to be here amongst all our attend eaees and speakers for t wonderful day and the whole weekend we ve got line up for you. as master of ceremonies, it s my responsibility to introduce our speakers and to keep you informed of our schedule and any updates or additions as the day progresses. most of you in the audience are you seasoned veterans who have attended our programs before. but i do want to stress that due to the tight schedule of great programming, we will stick to the itinerary and timings as closely as we can so as to ensure that everyone gets enough time for their presentations and so that our question and answer sessions provide you all with enough opportunity to ask the speakers specifically what you want to know. i do want to point out that the speakers biographies are in the back of your official programs so please refer to that for more personal details. the opening lecture for our espionage symposium is raymond e. mason jr. distinguished lecture on world war i
c-span and c-span.org or listen to it on the free c-span radio app. author and journalist max hastings talks about his book the secret war spies, ciphers and guerrillas. mr. hastings argues the rise of electronic and radio communication made codebreakers equally if not more important, than spies on the ground. this hour-long talk is part of a multiday conference at the national world war ii museum in new orleans. good morning, everyone. it s a great pleasure and honor to be here amongst all our attend eaees and speakers for t wonderful day and the whole weekend we ve got line up for you. as master of ceremonies, it s my responsibility to introduce our speakers and to keep you informed of our schedule and any updates or additions as the day progresses. most of you in the audience are you seasoned veterans who have attended our programs before. but i do want to stress that due to the tight schedule of great programming, we will stick to the itinerary and timings as clo
attack is named emma but there are more questions about the two that carried out this assault. it all,ce that says after the tornado that struck oklahoma, these two neighbors found each other again the need to the rubble. welcome to our viewers on public television in america and also around the globe. president obama gave a spirited defense of his administration s counterterrorism policy. he defended the use of drone strikes and said once again that it is time to close guantánamo bay. our north america editor followed it all. here s his report. the president who scorned the idea of a war on terror has dramatically increased the use of drones. the president, who am us to close the prison at wonton them obey, has failed. you promised to close the prison at wonton them obey bay, has failed. he said that there should be fewer drone strikes. before any strike is taken, there must the near certainty that no civilians will be killed or injured. the highest standard we can
also around the globe. president obama gave a spirited defense of his administration s counterterrorism policy. he defended the use of drone strikes and said once again that it is time to close guantánamo bay. our north america editor followed it all. here s his report. the president who scorned the idea of a war on terror has dramatically increased the use of drones. the president, who am us to close the prison at wonton them obey, has failed. you promised to close the prison at wonton them obey bay, has failed. he said that there should be fewer drone strikes. before any strike is taken, there must the near certainty that no civilians will be killed or injured. the highest standard we can set. there will only be drawn strikes against terrorists who cannot be captured and pose an imminent threat to the usa. there will be new rules for guantanamo bay. there will be a fresh attempt to send prisoners to trial. that was not enough for the hecklers. you are commander
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