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From vietnam over the next year. I said then that i was making that decision despite our concern over increased enemy activity in laos in cambodia and in South Vietnam, and at that time i warned that if i concluded that increased enemy activity in any of these areas endangered the lives of americans remaining in vietnam, i would not hesitate to take strong and effective measures to deal with that situation. Despite that warning, North Vietnam has increased its military aggression in all these areas and particularly in cambodia. After full consultation with the National Security council, ambassador bunker, general abrams and my other advisers, i have concluded that the actions of the enemy in the last ten days clearly endanger the lives of americans who are in vietnam now and would constitute an unacceptable risk to those who will be there after withdrawal of another 150,000. To protect our men who are in vietnam and to guarantee the continued success of our withdrawal and programs, i h
Can you hear us out there . There we are. Welcome, im Dorian Devens and. By margaret mandelbaum. We are happy to be back here at symphony space. Welcome to all of our regulars. Anyone who is a first timer, this is an event series and we bring scientists of all discipline out of their labs and onto the public stages. Here they can be part of the cultural life of new york city and people like you and me can come and be informed, energized and engaged by scientific ideas and discoveries. And interact directly also with some of the scientists. Secret science club regular hangout in brooklyn in the gowanus part of brooklyn but secret science club north we are back here tonight in manhattan as part of our fifth miniseries here at symphony space. We like to thank all the people at symphony space, the staff, particularly kathy landau, johanna thompson, rebecca white, mary mead, james lutz on zach and ricky for helping us to expand our university and we hope yours also. [applause] a very big sp
Ten days ago in my report to the nation on vietnam, i announced the decision to withdraw an additional 150,000 americans from vietnam over the next year. I said then that i was making that decision despite our concern over increased enemy activity in laos in cambodia and in South Vietnam, and at that time i warned that if i concluded that increased enemy activity in any of these areas endangered the lives of americans remaining in vietnam, i would not hesitate to take strong and effective measures to deal with that situation. Despite that warning, North Vietnam has increased its military aggression in all these areas and particularly in cambodia. After full consultation with the National Security council, ambassador bunker, general abrams and my other advisers, i have concluded that the actions of the enemy in the last ten days clearly endanger the lives of americans who are in vietnam now and would constitute an unacceptable risk to those who will be there after withdrawal of another
World war ii mess yes, maam. Every 2 weeks, i appreciate. Im also the Senior Historian at the museum which is my proudest boast. Welcome to another installment of meet the author series here at the museum where we bring the best world war ii literature and the men and women who write and create it. Before i introduce tonights author a man who truly needs no introduction, which means he will go ahead a real solid one. Let me carry out the tradition of the National World War Ii Museum and public programming. Are there any chance world war ii veterans or home front workers in the audience tonight . Not. There we go. [cheers and applause] i knew there were two right up front. [applause] to say we thank for your service is understatement of the century. Thanks to all of you for your support and service. We have incredible good of friends. The good folks of cspan are here filling tonight. I want you all to be on your best behavior because c pan is forever. I would like to acknowledge those w