Then deputy mayor. This led to her writing a book. Woman the analysis of awomans campaign 1920 through 1992. During the Carter Administration she was appointed regional director of the federal agency that supervised this to and the peace corps, and other volunteer programs. She has worked for foundations, of the pentagon, the university of california, and has written a great deal for the magazine the american prospect. Most of what she has been doing betrayal,patriotic what we are going to be talking about this evening. It is a subject of enormous importance, even though it is about rings that happened 50 or 60 years ago, i think you will see that there is an act go in echo in that book for things going on today. I would like to begin at the point in your life when you got involved with this story. You were a student at the university of colorado, in the early 1960s. Attended au conference of the National Student association. What was that . Nsa was a membership school, organization of
And has written a great deal for the magazine the american prospect. Mostly what she has been doing is writing what i think is quite a Remarkable Book patriotic , betrayal. It is what we will be talking about this evening. It is a subject of enormous importance, even though it is about things that happened 50 or 60 years ago, i think you will see that there is an echo in that book for things going on today. I would like to begin at the point in your life when you got involved with this story. You were a student at the university of colorado, in the early 1960s. In 1964, you attended a conference of the National Student association. What was that . What was the conference like . Karen nsa was a Membership Organization of 300 universities and colleges in the United States. It claimed to speak for all American Students. It had huge annual conferences called congresses that minute minute political parties, attended by delegates from the member schools. I went not as a delegate, i went as a
General ham let me start with you. Sort of going in proposition with africom in many ways is youre not going to have large amounts of american troops under your command on the ground, if any. Did you feel at times that you were a general in charge of the contractor army . No, not at all. There is a proper role i think for the contractors but theres also a proper role for the uniformed military. Like the other Combatant Commanders and the Service Chiefs i was part of a discussion with the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff and secretary of defense that yielded the defense strategic guidance of 20 to which was approved by the president , and conduct with regard to advocate says they will seek a light footprint innovative and it reads lowcost, approach to africa. Not only because i was part of that discussion but i think that is the right approach. I dont think there is a need for a large standing u. S. Uniformed military presence in africa. But there is a role and there are places whe
I would venture to say it is the predominant view of the elite of our culture. Prominent in europe as well which has become very secular. It embraces ideas about liberty and personality to the nature of human beings that are distinctive socially liberal views lifeanddeath issues generally identity issues the spectrum of socalled hot button morally charged issues in our culture. That is a view that i am writing the book against kemal i hope respectfully because it is a view that has very credible supporters and i want to do them the justice that they deserve. They put forward arguments. I want to put forward counterarguments have gone i have found that secular liberal views are so widespread as to go largely unquestioned. As a result many yields to the the temptation to believe that anyone who disagrees with them is a big it all religious fundamentalist. Reason and science they confidently believe on their side. Guest that is me have on anything you want to add to that . Guest i think i
Colorado body colorado then deputy mayor of boulder and these experiences led to her coauthoring a book, running as a woman, an analysis of womens campaigns from 1920 to 1992. During the cart orer administration, she was appointed a regional director of the federal agency that supervised vista and the peace corps and other volunteer programs. Shes worked for foundations shes worked for the office of the president of the United University of california, and she has written a great deal for the magazine the american prospect. But mostly what shes been doing for the last 10 or 15 years is writing what i think is quite a remarkable book, patriotic betrayal. Its what were going to be talking with her about this evening its a subject, i think, of enormous importance. And even though its about things that happened 50 or 60 years ago, i think youll very quickly see that there is an echo in that book for many things that are going on today. So karen id like to given by just to begin by just beg