NASA Administrator Bill Nelson joined former Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX) for a conversation at the LBJ Presidential Library in Austin, Texas. Topics included the future of space expl…
85 viewsA half-century after Lyndon Johnson died in 1973, his Austin, Texas, library hosted presidential scholars discussing his place in American politics. Speakers included LBJ Presidential Librar…
289 viewsA half-century after former President Lyndon Johnson died in 1973, his Austin, Texas, library hosted a discussion about his record on race and domestic policy.
142 viewsHenry Kissinger talked about U.S. policy during the Vietnam War, his role, and the lessons learned from the conflict. He also responded to questions from the audience. Topics included Americ…
2,401 viewsDirector of National Intelligence Avril Haines delivered keynote remarks on classified information and democracy at the Lyndon B. Johnson Presidential Library in Austin, Texas. She covered a…
1,622 viewsThe University of Texas at Austin’s Briscoe Center for American History acquired the papers of presidential historian Doris Kearns Goodwin and her late husband Richard Goodwin. Ms. Goodwin t…
642 viewsHouse Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) talked about voting rights, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and public service at the LBJ Presidential Library in Austin, Texas. Speaker Pelosi also answered …
150 viewsLibrary director Mark Updegrove showed the Presidential Suite exhibit at the LBJ Presidential Library and Museum. It is a reconstruction of the living space where President and Ladybird John…
1,805 viewsFour eyewitnesses recalled the assassination of President John F. Kennedy on November 22, 1963. Sid Davis was the Westinghouse radio pool reporter on Air Force One when Lyndon Baines Johnson…
1,404 viewsMark Updegrove talked about his book, The Last Republicans, about the relationship between former Presidents George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush.
915 viewsCNN’s chief Washington correspondent Jake Tapper discussed his political novel about Congress and Washington politics set in the 1950s.
1,191 viewsMeghan McCain, daughter of Senator John McCain (R-AZ) , accepted the Liberty and Justice For All Award on behalf of her father. The ceremony at the Johnson Presidential Library in Austin, Te…
1,242 viewsPresident Lyndon Johnson talked to cabinet members, key advisers and the leaders of the Senate about the war in Vietnam, whether to release impounded highway funds and a pending treaty with …
794 viewsPanelists talked about what presidents can do to combat poverty. Participants included a George W. Bush administration domestic policy adviser, the director of the LBJ Library, and journalis…
472 viewsFormer presidential aides discussed the roles of Presidents Lyndon Johnson and Richard Nixon during the Vietnam War era. They were joined by historian to explore the foreign policy of each p…
739 viewsVietnam veterans and former Senators Bob Kerrey (D-NE) and Charles Robb (D-VA) joined Admiral William McRaven (Retired) in a discussion about the changes in America’s foreign and military po…
789 viewsFilmmakers Ken Burns and Lynn Novick discussed The Vietnam War, a ten-part, 18-hour documentary set to be released in 2017. They spoke with Mark Updegrove at a three-day “Vietnam War Summit”…
2,052 viewsAdmiral William McRaven (Retired) talked about what makes up and the importance of good intelligence. The Central Intelligence Agency, Lyndon B. Johnson Presidential Library, and the Univ…
686 viewsCentral Intelligence Agency (CIA) Director John Brennan talked about the history of the president’s daily briefing. Following his remarks, former intelligence officers talked about the impor…
1,043 viewsNancy-Ann DeParle (D) and Gail Wilensky (R), both former administrators of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid, talked about the future of Medicare and Medicaid. “On the Frontlines: How…
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