Sound recording
Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
EMKSEN-AU0007-034-007
Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate the "let it burn" policy of the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) and the National Park Service (NPS), and comment on the forest fires that ravaged Yellowstone National Park in 1988. The episode aired on Friday, January 27, 1989, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.