Longtimlongtime no see. I am thrilled to be moderating just about the most distinguished panel anyone could assemble foreignpolicy to my extreme right, max boot, i should say he used to be to my extreme right. [laughter] only on this stage in my twoyear extreme right. Not so much anymore. He is known to all of you as a prolific writer of columns for the Washington Post in the commentator on cnn, distinguished author of biographies and books on the military, i have a personal note to add, max was my first of the wall street journal and he was the best boss i have ever had and who was a good model for me on a personal basis for that reason for many years. You will notice he will get all the easy questions today. [laughter] jim fallows, well known to all of you as a distinguished writer for the atlantic, previous incarnation he was president carters chief speechwriter for a couple of years before winning a National Book award for his book on national defense, his career has taken him all
Assemble foreignpolicy to my extreme right, max boot, i should say he used to be to my extreme right. [laughter] only on this stage in my twoyear extreme right. Not so much anymore. He is known to all of you as a prolific writer of columns for the Washington Post in the commentator on cnn, distinguished author of biographies and books on the military, i have a personal note to add, max was my first of the wall street journal and he was the best boss i have ever had and who was a good model for me on a personal basis for that reason for many years. You will notice he will get all the easy questions today. [laughter] jim fallows, well known to all of you as a distinguished writer for the atlantic, previous incarnation he was president carters chief speechwriter for a couple of years before winning a National Book award for his book on national defense, his career has taken him all over the world, he lived and traveled extensively in china and more recently traveled extensively here in th
The base started early on in the early 1940s. In the 1950s, it became Norton Air Force base. Named after an air force captain killed in france bombing mission. It became Norton Air Force base. In the 1960s, just right at the vietnam era, starting with a base transition to the 63rd military airlift wing. 141 was introduced to the base. It became a major Logistics Supply hub. But their mission also encompassed worldwide. They were the fedex or ups of the early days on the military side. They couldnt deliver quite as quickly. But they could deliver it wherever there was a runway long enough to handle the airplane worldwide. Its interesting to have the Norton Air Force base museum at the former air force base. Its right in the center of where things happened. It used to be a noncommissioned officers club. This little portion of it has been designated as museum for the base. We knew that there were quite a few nortonites, if you will, still living in the greater in land empire. If you ask a
Projected and formed by the Panel Discussion this morning. We believe this uniting theme on these three presentations, elements of Common Ground thinking will be apparent due to their complex and deeply informed philosophies. Ben ledford is a professor of english at ben valley state university, the past president of the t. S. Eliot society and the editor of the t. S. Eliot and christian tradition, ben will be discussing elliotts contributions to the mid20th century tradition. Bradley birzer is the chair at hills vail college and is the cofounder of the imaginative conservative. His scholarship and imagination have allowed him to publish diverse topics such as Christopher Dawson, james cooper, and tolkiens middle earth. Today, his subject is russell kirk, in many ways, the barrier of postwar conservatism. Lisa zeffil is associate professor of history at pacific university. Her scholarship focuses on the role of culture in the government and American Values as well as social and politica
From the getgo and there is no steps lost as the investigation proceeds. At this point im going to turn it back over to the chief. So very quickly, after the initial response, we, we have several hundred people that were in the building that are not injured. Those people have been taken to the safe location and they are part of the investigation. In addition to that, we know that this was a human incident, and this is a tragedy and weve got folks concerned and worried about their loved ones and theyve been at that facility today. We set up an area at the Hernando Center for family members to go for information. We will push information out to that for those family members as we can. Also, the Sheriffs Department put out the crime tip hotline number. If anybody has information, wed very much like to hear from you. With that i will take a couple of questions. [ inaudible ] ive heard everything that it was a meeting to potential like a lunchtype gathering for the holidays. Thats not confi