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The dean of the lbj school of Public Affairs moderates the discussion. This was part of a threeday discussion at the lbj president ial library in austin, texas called the vietnam war summit. And is about one hour. Welcome the chairman and ceo of mag rabbit. [applause] good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. We are going to meet to renowned whose pictures change the public sentiment toward the vietnam war. It is an honor for me to be here today. Born and raised in vietnam. I moved to the u. S. For ...

About the holocaust and other subjects. His talk tonight will focus on his first book called, reagans 1968 dress rehearsal and it tells the littleknown story of friendship that developed and ultimately a member a mentorship between eisenhower and reagan. I will not steal the thunder, but dwight d. Eisenhower was really instrumental in Ronald Reagans early political career. We all know how that ended with reagans election as president to decades later. So, he will tell that story. He will talk fo...

[applause] good evening. Address,o the keynote the vietnam war summit. The university of texas is truly honored to welcome secretary of state, john kerry. Just last friday, on earth day, secretary kerry helped lead 175 countries in signing the landmark Paris Agreement on climate change. [applause] there is a lot of work to achieve the goals of the agreement. Earlier today, the secretary toward toured our research where we are developing technologies to generate renewable energy. He led a discuss...

Friendship that developed and ultimately a member a mentorship between eisenhower and reagan. I will not steal the thunder, but dwight d. Eisenhower was really instrumental in Ronald Reagans early political career. We all know how that ended with reagans election as president to decade later. So, he will tell that story. He will talk for about 4550 minutes. There will be some audio and presentations. We will do our best to make sure that we are adjusting it in the back and he can hear it. Open h...

War debuts next year. This is one hour, 10 minutes. Please welcome dr. Gregory, president of the university of texas at austin. [applause] good evening. Welcome to the keynote address, the vietnam war summit. The university of texas is truly honored to welcome secretary of state, john kerry. Just last friday, on earth day, secretary kerry helped lead 175 countries in signing the landmark Paris Agreement on climate change. [applause] there is a lot of work to achieve the goals of the agreement. E...

As they began to move, i brought crossfire. Badly. Ung boy was hit they needed help getting him out. I helped. It doesnt take much imagination to know what i was thinking. I will give you a hand. I see this young man come younger than i, cut down. You say to yourself, this is someones son, someones brother, someones husband. When youre there, you let your and you out for second will not be able to do what you need to do. Dan rather, cbs news. Lifetimeew people in a get to see this as an observer...

Johnson. [ applause ] the archive of this library contains thousands of letters to our 36th president , many of which concern the vietnam war. Here are two letters from soldiers stationed in vietnam during the height of president johnsons tenure in office which reflect contrasting views of the war held by americans including our troops. Dear mr. President here is a picture of a little girl and myself. She has three older sister, two older brothers and a younger brother. They live in a village. T...

Artifacts explores the history of the United States through objects. House ofspeak to the representatives historian and house curator about the history of African Americans who served in congress and see a selection of artifacts from the collection. Onehe story is not everybody is familiar with. We had 22 africanamericans 19 etween 1970 and it has to do with the role of congress during the civil war, and the decade after. During the civil war, there was a group of radicals in congress, radicals ...

Audience members watched clips of the documentary. We were unable to show them due to licensing restrictions. This is about 40 minutes. Please welcome to the stage mr. Mark updegrove, documentary filmmakers and producers of the vietnam war, mr. Ken burns and miss lynn novick. [applause] mark welcome. Ken thank you. Mark ken, we have been trying to get you here for six years. [laughter] ken not only is this such an important and tragic part of the story, but this has been domestic agenda, so now ...

Physical and psycho logical trauma that our veterans faced after the war and continue to face today. In the bitter and sometimes hostile reception that they received from their fellow americans. And to guide us in this exploration are three experts. Your panelists. The first is dr. Grace liam galloway. Dr. Galloway has spent over 40 years dedicated to the care and welfare of the underprivileged, veterans, the homeless, and children with food insecurities. From 1967 to 1970, dr. Galloway was a me...