And willie fcc rejected president obamas call to preserve Net Neutrality and an open and Free Internet . Then to iraq. To gain is nothing washing over the darker portions of a war. The vietnam war bitterly divided america. We must admit past mistakes. And we must learn from past mistakes. Because that is how we avoid repeating that mistake. Chuck hagel talks about mistakes made in the vietnam war. Retired threestar Lieutenant General Daniel Bolger, author of the new book why we lost a generals inside account of the iraq and afghanistan wars. Up. That and more coming welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. The u. S. And china, the worlds two largest polluters, have agreed to reduce Greenhouse Gas emissions over the next decade. President obama unveiled the details with chinese president xi jinping in beijing. Also announce the United States has produced a new goal of reducing our Greenhouse Gas emissions by 26 to 28 below 2005 levels by 20
Brown shooting, the governor of missouri declares a state of emergency and prepares to send in the National Guard warning of the possibility of expanded unrest. We will go to ferguson for the latest. Then 50 years ago today, fbi director j. Edgar hoover called the rev. Dr. Martin luther king, the most notorious liar in the country. Dr. King, what is your reaction to the charges made by J Edgar Hoover . Well, i was quite shocked and surprised to learn of this statement for mr. Hoover questioning my integrity. Frankly, i dont understand what motivated the statement. As Martin Luther king prepared to go to oslo to received the Nobel Peace Prize 50 years ago, the fbi ramped up its efforts to discredit the civil rights leader. We will speak to the yale professor who uncovered an unredacted copy of the fbis socalled suicide letter when to king. The letter threatened to expose kings alleged Extramarital Affairs if he did not commit suicide. And then, no debate and the new war. One in 89. That
To the 94 bits in these graphs were rough total of 617 billion. My question is kind of a can to a congressman fleming was acting. Does it make any difference to the department of defense if the money comes to the department of defense via the base versus overseas Contingency Operations . How does that affect your ability to do it need to be done . I think i addressed that earlier when i said for the army receiving relief there are end strength provisions above 450 provides 4. 2 billion in one year relief. Im trying to explain. Ive only got a minute and 10 seconds left to so let me move onto something more specific. Look tauro combat ships that are being built in the state of alabama, secretary mabus cannot be built out of oco funds . I dont believe that under the current fund we can do new construction. Its not as good as base money in that instance. Is that a fair statement . Can you do Missile Defense out of oco money general odierno do you now . As far as i know we are not able to d
Forward, i have been focused like the laser on trying to help the country get to a Better Safety posture when it comes to the movement of crude by rail. Su the point we have taken 24 shortterm measures that were thought about as bridges longterm answer which is ultimately a rule on this. Just to cut to the chase, you have to have a comprehensive approach to is this issue. There is all lost in the news about hank cars and tank car standards. The cape cod is that mitigation device. Is not a device designed to prevent an accident an accident for some period of time. We have to have a prevention strategy, we have to have a mitigation strategy, we have to have an Emergency Response strategy. One thing we pushed on the department is a comprehensive approach to take into account all those areas and i would say that i think there is the building consensus both outside government but within government, the right way to go. We are still working through the later stages of rulemaking, this is an
Now the 20th century, and not to copy what the greeks saw and felt in art over 2000 years ago. Here is the key line, above all the great thing is to express oneself. The reporter, i thought of a celebrated canvas matisse once produced of blue tomatoes. Why blue, he was asked . Because i see them that way and i cannot help it if no one else does. This interview goes on and on. For matisse, we see how the modern artist is less impressed with copying the forms and techniques from previous generations. We see how the new artists are creating greater premium on the emotional power of the work. They sought some deeper emotional relationship to their work, to achieve an emotional fulfillment through their work. Whether or not the end result looks like the subject mattered less and less. Theyre using their art to access something within. Does that sound like freud . I think it does. Coming after the powerful realist movement, realism approximately 1850 to the late 1880s into the 1890s, the rea