Here at the George University and is my distinct honor and pleasure to introduce our third moderator for today, tom shanker. Tom is the director of our project for and National Security in the of media and public affairs, which is part of our Columbian College of arts and sciences. Tom was named to his position in june of 2021. After nearly a quarter century with the New York Times, including 13 years as a pentagon correspond and in covering the depart department of defense overseas combat operations and National Security, he most recently as the deputy washington editor, the times managing coverage of the military diplomacy and Veterans Affairs early in the war in afghanistan, tom was embedded with Army Special Forces at kandahar and subsequently conducted of reporting trips to afghanistan and in iraq. Toms new book is entitled age of danger keeping safe in an era of new superpowers, new and new threats. It will be published on may 9th. Tom we look forward to your panel. Beyond the wa
Really. Ours years later. Im christopher bracey, pearl provost and executive Vice President for Academic Affairs here at the George University and is my distinct honor and pleasure to introduce our third moderator for today, tom shanker. Tom is the director of our project for and National Security in the of media and public affairs, which is part of our Columbian College of arts and sciences. Tom was named to his position in june of 2021. After nearly a quarter century with the New York Times, including 13 years as a pentagon correspond and in covering the depart department of defense overseas combat operations and National Security, he most recently as the deputy washington editor, the times managing coverage of the military diplomacy and Veterans Affairs early in the war in afghanistan, tom was embedded with Army Special Forces at kandahar and subsequently conducted of reporting trips to afghanistan and in iraq. Toms new book is entitled age of danger keeping safe in an era of new su
Brought a rapid demobilization of our armed forces, including the seabees. There were a mere 3,000 down from 125,000 at the height of the war. What happens to these guys . Seabees were originally a temporary organization, but then very quickly they realized, you know what, these guys did a really good job for us and maybe we should keep them around. And so 1947 they became a perfect part of the navy. 25 june 1950, over 100,000 communist north korean troops storm across the 38th parallel, invading the democratic south. On september 15, 1950, seabees of amphibious construction battalion 1st brought the First Marine Division ashore at inchon. Battling treacherous 30foot tides, they built a pontoon causeway and helped land 30,000 of general mcarthurs marines and soldiers. A curious incident occurred. Great seabee train robbery is a piece of seabee lore. As they were landing in inchon, the equipment was backing up because there was nowhere to take it. So the seabees went across enemy lines
Had to drive to wine wind down. Have a great weekend. [ music ] eliot good evening im Eliot Spitzer and this is viewpoint. The republican led house of representatives finally took action today to bring some relief to millions of people still suffering in the aftermath of super attorney sandy. The house voted 35467 to provide 9. 7 billion to cover insurance claims filed. All the no votes came from the republican side of the aisle before the vote took place republicans and democrats from new jersey and new york, the states most affected by the storm rose to your honor its patsage and condemned Speaker John Boehner for dragging his feet on the bill. This legislation is vital. This is not a handout. This is not something that were looking forward to as a favor. Were asking to be treated as victims in other storms and natural disasters have been treated. The insurance runs out in one week. What are we going to do, wait for one week and then act . Who the heck are you kidding . Eliot for mor