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Robert Plank: Thuy Reed is here.

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She is a remarkable Vietnamese

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American woman whose life story

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spans war, loss, courage,

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resilience, and the unbreakable

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pursuit of freedom. Her journey

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began in a small Vietnamese

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village torn apart by war,

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continued through an adolescence

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marked by survival and difficult

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choices, and ultimately brought

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her across the world to the

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United States, where she built a

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new life, raised a family, and

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found her voice. We are here to

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talk about her amazing,

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excellent book called From

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Vietnam with Love, and it's a

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memoir, and it's a letter to

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America. It is a heartfelt

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reflection on the country that

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gave her refuge, the freedoms

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she cherishes, and the concerns

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she carries for its future. It

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has everything. It has vivid

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storytelling, painful memories,

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thoughtful observations, and

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profound love for her adopted

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country. Thuy brings listeners a

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powerful message about

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democracy, compassion, and the

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true cost of freedom. So, Miss

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Thuy Reed, it's amazing and

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wonderful, and I'm grateful to

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be speaking

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Thuy Reed: with you. Thank you

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very much for having me,

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Robert Plank: you're very

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welcome. And so what did I leave

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out of that introduction? What

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should we know about you?

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Thuy Reed: Well, I would like to

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share a bit of my endeavor to

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bridge the relationship between

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Vietnam after the war. After the

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war, the United States post an

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embargo on country of Vietnam

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and during the book, I keep

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thinking, you know, if all the

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smart, capable Create with

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creativity, leave the country,

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what they left to Vietnam, and

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beside the United States cannot

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take in all of so I thought, you

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know, the best way is to Lift

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this trade embargo. And I spent

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12 years of my life from Ronald

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Reagan to Bill Clinton to help

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lift the train bug. And I'm very

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proud of that achievement. And

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today, Vietnam is nothing like

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the Agent Orange and bomb

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busting days. She's not, you

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know, where we will like her to

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be, but much better, and she's

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unhealthy,

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Robert Plank: very good. And you

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have done your part. There's

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that aspect of you. We went

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through these life changes,

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these location changes, but you

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also were politically active.

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You also made a difference. And

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so you have this book called

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from Vietnam with love. And you

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say that you know so much time

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has passed, right? Vietnam is

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completely different than now

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versus then, and what was it

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like back then? What led you to

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coming here,

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Thuy Reed: be here to the United

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States? Well, I can say that

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from what had happened that lab,

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what's what brought me here is

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that on the cover of the record

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albums, the rock and roll

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record, albums that I received

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from my American friends in

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Saigon, like if, if they to go

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home, back up, back in those

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days, they can't go back to The

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world. They've been going back

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to the United States, and they

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will leave me a memo of Bill

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yours and record albums. And on

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those records albums, I would

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see, you know, concerts and, oh,

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I want to see. America.

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Robert Plank: So you listen to

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the record albums, and how did

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you end up here?

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Thuy Reed: Because there was a

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during the war. I believe it's

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also today, too that an exit

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visa from country of

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the and there was a man, a guy

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from Kansas, who were willing to

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wait to all that paperwork to

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fish me out of Saigon. Okay?

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Robert Plank: And when leaving

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Saigon, leaving Vietnam was that

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difficult? Were there, like

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family friends? It's like you

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have to leave everything behind

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forever. Sounds scary?

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Thuy Reed: Oh no. When I left

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Vietnam, you know, the war was

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still going on. No one's thought

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four months later, Saigon will

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fall. When I left Vietnam was

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the idea of to go see America

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and return. I was not, not in

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this situation like I have to

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leave everything, abandon

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everybody. I knew, no, sir. It

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was not like that. I came with

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glee.

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Robert Plank: Okay, so it was an

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improvement. You were escaping

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the war and coming here. And

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what were those first few days

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and weeks like, I know, like

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when I take a vacation to even

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something like Japan or

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Thailand, there's a culture

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shock there, so I can only

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imagine you coming here. So what

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was there, anything that stands

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out as far as the big

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differences, or the initial

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awkwardness being here

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Thuy Reed: I came when I was 21

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years old in Vietnam. I cannot

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say in Vietnam, in Saigon, I you

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know, city, Saigon was formally

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command of the French colonists.

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So Saigon is a bursting city, so

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I was not shocked to see street

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lights or paved roads. Well, my

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first impression though that

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when I exited lax, there were no

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checkpoints. And I further

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noticed that, I don't know how

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well you know that area, but

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when you go down to Century

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Boulevard, when you turn right

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on in Inglewood to go to Redondo

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Beach, and I saw no sight of

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war, no olive green uniform

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Soldiers, no war propaganda

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billboards, no smell of spent

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ammunitions. So it struck me

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from LAX to Redondo Beach, 1520

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minutes away, I realized there

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was no war in the United States.

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At that time, I was too young to

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think about, oh, why there was

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no war here, and why a war in my

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country. I just just let you

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know happy that I made it

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Robert Plank: great, wonderful

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to have escaped that. And then,

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as far as getting your new life

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built, what was that like? Did

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you have to get a job? Did you

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start a family? What happened,

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Thuy Reed: life here at the

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beginning,

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I married to this boy from

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Kansas who brought me here, then

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to. Work, I hung out in Southern

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California, and then we moved

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back to Kansas, is where these

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folks and there, three months

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later, South Vietnam fell.

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That's where my life changing

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event began.

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Robert Plank: Well, wonderful

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and and so and so you've, you

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had this culture change. You

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went to Southern California and

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then to Kansas. You have been

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doing this work to get the trade

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embargo lifted. And it's all in

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this wonderful book. And can you

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tell us about, like any other of

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the kind of noteworthy moments,

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what else will we find in this

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book?

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Thuy Reed: Oh, and in the book,

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the book you will find, of

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course, tragedy of war. In the

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book you find how war. It

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doesn't matter how much land you

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own, and if the war take place

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in your land, then you cannot

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till the land. And then so you

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don't have harvest, then you

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don't eat. But what I like to if

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you ask me about the war, do you

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know my brother, two years older

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than me, to help light the wait

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for the my mom, for my family.

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He joined the military when he

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was 17 years old, and he was

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took down by a sniper. On his

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21st birthday, climbing out of a

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turret. Is that how you say, you

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know the gun, hug on a tank?

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Yeah, determined to retreat. He

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had made body. Buddy. And you

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know, folks, I do not like war

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because, you know, the bullet

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that killed the boy in the

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battlefield went straight to do

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his mother's heart

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and everybody else still hurt

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today.

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Robert Plank: Thank you. And so

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it seems like you see you have

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this message about war, and

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isn't it just seems so so

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stupid, pointless, all of it

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like you, when you look at like,

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you know why wars happen? Well,

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it's because, like, this country

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just happened to be positioned

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there. Someone wants some

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resource, and then, you know,

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leaders or politicians, they'll

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send young people there to shoot

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at each other, just because

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that's what the the message is,

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that's what the order is. And it

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just, it seems so weird and

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silly. So Can you unpack that a

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little bit like just, can you

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tell us about what, what your

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message is, about war, and just

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how, how dumb it is, and what we

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should do instead?

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Thuy Reed: Well, you know, doing

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that, ring stage that the amount

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of weapon that driver on

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Vietnam, a country is smaller

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than the state of California, my

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dear. And I would say the line

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back then was what heart and

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minds or something like that.

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Robert Plank: Minds, yes, dear

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Lord,

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Thuy Reed: You cannot buy or get

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hearts and minds with guns and

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bullets. Cannot

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so to me, the war.

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To today, Vietnamese are still

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hate each other, and you know,

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that's no different.

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Than where I'm at here in

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Georgia, I'm just hop, skip and

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jump from Savannah, historical

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city, war still hurt. It shows

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so war doesn't fix anything for

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people who are innocent

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Robert Plank: makes it worse for

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many decades later, the Vietnam

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War was 5060, years ago. And how

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does all that lead to you

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writing this book? What was the

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inspiration for that many

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people? They imagine writing a

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book, they start, but they don't

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finish. What was your motivation

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for this book from Vietnam with

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love.

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Thuy Reed: I spent a time 12

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years, as I said, help. I was

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not the only one worked to lift

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the train, bugger, but I spent

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12 years that I worked hard,

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that the day bill clinton lifted

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the train. Boggle the local

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newspaper call me up to have an

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article about me when I take on

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a test. I'm dedicated and I want

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to write this book I want to

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share with you and the viewers a

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long time ago.

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What's this say? Ah, it's about

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the Middle East is domestic.

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And if you go do cough and

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testing this carbon cardboard

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pieces is at least 25 years. I

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want to say something for a long

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time, but January six was the

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grand impetus. Is that the right

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word to say, Sir, yes.

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Thank you. When I saw that, I

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thought, Oh, my God, you know

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what

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I've been I saw 13 changes of

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government before that. Nothing

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like that happened. This is

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America. All you have to do is

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go back work hard, dedicate more

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time finance. What knock doors

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for candidate that you wish to

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you know that you can do you

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support. Don't have to do that.

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This is America, the United

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States of America. So that's

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caused me great worry, because

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during those days in Burma,

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there was a took down of a

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government, and some of the

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folks in the United States, I

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heard, because now, nowadays you

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can go online and hear

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everything and her, some people

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Want to copy that, dear Lord,

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You don't want that. You don't

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want to do that. For the last

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century, the White House is set

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by all. Most even number of time

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that each party you know, were

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elected in so, you know, I think

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13 time Republicans, 11 times

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Democrats. I can be a year or so

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a couple, but I'm sure I was

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close. So to me, that's very

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even, right. So the government

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is not that awful. But now my

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first topic in the domestic

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issues, Robert, I'm sorry, but I

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have to read it. Lazy motives.

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We vote when we're unhappy. We

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vote in when the familiar name

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on the ballot, we vote with

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nice, easy soundbite, but so I

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am sorry, but that's how I feel,

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and because of that, we keep

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send back the same politicians

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and they and when they click,

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they scratch each other backs

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instead of taking care of us. So

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yeah, that's how I feel.

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Robert Plank: Okay, that is

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profound and deep, and it is

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scary that people resort to

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violence when you imagine that

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the United States is a you would

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hope a place above that. But

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these things still happen, so

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the problems still remain, and

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we need to be educated and be

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politically active to stop the

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evil from coming back. And we've

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discussed many different topics

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here. Miss till you read about

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your book about politics, about

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Vietnam, but in these final

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minutes of our discussion, do

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you think there might be a

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missing question? Do you think

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Is there something I should be

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asking you? I just don't know to

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ask you? Do

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Thuy Reed: presently,

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in wars and I want to share a

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vision. I don't know what you

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call it, a memory or an as an

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image,

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okay, that I can see it and this

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is that why I do not

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my sister in law crawl up the

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stair. We live in third floor

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apartment the end time judgment

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I general, tan was killed. Tan

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was killed

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that always with always with me,

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my sister in law crawling. So

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that's for sure. I think we can

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solve this if corporations find

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way to make money, other ways to

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make money, instead of make

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things that kill people. But I

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guess with new technology, you

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you don't, you don't see the

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gruesomeness of combat, war.

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Yes, thank you, Mr.

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Robert Plank: Plank, thank you

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Miss tui Reed for sharing with

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us. You've seen so much in your

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decades, and you've helped many

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people and. Given us a lot to

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think about. And if this is a

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topic that excites or interests

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or just intrigues you, and you

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want to get that deep dive and

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find out more, you need to check

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out Miss Chewie Reed's book on

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Amazon. It is called Dear

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America from Vietnam with love.

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And her name is t, h, u, y, r,

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E, E, D, and you can also go to

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her website that's tui. Read.com

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tui Reed story is one of courage

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and perseverance. She's

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witnessed the hardships of war,

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dedicated 12 years to urging the

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US to lift trade restrictions on

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Vietnam. She's a successful

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author and former Miss Saigon.

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She's committed to giving back

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to the country that welcomed her

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with open arms, and she has this

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passion that she shared.

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Powerful voice, new perspective,

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story of hope, a call to action,

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a unique story. It's a new

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perspective on the Vietnam War

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unlike any other that's g, h, u,

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y, r, e, e, d.com, and her book

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is called Dear America from

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Vietnam with love to we read

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Yes. And as we're wrapping up

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here, Miss tui Reed, do you have

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any final parting words of

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advice? Is there a powerful

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quote or lesson that you think

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you might share with us at this

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conclusion of our discussion,

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Thuy Reed: you know, Mr. Blank,

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I love with all my heart,

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because this is where everything

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that's me and mine is found. And

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if anything I want to say to

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fellow Americans, this is not a

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time to go anti science or anti

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education. You know Beijing. I

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said Beijing. I would not say

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the Chinese. I would not say

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China, but Beijing have

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committed this attack that they

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call salt, Typhoon salt, like

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the sodium that you use to

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attack the cyberspace, American

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cyberspace. And you know,

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American Cyberspace, or

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civilians Beijing, a

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concentrated is concentrated. So

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we need to be careful. This is

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not the time to anti science or

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anti education, please. Thank

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you so much.

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Robert Plank: Thank you. It's

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more than important than ever to

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be aware of these problems. Get

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educated with computers,

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science, politics, all the above

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to stop repeating the mistakes

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of the past and have this

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brighter future. Do we read Dear

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America from Vietnam with love,

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wonderful speaking with

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Thuy Reed: you. Thank you. Thank

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you for having me. You.