Technology a vietnam and the air power history journal and is currently writing a book that explores the relationship between pilot culture and the Technological Development of military aircraft here earned his ph. D. From Kansas State University with his dissertation the calls of the lightweight fighter 1964 to 1991 and ladies and gentlemen please help me in welcoming doctor michael handguns. applause all right. Ill try not to keep you from the reception, i did want to start off by talking about something that happened a year ago. There was an air force f15 flying overseer yeah and this is not what you expected to hear in a world war i lecture but stay with me, he shoots down an iranian drone. A uav, not quite two weeks later a second almost identical event ppened. I dont know about you but my twitter exploded. People started talking online, blogs are being written, people are arguing, and what they are arguing about is does shooting down that drone count as a kill . Is that something
In putting together firstclass programs looking at the region and particularly chinas role in it and todays program countering china in the indo pacific is very much in keeping with his the thrust of his work here at the Hudson Institute. So congratulations on bringing this to fruition. And hes also assembled an absolutely firstrate gripe of group of experts. Starting immediately from my left in the order they will in , richard, currently taiwan, has just completed a new book and hell touch a bit on that. Hes one of the foremost authorities on Southeast Asia and the philippines and particularly the philippinechina relationship. To his left, just returned to washington to become the head of the u. S. Effort of the Observer Research foundation. I first met him almost 30 years ago in japan. Delighted to see how youve developed into an absolute firstclass institute leader, but also a scholar and analyst on the region. And i met today lisolette, a senior fellow here at the institute. Whats
Governor of texas to stop the planned execution of a death row inmate now just days away. This morning, our jailhouse interview with the prisoner at the center of it all. Im cautiously optimistic that something good happens. And what the victims family is saying straight ahead. All that, plus like it or not, the big change coming to your Instagram Account as soon as this morning. Standing ovation, kevin harts emotional return to the awards stage, his first public appearance since his car crash. It makes me appreciate life even more. It makes me appreciate the things that really matter. And a heave and a prayer. Launching. The sunday night game between the vikings and Dallas Cowboys ending with a last second hail mary, the cowboys coming up just short and the vikings win it in prime time, today, monday, november 11th, 2019. From nbc news, this is today with Savannah Guthrie and hoda kotb. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Hi, everybody, good morning, welcome to today on this mon
Is peter pritchard. He is former editor in chief of the usa today newspaper and he is former president of the newseum and he is the author of this book killing grace, a vietnam war mystery. Mr. Pritchard, what made you write a novel about the vietnam war . I had dreamed of writing a novel, but then life intervened and i became a newspaper editor and an executive. But when covid hit, i finally i had the time to try to write a novel and i wanted to write something that wasnt really a combat novel. That was more in the vein of quiet or the ugly american. Both of them, both books had great influence without away any spoilers. Whats books synopsis . Two employees in saigon in 1967 at the height of the war are called to the investigate the murder of an american tourist named grace waverly, who whose body is found in the saigon river. And it appears to be a drowning. And she is an antiwar activist who said she came to vietnam as a peace tourist. But her real goal is to help smuggle arms back
Is peter pritchard. He is former editor in chief of the usa today newspaper and he is former president of the newseum and he is the author of this book killing grace, a vietnam war mystery. Mr. Pritchard, what made you write a novel about the vietnam war . I had dreamed of writing a novel, but then life intervened and i became a newspaper editor and an executive. But when covid hit, i finally i had the time to try to write a novel and i wanted to write something that wasnt really a combat novel. That was more in the vein of quiet or the ugly american. Both of them, both books had great influence without away any spoilers. Whats books synopsis . Two employees in saigon in 1967 at the height of the war are called to the investigate the murder of an american tourist named grace waverly, who whose body is found in the saigon river. And it appears to be a drowning. And she is an antiwar activist who said she came to vietnam as a peace tourist. But her real goal is to help smuggle arms back