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John F. Kennedy Library Foundation

The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum is dedicated to the memory of our nation's thirty-fifth president and to all those who through the art of politics seek a new and better world. Our purpose is to advance the study and understanding of President Kennedy's life and career and the times in which he lived; and to promote a greater appreciation of America's political and cultural heritage, the process of governing and the importance of public service. We accomplish our mission by: preserving and making accessible the records of President Kennedy and his times; promoting open discourse on critical issues of our own time; and educating and encouraging citizens to contribute, through public and community service, to shaping our nation's future.break

http://www.jfklibrary.org

  • Corporate Responsibility and Human Rights

    Tue, Dec 17, 2002
    In the wake of the upheavals in corporate America, Orin Smith, CEO of Starbucks; Richard K. Donahue, former President of Nike, Inc.; Eliot Spitzer, New York Attorney General; and Rosabeth Moss Kanter, Harvard Business School professor, discuss corporate responsibility, both in general, and as it relates to the advancement of human rights at home and abroad.
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  • White House Photographers

    Tue, Dec 17, 2002
    National Public Radio Special Correspondent Susan Stamberg moderates this slide presentation and conversation with a number of official White House photographers who covered the Presidents, their families, and their administrations.
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  • Search for Kennedy's PT 109

    Mon, Nov 11, 2002
    Lieutenant Kennedy was awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Medal for extremely heroic conduct as Commanding Officer of PT 109 following its sinking in the Pacific War Area on August 1-2, 1943. The JFK Library and Museum's screening of the National Geographic EXPLORER film about the recovery of PT 109 includes a panel discussion with Dr. Robert Ballard, Expedition Leader, Richard Keresey, PT 105 Captain, and Maxwell Kennedy, Expedition Crew Member. The panel discussion is moderated by Boyd Matson, host of National Geographic EXPLORER.
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  • Art of Political Humor

    Wed, Oct 16, 2002
    Join comedian and political satirist Al Franken in a discussion of the use, history and importance of humor in our national politics, with Helen Thomas and Senator Alan Simpson. CNN senior analyst, Jeff Greenfield, will be the moderator.
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  • Tim Russert on Covering Politics

    Tue, Feb 15, 2005
    Tim Russert, host of NBC's *Meet the Press*, shares insights from his 20 years in broadcast journalism covering politics. NPR senior national correspondent Linda Wertheimer moderates the conversation.
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    John F. Kennedy Library Foundation

  • My Life with the Hemingways

    Mon, Nov 8, 2004
    After more than 40 years of virtual silence, Valerie Hemingway, the confidante of Ernest, shares stories of her years living and traveling with Ernest and Mary Hemingway. Her new book, *Running with the Bulls: My Life with the Hemingways,* was provoked by an editor's discovery of uncataloged papers, manuscripts and letters rotting in the basement of the Hemingways' former home in Cuba. Valerie, having put the papers in the basement to begin with, agreed to sort through them and prepare them for deposit at The Kennedy Library. The process spurred her finally to write the memoir that she had started repeatedly but had never been able to complete. The critical response to Ms. Hemingway's book is that it has been well worth the wait.
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  • State of Affairs: Our Economy and the 2004 Campaign

    Mon, Oct 18, 2004
    MacArthur fellow and senior economic advisor at the Brookings Institute, Alice Rivlin; former secretary of labor under President Clinton and professor of social and economic policy at Brandeis University, Robert Reich; and professor of economics at Boston University, Glenn Loury, discuss the state of the economy with *Boston Globe* Pulitzer Prize-winning correspondent Tom Oliphant.
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    John F. Kennedy Library Foundation

  • Where Has All the News Gone?

    Mon, Dec 6, 2004
    Ben Bradlee, long-time executive editor of *The Washington Post*, and Don Hewitt, creator of *60 Minutes* and executive producer of *CBS News*, talk about how print and broadcast news have changed over the last 40 years. Meredith White, executive producer of *ABC News* and former senior editor at *Newsweek*, moderates the discussion.
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    John F. Kennedy Library Foundation

  • Crisis in Darfur

    Thu, Dec 9, 2004
    Jennifer Leaning of the Harvard School of Public Health, Eric Reeves of Smith College, Alex de Waal of the Global Equity Initiative at Harvard, and William Schulz of Amnesty International discuss the crisis in Darfur. Gail Harris, a journalist for both NPR and PBS, moderates their discussion.
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    John F. Kennedy Library Foundation

  • Presidents at War

    Mon, Oct 4, 2004
    Former JFK advisor and historian Arthur Schlesinger, journalist Tom Wicker, and veteran political analyst and former Nixon staffer Kevin Phillips explore the varying legacies of our wartime presidents. David Gergen of the Kennedy School of Government, and a former Reagan staffer, moderates.
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