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JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY WAS A MASSACHUSETTS DEMOCRAT, BORN INTO PRIVILEGE, BUT COMMITTED TO PUBLIC SERVICE. HE WAS A KENNEDY, WHICH MEANT HE HAD BEEN...
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THAT WOULD SHAPE HIS EXPERIENCE WITH ILLNESS, WAR AND POLITICS OVER THE COURSE OF HIS LIFE. HE WAS IRISH CATHOLIC, BORN THE SECOND SON OF JOSEPH AND...
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THE GLOW FROM THAT FIRE CAN TRULY LIGHT THE WORLD. >> GOOD EVENING. TONIGHT IN WEEK 35 OF CSPAN'S AMERICAN'S PRESIDENTS SERIES WE LOOK AT THE LIFE...
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1917, BY THE WAY OUR 35th PRESIDENT WAS THE FIRST PRESIDENT BORN IN THE 20th CENTURY. UPSTAIRS ON THE SECOND FLOOR, A NUMBER OF MOMENTOS AND PICTURES,...
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OUR POST ROOSEVELT
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PRESIDENTS. HIS
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AVERAGE APPROVAL RATING WAS
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70%, CLOSEST TO HIM WAS EISENHOWER, WITH
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65%. HE NEVER FELL BELOW A 56% APPROVAL RATING. OF COURSE, THE ASSASSINATION HAS MARTYRED HIM AS -- IN A SENSE SOLIDIFIED HIS HOLD ON THE PUBLIC'S...
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BUT OF COURSE, WHEN THE FIRST FOUR CHILDREN WERE BORN, JOE KENNEDY HAD NOT MADE IT ALL THAT BIG YET. AND SO JOHN KENNEDY CAME FROM MIDDLE CLASS ROOTS...
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YOUNG MAN AND HE WENT TO PRIVATE SCHOOL. HE WENT TO HARVARD UNIVERSITY AND HE WAS WELCOMED, SO TO SPEAK INTO A WORLD OF PRIVILEGE AND IMPORTANCE. HE...
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ROBERT DALLEK, WRITTEN HOW MANY BOOKS? >> GOSH, SEVEN. >> AND NOW WORKING ON ONE ON JOHN F. KENNEDY. IF YOU GO TO AMAZON COME THERE ARE LITERALLY 200...
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NEW PERSPECTIVE.
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THERE'S ALWAYS A NEW PART OF EMPHASIS OF INTERPRETATION. AND I HOPE I WILL BRING THAT TO MY BOOK. BUT MORE SUBSTANTIVELY I WOULD SAY THAT THERE ARE...
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JACQUELINE KENNEDY PAPERS, JOHN KENNEDY'S TELEPHONE TAPES. NATIONAL SECURITY FILES, MEDICAL RECORDS, ROBERT KENNEDY'S PAPERS. THERE'S A LOT MORE TO...
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AND TROUBLING
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DECADE, AND HE WAS DISTURBED BY WHAT HE SAW ABROAD. HE WAS DISTURBED BY WHAT HE SAW AS THE DANGER, THE THREAT TO AMERICAN DEMOCRACY. AND THOUGH HIS...
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KENNEDY RESENTED THAT MIGHTLY AND OF COURSE, AT ONE POINT HE SIMPLY MOVED THE FAMILY TO RIVERDALE, NEW YORK, BECAUSE HE WAS FRUSTRATED AND PUT OFF BY...
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THAT THE IRISH IN BOSTON WERE STILL TREATED AS SECOND CLASS CITIZENS. IT WAS GOING TO TAKE THE NEW DEAL AND ROOSEVELT TO BRING THE ETHNICS AND IRISH...
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WE'LL GET A CALL FROM KENT, WASHINGTON. GOOD EVENING. >> Caller: GOOD EVENING. I WAS INTRIGUED BY YOUR OPENING STATEMENT CONCERNING THE EXTRAORDINARY...
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THAT PRESIDENT KENNEDY WAS A GOOD PRESIDENT. >> YES. >> Caller: SOME EVEN THINK HE WAS GREAT. HOWEVER, WE DO HAVE THE NUCLEAR BRINKMANSHIP ISSUE AND...
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WAS A LITTLE BIT
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OF HOOVER THINKING ON THE OTHER SIDE, NAMELY WITH KHRUSHCHEV, THAT BAKD OUT OF CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS AND KEPT IT FROM BEING A
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HOLOCAUST. AND WE ALSO HAVE
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THE KENNEDY LEGACY OF PUTTING THE MENTALLY ILL OUT ON THE STREET RATHER THAN INVOLUNTARILY CONFINED. AND THEN NOT TO MENTION THE BAY OF PIGS, WHICH...
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INITIATIVE. THE ECONOMY BEGAN TO HUM UNDER JFK. YOU HAD A 5.6% ANNUAL EXPANSION OF THE GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT. UNEMPLOYMENT CAME DOWN FROM 7% TO 5%....
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WAS THE AUTHOR OF THAT BOOK. >> LET ME GO BACK AGAIN TO
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THE EARLY POLITICAL CAREER. HE RAN IN BOSTON THE 11th DISTRICT AS A MEMBER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, WON IN 1946. WHY DID HE COME BACK HERE?...
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NAVY. AND WHEN HE CAME BACK, HE CAME TO BOSTON TO GET MEDICAL CARE, GET MEDICAL TREATMENT AT A CLINIC. AND HIS ROOTS WERE HERE. THIS WAS HIS HOME....
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WAS BEST KNOWN. AND SO IT MADE GREATER SENSE FOR HIM TO RUN FROM THIS 11th DISTRICT BECAUSE THERE WERE PEOPLE WHO CALLED HIM A CARPETBAGGER, BUT HE WAS...
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HARD FROM
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MORNING UNTIL NIGHT, OUT THERE SHAKING HANDS, MEETING PEOPLE, ATTENDING HOUSE PARTIES, HOLDING THESE TEAS. AND SPEAKING TO PEOPLE IN DIRECT WAYS. AND...
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ELECTION. >> GO AHEAD. ILLEGALLY PROCURE VOTES? WELL,
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I DON'T KNOW WHAT JOE KENNEDY DID TO ILLEGALLY
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PROCURE VOTES. WHAT SPECIFICALLY ARE YOU REFERRING TO? >>
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Caller: I HAVE HEARD THIS FROM SEVERAL SOURCES. THE ONLY DEFINITIVE SOURCE THAT I HAVE WAS ON ONE OF THE NIXON BIOGRAPHIES WHERE WHEN NIXON WAS QUESTIONED
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OR WAS NOT HAPPY BECAUSE HE LOST THE NOVEMBER, 1960, ELECTION, ONE OF HIS ADVISERS SAID, HEY, YOU LOST, THE
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KENNEDY BROTHERS STOLE IT FAIR AND SQUARE. WHICH IS QUITE AN INTERESTING COMMENT. >> WELL, IT'S AN UNPROVEN ALLEGATION. WHAT'S BEEN ASSERTED IS THAT...
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WAS A VERY CLOSE ELECTION. KENNEDY WON BY 120,000 VOTES. WHAT ABOUT NIXON'S BALLOT FIXING OR TAMPERING? I MEAN, IT WASN'T ALL ON ONE SIDE, IF THERE...
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PLEDGE AND A REQUEST THAT BOTH SIDES BEGIN ANEW THE QUEST FOR PEACE. BEFORE THE DARK TOWERS OF DESTRUCTION, UNLEASHED BY
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SCIENCE, ENGULF ALL HUMANITY IN PLANNED OR ACCIDENTAL DESTRUCTION. WE DARE NOT TIFRL THEM WITH WEAKNESS. FOR ONLY WHEN OUR ARMS ARE SUFFICIENT BEYOND...
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THAT SPEECH, JOHN KENNEDY WASN'T WEARING A TOP COAT. IT WAS PART OF THE IMAGE, SO TO SPEAK, THAT HE WAS
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PRESENTING OF YOUTH, OF VIGOR, OF ASSERTIVENESS. THE TORCH HAD BEEN PASSED TO A NEW GENERATION. HE WAS VERY MINDFUL OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF FRANKLIN...
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REAGAN'S DEBATE WITH CARTER. THERE YOU GO AGAIN. WELL, THE GREATEST POLITICIANS, I THINK, HAVE HAD
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THAT KIND OF SPONTANEOUS FEEL FOR PUBLIC MOOD AND I THINK JOHN KENNEDY VERY MUCH HAD THAT. THAT'S WHAT HE WAS RESPONDING TO. AND EVERYBODY AROUND HIM...
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THING HE WAS MOST PASSIONATE ABOUT, MOST CONCERNED WITH WERE INTERNATIONAL
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QUESTIONS. AMERICA'S NATIONAL SECURITY. REALITY. AMERICAN RESPONSE AND REALISTIC WAYS TO THE DANGERS THAT HE SAW ABROAD. NOW, HE WASN'T UNMINDFUL OF...
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AND DOMESTIC CON SERNS, BUT HE MOVED MORE SLOWLY ON THOSE THINGS THAN HE DID IN FOREIGN RELATIONS. THE ALLIANCE FOR PROGRESS, THE PEACE CORPS. CIVIL...
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PROBABLY 2003. PERHAPS THE SPRING OR THE FALL OF 2003 BP. >> RIVERSIDE, KRA KRARK GOOD EVENING. >> Caller: THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUING EXCELLENCE....
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I HOLD IN HIGH ESTEEM. IT WAS IN REGARD TO THE PRESIDENT'S EXPLOITS WITH
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PT-109 AND IN ESSENCE, SHE
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SAID THAT IT WAS SOMEWHAT EXAGGERATED AND OVERBLOWN HIS EXPLOITS. NOW, SUBSEQUENTLY THERE WAS A RECENT ISSUE OF QS AMERICAN HERITAGE" MAGAZINE THAT...
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TIME. I JUST FELT
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THAT SHE GAVE IT A LITTLE SHORT STICK AND I WAS DISAPPOINTED IN THAT. >> I THINK YOUR POINT IS WELL TAKEN. ONE OF THE IMPORTANT THINGS TO REMEMBER...
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THE OTHER BOATS WHICH HAD RADAR HAD PART OF THE SCENE. IN A SENSE, HE WAS -- HIS BOAT WAS LEFT NAKED THERE IN THE NIGHT. AND HE DID ACT QUITE HEROICALLY...
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EACH OTHER. THE OLDER BROTHER WAS TROUBLED THAT JACK HAD MADE THE NATIONAL NEWS MEDIA BY HIS HEROICS. IT WAS VERY MUCH HEADLINES IN THE NEWSPAPERS,...
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MAN. AS EX-AMBASSADOR TO BRITAIN AND ONE OF THE WEALTHIEST MEN IN AMERICA. HEADLINES ABOUT JOHN KENNEDY, HIS BOAT BEING SUNK AND BEING RESCUED IN THE...
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THIS. WHAT DO YOU CONSIDER TO BE PRESIDENT KENNEDY'S GREATEST SPEECH AND PERHAPS YOU COULD TELL US WHAT YOU
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CONSIDER YOUR OWN MOST FAVORITE OF HIS COMMENTS. HE WAS SUCH A QUOTABLE MAN. I WANTED TO GIVE YOU MINE, IF I MIGHT. HE DELIVERED A SPEECH ON CIVIL...
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KENNEDY WE SHOULD REMEMBER,
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I BELIEVE, BUT I THINK THAT
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THAT
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PARTICULAR STATEMENT ON RULE OF LAW SHOULD
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LIVE FOR
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GENERATIONS. >> THANKS FOR THE CALL. >> I THINK THAT'S AN EXCELLENT POINT. THAT WAS A GREAT SPEECH. IT WAS ONE OF THE GREAT SPEECHES I THINK, BY A PRESIDENT...
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THE EMANCIPATION OF THE SLAVES
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BY LINCOLN, COUNCILS OF PATIENTS NO LONGER WORK, HE WAS PAINED, ANGUISHED BY THE TERRIBLE EVENTS IN BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA, THE PICTURES ON TELEVISION...
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AT THE KENNEDY WARFARE SCHOOL IN NORTH CAROLINA. MY QUESTION IS ABOUT KENNEDY'S VIETNAM POLICY. I HAVE HEARD IT SAID THAT HAD HE LIVED, HE WOULD...
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ASIA. PERHAPS PARTIALLY HAVING MET WITH GENERAL McARTHUR. COULD I HAVE YOUR COMMENT ON THAT, SIR? >> WELL, THAT IS A CONTROVERSY OF COURSE THAT WILL...
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AS L B.J. DID. MY GUESS IS THAT THERE MIGHT HAVE BEEN SOME KIND OF ESCALATION, BUT THAT KENNEDY HAD A KIND OF TRACK RECORD IN FOREIGN POLICY IN A SECOND...
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CAN SHARE THIS WITH THE REST OF THE COUNTRY. >> YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME. WE ARE HAPPY TO HAVE YOU HERE. >> TELL US ABOUT JOSEPH KENNEDY IN 1915, 1916...
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IT'S A REALLY SMALL BANK IN EAST BOSTON, BUT A LOT
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OF PRESTIGE IN THE IRISH COMMUNITY. AND WITH THAT OFFICE AS BANK PRESIDENT, HE FINALLY CONVINCES ROSE'S FATHER THAT, YES, HE IS A
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SUITABLE HUSBAND TO HIS DAUGHTER AND THEY'RE ABLE TO MARRY. >> WHO WAS ROSE FITZGERALD? >> ROSE FITZGERALD WAS THE DAUGHTER OF JOHN FITZGERALD, KNOWN...
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IN THIS HOUSE DURING THOSE YEARS THAT THEY SPENT
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HERE? SIX YEARS IN ALL. >> THOSE YEARS ARE YEARS OF GROWTH AND WHAT YOU HAVE HERE IS ROSE KENNEDY'S RECREATION OF
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JOHN KENNEDY'S BIRTH PLACE. SHE TELD US WHAT WENT ON IN THIS
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HOUSE. AND SO WHAT YOU
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HAVE HERE, BASICALLY, IS THE FOUNDATIONS OF THE KENNEDY FAMILY AS WE KNOW IT. >> WHY DID THEY MOVE IN
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1921? >> THE HOUSE WAS TOO SMALL. AND BESIDES, JOE KENNEDY IS MAKING MORE MONEY. WHEN HE MOVED IN HERE AS A YOUNG GROOM AT THE AGE OF 26, HIS AMBITION...
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KENNEDY. WHAT WAS IT LIKE? >>
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JOE AND ROSE, OF COURSE, COME FROM THE SAME BACKGROUND. THEY'VE COURTED FOR YEARS. THEY HAVE THE SAME EXPECTATIONS OF FAMILY. ABOVE ALL, THIS IS A...
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THE MONEY HE'S MADE, IT'S THE CHILDREN HE'S RAISED. AND FOR ROSE, SHE WILL BE
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THE MORAL COME PASS OF THE FAMILY. SHE'S THE ONE WHO PUT THE RULES IN PLACE HERE TO RAISE THESE CHILDREN. >> ROBERT DALLEK, I KNOW YOU'VE SPENT SOME...
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IS OBVIOUSLY FOR THE TIMES THEY LIVED HERE, IT WAS MODERN AND EXPENSIVE.
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COMFORTABLE. >> LET ME POINT OUT AS WEING LOOK AT THIS. THIS IS WHERE 2-YEAR-OLD JOHN KENNEDY AND 4-YEAR-OLD JOSEPH KENNEDY SOMETIMES ATE THEIR MEALS....
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DIFFICULTIES IN THE MARRIAGE AT FIRST, BUT SHE DEVOTED HERSELF TO THE IDEA THAT SHE WAS GOING TO BE A SUCCESSFUL MOTHER AND
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A SUCCESSFUL WIFE, AND JOE KENNEDY WAS AWAY AN AWFUL LOT BECAUSE HE WAS OUT THERE TRYING TO EARN THAT FIRST MILLION DOLLARS, BECOME A MILLIONAIRE. SO...
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IRISH. IT'S VERY COMFORTABLE UPPER MIDDLE CLASS HOME. IT'S CONVENIENTLY LOCATED. NOW, WHAT ROSE LIKED ABOUT THIS HOUSE WHEN SHE AND JOE BOUGHT THIS...
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ON THE STREET. AS YOU NOTICE IN THIS ROOM, THERE'S A BAY WINDOW. THAT'S THE FIRST THING JOE KENNEDY PUT IN THE HOUSE. HE PUT THAT WINDOW IN BECAUSE...
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JOE AND ROSE KENNEDY, AND SHE WAS PRIMARILY THE ONE WHO FURNISHED THIS HOUSE, AND SO I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU, BUT I HAVE NEVER FORGOTTEN MY FIRST
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HOME. ROSE KENNEDY COULD COME BACK HERE ABOUT HALF THE FURNITURE IS ORIGINAL. AND WHAT SHE DIDN'T STILL HAVE, SHE PIECED IN WITH ANTIQUES AND MADE TO...
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COMMENTS ABOUT KENNEDY AS AN INSPIRATIONAL FIGURE. I COMPLETELY AGREE WITH THAT. I THINK THAT IS HIS LEGACY. MY QUESTION IS, A PREVIOUS KENNEDY BIOGRAPHER...
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COURSE IN MARXIST THEORY. IN THE '61 VIENNA MEETING WITH KHRUSHCHEV WAS QUESTIONED BY KHRUSHCHEV ABOUT THESE AND WAS MADE A FOOL OF. KENNEDY WALKED...
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HE ALWAYS THIS TOUGH? THOMPSON SAID, WELL, YEAH, IT'S PRETTY
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MUCH SO PAR FOR THE
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COURSE. KENNEDY WAS BOTHERED BY KHRUSHCHEV'S ASSERTIVENESS. REMEMBER, THIS COMES -- THIS MEETING COMES IN JUNE OF '61 PIPT'S TWO MONTHS AFTER THE...
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THEY? >> WELL, IF I CAN ANSWER THAT, THEY PROBABLY BRING ME RIGHT TO THE WHITE HOUSE TO COUNSEL THEM. I THINK IT'S INEVITABLE. IF YOU SERVE IN THAT JOB...
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| 00:47:15 |
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WERE DOING THE JOB. THERE WERE EXTRAORDINARY PRESSURES ALWAYS ON A PRESIDENT, PARTICULARLY IN THE MIDST OF A COLD WARRING OR IN THE MIDST OF A HOT...
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JFK MOTORCADE TRAGEDY AS OPPOSED TO THE MEMBERS WHO HAD TO BE TOLD OF THE SITUATION OVER THE PHONE AND WAS ANY MEMBER PARTICULARLY DIFFICULT TO REACH...
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I REALLY DON'T KNOW WHAT MEMBERS OF THE FAMILY WERE WATCHING. ROBERT KENNEDY CERTAINLY WAS NOT WATCHING. HE HAD TO BE INFORMED. CERTAINLY THE NEWS,...
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VERY QUICKLY AND GATHERED VERY QUICKLY AND, OF COURSE, RALLIED
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TO MEET JACQUELINE KENNEDY AND THE PRESIDENT'S BODY WHEN IT WAS RETURNED TO WASHINGTON ON THAT SOMBER DAY IN, 1963. >> JEANNE DOWNSTAIRS IN THE MUSEUM...
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JOHN KENNEDY WAS ASSASSINATED, IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S ENGRAVED IN YOUR MIND. VERY YOUNG PEOPLE AT THE TIME CAN STILL WRITE IN DETAIL AND TELL YOU EXACTLY...
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WE GET A GREAT MANY PEOPLE COMING IN. OF COURSE, SOME OF THE REMEMBERANCES ARE IN FOREIGN LANG WAJS BECAUSE AT LEAST HALF OF OUR VISITORS COME FROM...
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| 00:50:27 |
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AND WHEN SHE TOLD ME THAT THE PRESIDENT HAD BEEN SHOT AND KILLED, I JUST COULDN'T BELIEVE
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IT. IT JUST -- IT WAS SOMETHING THAT YOU REALLY COULDN'T GRASP RIGHT AWAY. IT'S TOO TRAUMATIC. IT SHAKES YOUR WHOLE WORLD. >> ROBERT DALLEK, AS YOU...
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| 00:51:03 |
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PEOPLE GATHERED AROUND AN AUTOMOBILE LISTENING TO THE RADIO. THERE WAS KIND OF ELECTRICITY IN THE AIR. I STOPPED AND ASKED THEM, WHAT'S GOING ON? WHAT'S...
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SOMETHING TERRIBLE HAD OCCURRED. AND THEY SAID, THE PRESIDENT'S BEEN SHOT. AND GOT BACK TO MY APARTMENT, TURNED THE TELEVISION ON, AND HE WAS ALREADY...
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YORK. >> Caller: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I WAS WONDERING, I HAVE SEEN A MOVIE A COUPLE YEARS AGO ABOUT THE KENNEDYS, AND I WAS SURPRISED THAT JOE JR.,...
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KENNEDY HAVE AN OPINION ON THAT? >> THAT WAS THE 1940 ELECTION AND JOE KENNEDY JR. WAS A DELEGATE, DEMOCRATIC DELEGATE FROM MASS CHEW SETS TO THE DEMOCRATIC...
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THEY WERE ANTI-ROOZ VEL. JOE SR HAD A LOT OF GRIEF AS HE SAW IT WITH FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT. HE WAS VERY UNHAPPY WITH HIS FOREIGN POLL SIRX VERY UNHAPPY...
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| 00:55:33 |
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JOHN KENNEDY. I HAVE AN OLD BOOK, IT'S 36 YEARS OLD. THAT'S THE ONLY THING THAT I HAVE OF THE
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Caller, -
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FAMILY. >> WHO WROTE THE BOOK? >> Caller: I WAS BORN
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ON NOVEMBER 20th, 1963. HE WAS ASSASSINATED TWO DAYS LATER, SO WHAT I KNOW IS WHAT MY PARENTS HAVE TOLD ME. BUT I WANTED -- >> CALLER, WHAT BOOK ARE...
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AUTHOR? >> Caller: I'M SORRY? >>
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YOU DON'T REMEMBER THE AUTHOR? >> Caller: NO. IT'S A BROWN BOOK. IT'S -- THAT'S ALL I KNOW. I LOOKED AT IT PLENTY OF TIMES BUT I DIDN'T SEE WHO THE...
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| 00:56:14 |
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THE PROFESSOR AND GIVE YOU A READING
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LIST. AT THE TOP OF IT I WOULD SUGGEST YOU PUT DORIS
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KERNS GOOD TWINS FITS AIRLDS AND KEN
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DIS. YOU
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WILL ENJOY IT. YOU SAID YOU
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WANTED TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE KENNEDY FAMILY. SHE CAPTURES IT IN WONDERFUL PROS. IT'S A BEAUTIFULLY WRITTEN BOOK. I
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| 00:56:34 |
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THINK QUITE A THOUGHTFUL ANALYSIS AND EXPLANATION OF THE FORCES THAT DROVE THOSE TWO FAMILIES. >> WE ARE AT 83 BEALE STREET IN BROOKLINE, MASSACHUSETTS....
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JEANNE DUMAS IS PLAYING TOUR GUIDE. WHAT DO YOU FIND MOST INTERESTING ABOUT THIS HOUSE? >> THAT YOU CAN SEE HOW THE FAMILY ACTUALLY LIVED AND YOU GET...
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US THAT THE WOMAN WOULD HAVE THE BED NEAREST TO THE WINDOWS SO THAT IF A DELIVERY -- THEY ARE ALL HOME DELIVERIES AT THIS TIME. IF IT'S THE DELIVERY...
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THEY RIGHT ACROSS FROM EACH OTHER? >> THEY WERE, INDEED. THEY KNEW EACH OTHER. KIND OF CROSSED DIFFERENT PARTIES AND CAME TO OPPOSE EACH OTHER IN THE...
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| 01:01:22 |
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1960. NOT SIMPLY BECAUSE HE
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| 01:01:25 |
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WAS COMPETITIVE AND FELT HE WOULD MAKE THE BETTER PRESIDENT, BUT HE DID NOT HAVE HIGH REGARD FOR RICHARD NIXON. REGARD FOR RICHARD NIXON. >> A NUMBER...
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| 01:01:51 |
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ON. WENT TO PRIVATE SCHOOL AND WENT TO HARVARD UNIVERSITY. WAS PART OF A STORIED LIFE, ONE MIGHT SAY. AND
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| 01:02:01 |
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SO HE HAD A COSMOPOLITAN APPROACH TO THINGS THAT MANY OTHER PRESIDENTS DIDN'T. LYNDON JOHNSON GREW UP IN THE CITY OF SOME 300 PEOPLE CALLED JOHNSON...
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| 01:02:46 |
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SOME WONDERFUL MATERIAL IN THE LATE 1950s THAT KENNEDY ASKED
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| 01:02:51 |
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FOR ABOUT THE PRESIDENCY, ABOUT THE OFFICE, ABOUT THE INSTITUTION. HE WAS VERY CEREBRAL GUY IN MANY WAYS AND READ AND WROTE AND
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| 01:03:02 |
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TOOK THE INSTITUTIONS OF THIS COUNTRY VERY SERIOUSLY. HE DIDN'T COME TO POLITICS IN A CASUAL WAY. HE WAS THOUGHTFUL ABOUT THE CONGRESS, THOUGHTFUL...
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| 01:04:17 |
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IDAHO. YOU'RE NEXT. GO AHEAD. MOSCOW, IDAHO, YOU'RE ON THE AIR. HELLO? >>
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| 01:04:23 |
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HI. >> GO AHEAD. >> JENNIFER, I'M CALLING FROM
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MOSCOW. I AM A
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GREAT ADMIRER OF JOHN
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F. KENNEDY, AND I HAVE QUITE A LARGE COLLECTION. I GO TO ANTIQUE STORES AND COLLECT. >> WHAT DO YOU COLLECT? >> BOOKS,
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PLATES,
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COINS. I'VE
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GOT A CAMPAIGN POLITICAL HAT. I LOVE EVERY ASPECT OF IT. AND I WAS WONDERING IF ROBERT HAD ANY COMMENTS ON WHO HE THINKS WAS INVOLVED IN
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THE ASSASSINATION? >> WELL,
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I'M ONE OF THOSE WHO ACCEPTS THE CONCLUSION OF THE WARREN COMMISSION THAT THERE WAS ONLY ONE ASSASSIN, THAT IT WAS LEE HARVEY OSWALD. I THINK THE BEST...
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THEORIES AND THERE ARE SO MANY OF THEM. SO MANY PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY ARE PERSUADED BY THE MOVIE "JFK." AND I'M NOT. I DON'T THINK THERE WAS THE KIND...
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OPERATIONS IN THE
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1920s. I DON'T KNOW HOW TRUE THAT IS. BUT I WAS WONDERING IF MR. DALLEK COULD EXPAND ON THAT AND ENLIGHTEN ME. >> THANKS, CALLER. WHY DON'T WE SATURDAY...
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GOT THE SOLE DISTRIBUTORSHIP FOR HAGUES, GORDON'S, ET CETERA, THEN GOT THE MEDICINAL
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PERMITS THAT THEY GAVE OUT IN PROHIBITION. AND SO THERE WAS A LOT OF LIQUOR READY FOR TEND OF PROHIBITION. IF SOMEONE BELIEVES THAT JOE KENNEDY WAS A...
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MAKE A LOT OF MONEY. AND HE KNEW WHEN TO BUY AND WHEN
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TO SELL, IT SEEMS. AFTER THAT STOCK MARKET CRASH AND THE DEPRESSION SET IN, HE TOLD SEVERAL PEOPLE THAT THE NEXT GENERATION, THE BIG PEOPLE IN THIS...
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| 01:09:14 |
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MONEY IN THE 1920s. SO
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HE ACCUMULATED -- $400 MILLION WOULD HAVE BEEN A HUGE FORTUNE. HE WAS ONE OF THE RICHEST MEN IN AMERICA. >> JEANE DUMAS, THERE'S A PICTURE DOWNSTAIRS...
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FOR VERY WEALTHY BOSS TONE DWROOCHBS LATE 1800s. THEY DO NEED A LARGER HOUSE. SHE'S EXPECTING THE FIFTH
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CHILD. AND ALSO YOU CAN SEE THE PROGRESSION OF THE FAMILY HERE. JOE KENNEDY COMES INTO THIS HOUSE HE'S RIDING THE BEACON STREET TROLLEY TO WORK....
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F. KENNEDY HIGH SCHOOL,
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WHICH BEGAN IN
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1963, OBVIOUSLY JOHN F. KENNEDY WAS ASSASSINATED. HE'S HAD A LOT OF INFLUENCE HERE IN WATERBURY. BECAUSE OF THAT, THE NAME OF THE NEW HIGH SCHOOL WAS...
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F. KENNEDY HIGH SCHOOL WHICH WAS OPENED IN
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1965. >> WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT A LOT OF
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PEOPLE WITH MEMORIES OF JOHN KENNEDY. YOU OBVIOUSLY WEREN'T EVEN BORN WHEN HE WAS ASSASSINATED IN 1963. WHAT ABOUT YOUR FAMILY, YOUR FRIENDS, PARENTS...
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HIGH SCHOOL. IN FACT, ONE VERY INTERESTING FACT IS THAT HE ACTUALLY CAME TO VISIT WATERBURY ON THE EVE OF THE 1960 ELECTION. AND WHAT WAS UNIQUE ABOUT...
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25,000 PEOPLE THAT WERE WAITING ON OUR TOWN GREEN TO SEE HIM, BUT ALSO THE FACT THAT THEY WERE THERE AT 2:00 IN THE MORNING TO SEE HIM. BECAUSE HE DIDN'T...
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SOCIETY AND MAKE UP WHAT IT IS FOR US TO BE
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AMERICANS. AND TAKE, FOR EXAMPLE, JOHN F. KENNEDY AND THE CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS. IF HE HAD MADE DIFFERENT DECISIONS IN DEALING WITH THAT SITUATION,...
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| 01:12:49 |
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TODAY, HE WOULD STILL HAVE BEEN ELECTABLE? >> ROBERT DALLEK? >> THAT'S AN EXCELLENT
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QUESTION. I THINK THERE HAS BEEN A KIND OF ANACHRONISTIC APPROACH TO DEALING WITH JOHN KENNEDY AND MANY OF THE RECENT BOOKS, BRINGING TO THE 1960s,...
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ONLY INAPPROPRIATE.
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IT WAS SIMPLY NOT A GIVEN THAT JOURNALISTS WERE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE PERSONAL LIVES OF PRESIDENTS, OF LEADING PUBLIC FIGURES IN THE WAY SQLOURNALISTS...
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| 01:14:43 |
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THERE IS A LESSON PLAN. A LOT OF INFORMATION FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE TEACHERS AND WANT TO FOLLOW ALONG OR USE THIS SERIES IN A CLASSROOM. ALSO OUR...
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| 01:15:47 |
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THERE ARE SO COMMITTED TO OPENING THE MATERIALS, MAKING AVAILABLE TO SCHOLARS, HISTORIANS, BIOGRAPHERS, THE HISTORICAL RECORD SO THE COUNTRY CAN LEARN...
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| 01:16:41 |
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SOMEONE MENTIONED THE STUDENT JUST BEFORE I DID, CONCERNING THE PRESIDENT'S ILLNESSES. WE KNOW ABOUT HIS BACK, ADDISON'S DISEASE AND THE LIKE. BUT...
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BELIEVE HOW HE WRITES WHAT THIS MAN WENT THROUGH WITH THE DIFFERENT KINDS OF LIKE MALARIA AND HE ALMOST DIED I GUESS FIVE OR SIX TIMES, GIVEN LAST...
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| 01:17:35 |
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TO THE MAYO CLINIC BY HIS FATHER AND PARENTS
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IN 1934 BECAUSE HE WAS SUFFERING TERRIBLY. THIS WAS A DEBILITATING DISEASE THAT COULD HAVE TAKEN HIS LIFE. BUT HE WAS ABLE TO RALLY, SO TO SPEAK, AND...
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| 01:20:02 |
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YOU. I HAVE A BOOK HERE CALLED "THE KENNEDYS, THE THIRD GENERATION." BY BARBARA GIBSON AND TED SCHWARTZ. IN IT IT TALKS LIKE THE KENNEDYS WERE A VERY...
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SPECIAL PLACE IN THE HOUSE
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WHERE THEY SLEPT. THEY JUST SLEPT WHEREVER THEY LANDED. THEY DIDN'T REALLY HAVE ASSIGNED BEDROOMS. AND THEIR MOTHER, ROSE, WOULD -- SHE WASN'T AT THE...
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KENNEDY, TED KENNEDY. THERE'S A NEW AUTOBIOGRAPHY OUT ABOUT TED KENNEDY. WONDERFUL BOOK. HOW DYSFUNCTIONAL A FAMILY COULD IT HAVE BEEN IF YOU HAD ALL...
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ASSASSIN. HOW DOES THAT COINCIDE WITH THE REVISED REPORT THEY SAID IT PROBABLY WASN'T JUST ONE PERSON. >> WELL,
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I STAND BY WHAT I SAID. I THINK JOEL POZNER'S BOOK "CASE CLOSED." READ THAT BOOK. I THINK IT'S A CONVINCING STATEMENT OF THE IDEA THAT THE ONLY KILLER...
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| 01:22:41 |
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CONSPIRACY TO KILL KENNEDY. AT FIRST HE THOUGHT IT CAME OUT OF VIETNAM BECAUSE THE PRESIDENT OF VIETNAM HAD BEEN ASSASSINATED IN A COUP A COUPLE MONTHS...
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A DEMOCRATIC STATE LEGISLATOR BORN AFTER 1963 HERE IN NORTH CAROLINA. I WANTED TO THANK CSPAN FOR ITS 20 YEARS OF SERVICE. IT'S BEEN SOMETHING I HAVE...
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QUESTION. FIRST, I WANTED TO KNOW, BESIDES THE LEADERS THAT WERE DETAILED IN PRO-MILES AND COURAGE, WHO WOULD YOUR GUEST CONSIDER PRESIDENT KENNEDY'S...
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ON JOHN KENNEDY,
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YOU WILL SEE KENNEDY ADMIRED ROOSEVELT'S QUALITIES AND TRAITS AS A LEADER. I THINK AS I SAID EARLIER THIS EVENING, WHEN HE GAVE -- WHEN KENNEDY GAVE...
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IN BECOMING PRESIDENT AND I THINK HE WOULD HAVE SEEN IT AS HIS DUE TIRK HIS OBLIGATION TO CONTINUE WITH KENNEDY. BECAUSE IT WOULD HAVE BEEN THE END...
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AND FOR JOHNSON, POLITICS WAS HIS LIFE. AFTER HE LEFT THE WHITE HOUSE IN 1969, HE WENT BACK TO TEXAS. HE WAS DEPRESSED. BEING OUT OF POLITICAL POWER,...
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DON'T MIND, THEN MAYBE ONE QUESTION. >> CERTAINLY. >> Caller: COMMENT ONE FOR MR. DALLEK, PROFESSOR DALLEK, WAS, YOU KNOW, FROM EVERYTHING I HAVE READ...
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BEEN PUSHED BY HIS FATHER TO BECOME -- TO SEEK PUBLIC OFFICE, THERE'S A STRONG POSSIBILITY HE WOULD HAVE BEEN A HISTORIAN HIMSELF. HE WAS VERY INTERESTED...
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POINTED OUT. YOU
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MENTIONED JFK, OLIVER STONE. OLIVER STONE ACTUALLY HIMSELF HAS SAID THAT HE BELIEVED THE WARREN COMMISSION TO BE A MYTH. CONSEQUENTLY, HE WANTED TO...
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| 01:29:10 |
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THINK HE FOUND IT VERY APPEALING TO GET INTO THE PUBLIC ARENA. HE THOUGHT OF IT AS PUBLIC
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SERVICE, YOU SEE. I DON'T THINK
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HE FOUND THE DETAILS OF BEING A CONGRESSMAN OR SENATOR PARTICULARLY ALL THAT ENGAGING, BUT HE DID FIND
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| 01:29:24 |
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THE LARGER ISSUES VERY APPEALING, AND HE DID FIND RUNNING FOR OFFICE, I THINK, VERY APPEALING. HE WAS A VERY COMPETITIVE FELLOW. IN MANY WAYS IT WAS...
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SLEPT," "PROFILES IN COURAGE."
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IN 1960 THERE WAS A
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BOOK HE
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PUBLISHED ON PEACE, ON INTERNATIONAL POLITICS. SO HE WAS -- LIKE THEODORE ROOSEVELT, WHO WROTE HISTORY BOOKS. KENNEDY WAS KEENLY INTERESTED
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IN
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HISTORY AND INTERESTED IN BIOGRAPHY. HE READ WIDELY. I THINK HE WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN HAPPY OR SATISFIED AS A JOURNALIST BECAUSE HE SAW POLITICS AS AN...
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BUSINESS COMMUNITY. I'LL HANG UP. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. WELL, KENNEDY WAS VERY DISTURBED BY WHAT BIG STEEL
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DID IN 1962. KENNEDY HAD BEEN JAW BONING, AS THEY PUT IT, TO HOLD DOWN PRICES TO INHIBIT INFLATION IN THE COUNTRY AND BIG STEEL WENT AHEAD AND RAISED...
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THEIR PRODUCT, AND HE WAS FURIOUS. HE CALLED THEM IN AND READ THEM THE RIOT ACT, SO TO SPEAK, AND GOT THEM TO REVERSE GROUND. YOU MAY RECALL THAT FAMOUS...
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IT. PRETTY INTERESTING. IT WAS PUBLISHED RIGHT AFTER THE
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ASSASSINATION. I SAW A CLIP SOME TIME AGO OF LEE HARVEY OSWALD BEING INTERVIEWED AS HE WAS IN THE CORRIDORS OF DALLAS JAIL, AND HE SAID SOMETHING LIKE,...
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SPEAK. WHAT'S AMAZING TO ME IS THAT THE FBI DID NOT KNOW HIS WHEREABOUTS THAT HE HAD BEEN IN THE SOVIET UNION. HE HAD COME BACK. THEY HAD QUITE A RESUME...
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TOGETHER AND TRY TO CONVINCE THE DEMOCRATS THAT THEY SHOULD JOIN TOGETHER BECAUSE THEY WERE COMING UP TO
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THE 1964 CAMPAIGN AND HE WAS ONLY A YEAR AWAY FROM THAT RE-ELECTION. TEXAS, WHICH HE HAD WON IN 1960, WAS A VITAL STATE IN THE RE-ELECTION CAMPAIGN....
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| 01:36:08 |
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LADY BIRD AND LYNDON, WERE HOSTING THE KENNEDYS,
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AND IT WOULD HAVE BEEN RUDE FOR HER, ONE MIGHT SAY, NOT TO HAVE SHOWN UP AFTER LADY BIRD AND LYNDON INVITED THEM TO THE RANCH, WHERE THEY WENT AND ATTENDED....
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| 01:36:48 |
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WARREN COMMISSION, ALL
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RIGHT. FORGET
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| 01:36:53 |
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THAT. I SEEN THE A & E
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SPECIAL, THE MEN WHO KILLED KENNEDY. HOW CAN PEOPLE EXPLAIN THE SMOKE BEHIND THE FENCE? YOU KNOW, THEY SEEN SOMEBODY BEHIND THE FENCE THAT DAY AND THEY...
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| 01:38:00 |
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TO MR.
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POZENER. HE DOESN'T
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BELIEVE THERE WAS A BULLET FROM THE BOTTOM. SMOKE BEHIND THE FENCE, YOU HAVE ALL SORTS OF IS UP POSITIONS THAT HAVE NOT ADDED UP TO AN EFFECTIVE CASE...
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THERE. YOU KNOW, IT'S VERY DIFFICULT, I THINK, FOR AMERICANS TO ACCEPT THE PROPOSITION THAT SOMEONE AS CONSEQUENTIAL AS JOHN KENNEDY WAS KILLED BY...
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IN THE WORLD. THAT THESE WERE CHAOTIC EVENTS. AND THAT JUST ONE MAN COULD POSSIBLY HAVE KILLED KENNEDY. THERE HAD TO BE SOME LARGER CONSPIRACY. THE...
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| 01:40:42 |
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MONROE. I WAS HOPING THAT YOU COULD CLEAR THAT UP FOR ME. THANK YOU. >> WELL, WHAT SIT YOU WANT CLARIFIED?
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| 01:40:48 |
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YOU SEEM TO KNOW THAT, OR THINK THAT HE WAS A PHILANDERER. DO YOU WANT CLARIFIED THAT IT HAD ANY CONNECTION TO POLICY? IT SEEMS TO ME THAT THAT'S THE...
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MY SATISFACTION THAT THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT CONNECTION. I AM NOT HOLDING A BRIEF FOR OR MAKING A CASE FOR THE MAN'S PHILANDERING OR FOR HIS CROSSING...
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SITE. THANKS FOR ALLOWING US TO BE WITH YOU. WHAT ARE THE MOST OFTEN QUESTIONS YOU GET FROM PEOPLE PASSING THROUGH? >> MOST PEOPLE ARE SURPRISED ABOUT...
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| 01:42:41 |
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FAR, IS THE FAVORITE ROOM OF MOST OF THE VISITORS. IT GIVES US A GLIMPSE OF A SIDE OF THE PRESIDENT WE DON'T OFTEN IMAGINE, THAT BEING HIS CHILDHOOD....
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| 01:42:54 |
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THE ROOM ARE THE TWO BOOKS THAT ARE ON THE CHAIR AT THE END OF THE BED. ROSE KENNEDY, THE PRESIDENT'S MOTHER, RECALLS THAT THESE BEING THE PRESIDENT'S
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| 01:43:01 |
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FAVORITE BOOKS. AND THE ONE ON THE LEFT "AINGE ARTHUR AND HIS KNIGHTS." CERTAINLY THE STORY OF CAMELOT. THAT TERM IS ATTRIBUTED TO THE PRESIDENCY....
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HERE. SHE WAS BORN MENTALLY RETARDED. THE FAMILY DID EVERYTHING THEY COULD. THEY LOVED HER
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DEARLY. SHE LIVED WITH THE
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FAMILY. BUT THERE WERE ISSUES. AS SHE GOT OLD TER
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| 01:44:14 |
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FAMILY REALIZED SHE WASN'T AS INTELLECTUALLY GREAT AS THE OTHER MEMBERS OF THE FAMILY. SHE WAS SLOWER IN HER MOTOR SKILLS AND THOSE ISSUES. AND IT WAS...
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| 01:45:01 |
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AWAY FROM HER. IT DIDN'T WORK. WE KNOW IT WAS A BOCHED OPERATION. ROSEMARY WAS SEVERELY --
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| 01:45:08 |
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HER DEVELOPMENT WENT BACKWARDS. >> HOW DID THAT AFFECT THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ROSE AND JOE KENNEDY? >> IT'S A VERY PRIVATE PART OF THE KENNEDY FAMILY...
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| 01:45:31 |
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THE CHILDREN. I REALLY COULDN'T TELL YOU HOW
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| 01:45:35 |
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PRIVATELY SHE REALLY FELT. >> WHERE IS ROSEMARY KENNEDY TODAY? >> SHE IS IN A HOME IN THE MIDWEST. >> AND SHE WOULD BE, WHAT, 81 YEARS OLD? >> SHE WOULD...
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| 01:45:56 |
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IN ALL THE KENNEDYS' HEARTS FOR THIS
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HOUSE. WHEN THEY COME THROUGH, IT'S
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| 01:46:01 |
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A PRESENCE YOU CAN'T COMPARE
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TO LISTEN TO THE KENNEDY MEMBERS
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GO THROUGH AND TALK ABOUT, MY FATHER, MY MOTHER, MY UNCLE, MY BROTHER. GIVES A UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE TO THE HOUSE. THEY DO COME BACK OFTEN. AS FAR AS
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| 01:46:14 |
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GIVING MORE THINGS AND FURNITURE, IT'S A PROJECT COMPLETED. WHAT IS DONE IS DONE. >> DAVID KRATZ IS IN CHARGE OF VISITOR SERVICES HERE AT THE KENNEDY...
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| 01:46:42 |
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HERE AFTER THE KENNEDYS LEFT IN 1921, BEFORE THEY TOOK IT BACK IN THE 1960s, WHO WAS THAT AND WHAT'S THE RELATIONSHIP
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| 01:46:50 |
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BETWEEN THE FAMILY THAT LIVD HERE AND THE KENNEDIES? >> WELL, IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE KENNEDYS, JOE AND ROSE SOLD THE HOUSE TO THEIR BEST FRIENDS...
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KENNEDYS' LIVES YOU WILL SEE THAT THE MOORES FOLLOWED THEM ALL THE WAY TO ENGLAND. EDWARD MOORE WORKED FOR ROSE'S FATHER AS A SECRETARY TO HONEY FITZ...
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SECRETARY. AND THEY PURCHASED THE HOUSE. THEY WERE CHILDLESS COUPLE. THEY REALLY ADOPTED THE CHILDREN AS THEIR CHILDREN. THE KENNEDY CHILDREN WERE BACK...
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TRAGIC
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MEDICAL PROBLEM AS
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SOMETHING THAT THE REST OF
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| 01:48:00 |
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THE FAMILY SHOULD KEEP IN MIND AS EMBLEMATIC OF THE FACT THAT MANY PEOPLE IN THIS WORLD ARE LESS PRIVILEGED THAN THE KEN DISAND THERE ARE SO MANY FOLKS...
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| 01:49:01 |
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TODAY BUT
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| 01:49:03 |
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MORE SO, WHAT I -- >>
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| 01:49:06 |
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WHAT DO YOU
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| 01:49:08 |
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MEAN? I'M SORRY. I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND. WHAT DO YOU MEAN, WOULD HE BE AS CONSERVATIVE TODAY? >> JUST WITH TODAY'S ENVIRONMENT. IT SEEMS AS IF -- I RECENTLY...
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| 01:49:28 |
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ALL AMERICANS. IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE WE HAVE THAT AS MUCH ANYMORE. >> THAT'S A GOOD POINT. HE
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| 01:49:34 |
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WAS MINDFUL OF TRYING TO STAND ABOVE THE PARTY COMMITMENTS. HE WAS VERY MUCH A DEMOCRAT AND VERY MUCH COMMITTED TO HIS OWN PARTY AND TO WINNING THE...
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| 01:49:53 |
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THINK, MORE LIBERAL AS HE SERVED IN THE WHITE HOUSE. HIS MOVEMENT TOWARD THAT CIVIL RIGHTS BILL WAS ONE MEASURE OF IT. HIS COMMITMENT TO ECONOMICS,...
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| 01:51:04 |
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WAS PASSING, THE REVIEWING STAND THE ONLY PERSON PRESIDENT KENNEDY TIPPED HIS HAT TO WAS HIS FATHER. JOE KENNEDY WANTED TO BE AN IMPORTANT PERSON...
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| 01:51:15 |
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CHILDREN. HE'S ONE THAT SENATOR KENNEDY USED TO SAY WAS THE BLOW TORCH TO THE CHILDREN, ALWAYS PUSHING THEM TO BE BETTER. HE HAD GREAT RESPECT AND...
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| 01:51:45 |
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DAY. THE TEA
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| 01:51:47 |
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MAGNET OF LIPTON TEA. IT WAS REPRESENTATIVE OF THE SOCIAL CONNECTIONS THAT THE FITZGERALD HAD. THAT THEY ARE COMFORTABLE SOCIALIZING WITH A PERSON...
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| 01:52:27 |
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1990s. IT SHOWS A COMPETITIVE
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| 01:52:30 |
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JOE KENNEDY. HE USED TO SAY, IF YOU CAN'T BE CAPTAIN, DON'T PLAY AT ALL. AND YOU SEE THIS YOUNG, HANDSOME COMPETITIVE BASEBALL PLAYER. >> WE'LL GET...
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| 01:53:01 |
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SO VERY EVIDENT. NEVER TO BE FORGOTTEN.
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| 01:53:04 |
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BUT MY COMMENT IS ABOUT THE BAY OF PIGS. ONE OF THE U.S. PILOTS WHOSE PLANE WAS SHOT DOWN IN THE BAY OF PIGS INVASION IS BURIED HERE IN A CEMETERY IN...
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| 01:54:00 |
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FOR PROGRESS, SOCIAL JUSTICE, SOCIAL ADVANCE IN LATIN AMERICA. AND HERE THE UNITED STATES IS CAUGHT
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| 01:54:07 |
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OUT TRYING TO TOPPLE A GOVERNMENT IN CUBA. AND BY SPONSORING THROUGH ITS -- THROUGH THE CIA AND THROUGH SUPPLYING THE ANTI-CASTRO CUBANS WITH THE WHEREWITHALL...
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| 01:55:18 |
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PERFORMED WITH THAT KIND
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| 01:55:19 |
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OF A QUESTION IN LATE 1959? >> WELL, I IMAGINE JFK WOULD HAVE PERFORMED PRETTY WELL WITH A QUESTION LIKE THAT IN LATE '59 BECAUSE, AS I SAID BEFORE,...
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GOING ON OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES. SO I THINK HE WOULD HAVE -- I THINK HE WOULD HAVE HAD A BETTER TRACK RECORD THAN GEORGE W. DID IN DEALING WITH THAT...
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| 01:57:21 |
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MORE PRIMARY CAMPAIGNS. WHEN JOHN KENNEDY WAS RUNNING, PRIMARIES WERE NOT NEAR AS IMPORTANT. THEY WERE IMPORTANT TO HIM BECAUSE HE HAD TO PROVE THAT...
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| 01:57:33 |
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FEW DELEGATES TO -- NOT THAT MANY DELEGATES AT THAT TIME DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION, BUT WAS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT IN DEMONSTRATING THAT CON KENNEDY, THE...
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| 01:58:31 |
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ON TELEVISION THOUGHT THAT KENNEDY HAD WON BECAUSE AS PEOPLE SAY, IT'S
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| 01:58:35 |
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A COOL MEDIUM AND KENNEDY WAS VERY WELL SUITED FOR IT. NIXON DIDN'T DO WELL. SOMEONE SAID, NIXON LOOKED LIKE A SINISTER CHIPMUNK AND KENNEDY CAME...
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| 01:59:19 |
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THESE PEOPLE THAT WERE SUPPOSED TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH SOMETHING THAT HAD TO DO WITH KENNEDY. I WAS WONDERING
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| 01:59:24 |
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WHAT THE NAME OF THIS MOVIE IS. I REMEMBER MY SISTERS AND I TALKING ABOUT IT. I JUST CAN'T REMEMBER THE NAME OF THE MOVIE. I SAW IT BACK IN THE EARLY...
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| 01:59:58 |
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THE MOVIE THAT
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| 02:00:00 |
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THEY HAD ALL THESE NAMES OF THESE PEOPLE THAT
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| 02:00:04 |
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DIED
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| 02:00:07 |
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DIED -- UNNATURAL DEATHS
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| 02:00:08 |
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AND THAT. THEY JUST HAD NAMES OF ALL THESE PICTURES AND PEOPLE AND
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EVERYTHING. I REMEMBER SEEING THE
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R THIS WHEN I WAS AT THE SHOW. BUT I CAN'T REMEMBER THE NAME OF THE MOVIE. >> THANKS FOR THE CALL. HOW DOES ONE GO ABOUT DOING RESEARCH ON JOHN KENNEDY...
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BUT THE LIBRARIANS ARE A GREAT HELP. YOU
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| 02:00:44 |
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ALSO HAVE THE BENEFIT OF MANY OTHER BOOKS, HAVING BEEN WRITTEN BEFORE. THERE ARE 200-300 BOOKS. PROBABLY 1,000 BOOKS THAT HAVE BEEN DONE ON ONE ASPECT...
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IT. JOE KENNEDY PUSHED VERY HARD FOR THAT. BUT JOHN DID IT AND HE CAME TO FEEL THAT IT WAS A VERY WISE DECISION ON HIS PART, BECAUSE BOBBY KENNEDY...
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WERE -- HE WAS VERY HELPFUL TO HIM IN EVERY ONE OF THE CRISISES THAT JOHN KENNEDY PASSED THROUGH DURING HIS PRESIDENCY, AND PARTICULARLY DURING THE...
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| 02:02:58 |
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BUT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S SOMETHING VERY INTERESTING, AND I THINK FIRST LADIES HAVE NOT BEEN GIVEN ENOUGH ATTENTION, NOT ENOUGH HAS BEEN WRITTEN ABOUT...
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LADIES AND THE ROLE THAT THEY HAVE TO PLAY. IT IS A DIFFICULT CHALLENGE. AND I THINK SHE HAD DIFFICULT PROBLEMS TO DEAL WITH AS A FIRST LADY 'CAUSE...
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THE KENNEDY/NIXON DEBATES. HERE'S A PORTION OF ONE OF THEM. >>
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AND NOW FOR THE FIRST OPENING STATEMENT BY SENATOR JOHN F. KENNEDY. >> MR. SMITH, MR. NIXON. IN THE ELECTION OF 1860, ABRAHAM LINCOLN SAID THE QUESTION...
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THE WORLD AROUND US, THE QUESTION IS WHETHER THE WORLD WILL EXIST HALF SLAVE OR HALF FREE. WHETHER IT WILL MOVE IN THE
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DIRECTION OF FREEDOM, IN THE DIRECTION OF THE ROAD THAT WE ARE TAKING, OR WHETHER IT WILL MOVE IN THE DIRECTION OF SLAVERY. I THINK IT WILL DEPEND...
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| 02:13:22 |
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HAVE ANOTHER HOUR AS WE CONTINUE OUR LOOK AT THE LIFE AND PRESIDENCY OF JOHN F. KENNEDY. WE ARE JOINED BY THOMAS REEVES THE AUTHOR OF A BOOK CALLED "A...
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QUESTION OF CHARACTER, -
MY WIFE AND I WENT TO SEE HIM AND WE WERE SWEPT AWAY BY THE RHETORIC AND THE GOOD
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LOOKS AND CAMPAIGN SPEECHES AND
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WE
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| 02:14:01 |
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WERE ADMIRED HIM. WE HATED NIXON. WE THOUGHT IT WAS HEROES VERSUS VILLAINS, BLACK AND WHITE. AND WE WERE THRILLED DURING THE 1,000 DAYS. WE WERE CRUSHED...
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| 02:16:46 |
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AREA. THOMAS REEVES WILL BE WITH US UNTIL THE TOP OF THE HOUR. MR. REEVES I, I WANT TO TAKE ONE PART OF YOUR BOOK AND ASK YOU TO ELABORATE. YOU WRITE...
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| 02:17:37 |
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SON HAS TO KIND OF A SCREWUP, NOTHING BUT A GIRL CHASER WHO SPENDS HALF HIS LIFE IN HOSPITALS, IS FORCED -- THE ANNOUNCEMENT WAS MADE TO HIM IN DECEMBER...
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| 02:19:29 |
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AND WHAT DID THAT -- HOW THAT SHAPED HIS POLITICS AS HE GREW UP AND WHETHER HE HAD A SENSE OF OBLIGATION TO LOWER PEOPLE. WE'VE HEARD THAT OUR
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| 02:19:41 |
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WHOLE LIVES. BUT WAS THAT SOMETHING THAT HE DEVELOPED EARLY ON OR WAS THAT SOMETHING THAT DEVELOPED LATER AS HIS POLITICAL CAREER GREW? >> IT DEVELOPS...
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| 02:20:09 |
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HIS OWN, LESS THAN TWO YEARS TO BE RID OF THE FORCE THAT PROPELLED HIM AND COMMANDED HIM HIS ENTIRE LIFE. AND HE REALLY BEGINS TO SHINE IN THAT LAST...
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| 02:21:37 |
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KENNEDY FIRED TED SORN STEN. BOTH MEN IN THEIR
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| 02:21:41 |
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20s. TED WAS 24. IF YOU WATCH AND LISTEN TO JACK KENNEDY BEFORE AND AFTER TEN SORENSON, YOU WILL BE ASTONISHED. WE HAVE VERY LITTLE OF JACK'S REAL...
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| 02:23:13 |
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GIVE A BALANCE TO THIS PROGRAM PI WANT TO MAKE A COMMENT ABOUT ONE OF THE EARLIER CALLERS WHO ASKED ABOUT A MOVIE. THAT WAS "DEFINITIVE ACTION." IT...
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| 02:23:27 |
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ANNIVERSARY OF HIS ASSASSINATION. ONE QUESTION FOR MR. REEVES. HOW DO YOU THINK THE FACT THAT THE PRESIDENT WAS ASSASSINATED HAS AFFECTED PUBLIC'S PERCEPTION?...
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| 02:24:08 |
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THAT THE FILMS OF THE ASSASSINATION -- THERE'S A FILM WHICH YOU CAN SEE ON THE INTERNET NOW -- WERE SHOWN CONSTANTLY. AND IT WAS TERRIBLY TRAUMATIC....
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| 02:26:54 |
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RICHARD DALEY, SENIOR. THINGS LIKE THAT HAPPENED IN BIG CITIES THAT ARE RUN BY BOSSES. AND JOE KENNEDY, WHO WAS THE MASTERMIND OF ALL OF JACK'S POLITICAL...
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| 02:27:12 |
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AND MAFIA MEN AND POLITICIANS IN CHICAGO. AND LOW AND BEHOLD, CHICAGO CAME OUT IN GOOD FORCE AND CARRIED ILLINOIS AT THE LAST MINUTE. ALTHOUGH ILLINOIS...
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| 02:28:03 |
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LIFE SO MUCH OF THE PRESIDENT AS SUCH. I THINK EVEN TODAY, PEOPLE ARE --
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| 02:28:11 |
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THE PUBLIC IS INTO THE PERSONAL LIFE OF THE PUBLIC FIGURES A LITTLE TOO MUCH ANYWAY. THAT'S MY COMMENT. AND I WANTED TO ASK A QUESTION. SEVERAL,...
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| 02:28:58 |
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AND PROMISED A MORAL GOVERNMENT
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| 02:28:59 |
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AND THE HIGH -- BASED ON THE HIGHEST MORAL PRINCIPLES. A PRESIDENT IS NOT JUST THE PRESIDENT OF A CORPORATION. THE PRESIDENT, GEORGE WASHINGTON HELPED...
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| 02:31:47 |
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PRESIDENCY ALL THE WAY. I THINK HE WAS A RISK TAKER. I THINK GREAT LEADERS SOMETIMES TAKE INCREDIBLE RIFX. I HAD A GREAT DEMOCRATIC STATE LAWYER FRIEND...
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| 02:32:03 |
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BECAUSE HE WAS AN IVY LEAGUE SNOB TYPE OF GUY. I HAVE NEVER READ ANY OF THAT. WAS THERE ANYTHING THAT YOU KNOW ABOUT THAT, EVEN THOUGH I REALLY LIKE...
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| 02:32:38 |
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DONE, THE MAJOR BOOK, THE SLES LINGER, THESE ARE ALL -- WE HAVE A BIOGRAPHY OF GOODMAN OF OLD JOE. THESE ARE ALL APPROVED BIOGRAPHIES. YOU DON'T GET...
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| 02:34:16 |
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TOWARD THE MEMBERS
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| 02:34:17 |
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OF THE FAMILY. YOU CAN'T BLAME HER IN A WAY. BUT SHE WAS GONE MOST OF THE TIME. JACK TOLD A FRIEND MY MOTHER IS A NOTHING. HE TOLD ANOTHER SHE WAS...
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| 02:34:30 |
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TIME OVERSEAS BUYING DRESSES AND THE CHILDREN WERE RAISED BY A WISE WIDE VARIETY OF UNDERPAID IRISH LADIES. THERE'S A GREAT TURNOVER AMONG THEM. AND...
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| 02:35:32 |
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IN THE AMERICAN SPACE PROGRAM. JFK
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| 02:35:35 |
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GAVE A SPEECH HERE IN HOUSTON WHERE HE SAID I WISH I COULD PLAY IT FOR YOU BECAUSE I HAVE LOST MY MASSACHUSETTS ACCENT. KENNEDY SAID BASICALLY THAT...
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| 02:36:19 |
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DECADE OF THE '60s. IT MAY BE DONE WHILE SOME OF YOU ARE STILL HERE AT SCHOOL AT THIS COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY. IT WILL BE DONE DURING THE TERMS OF OFFICE...
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PLATFORM. BUT IT WILL BE DONE. AND IT WILL BE DONE BEFORE THE END OF THIS DECADE. AND I AM DELIGHTED THAT THIS UNIVERSITY IS PLAYING A PART IN PUTTING...
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| 02:37:47 |
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OUR AMERICAN PRESIDENTS SERIES. CALLER, YOU STILL WITH US FROM HOUSTON? >> Caller: I AM. I WANT TO WRITE TO TRY TO GET THAT FILM FROM THEM AND I WASN'T...
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| 02:38:11 |
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EASY, BUT BECAUSE IT IS HARD. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> THANKS, CALLER. WE GOT ANOTHER CALL FROM CALIFORNIA. GO AHEAD, PLEASE. >> Caller: YES. ONE OF...
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| 02:38:35 |
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GAP. AND HE WAS IN THE FACE OF A GREAT AMERICAN
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| 02:38:40 |
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PRESIDENT WHO WAS A GREAT WAR LEADER. EISENHOWER TRYING TO WARN PEOPLE ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE MILITARY INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX. ALONG COMES KENNEDY...
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| 02:40:31 |
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A MISSILE GAP. THEY LAUGHED ABOUT IT
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AFTERWARD. WE HAD
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| 02:40:37 |
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ABOUT 5,000 NUCLEAR WARHEADS AND RUSSIA HAD ABOUT
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| 02:40:40 |
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300. WE OUT -- WE WERE AHEAD OF THEM OF I THINK IT'S FIVE TO ONE IN BOMBERS AND THREE TO ONE IN SHORT-RANGE MISSILES. WE KNEW THIS. AND EISENHOWER...
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| 02:41:26 |
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UP SO I CAN LISTEN TO YOUR ANSWER.
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THANK YOU. >> THEY CERTAINLY DIDN'T GET ALONG. THE REASON THAT JOHNSON WAS CHOSEN IN THE FIRST PLACE WAS BECAUSE THE OLD MAN, JOE, TOLD BOBBY, WHO REALLY...
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| 02:41:50 |
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COURSE, OLD JOE HAS HAD HIS STROKE, DECEMBER OF 19 -- OF 196 AND SO JACK IS ON HIS OWN. I THINK HE PROBABLY WOULD HAVE KEPT JOHNSON. JOHNSON WASN'T...
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| 02:42:45 |
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REALLY -- HEROESI HAVE THREE QUESTIONS. IS IT FAIR TO HOLD KENNEDY TO SUCH A HIGH STANDARD? LEADERS ARE NOT ALWAYS THE BEST MORAL --
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| 02:43:02 |
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EXAMPLE. THEY ASK US TO SHOOT FOR SOMETHING, BUT THEY ARE HUMAN, TOO, AND THEY HAVE THEIR OWN FRAIL TIS. I THINK KENNEDY ASKED SOMETHING SPECIAL OF...
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| 02:44:00 |
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IN THE SAME LEAGUE WITH WHAT WENT ON DURING THE THOUSAND DAYS. BUT WHETHER OR NOT -- I'M NOT QUITE SURE WHAT THE CALLER MEANS BY KEEPING -- BY HOLDING...
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| 02:44:51 |
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YOU UNDERSTAND MY BIAS AND MY STRONG
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FEELING FOR PRESIDENT KENNEDY. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO ASK YOU A QUESTION. HOW YOU EXPLAIN IF THE FACTS YOU PRESENT ARE TRUE, THE TRUE AND GENUINE YEARNING...
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| 02:45:49 |
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THREE OR FOUR. MY UNCLE FRANK, THE
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PROFESSOR. THEY DO THE BEST THEY CAN. WE ARE VERY, VERY SHORT OF HEROES. AND THE SQUALLER OF THE CLINTON YEARS THAT WE HAVE ENDURED, OF COURSE, IS NOT...
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| 02:46:56 |
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BETWEEN THE PRESIDENT AND HIS BROTHER BOBBY. SOMEONE CALLED BOBBY THE CO-PRESIDENT. HIS RUTHLESSNESS AND
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HOW THEY INTERACTED. ALSO HIS OPINION OF THE WARREN COMMISSION. MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE WARREN COMMISSION EITHER STANDS OR FALLS ON THE MAGIC BULLET...
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| 02:47:39 |
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HATED. YES, HE WAS ABRASIVE, HE
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| 02:47:42 |
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WAS AGGRESSIVE. HE BECAME VERY LIBERAL WHEN HE RAN FOR THE PRESIDENCY. PRIOR TO THAT TIME, HE WAS ONE OF THE GENUINELY DISTASTEFUL PEOPLE I KNOW OF...
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| 02:48:37 |
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ORDERS WERE BEING FOLLOWED. THEY WERE FAIRLY CLOSE, BUT THEY DIDN'T -- JACK SAID THEY REALLY DIDN'T GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER UNTIL VERY LATER, BECAUSE...
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| 02:48:49 |
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WAS OFTEN IN A DIFFERENT PLACE. >> YOU ALSO WRITE IN YOUR BOOK THAT BOBBY KENNEDY CONSIDERED COMING BACK TO MASSACHUSETTS TO RUN FOR GOVERNOR. HOW SERIOUS...
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GIVE US A DEFINITIVE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION. WE DO HAVE SOME GOOD BOBBY KENNEDY INTERVIEWS. THEY WERE -- IT'S NOT RIGHT TO SAY HE WAS A CO-PRESIDENT....
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| 02:49:25 |
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VERY CLOSE. AFTER THE BAY OF PIGS, THEY GOT TOGETHER SOMETHING CALLED OPERATION MONGOOSE WHICH COST $50 MILLION A YEAR. IT WAS ALL DONE SECRETLY. IT...
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| 02:50:13 |
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EXILES AFCED HIS CHARACTER. >> IT'S A WHOLE CHAPTER IN MY BOOK. IT ISN'T THAT IT AFCED HIS CHARACTER, IT IS THAT HIS CHARACTER AFFECTED THE BAY OF PIGS.
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| 02:50:23 |
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THERE WAS INDECISION. THERE WAS A LACK OF COURAGE. THERE WAS A LACK OF -- THERE WAS INATTENTIVENESS. HE RUINED THE BAY OF PIGS INVASION. BUT IF
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| 02:50:37 |
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HE HAD LISTENED TO THOSE WHO AR ARGUED IT WAS POLITICALLY RIDICULOUS AND ABSOLUTELY IMMORAL, HE WOULDN'T HAVE GONE THROUGH WITH IT ANYWAY. BUT HE LISTENED...
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| 02:52:01 |
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EAST GERMAN SPY. I GUESS I SHOULD GET
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| 02:52:03 |
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A LIFE. I'M WATCHING TOO MUCH EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION. I HEARD SOMEWHERE, AND I DON'T REMEMBER WHERE, THAT THE AFFAIR WITH THE EAST GERMAN SPY RANKED...
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| 02:52:42 |
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INGA. SHE WAS THOUGHT TO BE A NAZI SPY AND THE FBI HAD HER BEDROOM TAPPED. JACK WAS BLABING AWAY ABOUT WHAT HE WAS GOING TO DO AND WHAT HIS ORDERS WERE...
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| 02:54:10 |
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Caller: THE VOWELS ARE LIKE SPANISH. >> NEXT TIME I'LL SAY HAWAII. >> Caller: I HAD A QUESTION FOR MR. REEVS. EARLIER MR. REEVES HAD SAID THAT THE...
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| 02:54:22 |
Caller, -
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| 02:54:23 |
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JOURNALIST. AND I DIDN'T THINK THAT WAS A VERY FAIR CHARACTERIZATION SINCE HE SERVED THE NATION AS A PRESIDENT, A NAVAL LIEUTENANT. >> I
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SAID PRIVATE INDUSTRY. >> Caller: OH, PRIVATE
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| 02:54:34 |
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INDUSTRY. I'M
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| 02:54:36 |
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SORRY. >> WE GOT A CALL FROM COLUMBUS, OHIO. GOOD EVENING. HELLO, COLUMBUS. >> Caller: I WAS WANTING TO KNOW TO SEE IF JFK AND MARILYN
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| 02:54:52 |
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MONROE HAD A RELATIONSHIP OR
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| 02:54:54 |
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NOT. >> THOMAS REEVES, WAS THERE A RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE
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| 02:54:58 |
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TWO? >> YES, THERE WAS. BOBBY WAS INVOLVED IN IT. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO HEAR. THE TROUBLE IS, THE FACTS MAKE
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| 02:55:05 |
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IT QUITE CLEAR. AGAIN, IT'S PART OF THE IR RESPONSIBILITY THAT MIGHT WELL HAVE COME OUT AND CAUSED A GREAT DEAL OF TROUBLE IN THE ELECTIONS IN 1964. ...
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| 02:55:17 |
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WE KNEW
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| 02:55:18 |
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5% OF WHAT WE KNOW NOW, PRESIDENT GOLDWATER WOULD HAVE GREETED US WITH A SMILE. THAT'S CHAPTER IN MY BOOK ON IT. I LOOKED AT IT VERY CAREFULLY. IT'S...
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| 02:56:25 |
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THE KENNEDYS TO SINK THEM INSTANTLY. AND THEY KNEW IT AND THEY TREATED HIM WITH GREAT DEAF RENS. IN FACT, WE NOW KNOW
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| 02:56:33 |
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THAT JOE, THE FATHER, WAS A SPECIAL AGENT OF THE FBI. AND IN THIS WAY, UNDOUBTEDLY, HE WAS GOING TO INFORM ON HOLLYWOOD PERSONALITIES THROUGH PEOPLE...
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| 02:57:41 |
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CHANNEL AND JOHN KENNEDY WAS BORN HERE IN 1917. THE FAMILY LEFT IN 1921, MOVED A COUPLE BLOCKS AWAY. WE WILL SHOW YOU THAT PICTURE AND GET A CALL FROM...
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| 02:58:16 |
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SHOULD DWINDLE IN DISBRIEF. >> THAT'S A STATEMENT I CAN'T ENDORSE. I FIND NOTHING AT ALL POSITIVE ABOUT THE ASSASSINATION. SORRY. >> IN DOING THE RESEARCH,...
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| 02:58:39 |
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THE BOOK CAN BE DISTINGUISHED, I THINK, BY ITS FOCUS. AND I WANTED TO FIND OUT -- I WANTED TO INVESTIGATE THE QUESTION
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| 02:58:48 |
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OF CHARACTER, THEN I WANTED TO SEE IF I COULD TRACK IT IN WHAT KENNEDY DID. I THINK I WAS SUCCESSFUL, EVEN PROFESSOR
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| 02:58:57 |
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DALLEK SAID, CAN YOU SHOW THAT IT MATTERED? AND I THINK I WAS ABLE TO DO THAT BOTH IN FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND IN DOMESTIC AFFAIRS. BUT THE POINT -- THE...
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| 02:59:48 |
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PROGRAM. AND THE STAFF HERE AT THE KENNEDY BOYHOOD HOME. THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE, WHICH
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| 02:59:54 |
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HAS BEEN OPERATING
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| 02:59:55 |
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THIS FACILITY FOR THE LAST 30 YEARS. WE CONTINUE OUR AMERICAN PRESIDENTS SERIES OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS AS WE LOOK AT THE PRESIDENCY OF JOHN --...
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