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 Senate's passage of the Radiation-Exposed Veterans Compensation Act of 1988, which would compensate veterans with certain cancer-related diseases that are presumed to be connected to their military service. The episode aired on Wednesday, April 27, 1988, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.