Minutes. All right, so this next panel is a little different. The first two, in a sense. You had a military power. You had a panel. And this is what i call a disparate panel. Each of these folks represents something quite different. But the theme that brings it together is, postwar vietnam and all the different ways it has evolved. And rather than go through the tedious nature. Long introductions. Keith Washington Posts brilliant Foreign Correspondent man about town currently runs the journalism at the university of hong kong, which is worth its own panel. Right. And hong is a professor of distinction at columbia and. I can tell you, having been to one of her events just the other day, it was completely fascinating for reasons i think well get into, which is what is the nature of todays vietnam and ambassador burckhardt was not an ambassador when i first met him. He was a Junior Service officer who, unlike the rest of his people, actually talked to a reporter, which may have been the r
Minutes. All right, so this next panel is a little different. The first two, in a sense. You had a military power. You had a panel. And this is what i call a disparate panel. Each of these folks represents something quite different. But the theme that brings it together is, postwar vietnam and all the different ways it has evolved. And rather than go through the tedious nature. Long introductions. Keith Washington Posts brilliant Foreign Correspondent man about town currently runs the journalism at the university of hong kong, which is worth its own panel. Right. And hong is a professor of distinction at columbia and. I can tell you, having been to one of her events just the other day, it was completely fascinating for reasons i think well get into, which is what is the nature of todays vietnam and ambassador burckhardt was not an ambassador when i first met him. He was a Junior Service officer who, unlike the rest of his people, actually talked to a reporter, which may have been the r
Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. And welcome. Were gathered on the 50th anniversary sorry, on the eve of the 50th anniversary of the august 7th, 1964, passage by both houses of congress of an authorization for the use of military force. We didnt call it that, but thats exactly what it was. It was implementing our obligations under the 1955 cito treaty pursuant to the United States constitution. Vietnam veterans for factual history is a Diverse Group of mostly Vietnam Veterans including retired fourstar generals medal of honor recipient, prisoners of war, special operations personnel, and a variety of others. Our common bond is that we believe the americans had been misled about the realities of vietnam and too many of the, quote, facts that they have been led to believe are true are not true. And because of this, when other conflicts arise, theyre drawing the wrong lessons. After the war, polls showed that Vietnam Veterans supported the war by more than twice the average of the am
202 5853880. Later, we will hear from republicans. President obama took his push for action in syria overseas yesterday on a threeday trip in and the Financial Times has the headline. Obama says the world has to act over syria. The g20 is on the president s agenda. That is where tension remains between him and the leader of russia. She then accused the president ofng on it evidence lying on evidence in syria. He said his credibility is not on the line. Guardian,the leaders trade threats before the summit. Tweeted a picture of the president touching down in that city ahead of the g20 meeting. There it is. The president is going to be meeting with the other g20 leaders later today. Joining us on the phone is david jackson, the White House Reporter with usa today. A series of g 20 things is on the agenda. There will be an arrival ceremony. A workinghere will be dinner. In between all of that, he will have a oneonone meeting with the japanese Prime Minister. Earlier this week, president ob
A delegation of the Vietnamese Embassy in Angola led by Ambassador Duong Chinh Chuc on April 18-20 paid a working visit to Malanje province, Angola and worked with provincial leaders, visited the province's nursing center, and met with the Vietnamese community in Malanje province.