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Historians and contributors to C-SPAN’s The Presidents book discussed the strengths and weaknesses of all the U.S.'s previous chief executives.

Historians and contributors to C-SPAN’s “The Presidents” book discussed the strengths and weaknesses of all the U.S.'s previous chief executives.

Authors Kenneth Ackerman and David O. Stewart talked about their contributions to C-SPAN’s book, The Presidents.

Historians Richard Norton Smith, Douglas Brinkley, and Edna Greene Medford talked C-SPAN’s The Presidents, each of whom contributed to the new book.

Professor Mark Cheathem talked about his book, Andrew Jackson, Southerner. Topics included the 1828 presidential campaign between Presidents Andrew Jackson and John Quincy Adams, and Preside…

Robert Strauss talked about Worst. President. Ever.: James Buchanan, the POTUS Rating Game, and the Legacy of the Least of the Lesser Presidents. One of the traits Mr. Strauss ascribed to th…

In the thirty-fifth in a series on American presidents, scholars talked about the life and career of Lyndon B. Johnson. Among the issues addressed were his rise to the presidency after the a…

In an interview, James Clad discussed politics and tourism in Singapore and Thailand. Former Navy Secretary James Webb took viewer questions on the political split in the American public ove…

The twenty-fifth and final hour of the 25th anniversary of viewer calls focused on the past years of television call-in programming and the role of such programming in public policy. An i…

Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas experts participated in a live call-in program following a reenacting of the Lincoln-Douglas Debate that took place in Quincy, Illinois.

Telephone lines were opened for audience comments. The host was in the Washington, DC studio. Live scenes of Manchester, New Hampshire were shown where portions of Washington Journal were be…

Telephone lines were open for audience comments. C-SPAN employees gave a brief update via video link from Bozeman, Montana on a recent C-SPAN Bus tour. Ms. McKinstry talked via telephone fro…

Time Warner Cable CEO Joe Collins and C-SPAN CEO Brian Lamb announced the creation of a contest for high school students on the importance of public service. Following the announcement publi…

In a commemoration of the first ten years of C-SPAN’s Booknotes program, clips of past programs were shown and C-SPAN staff members were interviewed about how the program is created. Several…

Mr. Gingrich talked about his early career as a congressman and the growth of the conservative movement. During the program archival footage of Mr. Gingrich was shown. Before and after the i…

In this Washington Journal segment, the winners of C-SPAN’s Tocqueville Contest appeared in the Washington Journal studio. They talked about the inspiration for their winning entries and res…

Current news events and political issues were examined through reviews of the morning newspapers; interviews with journalists, newsmakers and legislators; and viewer telephone calls, faxes a…

C-SPAN commemorated the first five years of its Sunday evening book program, Booknotes. Included were interviews with staff members involved with all aspects of the program including the hos…

C-SPAN personnel discussed the first three and one-half months of the inaugural voyage of the C-SPAN School Bus. They chronicled the major stops and the future of the tour including several …

In a behind the scenes program, C-SPAN spoke with White House personnel, network correspondents and newspaper journalists about how they cover the White House.