Youre watching booktv on cspan2 with top nonfiction books and authors every weekend. BookTv Television for serious readers. From my father i inherited my confidence my resilience, my passion, and my audacity, looking back although it was never explained to me in this way, he taught me the spirit of which is greek idea of honor and doing the right thing, even when ones own interests or even ones own life is in peril. Growing up while i never fought anything but australian there were two stories about the Second World War and greece that i always kept close to my heart. The first was in 1940 when Benito Mussolini italys Prime Minister asked the greek Prime Minister for free passage through greece and on the spot at 3 00 in the morning without hesitation, without consultation he said oy he said no. It was spirited defiance and quite incredible when considering just how vastly outnumbered the greeks were by the italians. It prompted sir winston churchhill, the greatest figure of the 20th c
Youre watching booktv on cspan2 with top nonfiction books and authors every weekend. Booktv, television for serious readers. Rebecca frankel is the author of war dogs. Ms. Frankel, whats on the cover of your book . So this is a handler and his dog, and theyre doing a Training Exercise for a mission that they might have to do in afghanistan or iraq which does include a drop from a helicopter. What sparked you to write about war dogs . My job in foreign policy, weve been writing about the iraq war for as long as its been going on and i really love dogs. So as i was looking at photos coming in off the wire, i saw this one photo that sort of stood out as different in afghanistan, and it was because there were these marines and their bombsniffing dogs, and they were just hanging out, and everyone looked very happy. Theres a very strong contrast to the unfortunate photos that are more gritty and more gory. So tom suggested that we partner in [inaudible] and i did that for about four years an
A democratic candidate anymore, that ohio is no longer a swing state. But this is the third ohio poll in a row all from this month that all have had joe biden beating donald trump in ohio. This fox poll, the one out today showing biden leading trump in ohio by five, is the largest margin, but there have been three in a row now. Iowa is another one of those states that per political common wisdom is supposed to be an absolutely lost cause for a democratic candidate now. But the last few polls out of iowa are, well, a mixed bag. One shows trump up by three. Another shows biden up by three. And the Des Moines Register poll out of iowa this month shows them tied, tied in iowa, where trump won by ten points in 2016. Nationally heres what it looks like at realclearpolitics when they put the National Polling average for biden versus trump, when they plot that in a graph over time. It has varied a little bit over the course of the race but not that much, and the same story has been the same st
A democratic candidate anymore, that ohio is no longer a swing state. But this is the third ohio poll in a row all from this month that all have had joe biden beating donald trump in ohio. This fox poll, the one out today showing biden leading trump in ohio by five, is the largest margin, but there have been three in a row now. Iowa is another one of those states that per political common wisdom is supposed to be an absolutely lost cause for a democratic candidate now. But the last few polls out of iowa are, well, a mixed bag. One shows trump up by three. Another shows biden up by three. And the Des Moines Register poll out of iowa this month shows them tied, tied in iowa, where trump won by ten points in 2016. Nationally heres what it looks like at realclearpolitics when they put the National Polling average for biden versus trump, when they plot that graph over time. It has varied a little bit over the course of the race but not that much, and the same story has been the same story f
I think if we didnt do it properly and do it right, youd have 2. 5 Million Deaths. If you take a look at alternatives, you could have 2. 5 Million Deaths or something there about. But its a horrible thing. Should have never, ever happened. China let this happen and just remember that. China let it happen. Its a shame, he said, but its chinas fault, but at least its not 2. 5 million dead. And that was it. Its hard to know where to begin with all that. His press secretary said this today. He has said before that it keeps him up at night thinking of even one life lost. This president has taken this incredibly seriously. She promised on camera on her first day on the job to never tell a lie. So, taking her at her word it must follow that the president was up all night before and after saying this yesterday. We didnt know it. Now we know it. It affects elderly people, elderly people with heart problems and other problems if they have other problems, thats what it really affects. Thats it. Y