Senator brewster, senate eor tidings. Members of the john hopkins student body. Last week 17 nations sent their views to some two dozen countries having an interest in Southeast Asia. Were joining those 17 countries and stating our american policy tonight which we believe will contribute toward peace in this area of the world. I have come here to review, once again, with my own people the views of the american government. Tonight americans and asians are dieing for a world where each people may choose their own path to change. This is the principal for which our an ses sors fought in the valleys of pennsylvania. It is a principal for which our sons fight tonight in the jungles of vietnam. Vietnam is far away from this campus. We have no territory there. Nor do we seek any. The war is dirty and brutal and difficult. And some 400 young men, born into an america that is bursting with opportunity and promise, have ended their lives on vietnams testeaming soil. Why must we take this painful
And now more from president Lyndon Johnson with remarks on the conflict in vietnam and u. S. Policy in Southeast Asia. The speech was titled peace without conquest. It took place april 7, 1965. During the current Academic Year this marks the second occasion on which Johns Hopkins has been privileged to welcome our chief executive to this campus. Ladies and gentlemen, i present the president of the united states. [ cheers and applause ] senator brewster, senator tidings, members of the congressional delegation, members of the faculty of Johns Hopkins, student body, my fellow americans, last week 17 nations sent their views to some two dozen countries having an interest in Southeast Asia. We are joining those 17 countries and stating our american policy tonight, which we believe will contribute towards peace in this area of the world. I have come here to review once again with my own people the views of the american government. Tonight americans and asians are dieing for a world where ea
Mr. Lehrer good evening from the Clark Athletic Center at the university of massachusetts in boston. Im jim lehrer of the newshour on pbs, and i welcome you to the first of three 90minute debates between the democratic candidate for president , Vice President al gore and the republican candidate, governor george w. Bush of texas. The debates are sponsored by the commission on president ial debates, and they will be conducted within formats and rules agreed to between the commission and the two campaigns. Tonight, well have the candidates at podiums. No answer to a question can exceed two minutes. Rebuttals are limited to one minute. But as moderator, i have the option to follow up and to extend any particular give and take another threeandahalf minutes. Even then, no single answer can exceed two minutes. The candidates, under their rules, may not question each other directly. There will be no opening statements, but each candidate may have up to two minutes for a closing statement. The
The current Academic Year this marks the second occasion on what john hopkins has been privileged to welcome our chief executive to this campus. Ladies and gentlemen, i present the president of the united states. [cheers and applause] senator rooster, senator tidings, member of the congressional allegation, members of the faculty are john hopkins to embody, my fellow americans. Last week, 17 nations send their views to sound too dozen countries, having an interest in Southeast Asia. We are joining those 17 countries and stating our american policy tonight which we believe will contribute towards peace in this area of the world. I have come here to review, once again, with my own people, the views of the american government. Tonight, americans and asians are dying for a world where each people may choose its own path to change. This is the principal in which our ancestors fought in the valleys of pennsylvania. A principle in which our son fight tonight in the jungles of vietnam. Vietnam
As demonstrations in the street, what was really important here was that leading u. S. Senators were siding with the antiwar faction, had an amendment to end the war, were appealing to the public and doing it in a very cool and calm and rational and thoughtful way. This was a very important moment for the Antiwar Movement, that it wasnt just in the streets. It was in the senate and the congress as well. You hadnt seen this before. Whats your impressions, your first reaction to just the tone of this thing . Its a very serious piece. These are earnest men who are republicans and democrats, moderates and liberals, people who have come to the conclusion that the United States should not be fighting in this war, that tragedy has mounted so much over the years that they have to intervene to stop. And theyre trying to use the legislative branch to bring the war to an end. And in a sense, creating a bit of a constitutional clash with the president of the United States. Its a moving peace and t