Tonight at the Pritzker Military Library
FRONT & CENTER
The Shape and Mission of the U.S. Military: What's Ahead for America?
Wednesday, September 29th, 2006
Pritzker Military Library
610 N. Fairbanks Court
Chicago, Illinois 60611
From Iraq to Korea , the US military makes daily headlines. Our presidential candidates both speak of a strong American military, but what does that actually mean? How will the shape of our armed forces be affected by the election? What contrasting visions are the presidential candidates presenting for the future of the United States men and women in uniform? September 29th, 2004, John Callaway asked the presidential campaigns to weigh in on forward plans for the US Military.
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Joining John Callaway for this program:
Theodore J. Karamanski is Professor of History at Loyola University Chicago. He is a specialist in public history and is the author of five books and numerous articles on frontier history, the Civil War, and governmental policy. His books include Rally 'Round the Flag: Chicago and the Civil War and Ethics and Public History: An Anthology, for which he served as editor. He earned his BA and Ph.D in history from Loyola University in Chicago . He served as president of the National Council on Public History, 1989-1990. He provides analysis on environmental and American Indian policy.
Rich Gordon is 42 nd Ward Republican Committeeman, currently in his second term. He is Principal of an IT consulting firm, RGA Chicago, specializing in the telecommunications industry. Gordon is a retired Lt. Colonel in the US Army. He left the military in 2001, serving in his last active duty assignment with the 85 th Division in Arlington Heights , IL as the assistant chief of staff for information management. He has a BS from Northern Illinois University in business. He is a graduate of the US Army Command and General Staff College and was the Distinguished Honor Graduate of the Signal Officer Advanced Course at Ft. Gordon , GA. Gordon has appeared as an on-camera military analyst for CLTV and WGN television.
Rep. Pete McCloskey is a fifteen-year veteran of the U.S. Congress, Pete McCloskey was a US Marine who served in Korea . He earned the Navy Cross, a Silver Star and two Purple Hearts. He testified before Congress that Americans had committed war crimes in Vietnam and marched with John Kerry in the 1971 peace march. McCloskey was a Co-Chairman of the first Earth Day in 1970, served six years as Congressional Delegate to the International Whaling Conference, and was Congressional Advisor to the Law of the Sea Treaty Delegation. McCloskey gained international attention for making the first House of Representatives speech calling for the impeachment of President Richard Nixon for obstruction of justice, and he ran for the Presidency in 1972 challenging Nixon's Vietnam War policies. He has taught legal ethics and political science at both Stanford and Santa Clara Universities , and has served as a Trustee for the Monterey Institute of International Studies and Population Action International.
John Callaway - Host
After a broadcast journalism career of 48 years, John Callaway is now engaged in writing, freelance broadcasting and speaking. The long-time host of Chicago Tonight on Chicago public television station WTTW Channel 11, Mr. Callaway is now host and senior editor for "Chicago Stories", a documentary and interview weekly program on WTTW. He has been honored with more than one hundred awards, including the coveted Peabody Award and fifteen Emmys. A drop-out from Ohio Wesleyan University who hitchhiked to Chicago with 71 cents in his pocket in 1956, he is the recipient of nine honorary doctorate degrees, including those from Northwestern University and the John Marshall College of Law. Mr. Callaway was also the founding Director of the William Benton Fellowships in Broadcast Journalism Program at the University of Chicago. He is the author of the bestselling book of essays, "The Thing of It Is" and has written and performed two one-man shows, " John Callaway Tonight", and "John Callaway 's Life is . . . Maintenance at the Pegasus Theater in Chicago.