We will have about 15 minutes for q a. We have any representatives in the room . Think them. [applause] at the pleasure of introducing our moderator. Not only an attorney with the Jackson Law Firm but recently retired as general in the air national guard. Thank you for your service. [applause] welcome everyone to this final panel of the afternoon. We want to extend a special welcome for those who may be watching this on cspan. Im not sure how i ended up being the moderator here. The owner of the bookstore for whom ive purchased many books on world war ii, suggests i might be an appropriate moderator. I was born april 24, 1944 during world war ii. I was born six weeks before dday. My father was serving overseas in the Army National guard, sorry, the u. S. Army. World war ii has always had a profound influence upon my family and my childhood and my entire life. In a moment i will introduce all three of the distinguished authors who constitute our panel this afternoon. I would like to rec
Im oliver north. Welcome to war stories. Were at the National Museum of naval aviation. And this is the flighter flown by vmf214, the squadron known as the black sheep. For 84 days between september of 1943 and january of 44, the men of the black sheep squadron used this aircraft. In 1976, their exploits become a tv series called ba ba black sheep. As youre about to discover, the only real things in it were the name of the squadron and the corsair that they flew. The bloody battle for guadalcanal marked the beginning of a new strategy for allied forces in the pacific. The campaign was originally a defensive move to secure australia. But with a stunning defeat of Japanese Forces there, a bold new war plan began to develop. And the key to its success ran through the japanese strong hold of the island of new britain. This is where the first offensive is getting going for the war. Historian bruce gamble is the author of the biography of pappy. The pacific was closed until this island would
Other proposals. We will begin there this morning after the white house yesterday and democrats marked equal payday, hoping to make it a political issue in 2014. We turn to women only this morning. If its an issue for you politically or personally, we divide the lines by party. Republican women, 202 5853880. Republican women, 202 5853881. Democratic women, 202 5853880. You can also email us. Women only this morning 30 want to hear your story and get your thoughts. President obama yesterday at the white house marking equal payday. We will show you what you had to say yesterday at the white house. Democrats also talking about it up on capitol hill. And republicans responding. Here is roll calls headline. Democrats and republicans using women as ponds in payday. The Senate Republicans pushed back again tuesday against the notion the gop is waging a war on women. Gop leaders accusing democrats of using women as ponds to score political points. They will say whether they bring their own leg
He went to a whole bunch of different businesses, owned a Day Care Center and a concrete supply business, also a trailer manufacturer called road husky. If you want a tough, depending trailer that will keep pulling long after the others have died, you need a road husky. Now, if you havent heard of road husky, its okay. A banker who helped Matt Whitaker arrange the financing for that trailer business told the Washington Post this week, it did fine. It was not a huge business. He never did anything that was a huge business or even a mediumsized business. But he did have a knack for making connections, political connections in iowa. Matt whitaker, for example, volunteered on the george w. Bush 2000 president ial campaign in iowa and he must have made quite an impression, not that many years later president george w. Bush named Matt Whitaker to be a u. S. Attorney in iowa. Now, he was not an obvious choice for that job and this becomes a theme in mr. Whitakers biography, in case youre wond
President trump marking this memorial day at Arlington National cemetery touting on twitter, quote, those who died for our great country would be very happy and proud how well our country is doing today, followed by a list of what he claims are achievements, finishing with, quote, nice. Meantime, a High Level Team of u. S. Envoys is in north korea with a second team in singapore preparing for trumps potential summit. The same summit cancelled by President Trump, of course, last week. Now it appears that meeting could may be back on, and for the originally planned date of june 12th, which, of course, is over two weeks from today. Sanchez starts the coverage off today from the white house. Reporter President Trump marking me mori call day laying a wreath at the tomb of the unknown soldier sending a message to the family of Fallen Service members. To every parent who weeps for a child, to every child who mourns for a parent, and to every husband or wife whose heart has been torn in two, t