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Exploration of the vietnam war, featuring interviews with american and vietnamese veterans and civilians with firsthand experience of the wars events as well as historic analysis. Its a fascinating collection of newly discovered and iconic original documents, photographs, film footage, and artifacts that illuminate 12 critical episodes in the war that divided the peoples of both the United States and vietnam. The visual imagery of remembering vietnam relies on the talents of the many photographe...

Tour guide at the u. S. Capitol. About it formerly a proud paratrooper in the 82nd airborne division. Im from north carolina, so were exceptionally proud of the 82nd and their actions over at fort bragg. We like to tell people we are the most militaryfriendly state in the nation and we work really hard to live up to that. But so without any further ado, mr. Jackson, youre on. Thank you very much. [ applause ] thank you, and good morning. Welcome to the william g. Mcallen theater. And were here t...

Mcgowan theater after today tonights program, National Archive staff and volunteers will present each of you with the vietnam veteran lapel pin. On the back of the pin is embossed a grateful nation thanks and honors you. The United States of american vietnam war commemoration is a National Initiative and the lapel pin is the nations lasting memento of thanks. Last veterans day, we opened our Current Special exhibition remembering vietnam in the lawrence f. Obrien gallery upstairs. If you havent ...

Tuskegee airmen. Please allow me to briefly introduce the panel, and then well come back and hear from our panelists and then well ask questions. I may recite a question or two just for clarity. Lets begin with the person closest to me with the blue cap Lieutenant Colonel robert friend. Lieutenant colonel brown. Lieutenant colonel george hardy. Lieutenant colonel Alexander Jefferson. Lieutenant colonel james h. Harvey iii. And our closer, Lieutenant Colonel harry stewart. Lets first begin with L...

that is a quote from winston churchill. and its from this 522 page book about winston churchills illnesses. nothing but his illnesses. the name of the book is winston churchills illnesses, written by two british physicians. the quotes about champagne comes from the chapter titled, was churchill an alcoholic? the book was published in 2020 and using all of the latest analysis about alcohol addiction, the others conclude that it was in churchill exhibited none of the traits of alcoholism...

will see you again tomorrow and now it is time for the last word with lawrence odonnell. good evening lawrence. >> good evening lawrence. >> we have mandela barnes joining us tonight. hes innocent the sickle tie in the senate race and wisconsin with ron johnson. so it is a really tight one, like so many of the senate races and we are going to hear from him about what his closing strategy is. >> it is a fascinating race, mandela barnes is really compelling candidates, and the ads that t...

a news our live from our headquarters here in doha coming up in the next 60 minutes, we will defend every inch of nato territory, every inch of nato territory. here as president joe biden says, nato is more united than ever as he wraps up a historic summit in madrid. russia says its pulled out troops from ukraine snake island to allow grain exports. ukraine calls it a victory. also, 5 people are killed as police in sudan cracked down against protested, calling for an end to military ru...

plus, the reversing of roe, what that means for some other rights in this country. during this pride month, right for the lgbtq+ community are under fire. we are going to hear from jim obergefell, the man who led the legal battle for same sex marriage. i am symone sanders, and i have something to say. two days after supreme court overturned roe v. wade, the nation continues to grapple with the realities of a post roe america. yang, thats not good. at least nine states have already bann...

security gates. later that day, senator hawley fled after those protesters helped to rile up stormed the capitol. see for yourself. >> to be clear, on january the 6th, republican senator josh hawley authored the forthcoming book manhood, the masculine virtues america needs, ran away from the same mob, since -- the moment that was revealed by the select committee on thursday. he instantly became a laughing stock. lets look at the committee hearing and how they reacted. >> that clip went...

Never knows. So this is a special Public Program on hurricanes irma and jose and the Massive International response thats already under way. Weve all seen the pictures of the tremendous damage thats been done on antigua and barb a barbuda, st. Martin, the british and u. S. Virgin islands, cuba, florida and elsewhere and we shouldnt forget hurricane harvey. Disasters like these hurricanes always present an opportunity to refocus our efforts to see where we are doing well and where efforts need to...