Video: JFK on Feb. 14, 1962 (part 1)
(Wednesday, February 14, 1962) — President John F. Kennedy today denied Republican National Committee charges implying that the United States is virtually in a shooting war in Vietnam and not merely acting in an advisory capacity in the struggle to keep that country from being overrun by the Communists. Continue reading JFK denies GOP claims, backs role in Vietnam 50 years ago today (1962)
Bill Clinton on 'Nightline' (part 1)
(Wednesday, February 12, 1992, 11:30 p.m.) — Six days before the New Hampshire primary, Democratic presidential candidate Bill Clinton appeared on ABC-TV’s Nightline to answer questions about how he avoided the military draft during the Vietnam War, specifically to explain his decision to back out of an agreement to join the ROTC program. Continue reading Bill Clinton seeks to diminish draft controversy before New Hampshire primary 20 years ago this hour (1992)
Video: Kennedy news conference, Feb. 7, 1962 (part 1)
(Wednesday, February 7, 1962) — U.S. President John F. Kennedy is set to throw all his energy into battle for federal aid to public schools — but not parochial schools. Continue reading JFK throwing effort behind school funds 50 years ago today (1962)
(Saturday, January 29, 1972) — In a recorded telephone conversation with John Connally, U.S. President Richard M. Nixon describes what happened the previous night when a woman with the Ray Coniff singers pulled a small silk banner from the lowcut bosom of her blue evening gown and displayed it.
“Stop the killing,” the black letters on the blue background said. Continue reading Nixon describes encounter with Ray Coniff Singers’ protest 40 years ago today (1972)
(Tuesday, January 28, 1992, 9:00 p.m. EST) — Staking his political fortunes on advice that the economy will right itself by summer, President Bush delivered a State of the Union Message tonight that offered modest proposals to ease the immediate pain of middle-class taxpayers and erase any impression that he is insensitive to America’s economic burdens. Continue reading Bush vows economic relief in State of the Union 20 years ago this hour (1992)
(Monday, January 27, 1992) — Gennifer Flowers, the woman paid by a supermarket tabloid to tell of her alleged 12-year affair with Arkansas Gov. Bill Clinton, told a Manhattan news conference today that Clinton was “absolutely lying” when he denied her charges on CBS-TV’s 60 Minutes broadcast last night.
During a sometimes-raucous news conference (click here to watch video of the news conference), Flowers refused to answer several sexually explicit questions. Neither would she discuss apparent inconsistencies in her account.
(Thursday, January 20, 1972, 12:30 p.m. EST) — U.S. President Richard M. Nixon urged the Democratic Congress in an election-year State of the Union message today to rise above politics and enact his array of stalled legislative proposals in order to attain “a new prosperity without war.”
Video: JFK addresses the economy
(Thursday, January 11, 1962) — U.S. President John F. Kennedy asked for tariff-slashing powers in laying before Congress today a massive legislative program he described as keyed to “fulfill the world’s hope by fulfilling our own faith.” Continue reading Kennedy maps vigorous plan of action 50 years ago today (1962)
(Wednesday, January 9, 1952, 12:30 p.m. EST) — U.S. President Harry S Truman summoned the nation today to “move full steam ahead” in its rearmament drive because the “threat of world war is still very real.”
The president, in his annual State of the Union message, charted a stern course of continued high taxes, greater military expansion, tougher wage-price controls, fewer civilian goods and more foreign aid.
Video: Hoffa reunited with wife (at 1:15)
(Thursday, December 23, 1971) — James Hoffa, the former Teamsters Union president, was reunited today with his ailing wife and family, hours after being freed from federal prison by U.S. President Richard Nixon.
