He was deployed to vietnam in april of 1969 and on his second Southeast Asia tour, he participated in the saigon evacuation, flying the last 11 marines off the roof of the American Embassy on the morning of april 30, 1975, which, this evening, we will hear more about. He is a graduate of the Army War College in carlisle, pennsylvania. And the National War College in washington, d. C. He later served as the marine corps chair on the faculty of the Naval War College Teaching National military strategy. He moved to kansas city in 1993 and was assigned as the Commanding Officer and later retired from the corps in 1996. Please help me in welcoming colonel Thomas Holden to the stage. [applause] colonel holden thank you. [applause] colonel holden thank you very much. It is a pleasure to be here. To talk to you tonight about some of my experiences and as i start, i want first to say that i want to speak on behalf of all of the marine pilots that were involved in operation frequent wind when we
Participated in the saigon evacuation, flying the last 11 marines off the roof of the American Embassy on the morning of april 30, 1979 which this evening we will hear more about. He is a graduate of the Army War College in carlisle, pennsylvania. He later served as the marine corps chair on the faculty of the Naval War College Teaching National military strategy. He moved to kansas city in 1993 and was assigned as the Commanding Officer and later ps in 1996. M the cor please join me in welcoming colonel Thomas Holden to the stage. [applause] thank you. Thank you very much. It is a pleasure to be here. To talk to you tonight about some of my experiences and as i start i want first to say that i want to speak on behalf of of all of the marine pilots that were involved in operation evacuatedind when we the marines. 77 helicopters took to the air and accomplish that mission and we had great marine corps pilots making that happen. Unfortunately, like a lot of operations, it did not go with
Difficult to actually confirm these reports but we hire hearing reports very distressing reports from the Syrian Kurdish militia saying that in one town there was huge panic because of the airstrikes being carried out while weve also understand that large numbers of the residents are accepting these towns that are currently under fire streets of rose exits in these towns that are still with refugees its unclear where these people will go its long they dont really know where is a safe area given the fact that turkish air strikes have been going as far as 30 or 40 kilometers deep into this region and human Rights Groups and aid agencies all voicing concern these people could end up in areas where its very difficult to provide refugee supplies to and so now that this military operation is very much underway what reaction coming expect from other big players in the region iran russia for example. Well indeed they are starting to put up pressure build up pressure on turkey moscow and iraq o
Its tuesday, august 27th. Fbn a. M. Starts right now. The moon comes up and the sun goes down. We find a little spot at the edge of town. Sip of whiskey, pass it around. Dance in the dusk, turn the radio up. That fireball whiskey whispers. Cheryl welcome to fbn a. M. Good morning. Im cheryl casone. Lauren im lauren simonetti. Cheryl lets take a look at investors monitor every twist and turn in u. S. China trade relations. The dow is down after yesterdays gain by 80 points, the s p and nasdaq lower as well. Lauren 1. 52 is the yield on the 10 year treasury. Cheryl lets take a look at oil after comments froms president that crossed the tape this morning. Oil is up 40cents. Were at 54. 04. Gold is showing a slight gain, that flight to safety a little bit there. Lauren stocks in asia edging higher. The nikkei gaining 1 , shanghai composite gaining 1 and a third percent. Cheryl european markets lower, theres a slight contraction in german gdp. Red arrows continue across the board across the
Hilsenrath. No, no. Never. Also on deck this morning fox news senior strategic analyst and retired four star general jack keane, at the bottom of the hour talking about iran, pesm congressman member of the house of judiciary commit yes and services committee, former toysrus, former vice chairman, gary on china and consumer, Fat Brands International chairman ed ramsey is here. Saturday night live alumni talking about eddy murphy, right now checking on futures this morning, losses slight on the dow futures down 7 points after major turnaround in the markets yesterday as cooler heads, calmer heads prevailing in the trade fight between United States and china yesterday. President trump softening his stance toward china after announcing new heightened tariffs on friday saying yesterday at g7 saying he sees a trade deal happening. China wants to mick a deal, now, whether we make a deal, has to be great deal for us you know, i tell this to president xi who i really respect, i said, look, your