Videos

On this live, viewer call-in program, C-SPAN producers spoke about how programming on the network is decided.

Peter Almond talked about Soviet troop withdrawals from Eastern Europe and NATO’s reaction. He answered viewer questions.

Guests discussed welfare and poverty issues during the Reagan administration.

Ambassador Clovis Maksoud the permanent Arab League observer to the United Nations spoke about the denial of a visa for Yasser Arafat to speak at the United Nations. Viewer calls were taken…

Harvard Professor Benjamin Friedman discussed his book “Day of Reckoning: The Consequences of American Economic Policy Under Reagan and After.” He answered viewer calls about the economy an…

Author E.D. Hirsh, Professor of English at the University of Virginia, was on to talk about his books about cultural literacy, which is the background knowledge you need to communicate with …

Eddie Mahe, Republican Political Consultant, and Raymond Strother, Democratic Political Consultant, discussed the presidential campaign and answered viewer questions.

Charles Paul Freud, editor for Outlook in the Washington Post, talked with C-SPAN about the 1988 presidential campaign. Mr. Freund also addressed negative campaigning in history, political c…

Robert Greenberger discussed recent elections in Israel and what it meant for the United States. He answered viewer calls.

Phone lines were opened to C-SPAN viewers after the 1988 presidential debate on the campus of UCLA in Los Angeles. Viewers were given the opportunity to grade the candidates' performances du…

John Driscoll, Editor of The Boston Globe, responded to viewer calls and questions regarding the Globe’s coverage of the 1988 Michael Dukakis campaign. Carl Rutan of C-SPAN moderated the dis…

Robert Shapiro, Chief Economic Advisor to the 1988 Dukakis campaign, talked about the U.S. trade deficit and Governor Michael Dukakis’s trade policy. Mr. Shapiro cited economic security and …

Director of National Security Affairs for the Bush/Quayle 1988 campaign, Dennis Ross, spoke about the national security platform of the George Bush For President campaign.

New York Times Nathaniel Nash discussed the health of the Savings & Loans Industry. He answered questions from viewers.

Brian Lamb of C-SPAN hosted a live viewer call in ahead of the first of three 1988 Presidential debates between George H.W. Bush and Michael Dukakis. Phone lines were opened for viewers to c…

The Toronto Globe and Mail Washington Bureau Chief, Jennifer Lewington, joined a C-SPAN call-in program where she discussed the Free Trade Agreement between the United States and Canada.

United States Attorney General, Dick Thornburgh, joined C-SPAN for a viewer call-in program where he discussed the Justice Department.

Phillip Smith discussed U.S. relations in the Middle East and answered viewer questions.

Michael Beard discussed legislation in Congress regarding handguns and answered viewer questions.

Guests talked about the appropriations bills and answered viewer questions.