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 Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate the new agreement between Congress and President George H. W. Bush to permit humanitarian aid, but not military aid, to the Contras in Nicaragua while observing whether the Sandinista government of Nicaragua led by President Daniel Ortega permits free elections and takes other steps to return to democracy. The episode aired on Tuesday, April 18, 1989, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.