Minutes. All right, so this next panel is a little different. The first two, in a sense. You had a military power. You had a panel. And this is what i call a disparate panel. Each of these folks represents something quite different. But the theme that brings it together is, postwar vietnam and all the different ways it has evolved. And rather than go through the tedious nature. Long introductions. Keith Washington Posts brilliant Foreign Correspondent man about town currently runs the journalism at the university of hong kong, which is worth its own panel. Right. And hong is a professor of distinction at columbia and. I can tell you, having been to one of her events just the other day, it was completely fascinating for reasons i think well get into, which is what is the nature of todays vietnam and ambassador burckhardt was not an ambassador when i first met him. He was a Junior Service officer who, unlike the rest of his people, actually talked to a reporter, which may have been the r
Minutes. All right, so this next panel is a little different. The first two, in a sense. You had a military power. You had a panel. And this is what i call a disparate panel. Each of these folks represents something quite different. But the theme that brings it together is, postwar vietnam and all the different ways it has evolved. And rather than go through the tedious nature. Long introductions. Keith Washington Posts brilliant Foreign Correspondent man about town currently runs the journalism at the university of hong kong, which is worth its own panel. Right. And hong is a professor of distinction at columbia and. I can tell you, having been to one of her events just the other day, it was completely fascinating for reasons i think well get into, which is what is the nature of todays vietnam and ambassador burckhardt was not an ambassador when i first met him. He was a Junior Service officer who, unlike the rest of his people, actually talked to a reporter, which may have been the r
Paris peace accords and the president s historic visit to china. This is just under two hours. Good morning. Im here to welcome you on behalf of the Richard Nixon foundation which cosponsors these legacy forums with the national archives. Its a wonderful partnership. David is responsible for 12 billion documents, some of which is placed at the library, which is his facility. And we, in turn, have the people who created those documents. If youre old enough to remember warren beaty and the movie shampoo, weve got the heads and he has the shampoo. Since my experience on nixons staff was on the domestic side we tend to favor topics that i knew. That didnt include Foreign Affairs but weve stumbled on to a brilliant and helpful counterpart of me that is my pleasure to introduce. Thats kt mcfarland. You know kt as fox news analyst. Everybody has to start somewhere and kathy troyas started as a clerk typist on the graveyard shift of National Security council when she was a sophomore at the Geo
So here is dean rusk from february 18, 1966. [chatter] i guess thats your water. I dont know. I drink more water than you. Sen. Fulbright would the committee come to order. We are very pleased this morning to have our distinguished secretary of state dean rusk. Hes one of the most dedicated and hardworking Public Servants as i have ever known. I am also personally pleased to have a mr. You mr. Secretary and i enjoy our meetings, even though on occasion we have had different views on affairs. As everyone knows, you appeared in Public Session already. About two weeks ago and as much as i like listening to you, i was hopeful that we might have cooperation with the administration to the point where we could have at least two official witnesses who might help us develop for the American People, and the congress, the facts and policies of the about vietnam. As you know, the vietnamese war has become a major affair. And the secretary of defense has declined to appear in Public Session, accord
Be on this stage with these remarkable, indeed, extraordinary women, and i want to recognize, if i may, very quickly, another woman of courage, the first lady was kind enough to introduce her but she marched against apartheid as a student in south africa. She worked hard in the decades since to improve the lives of women with respect to the environment and health, and i am delighted to call her my wife. [applause] as you know, i returned less than 48 hours ago from europe and the middle east where i visited the countries that represent a very Broad Spectrum of progress on gender equality, and i met with dozens of leaders, but i also listened to a lot of every day citizens. People who, like todays honorees, know that you dont have to be elected or appointed in order to make a difference. I spoke with one woman in berlin. She is muslim. She told me she is part of an organization of teenagers who have created a dialogue about equality and tolerance, so my friends, steps from the markings,