About vietnam is that Many Americans have lost confidence in what their government has told them about our policy. The American People cannot and should not be asked to support a policy which involves the overriding issues of war and peace unless they know the truth about that policy. Tonight, therefore, i would like to answer some of the questions that i know are on the minds of many of you listening to me. How and why did america get involved in vietnam in the first place . How has this administration changed the policy of the Previous Administration . What has really happened in the negotiations in paris and on the battlefront in vietnam . What choices do we have if we are to end the war . What are the prospects for peace . Now, let me begin by describing the situation i found when i was inaugurated on january 20. The war had been going on for four years. 31,000 americans had been killed in action. The Training Program for the South Vietnamese was behind schedule. 540,000 americans
And National Security activities and bringing some of those. I think the Member States are able to engage in the discussion through the council. The chaplain, dr. Black, will open the senate with prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Great god and father, your anger lasts only for a moment, but your favor lasts a lifetime. Lord, open our eyes to see the wonders of your grace and the majesty of your love for people everywhere. Keep our lawmakers from being blind to the work you are doing in our world. Bring healing to the sick and liberation to the oppressed. Lord, you have watched over this land we love from generation to generation, in prosperity and adversity, in peace and war. Today, keep our senators so dedicated that they will do justly, love mercy, and walk humbly. We pray in your holy name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation un
Test. Test. Test. Is make a proposal on the most destabilizing weapons of all start, the strategic weapon. When the soviets said well, we dont like that proposal, we said we will be more flexible. I at the urging of the president went to again neavia and laid on the table a treaty to ban all chemical weapons. We dont want them to have a monopoly but we said look, lets come together. You come over here and see what youre doing, youll go over here and see what were doing, but lets save the kids of this world from chemical weapons, brilliant proposal to get rid of all of them. The soviets nyet, nyet, nyet. And the soviets, theyre not even willing to tell us the base. How many troops do they have . There are four sessions. We had an agreement on the hot line but Carter Mondale made an agreement, s. A. L. T. Ii agreement. But the Democratic Senate would not even ratify that agreement. It was flawed, unverifiable and not good. Our president wants to reduce, not just to stop, he wants to redu
Stay right there dont move mr. Chairman, my fellow americans, my fellow democrats i proudly accept the nomination of our party [ cheers and applause ] this moment this moment is one of personal pride and gratification. Yet one cant help, but reflect the deep sadness that we feel over the troubles and the violence which have erupted, regrettably and tragically in the streets of this great city and for the personal injuries which have occurred. [ applause ]. Thats Hubert Humphrey accepting the 1968 nomination for president at chicagos Conrad Hilton hotel where the democrat his gathered for their convention in the midst of the vietnam war while thousands of angry protesters demonstrated outside. Hubert humphrey, longtime, minnesota senator and unsuccessful candidate is the focus of this weeks Contenders Program. We are live from minnesotas history center. Nick collette is the document ari documentarian of Hubert Humphreys life and the tumultuous year of 1968. I want you to set the stage f
Sponsor of the debate between republican george bush and democrat geraldine ferraro. Our panelists are john mashich, world news and world report, jack white, correspondent for time magazine, norma quarrels, correspondent for nbc news, and robert boyd, Washington Bureau chief for night ritter newspapers. Sandra venoger, senior Political Correspondent for abc news, is our moderator tonight. Sandy . Thank you, dorothy. The order of questioning was determined by a toss of the coin. Congresswoman ferraro won the toss. She elected to speak last, therefore, Vice President bush will get the first question. The debate will be billed upon a series of questions from the four reporters on the panel. A reporter will ask a candidate a question, a followup question, and then the same to the other candidate, then each candidate will get to rebut the other. The debate will be divided into two parts. There will be a section, the first one, on domestic affairs, the second on Foreign Affairs. Now, the man