uso has changed over the years. young soldiers used to go to local uso for friday night dances. bob hope led tours to entertain troops stationed overseas. i just want you boys to see what you re fighting for, that s all. chris: as the military switch to all-volunteer force, the uso had to adjust. we were no longer working with young men who were being drafted into the military, all of a sudden we had families. chris: uso metro now serves 250,000 troops and their families like this 25,000 square foot center at fort belwar outside washington. the uso is truly saving lives today and it s with the services that we are doing, whether it s art therapy, music therapy, those kinds of programs which people don t normally think as the uso doing. without you we couldn t have a uso. chris: with a budget of $17 million and 3,000
pompeo and president trump is also talking with growing optimism about his summit with chairman kim, take a look. i think it s going to be a very big success, but my attitude is and if it isn t, it isn t, okay. chris: what do you think are the prospects for a trump-kim summit? what are the prospects that this will work out, that kim will give up as you just heard the secretary say, give up nuclear program and agree to give us means to verify it? i think it s really uncertain. i think i want to give president trump credit for getting to this point, he s moved the needle on this when that has not been done in the past but i also think given the stakes it s a very much high-risk, high-reward opportunity and i think the downsides are potentially significant as well. chris: all right, i want to talk to you about that because you gave a speech in washington this
volunteers, rogers offers all sorts of assistance. if a family flies to washington to visit a wounded warrior or bury a fallen hero, the uso meets them at the airport. when a soldier is about to be deployed, they can take advantage of something called united through reading. there are active duty mother or father can come in to our uso and actually read a book, this is the last thing that they do before they leave the united states and then we send that book back to their families so they can see their loved one reading. chris: yes, the uso still haskell bringties lifting troops morale, working with gary and foundation to put on show, stars like tom hanks and cheryl crowe visiting soldiers in the hospital. fdr started uso just before world war ii and then there was vietnam when so many americans scorn the soldiers who bought
pompeo and president trump is also talking with growing optimism about his summit with chairman kim, take a look. i think it s going to be a very big success, but my attitude is and if it isn t, it isn t, okay. chris: what do you think are the prospects for a trump-kim summit? what are the prospects that this will work out, that kim will give up as you just heard the secretary say, give up nuclear program and agree to give us means to verify it? i think it s really uncertain. i think i want to give president trump credit for getting to this point, he s moved the needle on this when that has not been done in the past but i also think given the stakes it s a very much high-risk, high-reward opportunity and i think the downsides are potentially significant as well. chris: all right, i want to talk to you about that because you gave a speech in washington this
uso has changed over the years. young soldiers used to go to local uso for friday night dances. bob hope led tours to entertain troops stationed overseas. i just want you boys to see what you re fighting for, that s all. chris: as the military switch to all-volunteer force, the uso had to adjust. we were no longer working with young men who were being drafted into the military, all of a sudden we had families. chris: uso metro now serves 250,000 troops and their families like this 25,000 square foot center at fort belwar outside washington. the uso is truly saving lives today and it s with the services that we are doing, whether it s art therapy, music therapy, those kinds of programs which people don t normally think as the uso doing. without you we couldn t have a uso. chris: with a budget of $17 million and 3,000