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Former Senator George Mitchell (D-ME) was among the speakers at a conference on the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement hosted by Queens University Belfast. He reflected on his wor…

This series of NBC News special reports covers the breaking story of the Fall of the Berlin Wall on November 9, 1989. On that day a spokesman for East Berlin’s Communist Party announced that…

On February 4, 1939, President Franklin D. Roosevelt founded his presidential library. Fifty years later, President Ronald Reagan paid tribute to FDR on the library’s 50th anniversary, just …

Lieutenant Colonel Oliver North was questioned further by committee members, including Representative Boland on the Boland amendment. The committee chairs then directed summary statements to…

Questioning of Oliver North continued, with many members of the committee making statements concerning patriotism, democracy, and the lessons of the Iran-Contra affair.

Senator Mitchell announced that Congress would not pursue health care reform further this year. Following his prepared remarks, he took questions from the press. Speculating on the future of…

Former Vice President Joe Biden spoke at a Bipartisan Policy Center ceremony to award him with the 2017 Congressional Patriot Award. The former vice president talked about the current politi…

Former Senator George Mitchell (D-ME) talked about his book A Path to Peace: A Brief History of Israeli-Palestinian Negotiations and a Way Forward in the Middle East, in which he examines th…

The Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the U.S. Senate hosted a program on the late Senator’s efforts to encourage peace in Northern Ireland. Former U.S. Special Envoy for Northern Ireland Geor…

President Bill Clinton, joined by Jim and Sarah Brady and a number of congressional leaders, signed the long-debated Brady Bill. The Brady Bill created a five-day waiting period for a backgr…

Former Senator George Mitchell (D-ME) talked about his memoir, The Negotiator, about his life, political career, and post-Senate service as a diplomat, investigator, and chair of the Walt Di…

This was a clip from the Senate floor as the majority and minority leaders react to news of the fall of the Berlin Wall on November 9, 1989.

The House and Senate met jointly to commemorate the two hundredth anniversary of the U.S. Congress. Remarks by leaders are followed by the unveiling of commemorative stamps.

Current and former congressional leaders paid tribute to former New Hampshire Senator Warren B. Rudman who died November 19, 2012, at the age of 82. Senator Rudman was best remembered as a k…

Former Maine Senator George Mitchell, who was the majority leader from 1989-1995, talked about his career. He also talked about his political and personal relationship with his colleague, fo…

Former U.S. Special Envoy for Middle East Peace George Mitchell spoke about the current developments and challenges in the Middle East. In his speech, he talked about the Israel-Palestinian …

Former Senator and U.S. Special Envoy to the Middle East George Mitchell spoke about his experiences as Obama’s special envoy, as well as current developments and challenges in the region. H…

President Obama and Secretary of State Clinton spoke to State Department personnel about their mission and U.S. diplomatic policy. They also introduced envoys for missions in the Middle and …

Former Senator Mitchell poke about foreign policy challenges and the U.S. role in international affairs. Among the issues he addressed were the future of the Middle East, terrorism, rebuildi…

Former Soviet President Gorbachev addressed both houses of Congress in Statuary Hall in the U.S. Capitol to discuss the new global political scene following the Cold War. He called for new t…