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Defense and the Democrats
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Item Title Defense and the Democrats
Guest Moynihan, Daniel P. (Daniel Patrick) (1927-2003)
Host Buckley, William F., Jr. (1925-2008)
Date CreatedAugust 15, 1980
Description

A high-energy duel between well-matched antagonists--though ones who agree,

probably, on as much as they disagree on. Senator Moynihan had just, at the Democratic Convention, spoken approvingly of President Carter's defense policies--to, as WFB puts it, "my stupefaction and that of others." Today's discussion ranges from the bloodbath in Cambodia at the hands of Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge, to the Soviets' use of Cuban troops as proxies in Africa, to the theory of Mutual Assured Destruction. DPM: "We thought the Russians would build up to our level [in nuclear weapons]'parity' and then stop, because we thought they had the same view we had. It turned out they didn't. They have different tastes, they have different history, they have different attitudes."

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Place RecordedNew York City, New York, United States
DimensionsDuration: 60 minutes
FormatMoving Image
Medium television programs
Aspect Ratio
4:3
Color
color
Soundtrack
sound
Hoover IDProgram S0427
Record Number80040.670
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