Asked me i never really asked myself exactly. What lead me to want to write a book because they are a pain in the neck to do. You need a level of passion about it. Usually what it is if i look back on it it is finding a person. An interesting person in an interesting situation and explore some interesting ideas. What almost always happens is i have a lot of little projects, magazine pieces, things i am investigating, it consumes me and i get to the point, this is such a good story i have an obligation to tell it. That is the point of the book, i have to do this, it should be done because it should be told. In terms of you asked me to go to a class of journalism schools, to write a good story i wouldnt know how to begin. Host you were working for Salomon Brothers. Guest my career path, there should be something on the bottom of the tv screens at says try this in your own home. I dont think you can grasp the model on a literary career. I was an art history major in college. I wanted to i
Hagel. Both volunteered to go to war and fought in the same infantry unit. Daniel bolger recounts their journeys from Middle America to vietnam at the height of the war, and home again. As we observe the 50th anniversary of the war, we are privileged to hear from these two eyewitnesses. The author, Daniel Bolger served in the u. S. Army for 35 years, retiring as a lieutenant general. He commanded troops in afghanistan and iraq, earning five bronze star medals. Fors a contributing editor Army Magazine and the author of eight other books. He currently teaches history at North Carolina state university. Chuck hagel has long served our country. He was the secretary of defense from 20 13th 2015, and before that a u. S. Senator from nebraska. During the vietnam war he served in combat and earned two purple hearts, the combat infantry man badge and the vietnamese cross of gallantry. After graduating from the university of nebraska at omaha he worked as a Congressional Staff assistant, cofound
General in afghanistan and iraq. He is the trumpeting editor for military magazine and he teaches history at North Carolina state university. Chuck hagel has long served our country. He was secretary of defense from 2013 to 2015 a before then, u. S. Senator from nebraska. During the event of war he served in combat and earned two purple hearts, the combat infantry man badge and the vietnamese cross of gallantry. After graduating from the university of nebraska at omaha he worked as a Congressional Staff assistant, cofounded vanguard cellular, and begin the president and chief executive officer of the uso. He is the author of america, our next chapter. Tom hagel was born and raised in nebraska as well. In combat he earned three purple hearts, the bronze star with a v for valor in the combat infantryman branch badge. He graduated from the university of nebraska omaha and the university of Nebraska School of law. After working as a public defender he taught law at Temple University and jo
This is something that is workable. Reporter the amendment would allow states to opt out of obamacares minimum coverage requirements, which could lead to cheaper premiums for the healthy but would let insurers raise rates on those with with preexisting conditions. States that opt out would have to establish special highrisk pools for people who get priced out of the market. They work. And now that were going to be adding federal funding to it theyll work even better and youll be able to lower prices even more. Reporter so can you reassure people with preexisting conditions that they wont be worse off under your plan . People will be better off with preexisting conditions under our plan. Reporter democratic leader Chuck Schumer. Go look at these highrisk pools. Theyve closed down in state after state. They are usually so, so expensive that no one can afford health care. Its a fig leaf. Reporter Republican Leaders have not given up hope entirely that they might be able to pass this new H
Bomb hit is now dead. American officers who inspected the site reported no evidence of civilian casualties. Just a short distance south in the same valley close to afghanistans border with pakistan, several senior isis leaders were hiding out in a compound. When American Special Operations Forces along with afghan command ores conducted a Helicopter Assault on the compound, two u. S. Army rangers were killed and a third soldier wounded in a firefight which lasted about an hour. They were the second and third american servicemen to die in combat in afghanistan this year. The first, special forces Sergeant Mark de alencar, was killed when isis fighters popped out of a cave and ambushed his unit. In this latest raid several isis fighters were also killed. The u. S. Military is still trying to confirm whether they got the Senior Leaders they were after. Scott . David martin at the pentagon. Thanks. The president called his new tax cut plan the biggest in history, so we were curious about w