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After the september 11th attacks, and initially he was involved with u. S. Efforts at the u. N. Security council to freeze and block assets linked to alqaeda. But after the invasion of ric in 2003 of iraq in 2003, he ended up in baghdad among the First American diplomats sent to the iraqi capital. And then he went on to spend seven years in either iraq or afghanistan advising u. S. Forces and working with local authorities and others. Kaels service, for which he received the secretary of states medal for heroism, was uncommon not only for the amount of time he was posted in iraq or afghanistan...

A in either iraq or afghanistan advising u. S. Forces and working with local authorities and others. His service for which he received the secretary of states medal for heroism was uncommon, not only for the about of time he was posted in iraq or afghanistan but also for the range of his contacts and the depth of his involvement with american troops and local civilians. His new book, the mirror test america at war in iraq and afghanistan recounts his personal journey and also provides a closeup, greedy, emotional portrait of the wars that america has been engaged in now for well over a decade....

Were almost out of time. I see a young lady eager. Im going to get this little girl here and then well have to move on. You talk too much. Y first, mr. Aldrin, i would like to say thank you for your service to the country, your continuing influence. I was reading a book and im wondering where are you going to scuba dive with crocodiles . Where do you want to . Well, he is not going to scuba dive with crocodiles anymore. Why would you scuba dive with crocodiles . With a tank on my back and slippers on my feet, when i got out of the water at crocodile runs much faster. He was going to, but he ch...

We are going to go live to the u. S. Senate. The senators are holding a brief pro forma meeting. Live on cspan2. the presiding officer the senate will come to order. The presiding officer the clerk will read a communication to the senate. The clerk washington, d. C. , july 29, 2016. To the senate under the provisions of rule 1, paragraph 3, of the standing rules of the senate, i hereby appoint the honorable johnny isakson, a senator from the state of georgia, to perform the duties of the chair. Signed orrin g. Hatch, president pro tempore. The presiding officer under the previous order, the Se...

Larry looks at the life of the attorney general. Thats a look at some of the current nonfiction bestsellers according to the boston globe. Many of these authors have appeared or will be appearing on book tv and you can watch them on our website booktv. Org. Good evening. Welcome. Just a few quick administrative notes, please turn off your cell phones if you havent already. Will we get to the q a part of the session, cspan book tv is here filming and we are filming also for the youtube channel, we would appreciate it if you have a question to find your way to that microphone there so not only e...