There are plenty of public issues right now that i want to ask you about, but i want to defer that for a moment and talk about service itself. And i want to start by talking about how you came by service, because you came by it naturally. You grew up in a family of service. Tell me about your dad, who was quite an interesting person. Adm. Mcraven first, thank you for the invitation to join you today, this is terrific. I certainly enjoy spending time with you and the students of the iop. You are right, i came by it naturally. My father was a world war ii Fighter Pilot. Flew spitfires, actually, which was a british airplane, because at the time when we entered the war, americans did not have planes to take on the german messersmith, so the british loaned us spitfires. But my grandfather also served in world war i and in world war ii. He was an army surgeon. My dad, later in life as i was getting ready to join the service, he said, i remember what got me in the service. It was when i was
And air fields near atlanta emergency doctor mike flick eager is embarking on a special mission destination. North korea. They said this is a medical evacuation. We need you to go and bring him out a mission to retrieve u. S. Citizen on a warm beer last seen in public 14 months earlier. A prisoner of the regime of north korea warmongering between rivals, kim jong il and donald trump, is at its peak. Today will be met with fire and fury, like the world has never seen a silent mission on a difficult route. We elected not to use south korea, china, or russia to help us plan. Days later on a warm beer is back home, but hes fatally ill. Severe brain damage says the coroner, cause unknown. Was it torture . For me as parents become ons in a game played by president trump, who later announces that the north Korean Leader knew nothing about warm beer. All i can do is shake right to the right. When the state department sends emergency dr. Mike flick, if youre to north korea, his plane of choice
For you are the one in trouble now. And he was. It seems safe to say that few people if any have come to the presidency of the United States who seem so unqualified for that job, as harry truman did in april of 1945. When he became president , no one knew anything about him. What they did know was not reassuring. It was made worse by the fact that he followed one of the legendary president s in all of American History, frank lindy roosevelt. Income franklin d roosevelt. In contrast to this little man for missouri seemed ordinary, even as appearance. Harken back to the days of an earlier president ial misfit, Warren Harding. At least Warren Harding look like a president. Truman set i look like any other 50 people you meet industry, and he did. He seemed to be hard to caricature, he had no particular distinctive features, sort of generic person. Even his name, by the way, seemed inadequate. Harry s. Trumanto know the s stood for . Nothing. He simply added the s because he thought his giv
U. S. Department of state and got a very high level person on the phone. And i said, heres a situation unless you can intercede and resolve this. This trip is over. After night, time crisis calls with Government Officials, japans Prime Minister eventually gives the go ahead. The next morning, look at hers plane received clearance to fly from sapporo to pyongyang, a flight route that doesnt officially exist. When the plane was probably 100 miles east of the north korean ballenger, ie, the japanese air Traffic Controller said were now terminating served service. North korea is in front of you have a nice day and turned off the radio. The Pyongyang Airport contacts the plane by radio hours later on the ground team is thats accorded to the building where warm beer has been hospitalized. For months. We were dropped off at the front door of the hospital and the company down a hallway up the stairs. And when we entered the room, there were 2 doctors and 4 nurses. One was the chief of staff of
A Top Nuclear Scientist is bound to avenge the killing of a sunday and an ambush near terror on rouhani is also pledging to press ahead with irans controversial nuclear program. Israel has denied any knowledge of the killing her if you know he is claiming victory in its operations against rebel forces in the northern region. Prime minister, ill be off, Man Says Police will pursue leaders of the tikrit Peoples Liberation front, which previously dominated ethiopias ruling coalition. Weeks of fighting has left nearly a 1000000, people displaced and a growing humanitarian crisis. And this is deja vu news from berlin. Follow us on twitter and instagram at d. W. News or visit our website, w dot com or form this week on world stories. Haroun violence against women is going unpunished, and the nuremberg trials remembered but 1st to azerbaijan. For weeks fighting over the borno, carpark region caused massive casualties and people were fleeing the conflict. Now, following a controversial peace d