Off. Would have come in on a crest of patriotic taking over now in a crisis feeling out in the country, so i feel that ago knews troubles which had nothing to do with watergate were a major part and probably the most skillfully crafted Foreign Policy leader. I agree with part of that. I believe if you had taken away watergate and if he had managed to get to a second term of course, there was still vietnam. To put that issue aside and just say that nothing had happened bad in the second term, i think he would have been he wouldnt have been on rushmore but he would have been in the 1920s or high teens. But he took on this unbelievably difficult task taking on this war at a time when the country was as divided as in the civil war. Its no and he still managed to put together a structure for the kind of multipolar world that we live in today, opening china, soviet union, allowing japan and germany to rebuild. I still think that and then given todays polarize politics politics, you have to l
This is about an hour. Good evening. Welcome to the library of congress. Were here e, and for an historical occasion to reintroduce after a lapse of 55 years, the Armed Services editions and especially idea of distributing free books to our servicemen and veterans. To our in other words, on the initiative of Andrew Carroll a m i will introduce in moment, we are launching a great big book giveaway. Original Armed Services as they are ses called, were part of a cooperative venture between the Publishing Industry and the u. S. Government that took place between 1943 and 1947. In these years, the government istributed to american servicemen and women nearly 123 1,322 n copies of the popular titles that were published in the series. Included bestselling iction, classics, mysteries, history, poetry, westerns, and even reference books. Of these see many books in the small exhibit as hall ave the electric tonight. The exhibit is located just outside of the door. What i will understand mean whe
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General ham let me start with you. Sort of going in proposition with africom in many ways is youre not going to have large amounts of american troops under your command on the ground, if any. Did you feel at times that you were a general in charge of the contractor army . No, not at all. There is a proper role i think for the contractors but theres also a proper role for the uniformed military. Like the other Combatant Commanders and the Service Chiefs i was part of a discussion with the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff and secretary of defense that yielded the defense strategic guidance of 20 to which was approved by the president , and conduct with regard to advocate says they will seek a light footprint innovative and it reads lowcost, approach to africa. Not only because i was part of that discussion but i think that is the right approach. I dont think there is a need for a large standing u. S. Uniformed military presence in africa. But there is a role and there are places whe