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Transcripts For CSPAN3 Atlantic Council Forum Examines Impact Of ZAPAD 17 Military Exercises On... 20170721

Good morning, everyone and welcome to the Atlantic Council and to this event on implications for nato and the United States. I know its already getting muggy out there and were happy to share our ac with you in here. Im magnus nordegren and im the director of Transatlantic Initiative at the Atlantic Council and it is so great to see a big crowd for this event and i want to add a special welcome to our guests who have traveled far to be here today. Michael mickelson who is with the Foreign Relations committee and christian prick who is the undersecretary for defense policy at estonias ministry of defense. As some of you may know we served previously at the embassy in washington and its great to s ....

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Transcripts For CSPAN3 Alaska Highway 20170326

When the japs bombed pearl harbor, they may people think of a lot of things. Most people when they thought of alaska, they thought of a cold, rugged wasteland. Now suddenly, it seems to have considerable additional value. Both to us and the japanese. Its strategic position was not comforting. From alaska, the Aleutian Islands stretch out invitingly. The great Japanese Naval base is only 750 miles away. Japs in alaska would be a direct threat to america. Alaskas long and broken coastline was weakly defended. Our bases were few and far between. Our only means of supplying them was by sea or air. With no overland connection across the wilderness of northwestern canada, not even a trail. If our shipping lanes could be interrupted, alaska might fall. The situation called for immediate action. The canadian government had already carved out a series of five airports between edmont ....

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Transcripts For CSPAN3 Alaska Highway 20170326

When the japs bombed pearl harbor, they may people think of a lot of things. Most people when they thought of alaska, they thought of a cold, rugged wasteland. Now suddenly, it seems to have considerable additional value. Both to us and the japanese. Its strategic position was not comforting. From alaska, the Aleutian Islands stretch out invitingly. The great Japanese Naval base is only 750 miles away. Japs in alaska would be a direct threat to america. Alaskas long and broken coastline was weakly defended. Our bases were few and far between. Our only means of supplying them was by sea or air. With no overland connection across the wilderness of northwestern canada, not even a trail. If our shipping lanes could be interrupted, alaska might fall. The situation called for immediate action. The canadian government had already carved out a series of five airports between edmont ....

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Transcripts For CSPAN3 Alaska Highway 20170401

30, 1867, u. S. Secretary of state William Seward reached an agreement to purchase alaska from russia for 7. 2 million. Originally dubbed sewards folly, that was retracted when gold was discovered. Up next, alaska highway, a 1944 u. S. Army film documenting building highway from the lower 48 states to fairbanks through the canadian wilderness. The highway was gradually approved and opened to the public in 1948. [video clip] narrator when the japs bombed pearl harbor, they made people think of a lot of things. Most people when they thought of alaska, they thought of a cold, rugged wasteland. Now suddenly, it seems to have considerable value both to us and the japanese. Its strategic position was not comforting. From alaska, the Aleutian Islands stretch out invitingly. The great Japanese Naval base is only 750 miles away ....

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