Heart of a Patriot

Oct 13, 2009

Carter (Jimmy) Center

Former U.S. Senator Max Cleland talked about his memoir, Heart of a Patriot: How I Found the Courage to Survive Vietnam, Walter Reed and Karl Rove (Simon & Schuster; October 6, 2009), co-written with Ben Raines. After he lost both legs and an arm in Vietnam, he credited President Carter with giving him a path in life when the president .. Read More
Former U.S. Senator Max Cleland talked about his memoir, Heart of a Patriot: How I Found the Courage to Survive Vietnam, Walter Reed and Karl Rove (Simon & Schuster; October 6, 2009), co-written with Ben Raines. After he lost both legs and an arm in Vietnam, he credited President Carter with giving him a path in life when the president choose him to head the U.S. Veterans Administration. He served in the U.S. Senate from 1997 to 2003, but lost his re-election campaign after Republicans called him "unpatriotic." A long-dormant case of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, awakened by the invasion of Iraq, sent him to Walter Reed as a patient, where he was surrounded by veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan. Former Senator Cleland talked about sense of purpose that public service has given him. Topics included attacking military service in a political campaign, his service on the 9/11 Commission, and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. He responded to questions from members of the audience.

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TIME SPEAKER TEXT
00:00:09 Unidentified Speaker EVAN WRIGHT, THANK YOU.
00:00:15 Unidentified Speaker THANKS FOR HAVING ME. .. TOURING HIS PRESIDENCY BUT ALSO THE POST PRESIDENCY AS WELL ALSO I ENCOURAGE...
00:04:25 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] AYAAN MAX CLELAND AND I APPROVE THAT ANNOUNCEMENT. [LAUGHTER]...
00:23:47 Unidentified Speaker WE WOULD LIKE TO DO IS HAVE YOU ALL -- WE HAVE MICROPHONES HERE AND HERE, AND IF YOU WOULD PLEASE...
00:24:04 Unidentified Speaker I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU WERE ONE OF SIX OUT OF THE 9/11 COMMISSION MEMBERS RECENTLY SAID THAT IT WAS...
00:25:16 Unidentified Speaker YES. ON WAS APPOINTED TO THE 9/11 COMMISSION AFTER RYE LOST. I TOLD SENATOR DASCHLE CERTAINLY RUNNING...
00:28:45 Unidentified Speaker I DON'T KNOW WHY. BECAUSE IN MY OPINION THE WHITE HOUSE WAS STONEWALLING THE COMMISSION AND WANTED...
00:30:07 Unidentified Speaker WE WILL GO OVER HERE. MAYBE A MORE CURRENT QUESTION. I THINK YOU THINK WE SHOULD FOCUS OUR TARGET...
00:30:42 Unidentified Speaker YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT. THE AMERICAN FOOTPRINT IN PAKISTAN WON'T WORK EXCEPT IT HAS TO BE COVERT AND STEALTH...
00:33:35 Unidentified Speaker THAT'S OVER HERE.
00:33:38 Unidentified Speaker GOOD EVENING, I'M SURE MAX KNOWS WHO I AM BUT I AM A FELLOW SPACE ALUMNI WITH MAX, A FELLOW ROTC GRADUATE,...
00:34:21 Unidentified Speaker WHAT DID HE SAY? SPEED DO YOU PLAN TO RUN FOR THE U.S. SENATE AGAIN?
00:34:28 Unidentified Speaker NO. [LAUGHTER]
00:34:32 Unidentified Speaker IT'S NICE TO SEE YOU AFTER ABOUT 20 YEARS. I'M REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT AFGHANISTAN AS MOST PEOPLE ARE....
00:36:09 Unidentified Speaker YOUR QUESTION?
00:36:10 Unidentified Speaker WHAT YOU THINK -- YOU TALKED ABOUT EVERYTHING WE ARE SUPPOSED TO DO BUT WHAT DO YOU THINK IS THE REAL...
00:36:29 Unidentified Speaker OKAY. FIRST OF ALL I THINK THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION COVERED UP FOR THE SAUDIS. WHILE THE DEMOCRATS...
00:39:15 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU. JUST A REMINDER PLEASE KEEP QUESTIONS TO QUESTIONS AND NOT JUST STATEMENTS. WE WILL GO...
00:39:26 Unidentified Speaker YOU SORT OF ALLUDED TO THIS IN YOUR COMMENT, VOTERS USUALLY SAY THAT THEY DON'T LIKE NEGATIVE CAMPAIGNING...
00:39:56 Unidentified Speaker I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE NEGATIVE CAMPAIGNING AS LONG AS THE PUBLIC ALLOWS IT AND VOTE FOR CANDIDATES...
00:41:11 Unidentified Speaker A LOADED QUESTION BUT IT'S LIKE SEVEN YEARS AFTER THE LOST ELECTIONS IN 2002 WHAT DO YOU THINK HAS...
00:41:24 Unidentified Speaker THE BIGGEST IMPACT FOR ME WAS THE POWERFUL LOSS OF A WAY TO COPE BUT I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE LOSING MY...
00:44:30 Unidentified Speaker I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU FIRST OF ALL FOR YOUR SERVICE AND FOR THE COURAGE THAT YOU HAVE DISPLAYED...
00:45:05 Unidentified Speaker I'VE STAYED AWAY AND PRETTY MUCH STILL STAY AWAY FROM WATCHING THE NEWS OR READING THE NEWSPAPERS....
00:46:55 Unidentified Speaker HELLO. IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT GOING INTO THE 2002 ELECTION YOU HAD A LEAD IN THE POLL ABOUT FOUR...
00:47:56 Unidentified Speaker THANKS FOR THOSE QUESTIONS. FIRST OF ALL, I THINK GEORGIA DOES HAVE TO HAVE IN ITS VOTING MACHINES...
00:50:54 Unidentified Speaker AND THEY'VE BEEN SOLD.
00:50:56 Unidentified Speaker WHAT'S THAT?
00:50:57 Unidentified Speaker ES ES BOUGHT THEM RECENTLY SO NOW WE HAVE THREE MAJOR, NOT FOR A MAJOR ELECTRONIC VOTING MACHINE COMPANIES...
00:51:10 Unidentified Speaker I CAN ONLY SPEAK TO THE 2000 ELECTIONS AND FOR ME THE SITUATION IN GEORGIA UNBEKNOWNST TO ME AT THE...
00:54:14 Unidentified Speaker LOOKS TO THE FINAL QUESTION RIGHT OVER HERE, PLEASE.
00:54:18 Unidentified Speaker GOOD EVENING, SPEED. IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU. CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR APPOINTMENT AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR...
00:55:10 Unidentified Speaker IF YOU ARE IN THE AGE OF GENERAL RAMSEY MY HAT GOES OFF TO YOU. [LAUGHTER] HE'S GOING ON 91 NOW. I...
00:56:30 Unidentified Speaker IS THERE A WAY TO LEAVE SOME INFORMATION? IS THEIR SOMEONE I CAN LEAVE INFORMATION WITH TO KEEP IN...
00:56:36 Unidentified Speaker YES, YOU CAN GIVE THAT TO CARRY RIGHT THERE TO READ THIS, THE BOOK IS CALLED "HEART OF A PATRIOT."...
00:57:10 Unidentified Speaker MAX CLELAND SERVED IN THE SENATE FROM 1997 TO 2003.

NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.

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