Sound recording
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 a congressional initiative to outlaw plastic handguns, intended as an anti-terrorism measure. Senator Dole also comments on federal judge Robert Bork's nomination to become Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. The episode aired on Monday, September 21, 1987, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.