It is a glorious service. The call comes to every citizen. It is an unending struggle to make and keep government representative. Bob lafollett is probably the most important political figure in Wisconsin History and one of the most important in the history of the 20th century of the United States. He was a reforming governor. He defined what progressivism is pretty was one of the first to use the term progressive to selfidentify. He was United States senator who is ready nice by his peers in the 1950s as one of the five greatest senators in American History. He was an opponent of world war i, stood his ground advocating for free speech. Above all Bob Lafollett was about the people. After the civil war america changed radically from a nation of Small Farmers and small producers and small manufacturers and by the 1870s and 1880s, 1890s we had concentrations of wealth. We had growing inequality and we had concerned about the influence of money in government. The United States senators we
Very briefly putting the role of mc just to say hello and welcome you before i hand the baton to tom bowman of National Public radio who will be our moderator. Tom is a very distinguished and accomplished npr reporter, also really thrilled he would join us. He spent ape lot time in a field field in afghanistan and elsewhere embedded with u. S. Combat units and other parts of the broader effort there that now is approaching the end of its second decade pretty soon. Next to tom and beforehand the baton to them i will just entered is my copanelists Laurel Miller who was the acting special representative for afghanistan and pakistan in the stick up romcom numerous other jobs in that capacity and that organization as well, has been at the Rand Corporation subsequently where she recently completed a coauthor 200 page study study on age proposed afghanistan Peace Agreement written as as a simulated or perhaps model agreement that parties themselves could perhaps consider because even though w
It is a privilege for me to be here today to introduce a man that i have not met until today dance i already admired. Senator tom cotton was a student at Harvard Law School on september 11, 2001. One of the most tragic venice day of the internation. On that day tom cotton made the decision that he was going to serve the United States in uniform on the front lines. After law school he joined the 101st Airborne Division of the u. S. Army. When he volunteered for service the recruiter was taken by surprise. Tom cotton the harvard law graduate did not wish to be a jake lawyer, he wanted to be an infantry man, while serving here in the bronze star, the combat infantry man badge in the ranger he served in iraq and subsequently in afghanistan. After serving in iraq before serving in afghanistan he was assigned to the armies third infantry regiments. Known as the old guard. The old guard is United States oldest activeduty regiment dating back to 1784. Today, the old guard is a ceremonial unit
In the u. S. Senate between 1946 and 1973. He talks about coopers personal life and his impact on the state. This 55 Minute Program was hosted by Somerset Community college in somerset, kentucky. Senator mcconnell, president jill, distinguished guests. Joe marshall did a great job introducing me. Jill marshall did a great job introducing me. But like they say, too much of a good thing is simply wonderful. I was doing town meetings shortly after being arrested elected. We were doing 27 counties in 20 days. We would ask a local person to introduce me and one of the ladies that was so designated call the office to find out what to say. They told her to be brief. It was a really fastpaced tour. We need to keep it short. Besides that, this county is next to his counties of people already know. She said she was very pleased to present to you hal rogers. You all know him, so the less said, the better. [laughter] shell marshall has done a fantastic job at this school. Jill she now has six camp
Some of you have heard me tell this in doing introductions. I was doing town meetings shortly after being elected. We were doing 27 counties in 20 days. It was a real whirlwind. We would ask a local person to introduce me and one of the ladies that was so designated called the office to find out what to say. I learned all this later. They told her to be brief. It was a really fastpaced tour. We need to keep it short. Besides that, this county is next to his county so people already know. She said she was very pleased to present to you hal rogers. You all know him, so the less said, the better. [laughter] Jill Marshall has done a fantastic job at this school. She now has six campuses throughout the region. She has done a fantastic job of building and growing and polishing this institution. Thank you for doing a great job. [applause] figure we are celebrating the 50th anniversary of this school. I was shocked a moment ago when we were talking about it backstage. I was here when the first