State legislator John Goldmark became a political target of right-wing extremists in the 1960s. Two decades later, those accusations came to a violent head.
we are also very grateful to c-span for covering it and making this program available not only to citizens throughout washington but throughout the nation. so tonight, the international center, international policy center, the gordon center was created about two years ago. i think it s so meaningful that it was created by colleagues of senator gorton and friends and former staff members to i think that says a lot about his leadership overtime that they ve stayed together. they stayed together as friends and colleagues and maintained such a warm connection both to him and its work. we are proud of that partnership, and thank them for being here and making this program possible, especially to our partner in cordoning the program tonight. the gorton center is dedicated to still learning about public policy, and it contains papers of senator gorton from the 9/11 commission, as well as presenting public programs and containing other memorabilia and information from his career in p