. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – NBC Radio: Second Sunday – Oct. 10, 1971 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Even before his memorable Military-Industrial Complex Farewell address in 1961, President Eisenhower was all too aware of just how out-of-control military spending would become.
. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – CBS World News Roundup – March 30, 1995 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Another busy news day, this March 30th, 20 years ago. With word from Capitol Hill of the defeat of a Term Limits amendment, the
. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – President Reagan Press Conference – March 19, 1987 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection. Billed as “the most important Press Conference of his Presidency”, President Ronald Reagan faced members of the White House Press Corps for the first
. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – NBC News – March 18, 1975 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Drawing comparisons to the defeat of the French at Dien Bien Phu in 1954, news for this March 18th, 40 years ago was about widespread panic
. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – Senate Foreign Relations Hearings – Dean Rusk – March 12, 1968 With news growing more pessimistic each day over the War in Vietnam, and since the start of 1968 an escalation in North Vietnamese assaults, the dissatisfaction
. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – NPR News: All Things Considered – March 13, 2002 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection 13 years ago today it was all about escalation and the inevitable plunge into war. On this March 13, 2002 – The INS
The fellow in the cartoon, the one hanging off a cliff. The one with the word Bryan hanging out of his pocket. Any idea who that is? History buffs immediately know it’s William Jennings Bryan. Most people will go, who? The name William Jennings Bryan was universally known throughout the
. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – CBS Radio News + Reports – February 26, 1980 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection. February 26, 1980 – 35 years ago this day, Campaign ’80 was in full swing. And by the results, it was a first
. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – President Roosevelt – At Temple University – Feb. 22, 1936 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Since today is Presidents’ Day, I thought it would be a good reminder of those past Presidents in history and a few
. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – CBS Wold News Roundup – February 13, 1995 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection This day 20 years ago was a grab-bag of people and events. Starting with news that House Speaker Newt Gingrich wasn’t going to run
