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C-SPAN Radio Special
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- Special LBJ Tapes: 1965 Calls on Vietnam
As President Obama considers whether to send more U.S. troops to Afghanistan, C-SPAN Radio airs a special program of President Johnson's 1965 calls on the escalation of troops and spending for the war in Vietnam. You'll hear LBJ talk to trusted advisers, including Defense Secretary Robert McNamara, Senate Armed Services Cmte. Chairman Richard Russell and former President Harry Truman.
- LBJ on Vietnam (10/24/09)
- Special LBJ Tapes: 1965 Medicare Bill
As Congress continues work on health care legislation, hear comparisons to the 1965 Medicare bill from President Johnson's 1964 and 1965 calls. Listen to LBJ plan to win approval for the measure in conversations with his chief Congressional aide Larry O'Brien, Sen. Albert Gore Sr., father of the future Vice President, and House Ways and Means Cmte. Chairman Wilbur Mills. Historian David Shreve provides context and background for these conversations.
- LBJ on the Medicare Bill (9/5/09)
- Last Release of LBJ White House Tapes
New from the LBJ Library: Lyndon Johnson's calls from May, 1968 to the end of his presidency, January 1969. This is also the final release of LBJ's Tapes from the Johnson Library in Austin, Texas.
- LBJ White House Tapes - 2/13/2010
- LBJ White House Tapes - 1/2/2010
- LBJ White House Tapes - 11/28/2009
- LBJ White House Tapes - 10/3/2009
- LBJ White House Tapes - 8/1/2009
- LBJ White House Tapes - 6/13/2009
- LBJ White House Tapes - 5/2/2009
- LBJ White House Tapes - 4/11/2009
- LBJ White House Tapes - 3/14/2009
- LBJ White House Tapes - 2/7/2009
- LBJ White House Tapes - 1/3/2009
- LBJ White House Tapes - 12/6/2008
- Special LBJ Tapes with Defense Sec. Robert McNamera
Robert McNamara, Defense Secretary under Presidents Kennedy and Johnson, died on Monday, July 6 at the age of 93, at his home in Washington, DC. C-SPAN presents a special program featuring calls between LBJ and McNamera.
- LBJ & Robert McNamara (7/6/09)
- The Assassination of President John F. Kennedy: A Special Program of Audio from the LBJ Library.
You'll hear radio communications with Air Force One from November 22nd, 1963---and some of the earliest calls made by Lyndon Johnson as president, from November 24th through the 27th. And throughout the program, historian David Shreve provides context and background for this audio.
- LBJ White House Tapes - 11/22/2008
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