I was with mr. Roosevelt in casablanca. And i was part of the victory in north africa. I was a success. But thing that makes me a success most of all is this. Ive made a friend. I the soldier. Wherever you see one, i guess the other wont be behind. And that goes for now. And then fighting together. And for after the war, when well be building together. Because the rumor is going around right, that, gee is here to stay. Weve got a great conversation to cap off productive and engaging day. And then you certainly are program this evening and well continue in that honor but we have here author and historian from the jenny craig institute, dr. Mark calhoon neal discusses his book. General Leslie Mcnair unsung architect of the u. S. Army. Now, marks book seeks to restore the general known as one of marshalls forgotten men, to his place in American Military history. Now with us on stage is dr. John mcmanus. He will lead the discussion john, as you know, had a great conversation yesterday with
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President for foreign policies here at the kato institute. Thank you for being here today and the outstanding conference stuff who do a terrific job organizing our many events. Welcome also to those of you watching at cspan and online at kato. Org. Following the september 11 terrorist attacks in october 2001 the United States issued combat operations inside afghanistan and against the taliban government that had harbored the terrorist there is. The ensuing 16 years, u. S. Goals have changed marginally but they typically include defeating al qaeda and other terrorist groups with global reach, strengthening the Afghan Government and Security Forces to prevent the taliban from retaking political power and denying terrorists a safe haven. Aassessments are mixed at best. In june secretary of state james mattis stated we are not winning in afghanistan right now. Estimates what have we spent prang from 840 billion to over 2 trillion plus over 2300 u. S. Troops killed and another 20,000 wounde
Cancelled. The campus is not in danger, power is out and the air quality is very bad there. Also in Los Angeles County, the fire in the northern part of San Fernando Valley has burned 120,000 square miles, and four buildings have been destroyed and 25,000 homes remain threatened. Theyve been pushing flames and carrying embers in the hills where theyre lighting new fires. The problem is made worse because of extremely low humidity that is drying out the grass and brush in the area. Crews have made the most progress against the fire thats closest to the Magic Mountain amusement park. Theyre starting to get some containment, but fire Officials Say it will take at least next thursday to get at 100 contained. 5,000 homes are in the path of that fire right now. Crews say theyre starting to make progress against the fire, and will be when they are able to when the winds settle down. Steve paulson is here, how tough a fight . It will be worse today by far. The october, november time frame was
General Staff College faculty of the department of military history for since 1992. For 11red the department years. During that time, he has come to i quote from the front page of the New York Times 10 years or so ago as the intellectual center of the army. At the, he put set bottom of his email signature puts that at the bottom of his team else. Its required . Ok. Well, its appropriate in his case, because no one has done more to make that true. He is the author of the book great commanders. His origins are a series of historiansat command have given at the library. He has run about the tet offensive and the bottle of analog, etc. Written about the tet offensive and the battle of lock. He is on the Editorial Board of himself history but is no armchair historian. He is the general of the Army George C Marshall chair of military history at the u. S. Army command and general staff at the college of Fort Leavenworth, which is, by the way, the longest title you can hold as an historian out