Years. Up next, historians discuss. S. Diplomatic and peace hey plan to open a museum. We are in the thick of the cold war now, 60s, late 50s. And there was some, not so much signs, but conversations happening to exchange culture and understand each other better between the United States and the soviet union. And so, in 1959, there was this big exchange of National Exhibition. They sent their National Exhibition to new york city in 1959. Here is the exhibition booklet. As you can see on the cover, they featured sputnik. What message were they trying to send . The exhibition covered sputnik and covered of course, soviet industry, agriculture, and cultural arts. Eisenhower flew from washington for a preview tour in a lastminute decision. He and the russian delegation toured the show. All jovial despite the size of the crowd. The show is a counterpart of an american exhibition to be opened in moscow next month by mr. Nixon. Full scale models of sputnik are among the things russia is proud
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Weve got another 15 months to get more than our fill of 2020 president ial campaigning. Here we are going to take a few moments to remember a man who won it in 1988. Thatemed the longer he led lived, the more loved and appreciated became. I was struck like many others i think by this national outpouring of respect in the days leading up to and through the funeral of George Herbert walker bush. At the funeral of his wife barbara, seven months earlier, al gore said he served our nation with extraordinary integrity and grace. [applause] the country seemed anxious to separate those qualities last november and december. A world war ii hero before he began his long political career. By and large, history looks back pretty favorably on his residency. Brookings institution surveyed nearly 200 political scientists earlier this year asking them to rate all 44 president s, the elder bush came in 17. He drew praise for foreign policy. His popularity sank as the economy sank. He did not win reelect
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