And I think what we should do for a first round is set the scene. So with that, again, the warning that the bios of the people next to me are in your booklets. With that as the background, knowing the conditions over there, also as a journalist and as a consumer or journalism, I would also be remiss if I didn’t note the presence with us today (and never tried this phrase before) a man who is emerging as the Halberstam of this conflict, John Burns of The New York Times is with us. And having been to cover this current war, had several trips to Iraq. WILLIAMS: As we gather today, my colleague Bob Woodruff is recovering in Bethesda. He, of course, joins us today, David Halberstam. Were he not last night’s keynoter, he would be up here with us today. But, boy, that was a tough one for the first round.Īnd, finally, any panel on new media coverage and the Vietnam War would not be complete, absent the participation and the very minimum the mention of David Halberstam. When it crosses from glaring to egregious, I do jump in. The premium, the organizers tell me, is getting through the number of questions and, as you know, keeping these things moving. To my fellow journalists, I know there are glaring follow-up opportunities up here that I’m not taking advantages of. It can easily be said I think we heard some responses from Secretary Kissinger we hadn’t heard on the record before. Number two, I’ve been asked to repeat, it was so big a part of our first session, the questions from the audience, they were superb. As the son of an 88-year old captain, personally responsible for the fact that Germans never made it to Arkansas, it was important for me to do that. It was suggested by a nice woman in the audience, who brought her nice dad who is a member of what a friend of mine called the greatest generation, that because of obvious undercurrent and title of this gathering we take a moment and ask all the veterans in the audience to stand and accept our thanks and applause, if you would. Kennedy Presidential Library and MuseumīRIAN WILLIAMS: If we can get our next session started and a few points of personal privileges- As they say in Washington, I have a few matters of business to get through.
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