american, dwight david eisenhower. ♪♪ ♪♪ >> mrs. eisenhower, your excellencies, friends of dwight david eisenhower in america and throughout the world, we gather today in mourning but also in gratitude. we mourn dwight eisenhower's death, but we are grateful for his life. we gather also conscious of the fact that in paying tribute to dwight eisenhower, we celebrate greatness. when we think of his place in history, we think inevitably of the other giants of those days of world war ii, and we think of the qualities of greatness and what his were that made his unique among all. once, perhaps without intending to do so, he himself put his finger on it. it was 1945, shortly after ve day at a ceremony in london's historic guild hall. the triumphant supreme commander of the allied forces in europe was officially given the freedom of the city of london. in an eloquent address that day, dwight eisenhower said, i come from the heart of america. ♪♪ ♪♪ >> he did come from the heart of america. not only from its geographical heart but fr

dwight david eisenhower was one of seven sons of deeply religious parents. pennsylvania dutch who moved west and brought the bible with him. no matter who he takes with him, they always bring that home. the kitchen was [inaudible] . keeps him close to the earth and the freshwater. fishing was his first love. only with fish stories did ike exercise the fisherman's way to stretch the truth a little. one that got away, three feet long. >> if you ask eisenhower why he was dedicated to the rest of his life to the service of america, instead of retiring and taking it easy, you can impart a picture of miss daisy. >> i want my grandson and yours to grow up in a free america. he is proud of his grandchildren. you can tell that eisenhower believed about the first line of defense, the family, an old fashioned, well understood american idea. one brought to the west of the world, especially france. >> others hail eisenhower for his crusading. under hitler france faced slavery. the france that eisenhower liberated. and across the english channel, the people of battered lo

american, dwight david eisenhower. ♪♪ ♪♪

eisenhower, your excellencies, friends of dwight david eisenhower in america and throughout the world, we gather today in mourning but also in gratitude. we mourn dwight eisenhower's death, but we are grateful for his life. we gather also conscious of the fact that in paying tribute to dwight eisenhower we celebrate greatness. when we think of his place in history, we think inevitably of the other giants of those days of world war ii and we think of the qualities of greatness and what his were that made his unique among all. once perhaps without intending to do so, he himself put his finger on it. it was 1945, shortly after ve day at a ceremony in london's historic guild hall, the triumphant supreme leader of the allied forces in europe was officially given the freedom of the city of london. in an eloquent address that day dwight eisenhower said, i come from the heart of america. ♪♪ he did come from the heart of america, not only from its geographical heart, but from its spiritual heart. dwight eisenhower touched something fundamental in america which only a man of immense force o

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dwight eisenhower to dwight david eisenhower and became the name that's now that's now so well known. and i believe is an interesting town. it was only about not even a generation removed from its sort of wild cow past abilene is the terminus of the chisholm trail. so you had all that great history of the massive. that cattle drives up the trail to kansas wild bill hickok. had been the city marshal one time and so you had gunfights and everything that goes along with with a with a cow town and eisenhower really absorbed and and really enjoyed that history. coincidentally 1890 the year. he was born. so the year that the american frontier was was declared close and siri you had eisenhower coming into the world. at this transition in american history, you know from this open frontier moving into a more industrialized age. in fact, there's great symmetry in his life. he was born in the year. the frontier was declared closed and died the year that americans landed on the moon so you can see this really broad range of history at eisenhower embodied and in fact with his creation of nasa, yo

his original name was david dwight eisenhower, but david was for his father, the dwight was after a fay house 19th century evangelist named dwight moody but they always called him dwight because they didn't want him to be called junior after hiz father. when he went to west point his name officially changed, it was then when he reversed the order to dwight david eisenhower and became the name that's now so well-known. abilene was an interesting town, it was only about not even a generation removed from its wild cow to you past. the chisolm trail, you had all that great history of the cattle drives up the trail to kansas, wild bill hikock had been the city marshall so you had gun fights and everything that goes along with a cow town. eisenhower absorbed and enjoyed that history. coincidentally 1890 the year he was born was also the year the american frontier was declared closed. you had eisenhower coming into the world at this transition in american history from this open frontier, moving into a more industrialized age. in fact, there's great sim tree in his life. he was born in the year

his original name was david dwight eisenhower, but david was for his father, the dwight was after a famous 19th century evangelist named dwight moody but they always called him dwight because they didn't want him to be called junior after his father. like ulysses s. grant when he went to west point his name officially changed, it was then when he reversed the order to dwight david eisenhower and became the name that's now so well-known. abilene was an interesting town, it was only about not even a generation removed from its wild cowtown past. abilene is the terminus of the chisolm trail, you had all that great history of the cattle drives up the trail to kansas, wild bill hickok had been the city marshall so you had gun fights and everything that goes along with a cow town. eisenhower absorbed and enjoyed that history. coincidentally 1890 the year he was born was also the year the american frontier was declared closed. you had eisenhower coming into the world at this transition in american history from this open frontier, moving into a more industrialized age. in fact, there's great sim t

david eisenhower and john kennedy, the idea that we would project support for freedom fighters has been a postulate of american policy. it's not a partisan issue to say if people are willing to fight for their country, we will help them in that support. we have failed to do it now. for the people of taiwan a, for the people of ukraine, for the people of israel, and countries all over the country, they're now going to question do they have to make a deal with the devil instead of an alliance with the united states. that's what we're going to be dealing with in the days, weeks and months to come. eric: finally, speaking of american blood, the president and first lady now at dover receiving the remains of the 13 american whose were killed in the suicide bombing. let me show you the picture of one. this is the best of america. sergeant nicole jee, 23 years old, sacramento, california, leaves a husband who is also a marine. she tweeted or on her facebook said i love my job. your thoughts about her, cradling that baby, and the others who have made the ultimate sacrifice. >> for 20 years i've

david eisenhower was not wrong when he said there is a machine. there is a war machine that wants to be fed all the time, that sees war and more war and more troops as the answer to everything. you know, a lot of that war machine are people who themselves don't have to do the fighting. there is a chicken hawk contingent that loves to send other people's sons and daughters into war and that sees war as always the answer. some people have served themselves, but it's a lot of people who haven't, who push and push and push. as soon as i heard about these explosions this morning, i knew that the next round was going to be an even ramping up of these war hawks. but even before that happened, henry kissinger is back out there thinking we need to hear from him. henry kissinger, whose legacy, whose resume includes destroying countries throughout latin america and africa. we need to hear from him now? the war hawks are back, david. what do you make of it? >> well, listening to henry kissinger is sort of like going to bernie madoff for financial advice at th

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