get a little cooler, not so much after the cambodia invasion, in general he deescalated and moved us towards american withdrawal which eventually would happen but he also did specially in the first term which stand to surprise people who don't remember those years. i'm going refer to a few, expanded social security benefits, the epa act that he signed, osha, safety and occupational health administration. title 9 for women athletes, he had a health care proposal. >> very close to what we see a obamacare. his administration pioneered the idea that we should rather than go to a single-payer system, canadian or european-type system, we should tell insurance companies, tell the american companies, everybody has to have insurance, keep the private insurance praim -- framework, nixon's principle to have, make it mandate for every employer to provide insurance where as obama's mandate was that all of us have to buy insurance if our employer isn't doing it. ted kennedy told me before he died, nixon offered it twice and each of two terms, specially in 1973 when he was desperate for domestic

he said quickly, we are going into cambodia. we are sending american forces into cambodia and we are going to clean out fishhook and -- both of them. one of them is the headquarters for vietnam and the other was closest to saigon. they had eight of them, nixon says we are going into every one of them. and he said we are going to start bombing. and i was taken back because he said if you start bombing and they know we are coming. and that is where i learned the secret of the administration but he said we have been bombing them for a long, long time. and this was the famous bombing of cambodia which lately they'll try to impeach richard nixon but they did not do so. so, nixon gave me a draft from the national security council. if he didn't like. he said there are some good paragraphs in here but it is dry. we need something else. so he dictated paragraph after paragraph to me and i wrote them down on those famous yellow pads. he says give them back and get this back to me in three hours. and don't tell anyone and don't give this speech to anyone. and so i said, i had to tell my secreta

aggressively and people step back, college campuses get cooler. not so much after the cambodia invasion in 1970 but you know what i'm talking. >> in general he de-escalated and moved us towards an american withdrawal, which would happen. but he also did a lot of other things especially the first term, which stands to surprise people who don't remember those years. i'm going to refer to a few of them.i'to expanded social security benefits. the epa act he signed. osha. the safety and -- occupational health administration. title ix for women athletes help had a healthcare propose sal in the book that was amazingly like we now think of as obamacare. >> very close to what we see is a obamacare. his administration pioneered the idea that we should -- rather that gone to a single pair payer system, that's right ran medicare or canadian or european system she's tell the insurance companies their american candidate that everybody has to have insurance. we're going to keep the private insurance framework, and the very slight differences between that scrimmage obama in that -- that princi

bit, college campuses get a little cooler. not so much after cambodia in 1970, but in general he de-escalated and moved us towards an american withdrawal,c which eventually would happen. he also did a lot of otherly things, especially in the first term which people who don't remember those years. a few of the social security benefit, the tpx defined, osha, the safety occupational health administration, title ix for women athletes. he had a health care proposal he would write about in the book that was amazingly like what we now think of as obamacare. >> very close to what we see as obamacare.e.t we sho his administration pioneered the idea that rather than go to a single-payer system, and that we should just tell the insurance companies everybody's got to have insurance or we are goingra to keep the private insurance remark and very slight differences between that principle to have every mandate for every employer to providewah insurance for his mandate with all of us have to buy insurance if her employer isn't doing it. ted kennedy told me before he died, and this is my biggest leg

his office and he said -- quickly. we're going into cambodia. sending american forces into cambodia to clean out the fish hook and parrots beak both of them one of them is headquarters for vietnam off the communist. other was the closest area to saigon with they would strike and strike and retreat to sanctuaries they had eight of every one of them. and he said we're starting bombing. and i was taken aback sir you are started bombing they know we're coming. and that's where i learned secret of the administration he said we've been bombing those guys for a long, long time. and this was a famous -- bombing of cambodia which allegingedly later trying to impeach richard nixon but they did not do so. so -- nixon gave me a draft from are the national security counsel that he didn't like. he said there's some good paragraphs in here but it's -- it's dry. and we need something else. so he dictated paragraph after period of and wrote them on a famous yellow pad and he says give them become and get this become to me in three hours and don't tell min or give the speech to anyone. and so i said

infamous -- in cambodia. i repeat, japanese war criminals were tried and hanged following world fwar ii firm, guess what? waterboarding! and of course, we all know was also one of those. i must say to my colleagues, in the years that i have been here, in the united states senate i never believed that i would be voting against an individual who justified the practice of torture. you have to do is read the geneva conventions i wish the united states of america is a signatory to and you will see that mr. bradberry 's quote - is memos justifying basically torture, is a direct -- the memos that mr. bradberry was the author of provided justifications for the inhumane interrogation of detainees. using methods such as force nudity and habilitation. face and klobuchar client confinement, striking more than 48 hours of sleep deprivation. i would challenge prmr. bradber to go through 48 hours of sleep deprivation. before he signs off on another memo. where is the legal justifications for these techniques? there interpreted to permit the use simultaneously over long periods of time that has constit

states to promote democracy, human rights, and the rule of law in cambodia. the presiding officer: are there objections to proceeding to the measure? without objection. mr. mcconnell: i ask unanimous consent the committee-reported substitute be agreed to, the resolution as amended be agreed to, the committee-reported amendment to the preamble be agreed to, the mccain amendment at the desk be agreed to, the preamble, as amend, be agreed and that the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mcconnell: i ask unanimous consent the senate now proceed to the en bloc consideration of the following senate resolutions, which were submitted earlier today -- s. res. 337, 338, 339, and 340. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection, the senate will proceed to the measures en bloc. mr. mcconnell: i ask consent the resolutions be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table, all en bloc. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mcconnell: n

strangest moments was in 1970, after the bombing of cambodiaes and there's this weird press conference any staying up all night calling like 50 different people and he decides to go to the lincoln memorial and talk face-to-face with a bunch of student protesters. i was wondering, what did you take from that. what you think richard nixon was looking for is not encountered. >> i think the key of that encounter happens after he leaves the lincoln memorial and he's at the capital. he's at the capital and he tries to get in to the senate rejected and so he goes to the house of representatives. the whole purpose of the jaunt is to show washington that night.t. he has them get up and another walking out and leaving,er there's a cleaning lady and she comes over and she's carrying her bible and she says hi mr. president. i can't remember she asked him to sign it or she just notices that and she says read your bible and your be a saint. my mother was a saint. nixon's mother, throughout his life was kind of his conscience. she had died two years before he finally won the presidency. throughout that n

came into his office and he said quickly, we are going into cambodia. we are sending american forces into cambodia and we are going to clean out fish hook and parrots beak, both of them using one is a concept headquarters for vietnam of the communist and the other was closest area to saigon where the north vietnamese would remain a strike into south vietnam and retreat to sanctuaries. he said we have already started bombing and i was taken aback because i said sir, if you started bombing they know we are coming. that's when i learned the secret of the administration. he said we have been bombing those guys for a long long time and this was the famous bombing of cambodia which were allegedly later they would try to impeach richard nixon, but they dared not do so. nixon gave me a draft from the national security council that he did not like. he said there's some good paragraphs in here, but it's dry and we need something else, so he dictated paragraph after paragraph to me i wrote him down this famous yellow pads and he said give them back and get this back to me in three hours and don

basin is a vital river in this region which starts in china and runs through myanmar, laos, cambodia and vietnam. in recent years, the mekong river is undergoing major changes and challenges as a number of countries are building major power plants and on the river on the mainstream of the river. having significant impact on the settlements and fisheries on this river and in the basin. vietnam has been working very closely with in the framework of the mekong river commission in order to forge a common voice and to consult with all nations concerned in order to ensure that we can limit and minimize the impact that these dams and power plants have on the likelihood of the millions of people. [speaking in native tongue] i take this opportunity to express our thanks to the united states for its interest and for also raising his voice in order to ensure that minimal environmental and likelihood impact of these developments on the mekong river. >> we may have time for more one more question. this question is how does vietnam see the us-chinese relationship and what impact does it have on se

to emerge in southeast asia and the cambodia area. but were hoping it's not going to try to africa. if not, will need a new drug. >> host: where you travel do you take the anti- viral? >> guest: usually not. i sometimes carry but i'm not seen anyone else to do that. i don't spend nights and nights and nights sleeping in huts. i will often be out in the field and then go back to the hotel where there screens and air-conditioning. it's not every mosquito bite that gives you malaria. maybe one out of a hundred. i don't fret but i also carry a test kit that i can do myself and i carry the malaria medicines with me. i usually don't take the prophylactic medicine but i carry it with me if i get it. if i do get malaria i know what to do. >> host: the next call comes from cc in portland. you're on book tv. [inaudible] it seems like every person has had the flu shot, what changed, what has happened. you have a compromise immune system and you're a healthy person what's wrong with getting the flu and getting over it? >> i have interviewed -- >> she was not a mom, because she -- she was a pre

throughout southeast asia including cambodia and thailand. he's been a's real resource for us. usually provided an important perspective on a number of foreign-policy issues ranging from columbia to australia to russia to the balkans. he's been a great help on veterans issues and really a tremendous asset to our office from day one. i wish captain burke all the best in the next chapter of his military career. i think his fiancÉe sarah and all the sam and friends who supported him for the sacrifices he's made serving the country and will continue to make. he's a first-class marine, constant professional exceptional individual, and we're going to miss him but the country is going to continue to benefit from his service. so for sam burke and all those who serve, mr. president, we are grateful, and for the hard-working families of america i think we're taking the right step with the tax act just as with the right step for military families with the military family stability act. and i am prepared to use the floor. >> -- yield the floor. >> mr. president? the senator from west virginia. >>

idea. [inaudible] [laughter] including shooting ak-47s in cambodia which you will read about. i don't know. i've enjoyed writing that i've never written a book before for tv news. you need a subject or object to make his plan for people to understand and it's the process i've been writing about it. if anybody is considering running, it gives you insight. as a candidate, and you are a product bear to solve your self and it's not the best feeling that that's what you do with. when we were launching the campaign, the website had consultants when you saw all the republicans on stage and everyone was wearing a black blazer, white shirt, blue tie, no tonight it's the red tie, it is the consultants telling them that. if you are interested for running in something, but book will give you a little insight. [applause] in terms of partisanship there is bipartisanship in washington, d.c.. it is just not entertaining any more. removing them from federal judges the far left and right what we her hear in the news is whoever pops up. i will tell you what, if in the politics of politics, that is

cambodia area and we would need a new drug and it takes 30 years >>metimes to develop. >> would you travel to areas ars would you take the antiviral? >> usually not that i sometimes carry -- i'm not saying somebody else shouldn't. i don't spend nights and nights. i sometimes go to a hotel where there's air-conditioning. it's not the mosquito bite that gives you all area. i do not fret but i also carry a test case with me. i usually don't take the prophylactic medicine that ita carry the medicine. >> the next call, portlandtland. oregon. it used to the people be peopled systems and elderly and now it's like every single person has to have a flu shot so i wonder if it is drug companies or has something happened if you do have a compromise that's happened and you are an otherwise healthy person what is wrong with getting over its? i'm just wondering about the changes and if that is something that you noticethat few noticedd prompt that and also if you don't mind saying if you get a flu shot. >> thank you. >> guest: in answer to the second question, yes i get a flu shot every year. i fi

office. so i came down to his office and he said we are going into cambodia we are sending american forces if we are going to clean out fish hook and peer its beak one of them as a constant headquarters and the other was the closest area to saigon where the north vietnamese remain and would strike into south vietnam and retreats to sanctuaries and nixon says we are going into every one of them if we've already started bombing. i was taken aback because i said if you started bombing they know we are coming and that's when i learned the secret of the administration. we've been bombing those guys for a long time and this was the bombing of cambodia which later they would try to impeach richard nixon but they did not do so. so nixon gave me a draft from the national security council that he didn't like. he said there is some good progress in here but it's dry and we need something else so he dictatedictated paragraph after paragraph and i wrote them down on those famous yellow pads and he said get this back to me in three hours and don't tell anyone or give the speech to anyone. i said

under communist rule were all the peoples of the soviet union not to mention people of china, cambodia and so on. we are talking one specific, the most horrific of all communist crimes in china during the revolution, in cambodia, everyone suffered including the russians. .2. two or three. vladimir putin's russia, something we have been talking about since the panel began, is a serious geopolitical problem and a serious human rights problem but not nearly on the same magnitude as the soviet union. point three. and that period of not quite a decade of possible russian democracy, that followed the implosion of the soviet union, there was real interest in russia, in the horrors of communism, the kgb archives open as soon as research was done and we are grateful for the findings of that research and we have a civic organization in russia that appeared in the 80s in the last days of the soviet union, run by the academic risk that was interested, it means memorial, interested in memorializing sufferings under communism. point four. sadly, the brief russian flirtation with democracy ended did

promise never again to sit idly by, sat badly by come in cambodia, in rwanda, in sudan, and elsewhere. history showed that indifference has been the exception not the rule. the exception had been the decisions like the one president trump made to respond to a chemical attack by the assad regime against innocent men, women, and children. that decision was a defiance of indifference, and its evil triumphs when good men do nothing. we should all seek to live in a world that defies indifference. those contemplating evil should know that they will face more than the soft power of self-righteous condemnations and feel-good hashtags. they should know that they will face the hard power of a civilized world prepared to use military might to confront barbarism. .. while it's not our responsibility to finish the work, we are not free to desist from that work either. for the jewish people, the difference of the world during the holocaust must never be forgotten. we must remember, 75 years ago, we were a stateless and powerless people who begged in vain for presidents and prime ministers

back on many others. a world that promised never again to sit idly by set idly by in cambodia, in rwanda, sudan and elsewhere. history shows that indifference has been the exception not the rule. the exception has been decisions like the one president trump made to respond to a chemical attack by the assad regime against innocent men, women, and children. that decision was a defiance of indifference. his evil triumphs when good men do nothing we should all seek to live in a world that defies indifference. those contemplating evil should know that they will face more than the soft power of self-righteous condemnation and feel-good hashtags. they should know that they will face the hard power of the civilized world prepared to use military might to confront barbarism. to those who argue that such action will not solve complicated problems, there is a simple answer. the fact that we cannot do everything is not an argument for doing nothing. or as my people said long ago, while it is not our responsibility to finish the work, we are not free to -- from that work either. ladies and onl

those kinds of images. >> moments of quiet reflection. this is in cambodia, and for me i got travel to so many place is had only seen in magazines as a kid. so to be afforded what unique experience and then tools be there with mrs. obama was such a privilege. and i like this image because it feels very quiet, and you wonder, or i wonder, what was she thinking? i don't know what she was thinking notice. i know what i was think, how luckie am in life to be in such a special place and have such a special experience and to be in a place that is so old and so full of history and so rich with culture, was extraordinary privilege. i like when people say, oh, to your photos. it warms my heart. but that's how file about this picture, too. oh, because -- as serious and an important role as mrs. obama had as the first lady, bag mother was the most important to her. so i feel like this picture -- i hope this picture shows that. we were on the great wall of china. my first international trip and very nervous because i wanted to do a good job and i was the only official photographer traveling, an

age as mine being raped by an american man that was a sex tourist in cambodia. this child was so conditioned by her environment that she thought they were engaging in play. >> senator charles grassley on background checks for mentally ill citizens. >> the government seeing a person with a disability like an eating disorder is more likely to be violent and allowed to own a gun which there is no evidence to support the general idea. >> at a news conference house minority leader nancy pelosi spoke out against president trump's policy agenda, a vision that sustains hard-working law-abiding immigrants and embraces vladimir putin. the disgraceful new ice raids targeting immigrant families are deeply upsetting, cool and designed to spread fear. it makes america less safe, less strong and more fearful. >> nominee for administrator of the centers for medicare and medicaid services at her confirmation hearing. >> i'm extremely humbled the first generation american to be sitting before this committee after being nominated by the president of the united states. it is a testament to the fact

, cambodia, they're moving to other countries where there's low skilled, very low educated work forces where they want the jobs and they need the jobs simply to survive and to eat. what we can do as a country is train our students, our work force to get the jobs that add value because we're a highly educated company. >> host: does cta have a position on tax policy? >> guest: yes, we do. there's a lot of benefits to one of the things that makes us disadvantaged as a country to hire people in is our corporate tax policy is the highest in the developed world. so our companies, because of their ability to hire highly skilled people and because of their ability to pay taxes are encouraged under present law to go outside the united states. it's a really bad policy. president-elect trump recognized that, and he will change it. there's a lot of money to be gained and we could invest in structure if we allow our best and biggest companies -- and small companies as well. i have smaller members who think this is important too. to take all that money parked overseas because they don't want to brin

end of direction from, direct from the white house as the captain in the operation off of cambodia. well contented intentioned stae you wanted to talk to captain jones and he could do that. but that is, that is the big problem, and it's one of the jobs i think the national security adviser and whoever else can convey is that under no circumstances will you do that. under no circumstances it becaue once you open that door, then you do get into running, micromanaging and running operations and that something that the nsc should guard against absolutely. >> h.r., panic which was spot? >> sure. first let me say it's been a great gift to be able to study the nsc from a historical perspective and then to learn from those who are here and especially general scowcroft tos been just a tremendous role model and mentor for me as well. so much of his work is very relevant to this question on emphasizing the role of the nationals could be counsel, coordinating and integrating the cross department agencies to provide options for the the president and once the president makes decisions and stephe

members in the fight against trafficking in london, cambodia she is dedicated in the efforts to reduce human trafficking in arizona throughout the united states and around the world as well as working to improve the lives of the victims of human trafficking a different link back .. >> >> and is of number of the board of education board of counselors. mrs. mccain passionately fights human trafficking talking to corporation officials in technology experts to stop the crime against committee. [applause] so we will start off with a question to both of you so how did you first get involved in this field complex. >> what you start you have a fantastic story. >> first of all, i am so glad to be here in the hope inhabit good discussion tonight for the first time and i ever saw him and trafficking i did not know what was done was traveling in india we have a of an daughter from there so i was trying to buy some material for her and calcutta is a very vibrant with all the noise is everything going on outside but as i went to go pay the gentleman fight could kind of here cluttering below w

write about it. including like shooting an ak-47 in cambodia which you will read about. i don't know. i will tell you, i enjoyed writing, i've never written a book before, all i've written now were for tv news and when you write for tv news, this is a direct quote from news directors around the country, right like you are writing to a fifth grader. at any subject because you make it simple and plain for people to understand this is adifferent process . i've been writing about the hurricane itself . >> i don't know, tax rates for our country. i've never covered a casualty. but i don't know man. i would say that if anybody is considering running, for really any elected position, that even though this is for a federal position, it gives you insight is to how you really as a campaign, you're a startup business, you're a bit product. >> i don't want to saw sound raw about it but that's what you are. as a candidate you are a product there to sell yourself and it is not the best way. but that's what you do, you come up with your brand, your id. max, do you want me to introduce you, you don't h

operation in cambodia, well-intentioned staffer decided he wanted to talk to captain jones, and he could do that. but that is the big problem, and it's one of the jobs i think the national security adviser or whoever else can convey is under no circumstances will you do that, under no circumstances. because once you open that door then you do get into running,, micromanaging and running operations, and that something that the nsc should guard against, absolutely. >> h.r., can i put you on the spot. >> was sure perk levies its been a great gift to study the nsc from a historical perspective and then to learn from those who are here and especially general scowcroft has been a tremendous role model and mentor for me as well. so much of his work is very relevant to this question on emphasizing the role of the national security council, incarnating in integrating across all the departments and agencies to provide options to the president. once the president makes decisions, , to assist with a sensible implementation, execution of those decisions. recent years, for whatever reasons more and more

bodey which you'll -- cambodia which you'll read about. i really enjoyed writing. i've never written a become before. i have written for tv news -- your taught to write -- write like you're writing to a fifth grader. you need subject, verb, object, very simple and plain for people to understand. this is definitely a different process other than writing about the hurricane that hit southwest florida or tax rates getting jacked up or a cat stuck in a career. don't worry, never covered a cat stuck in a tree. don't know, man. would say that if anybody is considering running for really any elected position, that even though this is for a federal position, it gives you a little insight as to how you really as a campaign 'er a -- you're a startup business, an entity, product. i don't want to sound raw but that is what you are. you're a product there to sell yourself. and it is not the best feeling. but that is what you do. come up with your brand, your i.d. matt you want me to introduce you -- okay. don't. somebody here help me extensively will creating -- when we launch a campaign, your we

across the border into cambodia but it had expected pullback from colleges and universities across the country and have been tense state prided night -- friday night there is a bunch of cars downtown and at about 11:00 people started to build fires and garbage cans out in the street started to stop the cars and at 12:00 the gets worse probably of the car of 10 or 5920 people start throwing things through windows the mayor estimates $40,000 worth of damage but two that morning the mayor calls to inquire bringing the national guard to can stave. is already 20 minutes away they have lots of fire power over their. in the 5:00 on saturday this is regard shows up. with the army rotc building and then to see that go up in flames gets much worse later. so he tells the press conference that they will no longer treat the symptoms and then to eradicate the problems. lament to say what reagan said two months earlier california so then more confrontations and tonight and this is jeffrey miller he will be dead in 22 minutes. those are the kids on the hillside that is chanel number five of the pr

raped by an american man that was a tourist in cambodia and this child was so conditioned by her environment that she thought she was engaging in play. >> reporter: from the senate floor, senator charles grassley on background checks for mentally ill citizens. >> the government is essentially saying that a person with a disability such as an eating disorder is more likely to be violent and should no longer be allowed to own a gun. there is no evidence to support that general idea. >> at a news conference nancy pelosi spoke out against president trump's policy agenda. >> hard-working, law-abiding immigrants and embraces vladimir putin. the disgraceful new ice raids targeting immigrant families are deeply upsetting, cruel and designed to spread fear. makes america less safe, less strong and more fearful. >> reporter: nominee for administrator for the centers for medicare and medicaid services at her confirmation hearing. >> i'm extremely humbled at first generation american to be sitting before this committee after being nominated by the president of the united states. it is a test

it. including like shooting a 47's in cambodia which you will read about. i don't know. i will, i really enjoyed writing. i've never written a book before, i've written for tv news and when you write for tv news you're taught to write and this is a direct quote from news directors around the country, right like you are writing to a fifth-grader. any subject, you make it very simple people to understand so this is definitely a different process than writing about the hurricane that hit southwest florida or i don't know, a cat in a tree. don't worry, i've never covered a cat in a tree. but i don't know man, i would say that if anybody is considering running for really any elected position, even though this is for a federal position, it gives you insight as to how you really in the campaign, you're a startup business. you're a product. i don't want to sound raw about it but that's what you are. as a candidate, you are a product there to sell yourself and it is not the best feeling. but that's what you do, you come up with your brand, your id. you want me to introduce you?if you don't

reflection. this is in cambodia and for me i got to travel to so many places i had only seen in magazines as a kid. to be afforded a unique experience and to be there with mrs. obama was such a privilege and i like this image because it feels very quiet and you wonder, or i wonder, what was she thinking? i don't know what she was thinking. i know what i was thinking, how lucky i am in life to be in such a special place and have such a special experience and to be in a place that is so old and so full of history and rich with culture was extraordinary privilege. i like when people say oh to your photos. it warms my heart. that is how i feel about this picture because as serious and important role as mrs. obama had is the first lady, being a mother was the most important to her so i feel this picture or i hope this picture shows that. we were on the great wall of china, my first international trip, i wanted to do a good job and i was the only official photographer traveling, when you travel you encounter obstacles and it is constantly brushing your self off and getting up again an

see awful cynicism where he stretches it out and expands the war to cambodia. many of the things individually can be argued as the right decision in time. the division he is sparking at home and the whole thing collapses and we lose the south vietnamese and the united states goes into a funk where our foreign depaul -- defense policy suffers as well. i don't think you can divide vietnam from watergate. nixon calls himself the last cas 'casuality. historians will say he bundled it, how much better would it be if he said let's go home. >> can where -- can i get one more? >> yes and no. >> the other aspect of nixon is the tapes reveal the man who often said anti simetic things. what do you see as his legacy there? >> the phrase and yet is used a lot in my book. nixon has two sides. allen greenspan and lynn garnet were jewish. nixon, if you were on his side he was not as ugly. he reserved the real ugliness for the owners and editors of "the new york times" or the judges that ruled against him natasha warikoo -- in the pentagon papers. somebody said he is looking up at us to his great

cambodia? i did not see that i was interviewing sex workers. i mean, these are not tourist trips. but i must say, the most fun that we had, the most fun i had was when alice and i went together to mexico. >> you know anyone who has been like, married under the age of 10? for around that age? >> do you know anyone who has been married under the age of 10? i only interviewed, we only interviewed, 10 to 18. i know they are girls around the world are married under 10. sometimes age 9 or younger. but we did not meet any. yes? >> how long did you stay in those places? >> we spent one week to 10 days in each place. yes? >> did you see any male unhappiness when you were there? or any problem with men? >> you encounter any problems with men? i did not. but i know that these girls are truly courageous! i mean, they are doing things which in their cultures are violations of tradition. and so, these girls often are faced with discrimination and exclusion and their own families sometimes do not stand by them. but i will say talking about men, because i happen to think that men and boys are very impo

out, causing, you know, more and more deaths, expands the war boo cambodia. -- into cambodia. many of these things can be argued were the right decision at the time, but the division that he sparks at home helps lead to the pentagon papers, helps lead to the watergate, and the whole thing collapses, and we lose everything. we lose press teeming, we lose the south vietnamese, we lose a million, or two million cambodians and a million vietnamese boat people, and the united states goes boo this funk for another six years where our foreign policy is moribund and our defense policy is, suffers fallout as well. so, i mean, i don't think you can divide vietnam from watergate. nixon himself called himself the last casualty of vietnam. and i think that that's true. so historians looking back, i think, are going to -- as i did, lump the two together and say, you know, he bungled it. how much better would it have been if he had just, you know, said at the beginning let's go home. >> i get one more -- >> of course. >> and it's not my war anyway. it's a democratic war. >> well, yes and no in the s

southeast asia including cambodia and thailand. he has been a resource for us. he has really provided important perspective on a number of foreign policy issues ranging from columbia to australia to russia. he has been a great help on veterans issues and really a tremendous asset to our office from day one. i wish captain burke all the best in the next chapter of his military career. i think his fiancce sarah and all of his family and friends who supported him for the sacrifices he has made serving the country and we continued to make. he is a first-class marine. a professional and an exceptional individual. we will miss him but the country will continue to benefit from his service. for sam burke and all those who serve, mr. president, we are grateful and for the hard-working families in america. i think we are taking the right step with these tax act. just as we did with the military family stability act and i am prepared to yield the floor. >> mr. president. i enjoy hearing the remarks of my fellow senator from missouri. i wish sam and his next deployment epwell as his milita liaiso

americans died. we have have vietnam and cambodia and all that in the early 1970s. the public a very angry and that force congress to pass the war powers resolution, which in theory forces of the president to come to congress and get congress to vote on the hostilities. except there is a loophole. and the loophole allows members of congress and presidents to avoid voting on our truth being involved in combat if it's controversial. for example, libya. members of congress went to obama and said please go into libya, get rid of that gadhafi cabot don't make his foot on it. when she. then there's a congress had the nerve to criticize obama for not obeying the war powers resolution. terrible. so we end up in wars when we really haven't looked into and abated as a country what makes sense. and sleight-of-hand is congress can't pretend to want to be responsible because they had the war powers resolution, and they blame the president for disobeying it. think about the consequences. this means no matter how the war comes out, if it's popular the members of congress can march in the victory parade.

hear questions that would surprise me. i was in cambodia talking to young individuals and it was a remote location and a young person asked me, if the preacher in gainesville florida who was going to burn across represented america. many of you may member this, he had 50 people in his church and we dismissed him because we knew he had 50 people in his church and he didn't represent all of america. i'm not going to mention his name, but they asked about him by name. i say that because you're absolutely right. words do matter. our actions matter. the us versus them is not talked about. how we use language, i have been very specific in a language i have used when i was in government and outside of it. i never talk about it. my question is if you're gonna look at how do you puncture that us and them, it's everything from the very basic things that a child learns inside their home, all the way through what they're seeing and hearing in their schools and even the framing of how you think about things. if you talk about americans and say americans are muslims and don't recognize the fact

where he actually stretches about, causing more and more death, expands the war into cambodia. many of these things individually can be argued as the right decision at the time , but the vision that he sparks at home helps lead to the pentagon papers and watergate and the whole thing collapses and we lose everything. we lose prestige and the south vietnamese and 2 million cambodians and a million vietnamese and the united states goes into this funk for another six years where our foreign-policy suffers fallout. i don't think you can divide vietnam from watergate. nixon himself calls himself the last casualty of vietnam and i think that's true. historians looking back i think will lump the two together and say how much better would it benefit had just said at the beginning, let's go home, and, it's not my war anyway. >> well yes and no in the sense that he had always supported it. >> the other aspect of nixon is that the tapes reveal the man who often said anti- somatic things and often talked of jews in very negative ways. on the other hand, anyone who looks at the middle east would

president truman said it was the one approved peace action. then we have vietnam's and cambodia. but the public got very angry that forced the congress to pass the war powers resolution except there is a loophole and for those to avoid putting on the troops to be in in combat if it is controversial. members of congress said get rid of that but don't make us vote on that. so bien up in wars that we haven't looked into in in the as congress pretends to be responsible this means if it is popular members of congress could march in the victory parade but then to have that army and then to take credit and shift blame to say that is the trickster in chief i'm talking about the president of both parties. might keep vice don't hate the players but hate the game those individual legislators and then they risk losing to the other side. so to change the rules of the game that welcome to return the people to power so congress and the president could commit themselves of palo this could happen think about the truth then lending act. it makes it a crime for the lender like a bank to lend money exactly

. then we have vietnam and cambodia and all of that. the public got very angry and that forced congress to pass the war powers resolution which in theory forces the president to come to come and get congress to vote on the hostilities. except there's a loophole and the loophole allowed mannoses congress to collude to avoid voting on troops being involved in combat if it's controversial. for example, libya. members of congress went to libya and good into libya and get rid of that gadhafi guy, which he did, and then they criticized obama for not obeying the war powers. so we end up in wars where we haven't looked into and debated as a country what makes sense. and sleight of hand here is congress can pretend to want to be responsible because they have war powers resolution and blame the president for disobeying it. this mean nod matter how the war comes out, if it's popular the members of congress can mark in the victory parade and if unpopular they put the entire blame on the president. now, the presidents have been in on the tricks, too. the war power the president gets to trea

cambodia. many of these things individual can be argued that it was the right decision at the time. the vision that he sparked at home helped lead to the pentagon papers and leads to watergate and the whole thing collapses and we lose everything, prestige , the south vietnamese, a million or 2 million cambodians and vietnamese, and the united states goes into this funk for another six years where our foreign-policy is more about our defense policies suffers a fallout as well. i don't think you can divide vietnam from watergate. nixon himself calls it the last casualty of vietnam. i think that's true. historians looking back are going to -- as i did, lump the two together and say he bungled it. how much better it would have been if he had just, you know, that at the beginning, let's go home back it's a democratic work yes, and no. >> one of the clear aspects of nixon is the tapes reveal the man who often said anti- semitic things and often talked of jews in very negative ways. on the other hand, anyone who looks at the middle east would argue richard nixon perhaps was the most devot

pipeline over in cambodia to fuel trucks and tanks or that are 40 or 50 miles not guilty of saigon. and i did know history then, and so i could bring in some aspect of history and i tried hard to do that. but you were sometime it is took me a little too long to do that. tony he's got to get to the airport. he's got to it apparently a long drive ahead of him to get this on an airplane to go to hong kong or tokyo or i think the best one was you dawn, when they had the invaded saigon and general uprising in '67 -- everyone has heard of it and one of the big things that happened was that they broke through into the u.s. embassy compounds. and it sort of like shattered everybody's belief. and you went out and i believe -- you thought that the cameraman had the extra film in the cameraman thought you had extra film and they're out there and they have one role. 11 minutes. and so they shot only exactly what they had to shoot but because of that when it got to tokyo everybody else was editing their footage and they missed the famous and only he's got on because it was just shooting straight throu

declare war. ever since harry truman had a police action in korea, we have had comb bode -- cambodia, grenada, libya serbia, now syria. congress won't stand up in part they won't stand up -- they want to avoid the political risk actually taking responsibility for national security action or military action. they also know that the public doesn't look to them to keep us safe. they also tend to know they no longer look to congress which they believe as seal hyperpolarized and totally dysfunctional they three-quarter from do this and congress has, whether it's the social media or the president using the bully pulpit or complex of modern society has ceded a lot of people so they won't make these national security decisions. they no longer think about institutional integrity. so if the president is somebody who is of their party, they will support that president, even if the president is encroaching on the constitutional prerogatives of the body in which they serve. they have created a massive bureaucracy filled with executive branch agencies and basically have ceded law-making authority

hundreds of thousands of citizens fleeing conflicts in he will -- in cuba, vietnam and cambodia. the united states must continue to lead by example but president trump's cruel executive order on immigrants and refugees undermines our core values and traditions, threatens our national security and demonstrates a complete lack of understanding of our strict vetting process, the most thorough in the world. it's dangerous and shortsighted policy that erodes our moral leadership and harms our national security as well as our alliances and partnerships worldwide. this is not the kind of america that america deserves. also over the weekend president trump spoke with russian president vladimir putin. there has been perhaps no other issue that has so pitted president trump against the interest of the united states than russia. the way he reflects to what's happening, the president will not only utter basic truths about mr. putin's russia, such as the annexation of crimea ukraine as legal, whether it's illegal, the committed war crimes in syria, and that they sought to create doubt about abt p

members of the axis of evil. togo and indonesia. or india and cambodia. i am sure you have heard climate news about all of these countries, but you may not know which ones are the only two countries in the world who are not members of the paris agreement. and by the way, the united states is not on this list because even though we have announced we're withdrawing, that takes some time and we're actually still a member. so the correct answer is syria and nicaragua. nicaragua hasn't signed on because they don't believe the paris agreement goes far enough in its fight against climate disruption. today more than half of nicaragua's electricity comes from renewable resources, wind, solar, wave and geothermal. the government of nicaragua predicts that within a few years, the percent of electricity from renewables will rise to 80%. because of an abundance of these resources, a bank report labeled nicaragua a, quote, renewable energy paradise. the reason that syria didn't participate or sign onto the paris agreement is because it's in the midst of a horrific six-year-long civil war that has clai