Senator Edward Kennedy Series

Lectures curated in memory of Senator Edward M. Kennedy, US Senator for 46 years, who advocated relentlessly for quality healthcare and other social issues on behalf of all Americans.

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Senator Kennedy and the War in Iraq
Edward M. Kennedy
February 4, 2005
00:48:14
Edward M. Kennedy tells an audience of 400 people at the University of Massachusetts, Boston that the US must begin to demonstrate to the Iraqi people that the military mission is one of liberation, not occupation.
Capital Perspective: Health Technology
Edward M. Kennedy
May 13, 2005
00:27:30
Massachusetts Senator Ted Kennedy leads a Capital Perspective discussion on the need for better health technology information in hospitals and doctors' offices and the benefits it can bring.
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Capitol Perspective: Cultural Tourism
Edward M. Kennedy
July 18, 2005
00:29:45
Capital Perspective is a forum for discussions with local community leaders to highlight local and national issues that affect the people of Massachusetts.
Capitol Perspective: Hurricane Katrina
Edward M. Kennedy
October 12, 2005
00:27:31
Ted Kennedy and local community leaders deeply involved in Hurricane Katrina's relief efforts discuss the aid that Massachusetts and its citizens have provided to Katrina survivors and the Gulf area.
Capitol Perspective: MA Governor Deval Patrick
Edward M. Kennedy
February 5, 2007
00:29:46
Ted Kennedy hosts Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick at the taping of an installment of Kennedy's Capital Perspective public affairs program. The program is taped at Emerson College and airs on public access cable stations across the state.
Capitol Perspective: USS JFK
Edward M. Kennedy
March 2, 2007
00:29:32
This taping of Ted Kennedy's public affairs program, Capitol Perspective, takes place on location on the USS JFK aircraft carrier, docked for its final time in Boston Harbor.
Capitol Perspective: New Bedford Immigration Raid
Edward M. Kennedy
April 9, 2007
00:28:58
Ted Kennedy hosts a studio discussion revolving around the New Bedford, MA Immigration Worker Raid, which took place in March, 2007 at a New Bedford factory.
Capitol Perspective: College Affordability
Edward M. Kennedy
June 1, 2007
00:29:46
Ted Kennedy hosts a discussion on the topic of college affordability.
Capitol Perspective: No Child Left Behind
Edward M. Kennedy
September 17, 2007
00:53:47
Ted Kennedy hosts a studio discussion on the topic of the "No Child Left Behind" federal education reform legislation.
Capitol Perspective: Heroes of Iraq and Afghanistan
Edward M. Kennedy
November 9, 2007
00:29:30
Ted Kennedy pays tribute to the fallen heroes of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. This lecture also contains excerpts from Remember Us, a NECN documentary, which debuted at a Northeastern event honoring veterans on November 9, 2007, as well as excerpts and speeches from the day's events.
Capitol Perspective: Health Disparities and Child Obesity
Edward M. Kennedy
January 8, 2008
00:28:59
Ted Kennedy hosts a panel discussion about health disparities in minority populations and the increasing problem of childhood obesity.
Capitol Perspective: Crime
Edward M. Kennedy
March 31, 2008
00:29:39
Ted Kennedy hosts a discussion about the challenges and solutions pertaining to the problem of crime in Massachusetts.
Capitol Perspective: Housing
Edward M. Kennedy
May 9, 2008
00:29:37
US Senator Ted Kennedy (D-MA) hosts a panel discussion exploring national and local perspectives on various aspects the burgeoning home foreclosure crisis.
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Losing America: Confronting a Reckless and Arrogant Presidency
Robert C. Byrd
July 27, 2004
00:45:23
Senator Byrd, in discussion with Edward Kennedy and Wesley Clark, offers his perspective on some of the most critical issues facing Americans today.
Recovering from 9/11
Edward M. Kennedy
September 10, 2004
01:17:47
Senator Edward M. Kennedy introduces Kenneth R. Feinberg, the special master administering the 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund of 2001. Mr. Feinberg discusses his efforts to compensate the families of victims of the 2001 terrorist attacks.
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Bill Clinton: Role of the US in the World
Bill Clinton
May 28, 2003
01:34:15
Senator Edward Kennedy introduces President Clinton, who engages in a wide-ranging conversation with presidential historian Michael Beschloss.