Sound recording
Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
EMKSEN-AU0009-030-011
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 U.S. military strike on an intelligence compound in Baghdad, Iraq, in retaliation for the attempted assassination of former president George H. W. Bush, which was possibly plotted by Iraq's intelligence service and Saddam Hussein. The episode aired on Wednesday, July 7, 1993, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.