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hour-long event. good morning, ladies and gentlemen. i am the wilson center s vice senior vice president. event, whichday s is another in our ongoing books of wilson series that marks the publication of new books by fellows of the wilson center. james reston is a wilson center global fellow. [indiscernible] i believe so is it? i was once at an event henry kissinger was speaking at and the chair said can everyone hear me? and from the side, henry kissinger said, by definition, the people who cannot hear will not respond. [laughter] now audible. to repeat station identification you re at the wilson center and , today is another in our books at wilson series featuring the latest book by the remarkable james reston who is a wilson center global fellow. the topic of the book deals with a contentious period in the history of the vietnam war, and the book itself deals with the contentious debate over how to mark that war and the american role and sacrifice during t ....
[captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2017] good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. i m the ceo of the vietnam veterans memorial fund. i will be your master of ceremonies today. it is my pleasure to be the first to welcome you to the veterans day ceremony at the wall. before we begin the formal program, i would like to the gold starof family members we have with us here today. fathers, wives, siblings, spouses, nieces, nephews, and sons and daughters in touch. all of those who experienced the loss of a loved one and know all too well of the sacrifices that our military families make. to those still waiting for the return of their loved ones who are listed as missing. thank you for joining us. [applause] i d also like to take a moment to thank the wall volunteers, they are the folks you see in the yellow jackets and hats. of ....
national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2017] good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. i m the president and ceo of the vietnam veterans memorial fund and i ll be your master of ceremonies for today. it is my pleasure to be the first to welcome you to the annual veterans day ceremony at the wall. before we begin the formal program, i would like to recognize all of the gold star family members we have with us here today. the mothers, father, wives, siblings, spouses, nieces, nephews, and the sons and daughters in touch. all those who have experienced experienced the loss of a loved one and know all too well the sacrifices that our military families make. and finally, to those still waiting for the return of their loved ones who are listed as missing. thank you for joining us. [ applause ] i d like to take a moment to thank the wall volunteers. they re t ....
national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2017] good afternoon, ladies good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. i m the president and ceo of the vietnam veteran s memorial fund and i ll be your master of ceremonies today. the annual veteran s day ceremony at the wall. i would like to recognize all of the gold star family members we have with us here today. the mothers, fathers, wives, sibli siblings, spouses, nieces, nephews and the sons and daughters in touch. is all those that have experienced the loss of a loved one and know all too well the sacrifices that our military families make. and finally to those still waiting for the return of their loved ones listed as missing, thank you for joining us. [ applause ] i d also like to take a moment to thank it wall volunteers. they re the folks you see in the yellow jackets and the yellow hats. and the staff o ....
national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2017] good afternoon, ladies good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. i m the president and ceo of the vietnam veteran s memorial fund and i ll be your master of ceremonies today. the annual veteran s day ceremony at the wall. i would like to recognize all of the gold star family members we have with us here today. the mothers, fathers, wives, sibli siblings, spouses, nieces, nephews and the sons and daughters in touch. is all those that have experienced the loss of a loved one and know all too well the sacrifices that our military families make. and finally to those still waiting for the return of their loved ones listed as missing, thank you for joining us. [ applause ] i d also like to take a moment to thank it wall volunteers. they re the folks you see in the yellow jackets and the yellow hats. and the staff o ....