel. The committee will come to order. Chairman notes a quorum for taking testimony pursuant to the appropriate House Resolution number and house rule number, i want to recognize myself for the opening statement. In september of 2012, four of our fellow americans were killed and others were injured in an attack on our facility in benghazi, libya. Shawn smith, tyrone woods, Glenn Doherty and ambassador Chris Stevens died under circumstances most of us can not fathom. Fire, violence, the weaponry of war. I want to read something and i want to ask my colleagues to listen to what i read. Not just to the words but i want you to imagine having to live through