Mar 03 WATCH: Biden awards Medal of Honor to Vietnam veteran Paris Davis By Darlene Superville, Associated Press Nearly 60 years after he was recommended for the nation’s highest military award, retired Col. Paris Davis, one of the first Black officers to lead a Special Forces team in combat, received the Medal of Honor on Friday for his… Continue reading
Jul 07 Watch 10:28 Henry Kissinger reflects on leadership, global crises and the state of U.S. politics By Judy Woodruff, Ali Rogin, Cybele Mayes-Osterman Between the war in Ukraine and tensions with China, President Biden's handling of foreign policy issues is being put to the test. In former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger's new book, "Leadership: Six Studies in World Strategy," he examines how… Continue watching
May 06 Watch 3:27 Viet Thanh Nguyen's Brief But Spectacular take on writing and memory By Steve Goldbloom, Melissa Williams, Elizabeth Burton As long as he can remember, author Viet Thanh Nguyen has been interested in how stories about his home country of Vietnam are told in America. In his own works, including the Pulitzer-winning novel "The Sympathizer," he centers on the… Continue watching
Nov 09 Max Cleland, former Georgia senator and a veteran who lost limbs in Vietnam, dies at 79 By Associated Press Cleland, a Democrat, served one term in the U.S. Senate, losing a 2002 re-election bid to Republican Saxby Chambliss. Continue reading
Apr 08 Watch 7:31 Biographer Robert Caro on why it's taking decades to fully capture LBJ By Jeffrey Brown, Anne Azzi Davenport Robert Caro is one of the nation’s preeminent biographers, known for meticulous research and taking his time with a subject. Indeed, he began his massive series "The Years of Lyndon Johnson" in 1977, but its final volume won't be published… Continue watching
Oct 17 Watch 7:58 New generation faces mental 'wounds of war' President Trump awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor on Wednesday to Sgt. Maj. John Canley, who saved fellow Marines in Vietnam. Meanwhile, another veteran made headlines recently by admitting that he needed saving. Kansas City mayoral candidate Jason Kander dropped… Continue watching
Jan 31 The campaign that changed how Americans saw the Vietnam War By Michael D. Mosettig The Tet Offensive began in stealth 50 years ago in Vietnam, but it ended up splashed on television sets all over America, helping to bring down the administration of President Lyndon Johnson. Continue reading
Nov 10 Watch 4:50 Will U.S. stay committed to toxic Agent Orange cleanup in Vietnam? By Mike Cerre Vietnam's Da Nang International Airport was less than a year ago one of the most toxic Agent Orange sites in the world. In advance of President Trump's arrival for the APEC Summit, the USAID marked the completion of the first… Continue watching
Oct 25 Tom Hanks on how the Pentagon Papers remain relevant today By Lora Strum “The truth was so volatile...so toxic at that time... that no one wanted to talk about it,” actor Tom Hanks said… Continue reading
Oct 23 WATCH: President Trump awards Medal of Honor to Vietnam War veteran By Elizabeth Flock and Darlene Superville, Associated Press President Donald Trump will award the Medal of Honor on Monday to a Vietnam War veteran from Alabama who risked his life on multiple occasions while serving as a medic. Continue reading