Announcer coming up next, author Sharon Tosi Lacey talks about american strategy in the pacific. Highlighting the battle of saipan. She explains how u. S. Army soldiers and marines worked together during the campaign. She described their successes and failures. The event ran an hour and a half. It was hosted by the new York Military affairs symposium. Sharon tosi lacey thank you very much for having me. I want to thank my mom, daughter and husband for being here to support me. One of the earlier mend mentioned that there were four general smiths in the pacific. 3 were involved in the operations. I titled that chapter a tale of three smiths. I will talk to you about the battle of saipan. I look at the Lessons Learned as the military drove through the Central Pacific in world war ii. We traced their development and amphibious warfare as they go from the canal to the gilberts and ultimately a chronology. Trying to build on the mistakes they continued to make. Saipan is the most interestin
We begin now with our five questions for the week ahead. And question number one, will isis militants retaliate for u. S. Air strikes by trying to hit american targets, such as the embassy in baghdad . Right now, isis controls iraqs largest hydro electric dam. A failure of that dam could be catastrophic, resulting in flooding all the way down to baghdad. We are going to discuss what isis may aim for in the week ahead. Question number two, is the u. S. Back at war with iraq and should it be . President obama vows combat troops will not hit the ground, but some experts, many former generals, officials, arent so sure, given eyicy growing cach of weapons and its strategy. I want to hear from you, jim sciutto, i will read your responses on the air. Question number three, what does pope francis hope to accomplish by sending an envoy to iraq . Cardinal fernando filonni set to leave rome tomorrow to help christians and others displaced flee. And can the cardinal make any impact on the go und .
Selfdefense. Independent senator angus king a member of the Senate Intelligence committee who has seen most of the intel regarding iran has a similar question. Whos provoking whom . In other words, we know that iran is taking actions, were taking actions. We declared their irdc as a terrorist organization. That has ramifications for them. Are they reacting because theyre concerned about what were doing . Or are we reacting becauser that concerned what theyre doing . And that raises my second concern which is miscalculation. Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle has been complaining about the lack of information coming from the white house as these tensions escalate. We have now learned that the administration will brief a gang of eight congressional leaders on in iran in just a few hours. Joining us from tehran, nbcs Tehran Bureau chief ali arussi. Ali, has tehran said anything about why its load missiles on to boats . Good morning, ali. Good morning, theyre working in the shadows and v
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