Also a responsibility and you only hope that you can carry it with honor and with dignity. [ applause ] im going to be last. Youre not 35 anymore . For me, i was going to get out of the military or before i even went on my last deployment to afghanistan. Me and my wife decided that wed done enough, it was time to grow up and figure out what i was really going to do with my life. The decision was already made before even going overseas and immediately, after that day, the thoughts were never, you know, i did something to receive something. My big thing was to make sure that the guys with me got acknowledged, and more importantly, i was proud of that moment walking into the barracks and having five guys volunteer to go on a counterattack, while i was so impressed with the true grit and just the willing bs to continue on. Because we had nine more months left in country after that day. It wasnt you get done and get a free ride back to the states. You have to pick up the pieces. And to watc
Situation, until korea started, i can remember as a young child in school, we would do air raid drills, which meant every time i a siren went off we crawled under our desk. What good that was going to do, i dont know, but that was the way you would defend yourself. But we really didnt have much concern about a conflict, korea started happening while i was in Junior High School and i had actually pretty much had ended by then, i had some teachers that served in korea who were also instilled in us a Great Respect for the freedoms that we have. And i had always intended to serve this country, i was brought up to believe that we should at least give back sometime to our country for everything that its given us. And i did intend to serve. As i went on in schooling, of course the vietnam war happened, vietnam conflict, excuse me, it never was a war. Cant quite understand that either. But we knew at that time that we were probably going to have to serve. It was a draft type situation back the
On newsmakers, independent vermont senator bernie sanders, the chair of the Veterans Affairs committee. He talks about efforts to revamp the va by veteran secretary, robert mcdonnell, the lame duck congress, and what he expects in the next congress with Republican Leadership and campaign 2016. Newsmakers, sunday at 10 00 a. M. And 6 00 p. M. Eastern on cspan. Cspan veterans day coverage begins Tuesday Morning at 8 30 eastern during washington journal with an interview with American Legion executive, verna jones. Then at 10 00, the annual uvo gala, featuring joint chiefs of staff chairman general martin dempsey, and were live at 11 00 from Arlington National cemetery for the traditional wreath laying smoep at the tomb of the unknowns. Later, a selection from this years white house medal of honor ceremonies. For more than 50 years, tom brokaw has reported on world events for nbc news. He recently discussed his career with nbc news Congressional Correspondent luke russert, sharing some of
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On how the news media has changed in the 21st century. Nbc news correspondent luke russert conducts the interview which took place at the newseum in washington, d. C. It is about an hour and 10 minutes. [applause] thank you to all of you for coming out and supporting this wonderful institution. It is my Favorite Museum in washington. I might be biased because my father helped found it. When you walk in and you see the First Amendment plastered to the wall that can be seen from the capital. It is so very important that we come here to celebrate the role of the press and the Fourth Estate. I think the Fourth Estate is less popular than hmos and Oil Companies in some polls. I promise the new iteration will try to do better on that. Lets talk to a living legend, as i like to say, tom brokaw, who if you ever mention tom brokaw, some people say, i woke up with tom brokaw every morning on the today show. Or i ate dinner with him every night. It was tom brokaw at the dinner table every night a