There are americans who remain unaccounted for. I do expect, unfortunately, that the list of americans confirmed dead will rise today. Miller went on to say that the u. S. Is reaching out to any country it can with ties to hamas to get them to release those hostages. We have reported, kate, that one of those countries is qatar. There are also discussions, we are told, with the israelis, with the eej gyptians with the humanitarian corridor so theyre able to get out of the gaza strip if israel decides to go in. Weve heard from israeli officials that they plan to exact a harsh response to hamas for these attacks. Alex, we will bring those remarks from the Secretary Of State if and when he does come to the cameras to speak and our alex is there. Thank you very much, alex. Top of the hour. Im john berman with kate bolduan and sara sidner. We just learned israel has a government in the war cabinet, this is Benjamin Netanyahu who made the announcement moments ago all of this as hundreds of th
Largest Government Agency and 350,000nt with over employees. What is your management style, what is your approach to this job . V. A. Sec. Shulkin my approaches is that we have a mandate from the president and from the country to get this organization back on track. Organization that has been working hard, but not necessarily accomplishing what we really need to accomplish. I have patients in my management style, but we really want to make sure the organization is successful and fulfilling its mission to take care of this countrys veterans. Host how did you get off track and when . This is. Shulkin decades and decades of problems that have not been dealt with for a long time that eventually the solutions were difficult and they got pushed off from administration to administration. There is a natural progression of these problems continuing to, essentially develop until we see them now so clearly. Hud sec. Carson you cant go back and change things host you cannot go back and change thin
Collison whitehead, today live from noon to 3 00 p. M. Eastern n book tv on cspan 2. Next, katherine westmoreland, wife of william westmoreland, who commanded u. S. Forces in vietnam talks about her life as a military daughter, sister and spouse. She recounts her time living in vietnam and serving as a red cross nurses aide during the war. And she recalls hosting president s and first ladies as well as her friendship with bob and delores hope. This interview is from the west point center for oral history and is a little over an hour. Good evening, maam. Today is october 1, 2016, and were in the west point center for oral history, and im here with Katherine Stevens vandusen westmoreland but you go by kitzy. Could you spell your last name for the transcriber. Westmoreland. Thank you, maam. Tell me about your childhood. I know you grew up as a daughter of an army officer. Tell me what it was like growing up as an army brat . Katherine when i grew up in the army, i would say i grew from mi
About growing up in a military family, including his time as a teen in vietnam during the late 1950s. He also describes his experiences as a west point that, his years teaching at military colleges, and time when Newt Gingrich audited his class. The interview is held by the west point center for a history great it is about an hour and 40 minutes. Today is 13 november 2015, and i am in the center for oral history with Esther Kenneth g carlson. How are you, sir . Col. Kenneth carlson i am fine. Could you spell your name for us. You are not the only carlson in your class. Col. Kenneth carlson there is another one in the class with the same name. I am kenneth g carlson and i was a basketball player. Did that cause any problems for you . Col. Kenneth carlson absolutely, it did. I walked in with my bag, and the people who had the roster said you have already signed in. And i said no i havent i just walked in the door. Kenneth carlson, you have already signed in. And i said i really have not.
I knew you grew up as the daughter of an army officer. Tell me what it was like growing up as an army brat. Well, when i grew up in the army, i would say i grew up as a millionaires child without any money. So i had the most wonderful childhood. I had two brothers and we all were well, my father had been in the cavalry and he was one of a wonderful horseman. So both my brother, my older brother and i rode from the time i guess i was 3 years old, and my older brother was the same way. What post were you on when you grew up . Well, i was born in princeton, new jersey. The followers at princeton for six years. When he married my mother, my mother was a very beautiful lady, and i think most of the princeton students were in love with her because she was so lovely. And then my older brother was born there and i was born there. Okay. And and then where else did you grow up . Princeton and then, oh, dear. Fort bragg, fort hamilton, washington, fort sill, oklahoma, hawaii, back to oklahoma wow