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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

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  • 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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  • Bystanders to Genocide

    Mon, Feb 3, 2003
    Samantha Power and Elizabeth Neuffer examine the US responses to genocide since the holocaust.
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  • Space Exploration: JFK to Dr. Mae

    Tue, Dec 2, 2003
    Dr. Mae Jemison describes the United States' efforts at space exploration from the Kennedy years through the present. Mae C. Jemison blasted into orbit aboard the space shuttle Endeavour on September 12, 1992 as the first woman of color to go into space. Dr. Mae Jemison has also founded and been president of two technology companies, and is the only real-life astronaut to appear in an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation.
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  • Freedom on Fire: Human Rights Wars

    Tue, Dec 9, 2003
    John Shattuck, former assistant secretary of state for democracy, human rights, and labor, and current CEO of the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation, discusses his new book, Freedom on Fire: Human Rights Wars and America's Response, with Pulitzer-prize winning author Samantha Power. As the chief human rights official of the Clinton administration, John Shattuck faced many challenges including genocide in Rwanda and Bosnia, murder and atrocities in Haiti, repression in China, brutal ethnic wars, and failed states in other parts of the world. Shattuck describes what was learned as he and other human rights hawks worked to change the Clinton administration's human rights policy from one of disengagement to one focused on saving lives and bringing war criminals to justice. Freedom on Fire: Human Rights Wars and America's Response records Shattuck's frustrations and disappointments, as well as the successes achieved in moving human rights to the center of US foreign policy.
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  • John Edwards: US Foreign Policy Issues

    Wed, May 14, 2003
    Senator John Edwards, presidential candidate in 2004, discusses his positions on a range of domestic and foreign policy issues facing the nation.
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    Justice Stephen Breyer: Judicial Issues Today

    Sun, Sep 28, 2003
    Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer engages in a discussion with NPR chief legal correspondent Nina Totenberg concerning the judicial issues facing the country today. Photo: By [Collection of the Supreme Court of the United States](http://www.supremecourthistory.org/02_history/subs_current/images_b/009.html, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1423056 ""), Steve Petteway
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  • Presidential Tapes Conference

    Mon, Feb 17, 2003
    A panel of presidential historians examines what the recordings of presidents between Roosevelt and Ford reveal about the essence of each man. Presidential taping systems, begun under Roosevelt and discontinued by Ford, have played a unique role in our country's history. Uncovered at the Watergate hearings, the tapes have been processed over time by the National Archives and Records Administration and now serve as a treasure trove for journalists and historians.
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  • Howard Dean: US Foreign Policy Issues

    Wed, Mar 26, 2003
    Former Vermont Governor Howard Dean, presidential candidate in 2004, discusses his positions on a range of domestic and foreign policy issues facing the nation.
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