Talking about ukraine. On wednesday, virginia senator tim ka turned currently no Legal Authority sufficient enough to support action in combating isis and that the mission against isis is not covered by warding or intent. Panelists at the Wilson Center discussed the importance of congressional action, provided suggestions on the authorization process, and analyzed what constituted war in military intervention. Their discussion is an hour and 10 minutes. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning to everyone who trying tolly here, get through security, watching on Live Streaming or on cspan. I am jane harman, the president and ceo of the Wilson Center and a recovering politician. I served nine terms in the United States congress. It is my pleasure to welcome you to a very Important National conversation on congress, the presidency, and military intervention. Last week, i was at harvard law school, an institution i attended decades back, and i was teaching a seminar on authorization for wa
Was maintained by war fighting sources. The total combat sorties was 15,943. Total aerial kills was 112. Id like to ask everybody a question. How many of you have heard that the Tuskegee Airmen never lost a bomber under their escort . Ok. Education time. Ladies and gentlemen, im here to tell you that the myth of never losing a bomber is false. The total number of bombers lost while under escort by the Tuskegee Airmen was 27. This is going through air force records both on the enemy side and on our side. By comparison, the average number of bombers lost while under other p51 squadron protections in theater was 46 for the same period of time so even though they did lose aircraft, their effectiveness showed they were a stretch above the average p51 unit in theater at that time. Please feel free to pass that information on. To date, 66 tuskegee pilots gave the ultimate sacrifice and were killed in north africa and european combat zones. Additionally, 32 were shot down and captured and late
Tuskegee airmen. We have the pleasure of hearing from jim pride former Radio Operator of the Tuskegee Airmen. Major anderson, former Ground Support serviceman of the Tuskegee Airmen. Bill fontroy, former pilot cadet. And finally, steven mccoy. Chairman of the speakers bureau. Please help me in welcoming these brave men of the Tuskegee Airmen. [applause] good morning, everyone. How are we this morning . Excellent. Except. First id like to thank the wonderful production the general gave us and give her a round of applause again. Thank you. Id also like to thank cadet cable for her wonderful introduction of us. The Tuskegee Airmen seated here and i will like to welcome you to this Panel Discussion about the history and legacy of the Tuskegee Airmen. We wish to thank the American Veteran center for allowing us to speak this morning in this wonderful venue. We wish to express our special thanks to our contact within the American Veterans center, wes smith. Please feel free to chat with our
Prime Minister, Dr Ralph Gonsalves has rejected recent claims by an opposition politician that some Vincentians “have to prostitute themselves to make ends meet”. The claim was made on radio last Wednesday, August 24 by Member of Parliament for Central Kingstown, St Clair Leacock. He was at the time speaking on the New Democratic Party’s (NDP) New Times programme on Nice Radio. Stating that Leacock made “a bad statement,” Gonsalves …
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