He was political most of his life and part of the greatest generation. He saw action during world war ii off the coast of alaska. He was one of several mission trained as a radio man and enlisted after pearl harbor. It took about a year to call him up and just before he left, he married his wife and they were married for the next 65 years. They were about to invade japan for the final big push into the estimate is that it would move to a million men. So, when th bombs were dropped n hiroshima and nagasaki, he was overjoyed and even though there was a very controversial move more so as the years went by, that kind of cemented the political point of view for the greatest generation of men and women, there was a very clear delineation between right and wrong and between good and bad. All of those wit this with axiss were the bad guys. All of that kind of blackandwhite definition, all of that fed into the acting career. It was part of a hero mission. When the war ended, he was a huge suppo
Written a book Charlton Heston, talking to him on book tv about politics when did mr. Heston become political . Actually he was political for most of his life. He was part of the greatest generation. He saw action in world war ii, off the coast of alaska. He was on several missions because he was trained as a radioman. He enlisted after pearl harbor he was in school and took him a year to call him if up and just before he went out the married his wife and they were married for 65 years. When he was in aleutians they were about to the soldiers were about to invade japan for the final big push, and the estimate was that the army would lose up to a million men. When he bombs were dropped on hiroshima and nagasaki he was overvowed. That was other overjoyed and hat semenned hestons political view. For for the world war ii soldiers think greatest generation men and women, there is a very clear delineation between right and wrong, and between good and bad. They all felt that they were the goo
You want to do better when you see the planet from that vantage point. Now joining us on booktv is biographer mar mark elliot whos written a biography about the hollywood icon. We are talking to him on booktv about politics. When did he become political . He was political for most of his life for the better part of the generation he saw action in world war ii off the coast of alaska he was on several missions because he was trained as a radio man and enlisted after pearl harbor. It took about a year to get him called him just before he left he married his wife, they were married for the next 65 years so he was in the illusion that they were about to invade japan for the final push and then the estimate was the army would lose up to a million men. So when the bombs were dropped on nagasaki, he was overjoyed, and even though that was a controversial move more so as the years went by, that kind of cemented the political point of view for the world war ii soldiers in the greatest generatio
For sessions he did ask our written opinion and we submitted that to him, it did represent any change in either one of our opinion as rosenstein uty indicated, i believe. Asked to provide it and we did. Enator did the president ever mention to you his concern about russia the cloud on the investigation . A. G. Sessions that calls for a had with the ive resident and i believe remains confidential. Senator but you dont deny there was a communication . Do not confirm or deny existence of any ommunication between the president that i consider to be confidential. Did you first speak with the president about what director comey, date . A. G. Sessions i think that is lso covered by my opening statement, i believe the president had the right and i a duty to meet with him on proper occasions and provide advice, legal or otherwise as im called upon to do. Have done that and i believe he has a right to protect that until ntiality appropriate circumstances exist to wavemight not choose that privil
Good morning. Im Christopher Prebble the Vice President for against and Foreign Policy studies at the cato institute. Thank you for being here and thanks to our outstanding conference staff who do a terrific job organizing our many events. Welcome to those of you watching on cspan and online at cato. Org. Following the september 11th terrorist attacks in october 2001 the United States initiated combat operations against al qaeda targets inside of afghanistan and against the taliban government that had harbored the terrorists there. In the ensuing 16 years u. S. Goals have changed marginally but they typically include defeating al qaeda and other terrorist groups with global reach, strengthening the Afghan Government and Security Forces to prevent the taliban from retaking political power and denying terrorists a safe haven. Assessments of our progress to date are mixed at best. In june secretary of Defense James Mattis stated, quote, we are not winning in afghanistan right now, unquote