That drove a lot of attention and a settlement to the area. So that it had that underpinning of natural element. When you ask about the tie between my policy initiatives or my passions in policy area, it would be about energy and environment. Sometimes, the linkage is not made well enough, and it is cited against water and energy, cited between water and energy a lot of given , opportunities for us to be innovative. With water efficiency and energy efficiency. But also the sense of the , environment. I serve on energy commerce, but i am the rancor the top democrat , on the subcommittee of environment that reports to energy and commerce. The stewardship of our environment is absolutely essential. When you think of the pristine nature that engulfs saratoga, the fact that we have these naturally carbonated mineral waters, that is something that speaks to your senses. You want to make certain that effort is made to preserve the quality and the richness and the absolute beauty of these wate
[background chatter] good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. I am jim knotts, the president and ceo of the veterans vietnam fund, and i will be the master of ceremonies today. It is my pleasure to welcome you to the annual veterans day ceremony at the wall. Before we begin the formal program, i would like to recognize all of the goldstar family members we have with us today. The mothers, fathers, wives, siblings, spouses, nieces,. Ephews, and sons and daughters all of those who have experienced the loss of a loved one and no all too well the sacrifices that our military families make. Waitinglly, to those for the return of their loved ones who are listed as missing, thank you for joining us. [applause] jim knotts i would also like to take a moment to thank the wall volunteers. They are in the yellow jackets. And the staff from the Memorial Fund that they do all year round. They truly put everything they have to making the experience of every visitor at the wall as meaningful as it can be
In 1979, cspan was created as a Public Service by americas Public Television and brought you today by your catalog by your stable by your cable or satellite provider. As amembering to Vietnam National archives exhibit featuring the documents and artifacts organized into 12 episodes raging in Southeast Asia 50 years ago. Up next, american artifacts, an interview with the archivist of the United States followed by a tour with curator alice kamps. This is just under half an hour. , what was thest reason for the vietnam exhibit . The commemoration of the anniversary of the war it self and National Archives, the keeper of the country, commemorates high points, low points in our history with major exhibits. This one was particularly important to me since i am a vietnam vet and i want to remember a war that is deal so controversial dishes that is still so controversial, we have rent that is still so controversial, we have records. Have there ever been in expose before . It is safe to say that
[captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2017] good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. Im the ceo of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund. I will be your master of ceremonies today. It is my pleasure to be the first to welcome you to the veterans day ceremony at the wall. Before we begin the formal program, i would like to the gold starof family members we have with us here today. Fathers, wives, siblings, spouses, nieces, nephews, and sons and daughters in touch. All of those who experienced the loss of a loved one and know all too well of the sacrifices that our military families make. To those still waiting for the return of their loved ones who are listed as missing. Thank you for joining us. [applause] id also like to take a moment to thank the wall volunteers, they are the folks you see in the Yellow Jackets and hats. Of the Vietnam Veter
Thing 22 different times. In high school when you have to be in class eight hours a day and you want to be in a sport and you get home at 8 00 and you terry the democrats would have been elected. Kent state would not have happened. Ellsberg would i have faced 105 years in jail. A whole lot of other history would be different if this war had been stopped, not to mention the thousands and millions of lives that were killed after 1967. It is a shame 14,000 u. S. Ondiers died in 1967, when 58,000. Went on to this war could have been over and history could have been seriously changed. We remember 1967 for that. Panels one and two talk about the context and digitization of the Antiwar Movement that could have made a lot of this dihi different had that happen. The next number is 50. Here we are 50 years later, and art has the summer of love on its culture. This is a change. Npr on july 1 said if you are member this, you werent there. [laughter] much i assume means too drinking, drugs, and may