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NOVEMBER 92009 MARCH THE 20th ANNIVERSARY OF THE FALL OF THE BERLIN WALL. THE DEPUTY MANAGING EDITOR... |
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I DO WANT TO THANK YOU. A REAL PRIVILEGE TO SPEAK TO YOU ON THE EVE OF THE 20th ANNIVERSARY OF THE... |
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NOW HAD IT NOT BEEN FOR THAT SPEECH IN KANSAS CITY, THAT NIGHT, WHICH REALLY HELPED REAGAN SALVAGE... |
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UNFORTUNATE I DON'T HAVE THAT EXCUSE TONIGHT. BUT I HOPE YOU WILL BEAR WITH ME. THE SECOND THING I... |
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SO I AM MORE SYMPATHETIC TO THAT VIEW I THINK. SO PLEASE, FORGIVE ANYTHING THAT I MAY MISS DURING... |
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HE FELL ASLEEP AT INOPPORTUNE TIMES. ONCE DURING A MEETING WITH THE POPE. ANOTHER TIME DURING THE... |
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BUT REAGAN COULD STILL RISE TO THE OCCASION. AND WHEN HE GOT TO THE BRANDENBURG GATE, THERE WERE ... |
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IT CAN BE DANE RUSSIAN TO OFFERS TOO MANY PRESCRIPTIONS BASED ON THE PAST AND TRY AN APPLY THEM TO... |
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I HAVE A QUESTION, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION, DURING THE TIME PERIOD, WHAT WAS GORBACHEV'S... |
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THE QUESTION IS, ABOUT WHAT GORBACHEV WAS TRYING TO ACHIEVE AND WHAT HIS VISION FOR HIS COUNTRY WAS,... |
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QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT DEATHS [INAUDIBLE]. |
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QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT PUTIN WAS DOING AND I TALK ABOUT THAT IN THE BOOK. AND AS A KGB AGENT WAS BASED... |
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YES, I APPRECIATE YOUR INFORMATIVE TALK AND OBVIOUSLY YOU HAVE RESEARCHED GORBACHEV'S LETTERS. WERE... |
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YES, I DID MEET GORBACHEV EARLIER THIS SPRING AND TALKED TO SOME OF THE PEOPLE WHO SERVED WITH HIM.... |
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[INAUDIBLE]. |
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WELL, HE WAS YOUNGER. FOR ONE THING. HE WAS THE YOUNGEST MEMBER OF THE POLITBUREAU WHEN HE BECAME... |
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[INAUDIBLE] IN A SPEECH AS REAGAN'S? THIS EVENT. |
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WELL, AS FAR AS I CAN TELL, I DON'T KNOW -- VICE PRESIDENT BUSH WAS NOT REALLY INVOLVED IN A DIRECT... |
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WHAT WAS THE INTERPLAY BETWEEN THE U.S. AND WEST GERMANY, CHANCELLOR KOHL'S PARTY, WE WAS THERE WHEN... |
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THEY WERE VERY GOOD FRIENDS, KOHL AND REAGAN. THE WEST GERMANS HAD AN INTERESTING ROLE IN THE SPEECH... |
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.. HARRY TRUMAN PUT THE FIRST CRACK IN THE WALL DURING THE... [INAUDIBLE] AND ITS FAILURE TO... [INAUDIBLE].... |
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THE QUESTION IS ABOUT THE ROLE OF HARRY TRUMAN AND THE BERLIN AIRLIFT, AND ABSOLUTELY THE FIRST CHAPTER... |
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ONE OF THE PRIMARY UNDERESTIMATIONS OF RONALD REAGAN WAS THAT THE GREATEST MISTAKE PEOPLE THEY'D IS... |
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RIGHT. THE QUESTION IS ABOUT THE IMPACT OF THE POPE. OBVIOUSLY, HE HAD A MAJOR IMPACT, AND ONE THAT... |
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THIS QUESTION IS ABOUT THE -- MARGARET THATCHER'S IMPACT. OBVIOUSLY, HE WAS SOMEONE WHO SHARED MANY... |
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DID YOU SEE OR HEAR OR DID ANYBODY DISCUSS THE CONNECTION OF HIS SPEECH WITH THE SPEECH BY... [INAUDIBLE]... |
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THE QUESTION IS ABOUT WHETHER PEOPLE CONNECTED THE REAGAN SPEECH TO THE -- THE KENNEDY BERLIN SPEECH.... |
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I WAS WONDERING HOW THE ACTIONS AND... OF PRESIDENTS PREVIOUS TO REAGAN DURING THE COLD WAR AFFECTED... |
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THE QUESTION IS HOW DID THE ACTIONS OF THE PRESIDENTS PRIOR TO REAGAN AFFECT WHAT HE WAS ABLE TO DO.... |
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IT HAS BEEN SED THAT RONALD REAGAN INTENDED TO BANKRUPT THE SOVIET UNION, DURING HIS ADMINISTRATION,... |
NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.
