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Sen. Dale Bumpers --
Sept. 29, 1992 |
| A former Marine Sergeant in WWII, Dale Bumpers went on to serve 24 years in the
Senate. He reflects upon his career as an outspoken foe of wasteful military programs... |
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Sen. Mark Hatfield
-- March 16, 1997
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| Senator Mark Hatfield of Oregon is not known for mincing words. His words and actions reflects
values formed in the hellish crucible of war. He has spent nearly 50 years trying to make the world a safer and
more peaceful place. He has frequently been called "the conscience of the Senate." |
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Noam Chomsky --
Feb. 18, 1996
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| The New York Times has referred to Noam Chomsky as "arguably the most important
intellectual alive." His work in linguistics at MIT changed the field forever and earned Chomsky international
renown. His extensive range of publications in linguistics and political science have made him the most cited
author living today. But it is as a social critic and analyst of American foreign policy that Noam Chomsky is at
his most controversial... |
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Adm. Gene LaRoque
-- Dec. 17, 1995
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| Gene LaRocque loved serving his country in the military, but quickly grew to hate war. He
faced death at Pearl Harbor in December of 1941, where his ship was destroyed. During World War II, he fought
in numerous naval battles in the Pacific. As an admiral, he fought the Cold War as a commander of a
nuclear-armed carrier task force in Europe and served as a war planner in the Pentagon... |
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A Conversation with William Colby --
April 23, 1995
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| Former Director of the CIA (1973-76), once known as an unrepentant Cold Warrior,
now promotes a 50% cut in the military budget... |
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Ron Dellums
-- July 10, 1994
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| First elected to Congress in 1970, Ron Dellums witnessed and crated history
over the course of the following 24 years... |
For more information on these profiles of prominent Americans, please e-mail CDI's Mark Sugg at
msugg@cdi.org.
