In the attack and meant a colombian pilot flying a colombian plane would hit the camp using a usmade bomb with a cia controlled frame. The National Security agency was key to the program funded through a multibilliondollar black budget. We will speak with a reporter who wrote the restore he dana priest dana priest,. Then, Mikhail Kalashnikov has died. Rifleented the assault also known as the ak47. Weapons should only be in the hands of those people who defend their country, that is the defense not to attack. I design the rifle not for international conflict, but to protect the borders of my homeland. All of that and more coming up. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. U n secretarygeneral ban ki moon is calling for near doubling of the International Peacekeeping force in south sudan amidst spiraling violence. On monday, he asked the Security Council to send up to 5500 more troops. Watching, all sides in south sudan, attacked civilians and
Welcome to cspans first ladies, influence and image. Tonight we tell you the story of Jacqueline Kennedy. We have two guests at the next table at the table to tell you more. A president ial historian and author of many books on the presidency, with a special focus on the cold war era and Kennedy Administration. Is a uva political scientist and as part of the modern first ladies serious she has written a Jacqueline Kennedy biography. I want to start, before we get into details on the white house years, with the assassination and the imagery of the assassination. Anyone who was alive at that time has those images in their mind. Subsequently, because of the power of the internet, we were talking before about the collective consciousness. People have experienced this since it happened. She was just 34 years old. Just 34 years old. From the moment at dallas, we know so much about the story. You forget he was shot into her arms. For five minutes they were there and she felt that they left th
President kennedy and his funeral cemented her in the public consciousness. Welcome to the cspan series, first ladies, influence and image. We have two guests at the table, to tell you more about her story. He has a special focus on the cold war era and the Kennedy Administration. Robert parry is a political scientist and as part of the modern first ladies series, he has written the Jacqueline Kennedy biography. Before we get into more details about her white house years, i want to talk about the images of that assassination. Anyone who was alive at that time has those images in their mind. This is a collective consciousness. She was just 34 years old. Just 34 years old. We know so much about this story. He was shot and into her arms, for five minutes they were there and she felt that they left the hospital to go back to washington, but they had to do something to make sure that he had the historical reputation. What would a 34yearold woman have have the sense of that experience . What
Coming up, is time running out for nouri almaliki, the iraqi Prime Minister . We will ask the foreign minister if the country needs a new Prime Minister. First, lets get straight to our top company story. Poised to make his case again to french leaders today. Tomis making the case for als Energy Assets. Things going on surrounding this deal. It is becoming increasingly political. Will france be set aside . Bothine, ge and siemens improving their offers and both meeting the president today. Thats right. A pretty exciting day today. The french president will meet with the siemens ceo at 2 45 french time. And he will also meet with the General Electric ceo. Sides improving their offers. Ge last night said instead of just taking over alstoms Energy Assets, they will also create a joint venture with alstom in renewables as well as relliance on nuclear technology. Ge is selling israel for naming business selling its rail signaling business to alstom. Siemens decided to improve their cash com
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