Entitlements. So many of the business leaders, if you do not want to go over the fiscal cliff . Fiscal cliff, they want it to be a stage set for tax reform. Thank you for being on newsmakers. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2012] watched mary kay henry, the Service Employees and National Union president today again at 6 00 p. M. On youcspan. General, what if the soviets soviet Union Announced tomorrow that if we attack cuba there will be nuclear war . That is a serious thing. Were going to be uneasy. Something may make these people shoot it off. I would want to keep my own people very alert. [laughter] it is a fascinating moment. It is amazing that eisenhower tells him to have his people alert, because everyone is completely on edge. Kennedy last, and then he says, hang on tight, which is a nice moment that even on this terribly tense day, theyre able to joke a little bit with each other. Especially during this
Secretary of state paul, Stanley Mcchrystal and marcia anderson. This is part of the chicago ideas week conference. They represent less than 1 of the american population. Most of them, from workingclass families. From not too far from here in the workingclass neighborhood of chicago or the bar rios of the southwest or the deep woods of the self and the hills of new england. Or from the rural part of my native great plains. They volunteered a sense of patriotism and a determination to advance their own lives as well. In the course of these two long wars, they have 100 of the risks and 100 of the wounds and deaths. Their families at home have been living in bubble of Emotional Trauma thinking that no one on around them cares because no one was asked of the rest of us. If we did not have someone in that war, or if we did not know someone in that war, it could be out of sight, out of mind. We were not asked to make any sacrifices. The war just went on, fought by these brave Young American
Who will help lead those behind them. It is different than after world war ii because the smaller population, which makes it harder. They are more of a minority. It is important we do these things to reassure them and the organizations. I need a point of order. [laughter] you can go on this time. I do not want to through do that again. It is not as ivy league schools. My College Public institution that serves the innercity section of york did away with rotc about 16 years after i graduated because of the vietnam war. They have decided to bring it back this year. [applause] i want to leave you with one story and one thought. I was in minnesota. They have the military appreciation fund. They collect money for rehab, college, and other things. It unifies the entire state. The speaker was a mother of a National Guardsman who had gone three times to iraq. She is a big executive at the target corporation. She did not want to be involved with her sons activities. She went off to see him often