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Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
EMKSEN-AU0008-024-009
Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate the Brady Bill, which would impose a waiting period for handgun sales to give law enforcement officials time to perform background checks on buyers. They comment on the shooting of former White House Press Secretary James S. "Jim" Brady, after whom the legislation is named. The episode aired on Thursday, September 27, 1990, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
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Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
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Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate the pressure for progress in the "War on Drugs" after the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) began evicting residents from public housing where drug dealing allegedly occurred. The episode aired on Thursday, September 13, 1990, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
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Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
EMKSEN-AU0008-023-014
Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate the right of criminals to file lawsuits against their victims. The episode aired on Monday, September 10, 1990, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
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Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
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Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that convicted criminals may declare bankruptcy and avoid paying court-ordered restitution for their crimes. The episode aired on Thursday, August 23, 1990, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
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Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
EMKSEN-AU0008-022-013
Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate the need for gun control as an anti-crime measure and whether the ban on imported assault weapons is being effectively enforced. The episode aired on Thursday, August 16, 1990, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
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Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
EMKSEN-AU0008-021-005
Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate prison overcrowding in the United States and the pace at which new state and federal prisons should be built. The episode aired on Monday, July 16, 1990, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
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Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
EMKSEN-AU0008-020-010
Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming discuss a mass shooting in Jacksonville, Florida, and debate the need for gun control measures, such as a waiting period to facilitate background checks and restrictions on sales of certain types of firearms. The episode aired on Friday, June 29, 1990, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
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Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
EMKSEN-AU0008-014-001
Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate the need to advance President George H. W. Bush's proposed anti-crime program. The episode aired on Friday February 2, 1990, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
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Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
EMKSEN-AU0008-013-007
Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate whether the right of habeus corpus -- the legal means of challenging an unlawful detention -- applies to those individuals sentenced to the death penalty (capital punishment). The episode aired on Thursday, January 18, 1990, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
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Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
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Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate the idea advocated by some public officials to legalize drugs, and comment on the challenges that the nation faces in its "war on drugs." The episode aired on Thursday, December 28, 1989, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
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Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
EMKSEN-AU0008-012-005
Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming discuss the recent release of four Irish defendants (the "Guildford Four") who were wrongly convicted of bombings carried out by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) in England in 1974. They also debate British justice for the "Birmingham Six," who were also convicted of bombings and given sentences of life imprisonment. The episode aired on Monday, December 25, 1989, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
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Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
EMKSEN-AU0008-012-003
Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate the need for legislation requiring a seven day waiting period for handgun sales to allow law enforcement to run background checks on buyers. They comment on the appearance of former White House Press Secretary James S. "Jim" Brady before Congress to advocate for such legislation. The episode aired on Thursday, December 21, 1989, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
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Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
EMKSEN-AU0008-010-017
Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate U.S. policy on military aid to the government of El Salvador, and a recent atrocity by a death squad in El Salvador. The episode aired on Thursday, November 23, 1989, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
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Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
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Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate a trial judge's recent order to close a narcotics trial to the public in order to protect jurors and witnesses from being recognized, and the ensuing U.S. Court of Appeals decision overturning the judge's order and reopening the trial. The episode aired on Friday, October 13, 1989, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
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Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
EMKSEN-AU0009-014-017
Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate the indictment of former Secretary of Defense Caspar W. "Cap" Weinberger as part of the ongoing investigation into the Iran-Contra affair. The episode aired on Monday, June 29, 1992, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
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Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
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Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Robert J. "Bob" Dole of Kansas discuss the anniversary of the kidnapping of American journalist Terry Anderson in Beirut, Lebanon. They also mention the remaining 25 hostages, including Terry Waite. The episode aired on Friday, March 27, 1987, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
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Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
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Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Robert J. "Bob" Dole of Kansas debate claims made by the Department of Justice regarding the death penalty (capital punishment). The episode aired on Friday, February 27, 1987, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
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Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
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Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Robert J. "Bob" Dole of Kansas comment on Americans taken hostage in Lebanon and the possibility of pulling the U.S. embassy out of Lebanon. The episode aired on Thursday, February 12, 1987, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
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Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
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Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Robert J. "Bob" Dole of Kansas debate terrorism and violence in South Africa. The episode aired on the Mutual Broadcasting System; the air date is undetermined, but likely circa February 1987.
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Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
EMKSEN-AU0008-001-005
Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate whether the U.S. Department of Justice should abolish the practice of assembling teams of top federal investigators as "strike forces" and sending them to cities with serious organized crime problems. The episode aired on Monday, April 24, 1989, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
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Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
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Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate a plan proposed by the Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy (or "Drug Czar") William J. "Bill" Bennett to rid Washington, D.C., of drugs, crime, and violence as part of the "war on drugs." The episode aired on Friday, April 21, 1989, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
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Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
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Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate initiating an independent security investigation of the terrorist attack on Pan Am Flight 103. The episode aired on Monday, April 10, 1989, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
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Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
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Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate the refusal of the Reagan and Bush administrations to fund new ideas to help local law enforcement combat drug crime as part of the "war on drugs." The episode aired on Wednesday, March 29, 1989, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
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Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
EMKSEN-AU0007-036-010
Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming exchange St. Patrick's Day greetings. They also comment on discrimination in U.S. immigration laws against Ireland and other countries, and violence in Northern Ireland. The episode aired on Friday, March 17, 1989, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
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Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
EMKSEN-AU0007-035-003
Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming discuss recent gun violence and debate the need for gun control legislation. The episode aired on Monday, Friday 13, 1989, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.