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Innocence. He talked about the state of the vietnam war and actions in the white house for the antiwar protestest. First president nixon in a white house address a few days earlier. In blatent retaliation, and they are occupied by north vietnamese forces. Once enemy forces are driven out, and once their military supplies are destroyed, we will withdraw. These actions are in no way directed to the security interests of any nation. Any government that chooses to use these actions is a pretext for harming relations will be doing so on its own responsibility and on its own initiative and we will draw the appropriate conclusions. Now let me give you the reasons for my decision. A majority of the American People, a majority of you listening to me, are for the withdrawal of our forces from vietnam. The action that we have taken tonight is indispensable. A majority of the American People want to end this war rather than to have it it drag on. The action that i have taken tonight will serve tha
Profit from the selling of education all in the name of rectifying the gross injustices meted out to poor boys and girls joining me in the studio to discuss our system of educational apartheid and the corporations who have found a way to profit from it is no leeway roques professor at Cornell University and the author of Cutting School privatization segregation and the end of Public Education. Very important book thank you so minutes and from the start you lay out that we do know how to educate but there is fierce resistance. Not only among the ruling elites but among the liberal class i think at one point you quote a poll about how liberal whites in theory would like quality education for all children but they dont want busing right so lets just begin there we know what works. We do and one of the things i think ive discovered reading this book because youre to research the book to write it and it wasnt that i knew all of this before i started to research the book how well we know how
Neutrality. This is not an invasion of cambodia. The areas in which these attacks will be launched are completely occupied and controlled by north vietnamese forces. Our purpose is not to occupy the areas. Once enemy forces are driven out of these sankfrng ai areas, we withdraw. These actions are in no way directed to the securitien intere security interests of any nation. Now let me give you the reasons for my decision. A majority of the American People, a majority of you listening to me are for the withdrawal of our forces from vietnam. The action i have taken tonight is indispensable for the continuing success of that withdrawal program. A majority of the American People want to end this war rather than to have it drag on. The action i have taken tonight will serve that purpose. A majority of the American People want to keep the casualties of our brave men in vietnam at a minimum. The action i take tonight is essential if we are to accomplish that goal. We take this action not for t