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kennedy. he and leaders like him made it possible for someone like me, an african-american kid to stand before you today as a nation attorney general. i know from the core of my being, that would dishonor comes an obligation that duty to expand and to strengthen the work of robert kennedy began here and to conduct myself a matter that is consistent with two visions of who would attorney general is and how one should use the powers of that office. in his first speech as attorney general, robert kennedy argued that the time after me has long since passed, that it was time to and i quote, prove to the world that's a silly meaning when we say that all men are created free and equal before the law. all of us, said, wish i time when he lived in a more world but we don't. and if our times are difficult and complex theme, so are the challenging filled with opportunity, unquote. despite all that has been accomplished in recent decades, we still cannot live in these times. we continue to face difficult
kennedy. he and leaders like him made it possible for someone like me, an african-american kid to stand before you today as a nation attorney general. i know from the core of my being, that would dishonor comes an obligation that duty to expand and to strengthen the work of robert kennedy began here and to conduct myself a matter that is consistent with two visions of who would attorney general is and how one should use the powers of that office. in his first speech as attorney general, robert...
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kennedy. thank you. [applause] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] >> later today, wisconsin governor scott walker will be having a fireside chat to talk about his state's budget and the ongoing union protests. the governor is seeking approval for legislation that would reduce public employee bargaining power and benefits. he is expected to talk about that an ongoing budget issues. we will have live coverage beginning at 7:00. laware gaddafi spoke today expense of -- spoke expansively -- extensively today. we will be bringing you those remarks at 7:15 here on c-span. >> "abraham lincoln" is a unique and contemporary perspective on mr. lincoln. from his early years as a springfield lawyer to his presidency during one of our nation's most troubled times. while supplies last, publishers are offering viewers the hardcover edition for the special price of $5 plus shipping and handling. c-span.org 02 -- the 02 c- span.org -- go to c-s
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kennedy. thank you. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] >> coming up, c-span's documentary "inside the white house," following that, at about 3:00 eastern, a look at wikileaks, we begin with a discussion of how it impacted newspapers with the editors of "the new york times" and "the guardian" and then a look at wikileaks' influence on foreign policy. and then at 5:30, how politics affect the judiciary. we mentioned the discussion coming up on the wikileaks website, here's how academics view its impact on foreign policy. >> let's talk about a few myths of wiki leaks, myth number one is the idea that these documents that have been released are facts. documents are not facts. one of our colleagues says, a cable or memo is one person's perspective and is usually designed to do three things. advocate a particular position, report information and make the author look smart, not necessarily in that order. so a cable, for example, hypot
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and at that point it looked like carter was chasing kennedy down only to have kennedy merely put his hand on the president's shoulder in a very cold sign. carter would never forgive kennedy for failing to heal the divisions that had emerged in the party. and, again, i think the comments that carter made recently reflect how bitter those tensions were. ronald reagan, the republican nominee in 1980, took close notice of what had happened. if that's the best they can do in unity, he said, they have a long way to go. when carter conceded in 1980 to reagan unusually early in the evening before the voting had ended in california where there were some important democratic congressional races, speaker tip o'neill exploded at white house official frank moore. you guys came in like a bunch of jerks, he said, and i see you're going to go out the same way. the story of carter is a story about the continued centrality of party leadership to the person in the white house. especially democrats in a conservative age. more than anything else it was his failures on that front that put carter into such
and at that point it looked like carter was chasing kennedy down only to have kennedy merely put his hand on the president's shoulder in a very cold sign. carter would never forgive kennedy for failing to heal the divisions that had emerged in the party. and, again, i think the comments that carter made recently reflect how bitter those tensions were. ronald reagan, the republican nominee in 1980, took close notice of what had happened. if that's the best they can do in unity, he said, they...
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kennedy proposes the following. and they give one, two, three different steps here that basically what kennedy believed according to this document -- what kennedy believed is that the soviets wanted peace and this increasing in cold war tensions was reagan's fault and it's better to communicate it to the americans generally. because as this letter says hilariously reagan was good at propaganda so you need to get around reagan's smoke screen of propaganda. kennedy is very impressed, exact words, very impressed with andropov. not impressed with reagan. very impressed with andropov. so they argue here, kennedy would go to moscow and meet with the soviet leadership. he even talks about senator mark hatfield, a liberal republican with him. they would talk to them. they would help arrange for a soviet media tour in the united states. basically, a kind of a public relations tour in the united states. a kind of a p.r. campaign. those are my words, p.r. campaign, to help communicate soviet peaceful tensions. andropov would c
kennedy proposes the following. and they give one, two, three different steps here that basically what kennedy believed according to this document -- what kennedy believed is that the soviets wanted peace and this increasing in cold war tensions was reagan's fault and it's better to communicate it to the americans generally. because as this letter says hilariously reagan was good at propaganda so you need to get around reagan's smoke screen of propaganda. kennedy is very impressed, exact words,...
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kennedy as attorney general. the justice department mark the occasion last month. at 1 eastern, c-span is documentary inside the white house, and following that we continue the wikileaks discussion with the editors of the new york times and the guardian, following -- followed by another look at wikileaks impact on foreign policy. ireland house a general election on friday. the current prime minister is resigning because of the country's economic problems. the leaders of the three major irish parties meet in their final tv debate tomorrow afternoon in dublin. 4:30 have live coverage at p.m. eastern, here on c-span. >> this year marks the 50th anniversary of the swearing in of robert f. kennedy as attorney general. you'll hear from some former aides to robert kennedy during his tenure as justice. the event begins with audio from the swearing in ceremony in 1961. [applause] >> from the east room of the white house, january 21, 1961. >> mr. president, at your request i have the great honor to administer the oath of o
kennedy as attorney general. the justice department mark the occasion last month. at 1 eastern, c-span is documentary inside the white house, and following that we continue the wikileaks discussion with the editors of the new york times and the guardian, following -- followed by another look at wikileaks impact on foreign policy. ireland house a general election on friday. the current prime minister is resigning because of the country's economic problems. the leaders of the three major irish...
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kennedy is assuming power. kennedy's obligation to win. he looks forward and eisenhower looks back and they stand back-to-back. these speeches become timeless. they both aim at our culture to conservatives. eisenhower saying i you going to allow your cells has a lead to be dominated by a vested interest, by military-industrial complex we let that stand in way of citizenship? kennedy says are you going to allow laws to acquit all of us in our daily lives of responsibility for what we are and can be as citizens? sort of in this spirit that the torch passes between two generations who have a great deal in common. it also passes from one party to the next in which leaders did disagree. it passes in a memorable colorful month, january of 1961. very different mood to. the kennedy inaugural -- inaugural speech, kennedy was a cautious speech. almost as though you have visions of the roman triumph where the concord exults in the splendor of a triumph but there are voices of caution. i remember reminding that all glory can be fleeting. this is how t
kennedy is assuming power. kennedy's obligation to win. he looks forward and eisenhower looks back and they stand back-to-back. these speeches become timeless. they both aim at our culture to conservatives. eisenhower saying i you going to allow your cells has a lead to be dominated by a vested interest, by military-industrial complex we let that stand in way of citizenship? kennedy says are you going to allow laws to acquit all of us in our daily lives of responsibility for what we are and can...
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kennedy was sworn into office. president kennedy was the first catholic to become president. he was the youngest president ever elected at the age of 43. he beat richard nixon by a razor thin margin of 120,000 votes. and he raised a lot of doubts in the american voting public. he was young. he was inexperienced. he was a catholic. he was very eloquent. he turned everybody on by his inauguration speech asking not what you've -- your government do for you but what you can do for your government. saying things like never fear, to never negotiate from fear but never fear to negotiate, something which president obama has spoken of with admiration. president obama is the first black president. he was not particularly experienced when he was elected. he has raised a lot of angst on people's part because he's the first african-american president. he has made some real gains in his first term but he's also fallen short in some areas. and as this is my 60th year as a williamson graduate and as these two presidents have probably made the deep impression on me of any president that has s
kennedy was sworn into office. president kennedy was the first catholic to become president. he was the youngest president ever elected at the age of 43. he beat richard nixon by a razor thin margin of 120,000 votes. and he raised a lot of doubts in the american voting public. he was young. he was inexperienced. he was a catholic. he was very eloquent. he turned everybody on by his inauguration speech asking not what you've -- your government do for you but what you can do for your government....
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victoria reggie kennedy. [applause] >> we have the video first. >> the sea has always been a metaphor of life. it is constantly involved in, shaking -- involving, a shaping, and changing aspect of life. that devotion to the sea is both enriching and enhancing. i grew up in a family that wanted to achieve in the sense of making a difference in people's lives. >> i know that ted kennedy has always been unbelievably sensitive to the accomplishments of his brothers. they were his inspiration. he was picking up where his two brothers had left off. jetting sustained by their memory of our crisis years together, i shall try to carry forward that special commitment to justice, to excellence, to courage that distinguished their lives. >> he championed the cause of those who had been left out, the poor, the elderly, our children, and those without education. >> were bought up to believe that to those to whom much has been given, much is required. he really feel a moral obligation to do everything possible to make this
victoria reggie kennedy. [applause] >> we have the video first. >> the sea has always been a metaphor of life. it is constantly involved in, shaking -- involving, a shaping, and changing aspect of life. that devotion to the sea is both enriching and enhancing. i grew up in a family that wanted to achieve in the sense of making a difference in people's lives. >> i know that ted kennedy has always been unbelievably sensitive to the accomplishments of his brothers. they were his...
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interestingly, the kennedy speech is the same way. all the presser during the transition was to acknowledge the closest of the election to issue an appeal for unity, to bring as many republicans as possible into the government i guess they took the suggestions very seriously early in the drafting of the speech. finally, because of the logic of the position and his responsibility, what takes over in the final draft is a decision to look forward. eisenhower's surrender in power, the obligation is to lead and when he looks forward and they look back and stand back to back that is when the two speeches delivered within 65 hours of each other become timeless. they both in that our culture to conservatives. eisenhower says are you going to allow yourselves passively to be dominated by a vested interest, by a military industrial complex or allowed to stand in the way of effective citizenship, can the reformers say are you going to allow law to a quick in our daily lives and responsibility for what we are and can be as citizens as sort of in
interestingly, the kennedy speech is the same way. all the presser during the transition was to acknowledge the closest of the election to issue an appeal for unity, to bring as many republicans as possible into the government i guess they took the suggestions very seriously early in the drafting of the speech. finally, because of the logic of the position and his responsibility, what takes over in the final draft is a decision to look forward. eisenhower's surrender in power, the obligation is...
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kennedy was sworn into office. president kennedy was the first catholic to become president. he was the youngest president ever elected at the age of 43. he beat richard nixon by a raiser thin margin of 120,000 votes, and he raised a lot of doubts in the american voting public. he was young, inexperienced, he was a catholic, very eloquent, turned everybody on by his inauguration speech, not asking what your government can do for you, but what you can do for your government, saying things like never negotiate from fear, but never fear to negotiate, something which president obama has spoken of with admiration. president obama is the first black president. he was not particularly experienced when he was elected. he has raised a lot of angst on people's part because he he is the first african-american president. he's made real gains in his first term, but he's also fallen short in some areas, and as this is any 60th year as a williams graduate, and as these two presidents have made probably the deepest impression on me of any president that has served in this 60 year period, i a
kennedy was sworn into office. president kennedy was the first catholic to become president. he was the youngest president ever elected at the age of 43. he beat richard nixon by a raiser thin margin of 120,000 votes, and he raised a lot of doubts in the american voting public. he was young, inexperienced, he was a catholic, very eloquent, turned everybody on by his inauguration speech, not asking what your government can do for you, but what you can do for your government, saying things like...
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a new film taken the last night of president kennedy's life. >>> good evening. americans have long thought of new zealand as a quiet little nation of postcards. stunning beauty. but today, we saw what happens a force the size of an atomic bomb starts to explode under the earth. in historic christchurch, rescue teams from all over the world are joining the frantic search for survivors. they can still hear tapping and moans from under the rumble. at least 75 people have died. more than 100 are missing. both numbers are climbing in a quake that measured 6.3. and abc's bob woodruff takes us into this day of chaos and fear. >> reporter: the quake struck just before 1:00 p.m. thousands raced into the streets. some broke through office windows to escape. the damage, staggering. buildings flattened. sidewalks buckled. cars destroyed. people still trapped in the rubble. reports of some phoning out to rescuers from crushed office buildings. one woman pulled out alive. >> i was buried under part of the ceiling. when i looked out, i saw that we were on the road and people w
a new film taken the last night of president kennedy's life. >>> good evening. americans have long thought of new zealand as a quiet little nation of postcards. stunning beauty. but today, we saw what happens a force the size of an atomic bomb starts to explode under the earth. in historic christchurch, rescue teams from all over the world are joining the frantic search for survivors. they can still hear tapping and moans from under the rumble. at least 75 people have died. more than...
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anthony kennedy. justice kennedy has never taken the originalist approach that john has argued for today. in fact justice kennedy more than any justice in history has look at events throughout the world in interpreting the constitution. and lawrence he pointed out how western nations were prohibiting private consensual same-sex sexual activity. in a case just last year justice kennedy wrote for the court in think it is cruel and unusual punishment to impose a sentence of life without parole for crime committed by a juvenile. justice kennedy emphasized there that there is no country in the world that would do this. in 2005 justice kennedy wrote the opinion that said that the death penalty for crimes committed by juveniles is cruel and unusual punishment and only seven countries in the world would allow such punishment. justice kennedy wants to be on the right side of history, the right side of the world trend. he knows that canada has long allowed marriage equality, mexico city does, almost every natio
anthony kennedy. justice kennedy has never taken the originalist approach that john has argued for today. in fact justice kennedy more than any justice in history has look at events throughout the world in interpreting the constitution. and lawrence he pointed out how western nations were prohibiting private consensual same-sex sexual activity. in a case just last year justice kennedy wrote for the court in think it is cruel and unusual punishment to impose a sentence of life without parole for...
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kennedy was sworn into office. president kennedy was the first catholic to become president. he was the youngest president ever elected at the age of 43. he beat richard nixon by a razor-thin margin of 120,000 votes and he raised a lot of doubts in the american voting public. he was young. he was inexperienced. he was a catholic. he was very eloquent. he turned everybody on by his inauguration speech asking not what, have your government do for you, what you can do for your government . . >> as these two presidents have made probably the deepest impression on me of any president that has served in the 60 year period, i am delighted to try to draw a few comparisons between them. i've never met president obama, but i did meet president kennedy in 1963 when i was part of the first group trained in what was called counterinsurgency in those days. he was a tremendously impressive person to meet, the 30 or so of us who were trained stood in line to shake hands with him. we listened to what he said two people ahead of us. i was behind general joe stilwell's son and kennedy gave him
kennedy was sworn into office. president kennedy was the first catholic to become president. he was the youngest president ever elected at the age of 43. he beat richard nixon by a razor-thin margin of 120,000 votes and he raised a lot of doubts in the american voting public. he was young. he was inexperienced. he was a catholic. he was very eloquent. he turned everybody on by his inauguration speech asking not what, have your government do for you, what you can do for your government . ....
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jean kennedy smith. the eight of nine children to joseph and rose kennedy, jasper johns joined the family business of helping her fellow americans and improving our world. in 1974, she founded very special arts, a nonprofit organization that runs the artistic talents of young people living with disabilities. on the international stage, she played a pivotal role in the peace process in northern ireland while serving as the united states ambassador to ireland. with intelligence, compassion, creativity and grace, she has contributed volumes to her family's outstanding legacy of service to our country. [applause] john j. sweeney. as a champion for the american worker, john sweeney has strengthen our families, our economy, and our country. the son of irish immigrants, he worked his way up in the labor removed and -- a labor movement, serving as the american federation of label -- of labour congress and as reorganizations, all while reaffirming our nation's commitment of the enduring values of hard work and re
jean kennedy smith. the eight of nine children to joseph and rose kennedy, jasper johns joined the family business of helping her fellow americans and improving our world. in 1974, she founded very special arts, a nonprofit organization that runs the artistic talents of young people living with disabilities. on the international stage, she played a pivotal role in the peace process in northern ireland while serving as the united states ambassador to ireland. with intelligence, compassion,...
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kennedy in new york city. as a group organized at the last minute as the author, james baldwin and it included some of those beating my like lorraine hansberry, kenneth clark, lena horne, harry belafonte. they all showed up at rfk's apartment to give him a kind of state of the nation for the black community in the united states. and after welcoming his guest to his apartment, robert kennedy kind of recited some of the gains of the kennedy administration was claiming for civil rights. he went on the list that included hiring more black than any previous administration. it included having more executive orders for civil rights. it included support for a number of different civil rights initiative. and when he was finished, he opened the floor for discussion and question. the senior members of the group turned to young jerome smith and said look, mr. attorney general, want you to hear directly from someone who was in the line of fire on this. and jerome smith was heading right in front of robert kennedy. robert k
kennedy in new york city. as a group organized at the last minute as the author, james baldwin and it included some of those beating my like lorraine hansberry, kenneth clark, lena horne, harry belafonte. they all showed up at rfk's apartment to give him a kind of state of the nation for the black community in the united states. and after welcoming his guest to his apartment, robert kennedy kind of recited some of the gains of the kennedy administration was claiming for civil rights. he went on...
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people like to kennedys were used to running countries with names they couldn't even pronounce. need is now a free me my fellow americans layoffs is far away from america earlier in one thousand nine hundred sixty three the us supported a coup in iraq that put the bath party in power the cia specifically supported a young twenty five year old baathist by the name of saddam hussein providing him with a list of his enemies including seven hundred communists and democrats to be eliminated a bloodbath and soon. anyways house needed to plan and overthrow d.m. less than a month before j.f.k. himself was murdered bobby kennedy way said vietnam might not be so easy and wonders about the wisdom of putting someone they hardly know in charge of such an important country. they. really. want. in the course of the mire ambassadorship which had been agreed to be last just one year i dealt with fire government in other words the house was clean turned over five different times for the chaos that one can imagine while the national security council was busy replacing vietnamese governments right
people like to kennedys were used to running countries with names they couldn't even pronounce. need is now a free me my fellow americans layoffs is far away from america earlier in one thousand nine hundred sixty three the us supported a coup in iraq that put the bath party in power the cia specifically supported a young twenty five year old baathist by the name of saddam hussein providing him with a list of his enemies including seven hundred communists and democrats to be eliminated a...
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and john kennedy. and also martin luther king jr. and we were in the aftermath of the church investigating committee in the u.s. senate that showed that the cia particularly under kennedys had committed serious crimes, even of assassination. so there was a disillusionment on the part of the american people with washington. and that was the main thing that i emphasized. i told them i would never lie to them and so forth, and i emphasized the fact that i was from the deep south. i had been out of politics and all of my predecessors had, that i was a peanut farmer and can that sort of thing. so it was because of those volunteers in texas and other places that i never had before that never had been in politics before that i was finally elected. as a matter of fact, amazingly still to me, i ran against one of the best men i've ever known in texas, and that was lloyd benson. i beat lloyd benson 2-1 in texas. which was amazing even now to me. but i had kind of a groundswell of support among people who had not
and john kennedy. and also martin luther king jr. and we were in the aftermath of the church investigating committee in the u.s. senate that showed that the cia particularly under kennedys had committed serious crimes, even of assassination. so there was a disillusionment on the part of the american people with washington. and that was the main thing that i emphasized. i told them i would never lie to them and so forth, and i emphasized the fact that i was from the deep south. i had been out of...
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kennedy that is the president's office in the house. that is where he works, he does have meetings there. >> you can not help but feel the connection and. behind you is a portrait of mckinley watching a treaty being signed on the very best. there is a connection with president mckinley. there is a portrait of a grant. you read the book and you realize, several pieces of furniture were used by grant. that is really my favorite painting. instructing his generals and admiral -- this was his instructions to make sure his great dream of the united states prevail after the civil war. >> i consider its to be a source of strength to us. anything which dramatizes the great story of the united states is worthy couple the closest attention and respect by the americans who live here and visit here. that is why i am glad that jackie is making the efforts she is making. i know other first ladies have done its. i know that those who come after us will continue to try. " the wonderful thing about what the kennedys did have nothing to do with individual
kennedy that is the president's office in the house. that is where he works, he does have meetings there. >> you can not help but feel the connection and. behind you is a portrait of mckinley watching a treaty being signed on the very best. there is a connection with president mckinley. there is a portrait of a grant. you read the book and you realize, several pieces of furniture were used by grant. that is really my favorite painting. instructing his generals and admiral -- this was his...
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she would be the way ted kennedy was back with jimmy carter. the party would be split. and the fact that it is not split i think is key to its success, and its possibility of winning a significant re-election. if they weren't united as they are, i don't think they would be winning next time. >> rose: do you think if she was in the senate now. >> the things that have happened she might be positions herself to challenge. >> not to challenge but even if she didn't, she would be positioned to inevitably play the role of critic because it would just come to her it would be the automatic role for somebody like that. and as it is, because she's part of the team and done this perfect job so far, bill clinton's part of the team, it's really that, i don't know if i said this before to you, but i think it reminded me of ago an alda and jimmy smith's on west wing when offered the secretary of state job to the guy he beat. it's history imitating art. and that moment made me cry. >> rose: team reefls. >> it does this stuff. he said and that would be you. when he said who is your firs
she would be the way ted kennedy was back with jimmy carter. the party would be split. and the fact that it is not split i think is key to its success, and its possibility of winning a significant re-election. if they weren't united as they are, i don't think they would be winning next time. >> rose: do you think if she was in the senate now. >> the things that have happened she might be positions herself to challenge. >> not to challenge but even if she didn't, she would be...
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kennedy. with more enthusiasm than money, he met the media at every opportunity. >> how do you think your race is going? >> like this roller coaster, it's been an uphill fight but i think we'vebout doing quite well. >> would you mind telling me what has been the most exciting part of the campaign so far? >> right now. i just had it. >> thank you, senator. >> i tell you, this is good fun. >> thank you, sir. >> and politics ought to be fun. >> yes, sir. >> ♪ vote for hubert hubert humphrey the president for you and me ♪ >> i love this nation. i think it ought to set a great example for the whole world. we need to cast a beacon of light and enlightenment and hope and peace of the entire nation and the president must speak for the nation, giving the philoshy and the fundamentals of our democracy and what we stand for and then he must be able to mobilize action and carry out these programs so that the dream can be fulfilled. >> while it is generally believed that john kennedy and richard nixon
kennedy. with more enthusiasm than money, he met the media at every opportunity. >> how do you think your race is going? >> like this roller coaster, it's been an uphill fight but i think we'vebout doing quite well. >> would you mind telling me what has been the most exciting part of the campaign so far? >> right now. i just had it. >> thank you, senator. >> i tell you, this is good fun. >> thank you, sir. >> and politics ought to be fun. >>...
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of 120,000, kennedy won the argument because kennedy was paying for the military. the united states was essentially underwriting iran's military development. iran was the biggest recipient of u.s. foreign aid from 1953-61, and it is estimated that the u.s. gave the shah more than $1.5 billion in aid. it was a remarkable sum in that period. from 65 on, the shah no longer needed this. in fact, from 74, it was the west that now needed the shah's money. the shah lend on what the cia called the lending bench, gave away about $1.5 billion who came begging, from london's mayor asking money to rebuild the water system in london to zimbabwe, to pakistan, anybody who came. france, american companies, american companies on the verge of bankruptcy came, got their moneys, and they went back. with this economic independence, came political independence. the shah no longer needed to heed american pressures to democracy. moreover, nixon had come to power in the united states, and nixon had implement the what was called the nixon doctrine, and i argue in the book about the develop
of 120,000, kennedy won the argument because kennedy was paying for the military. the united states was essentially underwriting iran's military development. iran was the biggest recipient of u.s. foreign aid from 1953-61, and it is estimated that the u.s. gave the shah more than $1.5 billion in aid. it was a remarkable sum in that period. from 65 on, the shah no longer needed this. in fact, from 74, it was the west that now needed the shah's money. the shah lend on what the cia called the...
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it will come back to justice anthony kennedy. >> he is our mubarak. >> he is . tony kennedy -- thank you, ronald reagan. >> former defense secretary donald rumsfeld has written a memoir entitled "known and unknown." regrets, he said a few. he said "we know where they are" with respect to weapons of mass destruction in iraq. he has, i gather, no real regrets. "at saddam hussein remained in power, the middle east would be far more perilous than it is today." >> it is a defense of the book. what else would we expect it donald rumsfeld to write? he's being a defense of human being. he does score some points against other people. he's actually read that the whole process broke down, that condoleezza rice did not do a good job, that colin powell was not as assertive as he might have been. >> how can you blame colin powell for not being assertive enough when you just take them in the proverbial groin and nature he could not walk? -- and made sure he cannot walk? >> i am a big fan of colin powell, but i think historians will go back and see a period where they wished th
it will come back to justice anthony kennedy. >> he is our mubarak. >> he is . tony kennedy -- thank you, ronald reagan. >> former defense secretary donald rumsfeld has written a memoir entitled "known and unknown." regrets, he said a few. he said "we know where they are" with respect to weapons of mass destruction in iraq. he has, i gather, no real regrets. "at saddam hussein remained in power, the middle east would be far more perilous than it is...
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used by president kennedy in the oval office. it travels around the country as a memorial to him until it is brought back to the white house. >> i see johnson crawling around like a caged tiger with his news tickers, almost like a drug. his need for not only the news but how he is being portrayed in the nation's media. >> in those early years, he told me that when he knew he was in a good mood that the whole white house would reverberate with his vitality. he was such a big figure. when i think happened in those last years when vietnam took over, he felt his legacy was cut in two and it became more forbidding place. in those last months prior to his decision to withdraw from the race in march of 1968 that he used to have a recurring dream that he had become paralyzed and art said the door of a rumor he was in the red room, they were all dividing up his power without any consideration to him and he would wake up out of the dream, take his flashlight, and go look at the picture would wilson on the wall, a touch the picture reaffirm
used by president kennedy in the oval office. it travels around the country as a memorial to him until it is brought back to the white house. >> i see johnson crawling around like a caged tiger with his news tickers, almost like a drug. his need for not only the news but how he is being portrayed in the nation's media. >> in those early years, he told me that when he knew he was in a good mood that the whole white house would reverberate with his vitality. he was such a big figure....
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. >> y donan a un museo en dallas un vÍdeo que muestra al ex presidente jf kennedy y a su esposa en un evento en houston la noche antes que el mandatario fuera asesinado. >> hola que tal, muy buenas noches, bienvenidos a Última hora. les saluda martÍn berlanga. continuamos con una tragedia en nueva zelanda azotada hace horas por un magnitud seis.3 en la escala, despuÉs del cual se han producido varias rÉplicas. hasta el momento se sabe de varios muertos y heridos, ademÁs de cuantiosos daÑos materiales. vamos en vivo con nuestra compaÑera illia calderÓn, desde nueva zelanda donde son casi las cinco de la tarde. illia se hablaba de personas atrapadas en edificios, hay cifras hasta el momento? >> hola. las autoridades estÁn siendo bastante cautelosos con las cifras de las personas muertas y las personas heridas por este terremoto que como tÚ dijiste fue del 6.3 en la cala. hasta el momento no se atreven a dar cifras. han pedido mucha calma a la prensa y a la comunidad. se habla de personas atrapadas, han llegado a la ciudad de... dos comandos de cuerpos de rescate otros mÁs est
. >> y donan a un museo en dallas un vÍdeo que muestra al ex presidente jf kennedy y a su esposa en un evento en houston la noche antes que el mandatario fuera asesinado. >> hola que tal, muy buenas noches, bienvenidos a Última hora. les saluda martÍn berlanga. continuamos con una tragedia en nueva zelanda azotada hace horas por un magnitud seis.3 en la escala, despuÉs del cual se han producido varias rÉplicas. hasta el momento se sabe de varios muertos y heridos, ademÁs de...
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he then introduced first lady jacqueline kennedy who spoke without notes in spanish. the room erupted in cheers of ole. she was also fluent in french. a dallas museum restored and released the film which was recorded by a member of grp. > >> group. >>> back in two minutes with the royal relic that made a big splash on the "today" show. i >>> while the world's most famous wedding dress made an appearance on the "today" show this morning. check it out. the royal gown worn by princess diana. it has a 25-foot train, made of six different fabrics. guess what? the cost of the dress 30 years ago, $1700. for the gown and bridesmaids dresses. i wore one of diana's gowns a few years ago, six feet longer than me. >> by then, it cost what, 50,000? >> good night. switching to progressive could mean hundreds more in your wallet year after year. feed me! saving you money -- now, that's progressive. call or click today. never in my lifetime did i think i could walk 60 miles in 3 days. 60 miles in 3 days-- i can do that. 60 miles compared to what a cancer patient goes through is a wal
he then introduced first lady jacqueline kennedy who spoke without notes in spanish. the room erupted in cheers of ole. she was also fluent in french. a dallas museum restored and released the film which was recorded by a member of grp. > >> group. >>> back in two minutes with the royal relic that made a big splash on the "today" show. i >>> while the world's most famous wedding dress made an appearance on the "today" show this morning. check it...
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kennedy in -- the sponsor's architect. i brought his attention to the deck which i thought was larger than required was also shown sitting -- sitting on the surface of the roof. since this building la a wall around it and it butts under buildings and you'll have to have one hour fire protection against those other buildings, you would have -- and three feet high, you would of course have to do something to support the weight of the deck that is proposed. to support that weight and that 1357b of 17 feet was going to require some structure underneath. there by raising the height of the deck and the wall, et cetera. >> so, when i spoke with the architect, he seemed to indicate it wasn't an issue. i asked for a -- i asked for a section to examine, he said, he wouldn't -- he couldn't be bothered with it, it was too expensive. i hoped that i was -- i would hear from the architect or the sponsor at some point. this was what our arrangement was regarding these issues. i'm not unsympathetic to -- commissioner olague: thank you. any
kennedy in -- the sponsor's architect. i brought his attention to the deck which i thought was larger than required was also shown sitting -- sitting on the surface of the roof. since this building la a wall around it and it butts under buildings and you'll have to have one hour fire protection against those other buildings, you would have -- and three feet high, you would of course have to do something to support the weight of the deck that is proposed. to support that weight and that 1357b of...
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it may be a kennedy. ethel kennedy has come forward to say she thinks the bird is hers. she believes it is one of two she bought for her family's thanksgiving dinner to show their children what a turkey looks like without all the fixings. it escaped, apparently. now for a look at your national and regional weather, here's nbc meteorologist bill karins with the weather channel forecast. >> i would be upset if the kennedies adopted me and then let me go. let me back in. >> knock knock. >> let's chat about this forecast, lynn, and what a morning it is in texas. it snowed overnight in dallas. they got a couple of inches at the super bowl site. the became is an indoor game, so not an issue weather-wise. san antonio had mow snoe, and all of the highways in san antonio. much of the state of texas is paralyzed, and the airport won't be much better. as far as the west goes, look at the clouds. they're pushing many, and now they're dropping to the south. a lot of our gorgeous sunshine is gone. especially there in oregon and idaho. some of those clouds are now creeping through nort
it may be a kennedy. ethel kennedy has come forward to say she thinks the bird is hers. she believes it is one of two she bought for her family's thanksgiving dinner to show their children what a turkey looks like without all the fixings. it escaped, apparently. now for a look at your national and regional weather, here's nbc meteorologist bill karins with the weather channel forecast. >> i would be upset if the kennedies adopted me and then let me go. let me back in. >> knock...
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both anthony scalia and anthony kennedy are 74. it is not likely that a justice will leave before 2013. >> except for the editorialize in along the way, i agree with that. the impact of the 2004 election was to perpetuate the balance that was there. it actually moved to a little bit right. the result of the 2008 election locked in that status quo with younger versions of -- with sotomayor and elena kagan. we can predict with greater certainty where elena kagan will end up. i knew her as a professor at the university of chicago. there was no doubt where her early life philosophy was. she will manifest that. she and justice sotomayor are easily going to fit into the seats that were vacated on almost every issue. >> would you have voted to confirm roberts? john, would you have voted for sotomayor and elena kagan? >> i testified against the confirmation of suel all legal. the reality is that these are not moderate conservatives. when you talk about roberts, they are everything that liberals fear. whenou put them together, they are the
both anthony scalia and anthony kennedy are 74. it is not likely that a justice will leave before 2013. >> except for the editorialize in along the way, i agree with that. the impact of the 2004 election was to perpetuate the balance that was there. it actually moved to a little bit right. the result of the 2008 election locked in that status quo with younger versions of -- with sotomayor and elena kagan. we can predict with greater certainty where elena kagan will end up. i knew her as a...
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he invited him to come make the speech, and robert kennedy said, young man, you know if you asked me to come, i will speak on civil-rights. you may not get what you wish. i remember he said mr. attorney general, i remember reading that when you were a senior at the university of virginia law school you invited ralph bunche to appear at the university of virginia for law day, and there was an upwaroar d the president of the university said he could not come, and your classmates would not support you, but he pushed it.
he invited him to come make the speech, and robert kennedy said, young man, you know if you asked me to come, i will speak on civil-rights. you may not get what you wish. i remember he said mr. attorney general, i remember reading that when you were a senior at the university of virginia law school you invited ralph bunche to appear at the university of virginia for law day, and there was an upwaroar d the president of the university said he could not come, and your classmates would not support...
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both anthony scalia and anthony kennedy are 74. it is not likely that a justice will leave before 2013. >> except for the editorialize in along the way, i agree with that. the impact of the 2004 election was to perpetuate the balance that was there. it actually moved to a little bit right. the result of the 2008 election locked in that status quo with younger versions of -- with sotomayor and elena kagan. we can predict with greater certainty where elena kagan will end up. i knew her as a professor at the university of chicago. there was no doubt where her early life philosophy was. she will manifest that. she and justice sotomayor are easily going to fit into the seats that were vacated on almost every issue. >> would you have voted to confirm roberts? john, would you have voted for sotomayor and elena kagan? >> i testified against the confirmation of samuel all legal. the reality is that these are not moderate conservatives. when you talk about roberts, they are everything that liberals fear. when you put them together, they are
both anthony scalia and anthony kennedy are 74. it is not likely that a justice will leave before 2013. >> except for the editorialize in along the way, i agree with that. the impact of the 2004 election was to perpetuate the balance that was there. it actually moved to a little bit right. the result of the 2008 election locked in that status quo with younger versions of -- with sotomayor and elena kagan. we can predict with greater certainty where elena kagan will end up. i knew her as a...
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we were in the aftermath of the church investigating -- robert kennedy and john kennedy. the cia had committed serious crimes, even of assassination. there was disillusionment on the part of the american people with washington, and that was the main thing that i emphasize. i told them i would never lie to them and so forth and emphasize the fact that i was from the deep south, that i was a peanut farmer and that sort of thing. it was because of those volunteers in texas and other places that had never been involved in politics before that i was finally elected. amazingly, still to be, i ran against one of the best man i have ever known in texas, and that was lloyd bentsen. i beat lloyd bentsen to to one in texas, which was amazing, even now, to me. i had a kind of groundswell of support among people who had not been involved in politics before, and that is really how i was able to prevail. >> but you knew that you would be the first president from the deep south to be elected since zachary taylor. you were a one-term governor from the state of georgia. what made you think
we were in the aftermath of the church investigating -- robert kennedy and john kennedy. the cia had committed serious crimes, even of assassination. there was disillusionment on the part of the american people with washington, and that was the main thing that i emphasize. i told them i would never lie to them and so forth and emphasize the fact that i was from the deep south, that i was a peanut farmer and that sort of thing. it was because of those volunteers in texas and other places that...
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. >>> coming up next, a newly-released film of president kennedy during that fateful trip to texas. >>> plus, on top of that, controversial comments by rush limbaugh about first lady michelle obama. >>> and baseball history, as a female pitcher takes the mound. yikes, this color just sucks the life out of me. i was just gonna say that! about this flat haircolor! let's dimensionalize! [ gigi ] try nice 'n easy, with colorblend technology. anti-flat, always dimensional. in one simple step, get a beautiful blend of tones and highlights, built into every shade. see ya, flat! [ gigi ] it's always dimensional. it's nice 'n easy. your right color. now try new colorblend foam, only from nice 'n easy. just three shakes, foam it, love it! what was i thinking? but i was still skating on thin ice with my cholesterol. anyone with high cholesterol may be at increased risk of heart attack. diet and exercise weren't enough for me. i stopped kidding myself. i've been eating healthier, exercising more and now i'm also taking lipitor. if you've been kidding yourself about high cholesterol, stop. lipitor
. >>> coming up next, a newly-released film of president kennedy during that fateful trip to texas. >>> plus, on top of that, controversial comments by rush limbaugh about first lady michelle obama. >>> and baseball history, as a female pitcher takes the mound. yikes, this color just sucks the life out of me. i was just gonna say that! about this flat haircolor! let's dimensionalize! [ gigi ] try nice 'n easy, with colorblend technology. anti-flat, always dimensional....
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justice kennedy. justice kennedy has never taken the originalist approach that john outlines to date. in lawrence he talked about how western nation was providing private, consensual sex activity. he said that it was cruel and unusual punishment to impose a sentence for life without parole for crimes committed by juveniles. justice kennedy emphasized that there is no country in the world that would do this. 2005, he wrote that the death penalty for juveniles is cruel and unusual punishments, and that there are only a few countries that do that and none of them are grouped together under the human rights perspective. canada has long recognized marriage equality, mexico city does, predominantly catholic countries to. i think justice kennedy will say that there is no legitimate interest in prohibiting gays and lesbians from expressing love and commitment and a disappointment in marriage that heterosexuals have always s had. [laughter] >> the common ground is that justice kennedy is the deciding vote, tha
justice kennedy. justice kennedy has never taken the originalist approach that john outlines to date. in lawrence he talked about how western nation was providing private, consensual sex activity. he said that it was cruel and unusual punishment to impose a sentence for life without parole for crimes committed by juveniles. justice kennedy emphasized that there is no country in the world that would do this. 2005, he wrote that the death penalty for juveniles is cruel and unusual punishments,...
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is nixon going to use that against kennedy in this election? dad said he shouldn't because he's not running for the husband of the year. he's running for president of the united states. they are great leaders. it's up to him and his wife to settle that. it's not up to us to break into their marriage and they shouldn't do that. but today, the first thing, that is the first thing that we see. like i tell people who are thinking of running, what is it that you are most interested in your life because whenever you haven't put somebody is going to be on the front page of the paper once you announce it and that is what is sad about politics today is the gotcha politics. so your personal life is even more important than anything else you've done in your life. and it's kinda scary that we. >> host: do you think your paul father would have gotten into politics today? >> guest: everything really has its time but has he found out in the book would he have gotten the politics would he have gotten heavy into politics had it been for bobby kennedy? the fact
is nixon going to use that against kennedy in this election? dad said he shouldn't because he's not running for the husband of the year. he's running for president of the united states. they are great leaders. it's up to him and his wife to settle that. it's not up to us to break into their marriage and they shouldn't do that. but today, the first thing, that is the first thing that we see. like i tell people who are thinking of running, what is it that you are most interested in your life...