In essence, they were killing their own allies to hopefully undermine support for their enemy. So the result of all of this was a growing distrust of the use of such compounds and an increasing call for their elimination by the from the american arsenal. By 1975 the United States Senate Finally ratifies the geneva protocol with the provision that the United States could still use riot control agents in humanitarian operations and herbicides around the perimeters of its bases for defensive purposes. In 1977, all the remaining agent orange stock was destroyed on jonston atol. So it was collected from all the bases and all the Storage Centers on the United States and u. S. Military bases and taken out into the South Pacific where this this is actually a picture of one of the ships used in operation pacer ho which was intended to incinerate all of agent orange. These operations were all overseen by epa agents and so it was not just the u. S. Military in charge of this. Epa had to oversee t
War. 1812, Mexican American war, spanish american war, world wars i and ii with the last declaration coming in june 1942 against several Eastern European countries that were allied with nazi germany. So its not italy and germany, but rather hungary, romania, et cetera. So let me give you a couple of case studies here to think about what were going to talk about today. First of all, i want to talk about a case that occurred not that long ago, in my lifetime at least. Richard nixon was president of the United States in 1969. He inherited the vietnam war, as you know. And reports came to him that the north Vietnamese Forces were seeking sanctuary in then neutral cambodia and they were using that as a safe place, if you will, to launch invasions against the south. Starting in 1969 Richard Nixon began to authorize the bomb bombardment of targets. And Ground Forces crossed the south vietnamese cambodian border and invaded cambodia. Nixon did not ask for any congressional authorization. This
The lastest round of Winter Weather is bringing the coldest temperatures weve seen in nearly a year. Thanks for joining us im deanna leblanc. Some areas will see temperatures in the Single Digits over night. Even though its very cold it has been a sunny day across our area. Heres a live look from towercam 10 over downtown norfolk meteorologist Ashley Baylor is in the super doppler Weather Center to let us what were in for and when those temperatures will eventually warm up. Tonight mainly clear and bitterly cold lows mid teens. Winds nw 1015 mph. Wind chills Single Digits. Sunday mostly sunny. Increasing clouds late. Cold highs mid20s. Winds n 1015 mph. Wind chills mid teens. Monday morning flurries snow showers, then changing to rain. Highs mid40s. Winds s 5 10 mph. Well. If you didnt like the weather today, i can promise you, you wont like it tomorrow some arctic, canadian air has made a nice little home in hampton roads, so despite the sunshine, temperatures struggled to low30s. Obv
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