It cuts across geography, education, class, ethnicity. The journalistic term its not uncommon. Thats as far as i will go but theres no afghans many times will not even say how many children they have. So they certainly wont divulge if they have a daughter dressed as a son. So in that regard its there are no statistics. Its not possible to say. Sadly are we out of time . We are out of time. This was so fascinating. I would like to thank the three of you, and i would like to invite the three of you and everyone else to our book signing in the next room. [applause] wonderful, thank you. [applause] thank you. That was terrific. Terrific. I had so many questions i didnt get to. Well, suki, id like to ask you one question which is these are the kids of the elite but [inaudible conversations] youre watching booktv, television for serious readers. You can watch any program you see here online at booktv. Org. Host and now joining us on booktv is Dennis Johnson who is the copublisher of Melville
Its been wonderful being with you again, lucinda. Spent thank you so much, dan. You are amazing. You are amazing. [applause] and thank you, all of you, for coming. [applause] you are watching booktv on cspan2 with top nonfiction books and authors every weekend. Booktv, television for serious readers. First lets just start with your name and the title of the book. Anne wilcox, with p. J. Wilcox. The name of the book at west point west point 41 the class that went to war and shaped america. How did you come across this project is . My husband and i were working with the general on his memoir and he invited us to 73 union at west point. He was in the class of 1941, which was the last class to graduate before the u. S. Entered world war ii. We went to the reunion and we start hearing stories of other officers that was classmates that were just astounding stories of closing the bulge in the bow of the bulge, and other historic incidents in world war ii they went on to the korean war and vie
The metro tunnel. Dcs mayor is promising total transparency on the citys part. And Stephanie Ramirez has more. Reporter bruce, this is the 37page report that gives a more detailed time line into what happened last monday. It also provides information of communication issues. Communication issues that were reported days before the fatal tragedy. Its not surprising. Reporter while maybe not surprised, there are many concerns with this report, reported on past metro emergencies, now runs a fire and ems website, often working as a consultant. With this new report, he tells me his concerns are number one, that metro waited a number of minutes before they contacted dc 911. When they contacted them, they didnt have a lot of detailed information. The other thing in the report is that the dc 911 center very quickly. It took them 6 minutes once they had a confirmed call at the station before they dispatched fire and ems. Thats way too long. Reporter but one of the things he finds most interestin
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