Good evening my fellow americans. I have asked for this Television Time to report to you on our most difficult and urgent problem. The war in vietnam. Since i took office four months ago, nothing has taken so much of my time and energy as a search for a way to bring lasting peace to vietnam. I know in some ways i shouldve ended the war immediately after inauguration by ordering our forces home. This wouldve been in easy thing to do, a popular thing to do. But i wouldve betrayed my solemn responsibility as president United States if i had done so. I want to end this war. And the American People want to end this war pick the people of South Vietnam want to end this war. That we want to end it permanently so that the younger brothers of our soldiers will not have to fight in a future vietnam someplace else in the world the fact that there is no easy way to end the war does not mean that we have no choice but to let the war dragged on with no end in sight. For four years american boys have
Page, facebook. Com booktv. October 21, 1967, 100,000 people marched in washington to protest the vietnam war. From the booktv archives. Pulitzer prize winning journalist david maraniss, who in 2002 allowed booktv to accompany him to vietnam and madison, wisconsin for his research in the war abroad and protests at home. This is a rubber Plantation North of saigon in vietnam. Members of the armys regiment known as the black lions were ambushed here. 61 were killed, many were injured. This is the university of wisconsin in madison. 35 years ago antiwar students try to keep dow chemical from recruiting on campus. The demonstration turned violent. These stories from different parts of the world come together in a new book titled they marched into sunlight. The author is david maraniss. Great to be here. Host you write connections fascinate you more than ideology. What does that mean . Guest it means im a journalist and a historian. Im not trying to make a specific point when i start my rep
Wedlock and niger the highest rate of Child Marriages in the world, plus. Im john holman on the South Pacific coast where hundreds of thousands arrive each year and majority of their eggs are being stolen. Russia says air strikes overnight on i. S. I. L. Positions inside syria have killed 12 fighters and moscows military campaign entered a third day and monitoring groups say the targets include i. S. I. L. Stronghold of r temperature raqqua province and are concerned about the actions and worries that those with president Bashar Alassad are bearing the brunt of air strikes and foreign minister confirmed their target is not just i. S. I. L. But other armed groups like alnusra and they say they should target i. S. I. L. And no other groups and french president is meeting russia leader Vladimir Putin and we will go to the capitol in just a moment but this report from our diplomatic editor james base. Reporter World Leaders have been in new york and said their priorities to get peace effor
Session. Welcome back, members. Mdm. Clerk, please call the roll thank you madame president supervisor avalos present; pres. Breed here;; compost present; christiansen present cohen, present farrell, present; kimpresent some; mar not present tang present wienerpresent emacpresent you have a quorum thank you. Ladies and gentlemen can you please join us in the pledge of allegiance. [pleage of allegiance] thank you madam clerk are there any communications or yes mdm. Pres. This medication is meant to inform the public that the board of supervisors has expanded its existing Language Access Services Program by authorizing the office of the clerk of the board to enter into an abortive partnership with the office of Civic Engagement and immigrant affairs. For an 11 Month Pilot Program beginning september 1, 2015 and lasting through july 31, 2015. During that time, the staff will provide spanish and Chinese Interpretation Services upon request and every regular and special board of supervisors
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