Andrew wiest sitting in the middle is University Distinguished professor of history in school of humanities at the university of southern mississippi where he is alsoe te founding director of the dale center for the study of war and society. He has several major publications, including vietnams forgotten army heroism and the trail, for which he won the society for military histories distinguished book award. So, i know im mispronounce part of that, but take it away. [applause] good afternoon. I have the honor to date of hosting the america war panel here at the mississippi book festival and up like to thank the festivals organizers especially alan Rogers Daniels who is earlier. Shes when disputable dress with butterflies on it. Dont think or if you see her. Of course would like to thank the audience members will fear and in person andus on cspan fr joining us today. Yall are in a treat come in for treatment we get to talk about four books to cover the entire span of u. S. Military hist
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And a total purge of the media, any alternative opinion is eradicated and persecuted, let us refresh our memory of the recent suppression of protests by polish farmers, all this, of course, adds up to an alarming picture, because at the same time poland is pumped up with weapons, they are offensive, the question here is why, especially against the backdrop of economic problems, is this really the most important thing in poland now . President Alexander Lukashenko raised this topic at the seventh allbelarusian peoples assembly. Poland intends to create the most powerful land forces troops in europe, of course, with the help of militarytechnical support from the United States. Warsaw is steadily increasing the number of its armed forces. By 2035 it is planned to increase them to 300,000 people; currently they have a little more than 190. I also cannot resist commenting that in this poor poland there is already no one to work. Problems beyond the roof, civilians, what kind of battles they
Technological production. The gomel region is very attractive for russian business. Last year, the volume of investments in this southeastern region of belarus amounted to 300 million dollars, and in 3 months of this year it has already increased by 18 . Due to its convenient geographical location , many tourists from russia come to the gomel region to relax. Last year the flow increased by 6,000 people. First of all , our sanatoriums attract people, but the gomel region in terms of recreation. Much richer and more interesting. The Main Attraction is an architectural monument of the 16th century, the palace of the rumyansov paskevichs. Turov is one of the oldest cities in belarus, the small town of vetka, with moscow, it is united by one interesting fact, both have their own red square. Daria belousov, petrovsk, alexander lyubitelev, tv news agency, moscow. And thats all for me, an exclusive from a Television News agency awaits you ahead. The first interview in the series of the inside
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