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Transcripts For CSPAN Q A 20140217



we were tumbling, end over end. there was smoke in the cockpit and i could not communicate with my partner. i knew i had to get out and i was well trained. i was about to eject over enemy territory that we had to bombing for a couple of years. there was no other choice and i pulled a handle. everything worked automatically and perfectly. it blew the canopy and blew me 50 feet in the air. it separated the seats from me, which automatically pulled the d-ring. it was less than 2.5 seconds from when i pulled the handle. there was a lot of shooting going on at the ground and they were shooting at our wing man with a nest of guns. there was a good number of militia down there that were protecting a strategic target. a lot of shooting going on. the wonderful training that i had in the air force and the military, they do a great job of training, i was unfazed by the fact that i was in enemy territory and i had bullets going by my parachute. what was on my mind was even eating c ....

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Transcripts For CSPAN Extreme Weather Preparedness 20140217



people will overwhelmingly approve it. i thought it would ve approved in 2000 or 2008. i m not sure about the palestinians. i have to be honest about that. i hope it would be the case they would support it as well. asking the impossible conundrum. , i wroteof years ago an op-ed in the wall street journal. was about the birth of it was about the book of jonas. who the story of a profit say if you dond not repent, you will be destroyed. he realizes this is a no-win situation. if he tells them to repent and they do repent, three years later, they will say, why do we have to repent? nothing happened. or if he goes and they do not repent, then he is a false prophet. that is the paradox of prophecy. it is a no-win situation. you can house the same question about the maintenance of american hegemony in the middle east. if america had not maintained hegemony over 50 years, it may be nothing would ve happened to the u.s. if america had let its guard something worse than 9/11 h ....

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Transcripts For CSPAN Q A 20140217



the wing man. i said that i was on the ground and i was 200 meters north of the river. star strafing at 300 and i am heading south. after the war, i met with the pilots in the plane. they said to not strafe because they did not think they could should that accurately. it was a good call because they were all around me. within two minutes, i was captured. how may times have you flown over north vietnam? 53. what was the purpose of the flights? we were in the northern part of vietnam, 70 miles north of the dmz and had been flying all types of missions. by the time i got there, in the summer of 1967, they had changed our mission to only fly on reconnaissance over the southern part of north vietnam. we were flying the ho chi minh trail and the main highways. we were flying the riverway to stop the trucks that were hauling supplies to the viet kong. how old were you? i was 23 and turned 24. i had flown with areas people and some new guys with the squadron to chec ....

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Transcripts For CSPAN Washington This Week 20140217



welcome one and all. great to see our witnesses. great to be here with senator johnson, and we ll call this hearing to order. i appreciate the effort of all of you to get here today. i m glad we re having the hearing today, and not tomorrow. if we were having it tomorrow we might not be having a hearing. today s hearing, as you know, is focused on the costs of not being prepared for extreme weather events, and exploring the ways that our federal government can increase resiliency in our communities, and just to underbehind this, and save money. save money in the long haul. we have deficits coming down, they re still too much. down from $1.4 trillion, i think, four years ago, this year expected to be down to about $550 billion. only $550 billion. that s still way too much and we have to continue to look in every nook and cranny and figure out how do we save more money. that s the focus of today s hearing. but, i will try to take about five ....

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Transcripts For KPIX CBS This Morning 20140602



medical care at a hospital in germany. controversial surrounding the prisoner swap that let five of the highest terrorists go home. a man is wanted for having explosive materials at his home. he s considered armed and dangerous. and the national transportation safety board is investigating the crash of a private jet. seven people were killed. the outspoken dad of one of the students killed at the university of santa barbara met with the father of the gunman. two children are recovering after that inflatable ride took to the air and tumbled some 300 feet. v. stiviano was reportedly assaulted in new york city. no report has been filed as of yet. a 14-year-old in utah is in trouble following a wild race in a stolen car. and an iconic photo from a statue in brazil. look at that view. it s in! the kings are headed for the stanley cup finals! if anybody is tired for game one of the stanley cup final, then something s wrong. get him his teeth, for cryin ....

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