... secrecy, its missions are national security priorities. And that has created a quandary, says Ambinder. MARC AMBINDER: Let's be very clear what happened. The U.S. violated the sovereignty of a country to carry out a targeted assassination of someone. Now, 98 percent of us, including myself, think it ...
... to soldiers returned from Afghanistan and Iraq, and those hurt on base, in training or while deployed. You may remember the outrage that met the revelations from Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington where severely wounded soldiers got lost in the system with little follow-up for horrendous injuries ...
... draped coffins of our honored war dead. So we have seen these other pictures instead. A connection could be drawn between them, but most of us would have kept our reactions separate. There are things honorable and things shameful, and somewhere in the space between them is America these days ...
... had to carry my sons on my back until it was calloused. We had to run away through the jungle from people trying to kill us. I didn't think we'd make it. FRED DE SAM LAZARO: Several thousand Hmong refugees were given asylum in the U.S. during ...
... especially with soldiers that have been wounded, who would be a high-risk group, those that have been exposed to combat, and he's allowed us to have access to them earlier on. He's encouraging us to coordinate with DOD. We're exchanging information like we have never changed ...
... way we do the democratic form of government, which while imperfect is the best one I know about. MARGARET WARNER: How did your experience in Vietnam as an Army chaplain affect you and your response to this? BISHOP WILLIAM DEVEAUX: Well, my year in Vietnam is kind of the hinge ...
... think this President has a great sense of what the public is all about, what they feel. I think he has shown that in his reactions to this tragedy as well as other events. I think he recognizes that the greatest asset he has is a population that is willing ...
... faith. That's why we are here. Suffering is what God uses to wake us up to our purpose in the world. It is suffering, not comfort, that draws us into the heart of God. It's suffering, not comfort, that teaches us how to live as children of God.
ROGER ROSENBLATT: "More than ever, I feel that the human race is one. There are differences of color, language, culture and opportunities, but people's feelings and reactions are alike." That was said by Sebastio Salgado, the great photographer who usually speaks with his camera. He does so most recently ...
Former Sen. Bob Kerrey's recent disclosures about his role in a civilian killing in Vietnam have renewed the debate about the brutality of wartime behavior. Should soldiers be held accountable for acts committed during a time of war?
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