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>> you were working during world war ii. >> i've become a primary source of stories. i was working in the segregated union hall. >> so what do you tell people about that time? you're able to communicate with people who come to the park about what it was like to work there during world war ii. >> what i tell them is that ken burns and tom botta told the story of the battles of the fighting war, but that no one over these 70 years has told the story of the rest of america, of roosevelt's great arsenal of democracy, of extraordinary, ordinary people who became the most lethal force for mass produ...

And i was here working in california. >> you were working during world war ii. >> i've become a primary source of stories. i was working in the segregated union hall. >> so what do you tell people about that time? you're able to communicate with people who come to the park about what it was like to work there during world war ii. >> what i tell them is that ken burns and tom botta told the story of the battles of the fighting war, but that no one over these 70 years has told the story of the rest of america, of roosevelt's great arsenal of democracy, of extraordinary, ordinary people who becam...

Military? w why? >> i think so and i think in 2003 they listened to our reports, and they ignored them. this time they do not even seem to have time to look at the reports of the u.n. inspectors, which i think they should do having urged the u.n. to send inspectors. i think the assurance that the attacks would be limited is not very encouraging. it is like saying to the world that you -- syrians can go on fighting war but do not use gas. i think what the world wants to hear is a ban on the use gas, chemical means and a drive for a seize fire and for peace. >> i assume, though, dock tomorr doct...

Million of us by themselves on the one hand, and second, it opens up a gulf between institutions generally and the people. you can see it in the polls. i mean, the congress has a lower approval rating than bin laden and part of it is because there's a huge disconnect between the people who are served and the people who are being served and the people who are serving. >> that's sort of a bruder issue, too. a decade of war, how insulated from the cost of war, the sort of human cost of war, so many americans are and so many people in power are. first, how many people in congress haven't had the e...

I remember from 2003, 2002, when we talk about going to war, fighting war, we'll bring freedom, we'll do this, but war's an ugly thing. having served doesn't guarantee that you're keeping that in the front of your mind when making policy decisions. but it's -- more likely to be keeping them in the front of your mind if you have experience with the military while serving in congress. also something to be said about some service helps build i guess the civil institutions, that have important politics and policy making that people begin to see lots of different kind of people as americans, not ju...