| 00:00:37 |
Brokaw, Tom - Special Correspondent
RETURNING WAR VETERANS. YOU WILL HEAR FROM THE FORMER SECRETARY OF STATE: PAUL, STANLEY MCCHRYSTAL AND MARCIA ANDERSON. THIS IS PART OF THE CHICAGO IDEAS...
|
| 00:06:36 |
McChrystal, Stanley A. - General
START AT THE INFLECTION POINT, THERE IS AN EXPLOSION OR A FIRST MACHINE GUN FIRE AND AN AMERICAN IS WOUNDED. THAT HAS HAPPENED FOR 200 YEARS OF OUR...
|
| 00:10:04 |
Brokaw, Tom - Special Correspondent
POWELL, IT IS AT LEAST ON THE TABLE IN THIS COUNTRY AT THE MOMENT ABOUT WHAT WE DO WITH RETURNING VETERANS. WE HAVE THE WHEN DID WARRIOR PROJECT. J.P....
|
| 00:10:38 |
Powell, Colin L. - Chairman
I AM QUITE PLEASED TO BE HERE. I DID NOT WORK WITH GENERAL MCCHRYSTAL, BUT I WORKED WITH HIS FATHER. [LAUGHTER] I WAS COUNTING THE YEARS THE OTHER NIGHT....
|
| 00:16:55 |
Brokaw, Tom - Special Correspondent
A LOT OF THE PRIVATE SECTOR DID NOT KNOW HOW TO DEAL WITH THEM. ONE OF MY VERY FAVORITE STORIES WAS A CAPTAIN WHO CAME HOME AND SAID IDS THE QUALIFICATIONS...
|
| 00:17:49 |
McChrystal, Stanley A. - General
HAS CIVILIAN JOBS PROBABLY HAD NEVER DONE A REZA MAY OR JOB INTERVIEW, NOT DONE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ALLOW THEM TO BUILD UP THE EXPERIENCE AND CONTACTS...
|
| 00:20:36 |
Powell, Colin L. - Chairman
NEW YORK, WE HAD A SPECIFIC PROGRAM AT THE POWELL CENTER THAT I AM HAPPY TO HAVE NAMED AFTER ME. WE TAKE IN GI'S. WE HAVE MENTORING PROGRAM SET FOR...
|
| 00:22:02 |
Brokaw, Tom - Special Correspondent
TO PIECES OF CLOTH IS TOGETHER. >> ARE WE BETTER ABLE TO MATCH OF THE REQUIREMENTS OF MILITARY AND CIVILIAN LIFE? IF YOU'RE MILITARY LIFE WAS A TRUCK...
|
| 00:22:22 |
McChrystal, Stanley A. - General
DOES NOT. THAT IS ONE OF THE EXAMPLES OF PLACES WHERE AN INDIVIDUAL HAS RELEVANT EXPERIENCE THAT OUHGT TO REALLY INTO SUFFOCATION OR LICENSING TO OPERATE...
|
| 00:22:57 |
Powell, Colin L. - Chairman
THIS IN RECENT MONTHS. THEY HAVE GOTTEN ALL OF THE GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS INVOLVED. WHAT ARE THE REQUIREMENTS TO BE A NURSE OR SOMETHING LIKE THIS? WHAT...
|
| 00:24:01 |
McChrystal, Stanley A. - General
THING THAT THE MILITARY DOES BETTER THAN ANYONE ELSE IS TRAIN PEOPLE. IT IS IN EDUCATION FACTORY. IT GIVES THEM A WIDE VARIETY OF SKILLS IN THE ABILITY...
|
| 00:25:03 |
Powell, Colin L. - Chairman
I WAS AT A DINNER A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO AND SOME WOUNDED WARRIORS WERE INVITED. I SAT NEXT TO A SILENT -- SERGEANT WHO HAD LOST THREE LANDS. HE WAS...
|
| 00:27:54 |
Brokaw, Tom - Special Correspondent
CANNOT GET BACK TO THEIR MILITARY UNIT, THEY WILL SAY -- I WANT TO CONTINUE TO SERVE IN SOME FASHION. THAT IS A VALUE ADDED COMPANIES CANNOT BUILD INTO...
|
| 00:28:11 |
McChrystal, Stanley A. - General
OFFICER WOUNDED IN ACTION IN IRAQ. HE LOST A LEG ABOVE THE KNEE. I WAS STILL IN THE FIGHT. ANNIE WENT TO VISIT HIM HE SAID -- BUT I AM COMING BACK. SHE...
|
| 00:30:16 |
Powell, Colin L. - Chairman
THE SPOUSES WHO STAY AT HOME ARE ALSO VETERANS. THE CHILDREN WHO ARE AT HOME LEARNING ABOUT GETTING OUR MONEY ARE ALSO VETERANS. THEY ARE GOING THROUGH...
|
| 00:30:58 |
Brokaw, Tom - Special Correspondent
WE WILL RESERVE THE LAST 10 MINUTES FOR SOLUTIONS HERE. IT IS IMPORTANT WE HAVE THE KIND OF EXPOSITION WE HAVE. WHAT DO WE DO NEXT AS WE LEAVE HERE? ...
|
| 00:34:05 |
McChrystal, Stanley A. - General
ASK YOU? >> HOW TO RECONNECT WITH VETERANS. WE HAVE A SERIES OF JOBS THAT REQUIRE CERTAIN BACKGROUNDS. GET TO THE POPULATION OF PEOPLE WHO MAY BE INTERESTED...
|
| 00:35:26 |
Powell, Colin L. - Chairman
UESIES. THE ONES THAT ARE DOING THE BEST JOBS OF THIS HAVE MADE IT PART OF THEIR CULTURE AND BUSINESS PLAN. IT DOES NOT HAPPEN SERENDIPITOUSLY. THEY TASK...
|
| 00:37:00 |
Brokaw, Tom - Special Correspondent
USE HIS EXPERIENCE THAT WE ARE ALL AWARE OF TO ESTABLISH A TEMPLATE? WE WILL GO TO WAR AGAIN AT SOME POINT. IT WILL HAPPEN AGAIN. THIS KIND OF ISSUE...
|
| 00:37:31 |
Powell, Colin L. - Chairman
A PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP. THE GOVERNMENT'S MOST IMPORTANT ROLE WAS TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE GI BILL ACTIVITIES AND FUNDS. THE GOVERNMENT HAS TO REACH...
|
| 00:38:04 |
Brokaw, Tom - Special Correspondent
VERY POPULAR. THERE WAS A TIME WHEN NO RETURNING MILITARY OFFICER COULD HAVE GONE ON TO AN IVY LEAGUE CAMPUS AND TALK A COURSE IN LEADERSHIP. THEY ARE...
|
| 00:38:34 |
McChrystal, Stanley A. - General
WE ARE. I WALKED ACROSS THE GREEN OF YALE AND THERE WAS THIS LINE OF ABOUT 300 YARDS OF WHITE. IT WAS THE NINE NAVY AUTHORITY STUDENTS. THAT IS THE START....
|
| 00:40:09 |
Powell, Colin L. - Chairman
AGAIN. >> IT IS NOT AS IVY LEAGUE SCHOOLS. MY COLLEGE -- PUBLIC INSTITUTION THAT SERVES THE INNER-CITY SECTION OF YORK -- AWAY WITH ROTC ABOUT 16 YEARS...
|
| 00:40:38 |
Brokaw, Tom - Special Correspondent
I WAS IN MINNESOTA. THEY HAVE THE MILITARY -- MILITARY OPPRESSION FUND. THEY COLLECT MONEY FOR REHAB, COLLEGE, AND OTHER THINGS. IT UNIFIES THE ENTIRE...
|
| 00:44:11 |
Rieckhoff, Paul - Founder and Executive Director
I WANT TO START BY ASKING YOU ALL TO PLEASE GIVE A ROUND OF APPLAUSE TO MR. BROKAW, WHO HAS BEEN AN INCREDIBLE VOICE FOR US BEFORE WE WERE ABLE TO DEVELOP...
|
| 00:54:22 |
Brokaw, Tom - Special Correspondent
COMES INTO MY OFFICE WITH ONE OF HIS FRIENDS. I SIT UP AT ATTENTION WHEN HE COMES IN. YOU HAVE SEEN NOW THREE DISTINGUISHED AMERICAN MALE MILITARY OFFICERS...
|
| 00:55:40 |
Stockwell, Melissa - Lieutenant
ATTACK? >> I LOVE OUR COUNTRY. I WANTED TO BE IN THE MILITARY. >> DID YOU GO IN BEFORE OR AFTER 9/11? >> AFTER. I WAS IN ROTC AT THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO...
|
| 00:56:40 |
Brokaw, Tom - Special Correspondent
US GO BACK TO THAT APRIL DAY IN 2004. IT IS CATHARTIC. WE OUGHT NOT TO BE AFRAID TO ASK ABOUT THESE EPISODES. >> ,
|
| 00:56:52 |
Stockwell, Melissa - Lieutenant
APRIL 13APRIL 2004, 1913, 2004. I WAS ON HUMVEE. I WAS BEHIND THE DRIVER. WE HAD NO DOORS, NO ARMOR. 10 MINUTES INTO THE RIGHT, A BELASCO'S OFF. WHAT...
|
| 01:04:38 |
Brokaw, Tom - Special Correspondent
THE TRIUMPHS AND THE TRAUMAS OF THE WAR. THIS THERE IS NOTHING HARDER THAN HAVING LOST SOMEONE. MICHAEL DAVIS. HIS WIFE WAS BACK HERE IN THE UNITED STATES,...
|
| 01:06:45 |
Davis, Taryn - Founder
ON MAY 21, 2007, MY LIFE ENDED. IT STARTED OUT LIKE ANY OTHER DAY. I WOKE UP TO THE DING DING OF INSTANT MESSAGING. I RAN TO MY COMPUTER AND GOT TO SEE...
|
| 01:16:16 |
Brokaw, Tom - Special Correspondent
WE'RE GOING TO MOVE UP IN RANK. WE HAVE MAJOR GENERAL MARCIA ANDERSON. BEEN IN THE ARMY FOR 32 YEARS. WHEN TO UNIVERSITY IN OMAHA, NEBRASKA. WENT INTO...
|
| 01:17:58 |
Anderson, Marcia - Major General
YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT A STANDING OVATION BEFORE I SAID ANYTHING. I APPRECIATE THAT. I ALSO WANT TO THANK AND I AM VERY HONORED TO BE PART OF THIS DISCUSSION...
|
| 01:33:31 |
Brokaw, Tom - Special Correspondent
TO INTRODUCE THE REAL COMMANDER OF THE MCCHRSTAL FAMILY. [APPLAUSE] SHE RUNS THE HOME FRONT. SHE WAS DEPLOYED FOR MONTHS AND YEARS ON END IN SPECIAL FORCES....
|
NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.