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Episode 68: 1968 Politics with former LBJ Appointments Secretary James Jones

Episode 68: 1968 Politics with former LBJ Appointments Secretary James Jones

FromC-SPAN's The Weekly


Episode 68: 1968 Politics with former LBJ Appointments Secretary James Jones

FromC-SPAN's The Weekly

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Length:
31 minutes
Released:
Aug 24, 2018
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

On this episode of C-SPAN's The Weekly Podcast our guest is James Jones, former Appointments Secretary to President Lyndon Johnson, former Democratic Congressman and former U.S. Ambassador to Mexico. He talks about 1968 politics, including LBJ's decision not to seek another term, the violent DNC Convention in Chicago(50 years ago this week), Vietnam War demostrations, and the assassination of Robert Kennedy and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Released:
Aug 24, 2018
Format:
Podcast episode

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Connecting today's political discourse with the past 40 years of politics. Using audio taken from C-SPAN's vast Video Library, each episode focuses on a theme tied to current events providing a unique perspective on today's news.