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what kind of sources used. you allude to the fact access in china is difficult these days. what kind of sources did you use? second question, what do you was the most challenging thing about writing the biography? putting this book together was a real effective story. you know, there are some of the different pieces to it, different aspects to it. as i mentioned before i was very fortunate to meet three of birches surviving brothers, papers of william dolan at uc berkeley, papers of the wedemeyer at the hoover institution. the 14th air force archive at montgomery, alabama, maxwell air force base, socially and exciting trip, and exciting find because buried in those materials is a 24, 25 page interview, oral history interview with john birch which was conducted about five months before his death. the army air force historian arranged this interview because of john birch was the first of these field intelligence officers. he had met doolittle. he had led a colorful life ....
the 1970 five saigon evacuation one of the saddest moments of his life, but insisted he has no regrets. lbjinger sat down with presidential library director as part of a three-day conference in austin texas that organizers call the vietnam war summit. then took questions from the audience. we will hear first from several introductory speakers, including it is my honor and privilege to introduce henry kissinger. he was a relatively young ,rofessor at harvard university and i was a low ranking member of white house staff. in july, 1967, dr. kissinger was a top secret channel for president johnson. through french intermediaries, with north vietnamese prime minister, and the aging ho chi minh. through dr. kissinger, president johnson offered a bombing halt, if a secession cessation of bombing would lead to productive discussions between the united states and hanoi. president johnson even proposed a direct meeting between dr. kissinger and hanoi s representatives. and ....
commemorating 30 years of the u.s. senate on c-span 2. now a conversation on urbanization around the world and what it means for geopolitics, the global economy, climate change, and other issues. among those we ll hear from, chicago mayor rahm emanuel, former treasury secretary ankh paulson and the governor of bangkok. [ applause ] thank you very much, indeed for that lovely welcome and on behalf of the financial times, as the u.s. managing editor, i should say we are absolutely delighted to be partnering with the chicago global council on this very, very important event. that s not just because we love chicago here at the ft, although swernly do, particularly when the weather is like this. and it s not just because we love smart conversation with intelligent people. and looking around at you at the audience, i know there are a lot of people who have a lot of ideas to offer on the future of cities and i look forward ....
thank you for your bipartisanship, which is very important to our country. congratulations and thank you, governor herbert for your leadership. congratulations and good luck to you, terry mcauliffe. now as i end my remarks, i m leaving. let s give a round of applause and thank her for her leadership. [ applause ] the democratic national convention is live from philadelphia this week. watch every minute on c-span. listen live on the free c-span radio app. it s easy to download from the apple store or google play. watch live or on demand any time at c-span.org, on your desktop, phone or tablet, where you ll find all of our convention coverage and the full convention schedule. follow us at c-span on twitter and like us on facebook to see video of newsworthy moments. the democratic national convention live from philadelphia, all that week from c-span, the c-span radio app and c-span.org. this weekend on the presidency, james rosebush, former deputy assistant to presid ....
second official logos were revealed, replacing the ones alleged to have been copied. now there s a probe by french prosecutors into the question of a $2 million payment. translator: i don t believe there were any illegitimate payments. translator: i was involved in the bid myself, but i m not aware of the entire bid process. translator: we will hear from the tokyo government and the japanese olympic committee to understand what s going on. reporter: the prosecutors are looking into bribery of money laundering. they suspect the money was transferred from a japanese bank to a singaporean firm in two installments, one before the international olympic committee chose tokyo. and the second after. the company was located inside a government-run condominium. but according to public records, it was shut down in july 2014. the firm is linked to the family of now-disgraced lamin diak. who was an ioc member when tokyo won the bid. the head of the global governing body for ....