Tectonic plates of politics undergird us. Theant to look at event that is the most traumatic event of the last halfcentury of American Life, the. Ssassination of jfk and at almost 50 years removed, is there anything new to be said about this grim episode . Surprisingly there is. Jim pearson argues in camelot and the cultural revolution that the trauma of his killing went beyond the nations grief and outrage and led to the d formation of our political consensus. It was the catalyst for transformation of liberalism in the 1960s and should be regarded as a key turning point of the end of americas law liberal tradition and the beginning of a new kind of liberalism that represents a repudiation of the older tradition. Whether this older tradition was too brittle because of its predecessors is a matter that the panel will take up. We have david brown and the author of a biography of Richard Hofstadter. Hofstadter is important because he is one of the leading midcentury. He consensus liberali
Undergird us. We want to look at the event that i think most people would agree is the most traumatic event of the last half century of American Life, the assassination of jfk. Even if we judge september 11 more consequential. At almost 50 years removed, is there anything new to be said about this grim episode . Surprisingly there is. Jim pearson argues in camelot and the cultural revolution that the trauma of his killing went beyond the nations grief and outrage and led to the d deformation of our political consensus. It was the catalyst for transformation of liberalism in the 1960 s and should be regarded as a key turning point of the end of americas long liberal tradition and the beginning of a new kind of liberalism that represents a repudiation of the older tradition. Whether this older tradition was too brittle because of its predecessors is a matter that the panel will take up. We have david brown and the author of a biography of Richard Hofstadter. Hofstadter is important becau
America and were led by a group of leaders. Tom coburn was in that group that got elected, i was was in that group, senator graham was in that group. There were a few members of that class who became known as bomb throwers. Tom coburn was a bomb thrower and he would object for the sake of objecting to anything going on. It didnt matter which side of the aisle that was coming from but they told you he matured into a class act which he always was but a second, he matured into a legislator second to none he doesnt hesitate to object to any spending bill that came from either party if tom coburn believed that it wasnt provided for in the constitution and is something that taxpayers shouldnt be paying for. There is nobody that has guarded the pocketbook of the taxpayers of the United States like tom coburn. It is remarkable that those of us had the opportunity to see him over the last 20 years to take on major subjects that most veterans said in the end we are going to prevail but they neve
Limited thing that we should back off of the specific numbers and recognize there is a strong commitment to readiness as the department of defense says there should be especially wary face as many facts that come up with a warning as they do in healthcare. I can tell you from personal experience that discussions are made about benefits and what we are going to do to the Health Care System and military readiness is something that always gets raised and it should be and will continue to be. I want to invite wanted to invite you to add anything that you would wish. Given the responsibilities you have and how much youve contributed and realizing that you are now out of service in the department of defense i think im hearing you today say the military Health Care System is in reasonably good shape but it needs a lot of work into the compensation system is reasonably fair but there are significant changes we can and should consider and we dont need an overhaul but we do need a lot of work in