Our 36th president , many of which concern the vietnam war. Here are two letters from soldiers during the height of president johnsons tenure in office which reflect the dramatically contrasting views of the war held by americans, including our troops. Dear mr. President , here is a picked of a little vietnamese girl and myself. She has three older sisters, two older brothers, and a younger brother. They live in a village about eight miles southeast of ten ang, their mother was killed by the vc. Because of us, she is able to smile. It is our duty to keep that smile, which portrays so much on herrize face. But there are many more who do not have the freedom smile which she has. It is our duty as americans to bring happiness to those who may otherwise never be as free of care as she. To be able to pose with her and have her still look so happy gives the idea of the good we are doing here. This is worth fighting for. This is worth dying for. I know the weight you must carry on your should
Meghan stas, senior director and Grocery Manufacturers Association here in washington, d. C. And diana aviv, kre feeding america in chicago, illinois and emily leib, the director of food law policy clinic, harvard law school, jamaica plains, massachusetts. Ill let everybody get to their seats. All right. Miss gunders, if you will begin when you are ready, maam. Ranking member peterson and members of the committee thank you for inviting me to testify today and be willing to explore this issue. Any name is dana gunders, im a Senior Science at the National Resources Defense Council and the author of a widely cited report on food waste and a book called the wastefree kitchen handbook which is a guide to not wasting food. Imagine walking out of the Grocery Stores with five bags in the parking lot and dropping two and not bothering to pick them up. It seems crazy but that is what were doing when we are wasting 40 of our food. Were leaving entire fields unharvesting and eliminating produce fo
There i am in the back of the johnson signed the Voting Rights act of 1965. I had a better seat than i did for the Martin Luther king speech. One more antidote you might be anecdote you might be interested in, in 2008, i was in the rotunda, we were celebrating the hundredth anniversary of the birth of lbj and i met lucy johnson who i had never met before. On thelucy, i was here day your dad signed the Voting Rights act. She said i was, too. Nobody knew i was here, but im sure everyone knew you were here. She said her dad said , on, get in the car. I will take you to the capital, this is something important. Oh he explained to her that every person was be right beside while he signed the bill and she said why would you want to have a republican there . He said it was important that the American People understood this was not on a bipartisan basis of the American People would be like much more likely to accept what we are doing if they think both sides are involved. That was the story lu
Just to make a reactive or simply journal lis stick response but something that is floepfully greater than the sum of its parts, you begin to realize that almost everything you thought you knew was not true. And wednesday, a look at the war from the perspective of those who fought it and u. S. Foreign relations after the war and those with vietnam. Thursday at 8 00 p. M. Eastern, our real america series looks at the 1975 Church Committee hearings convened to look at the activities of the cia, irs, fbi and nsa. And with the africanAmerican History and culture opening friday 8 00 p. M. Eastern all Day Conference with talks on africanamerican religion, politics, culture and religion. I couldnt get that out of my mind, that my students were thinking that somehow this africanAmerican History wasnt real because it there was no textbook textbook as there was in all of these American History courses taught in the department of history. And so i decided to write a real textbook. For the complet
Them would have to be here. And so were grateful that they are. And our entire nation expresses its profound gratitude. More important, were so grateful that they were there. Some on duty, others off duty. All rising above and beyond the call of duty. All saving the lives of people they didnt know. That distinction that these 13 officers of valor saved the lives of strangers is the first of several qualities they share. But their bravery, if it had not been for their bravery, we likely would have lost a lot of people, mothers, brothers, sons, daughters, friends, and loved ones. Thankfully they are still with their families today because these officers were where they needed to be most at a critical time. At a gas station during a routine patrol. In the middle of a busy hospital, in a grocery store, on the campus of a community college. Near an Elementary School where a sheriffs deputys children and his wife taught. In each of these moments these officers were true to their oat oaths. T