proxmire has a senator from wisconsin. and i remember other clashes between the military industrial complex and the branches of government. to give you a little background on the speech, my own book picks up about 65 hours after it was given. and i would stress a somewhat different aspect by way of background and this has to do with alert citizenry. going home to glory opens after the speeches given when they are driving back to gettysburg 50 years ago when the winter chill of the day john kennedy was inaugurated president of the united states. these are remarkable times. in the year 2000, martin medhurst of texas a&m, a rhetoric professor pulled teachers of rhetoric in the united states on the outstanding speeches delivered by americans in the 20th century. what were they? and on that list, dwight eisenhower's farewell address stands 18 out of 100. but thousands and thousands of speeches given so one of the top 20 speeches, one of them on the list was the john kennedy inaugural stands three. these are the speeches deliver