Senator Arlen Specter , Part 5

Arlen Specter left the United States Senate in 2011 after a 30 year career. Soon afterwards, he sat down for a series of extended oral history interviews with the Pennsylvania Cable Network. Specter reflected on events that took him from his Russian immigrant roots to his involvement in some of this country’s most momentous events - from his work on the Warren Commission investigating President Kennedy’s assassination to the Senate impeachment trial of President Clinton. We’re airing a selection of these interviews here on American History TV. In this excerpt, Specter talks about President Clinton’s impeachment, the September 11th 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States, and the subsequent PATRIOT Act and Iraq War. This program is about 90 minutes. close