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Italy had come within a hairs breadth of voting in a communist government. Troops were in angola. The soviets in every measurable way are winning. Nine years later, gorbachev is suing for peace. They have not taken one inch of territory, which from 1970 through 1980, the soviets took eric tori under every president. They stopped dead in their tracks. It was not just military. It was using the bully pulpit to call them the evil empire. It was using Radio Free Europe to boost the signal into the warsaw pact countries and the baltic countries. Stopping the subsidy of their economy he used every available method, quite frankly. The soviets never knew what hit them. He hit them at many different levels. He basically brought them to their needs. You could sum all of that up in a simple phrase, which he used. That is peace through strength. He was willing to negotiate with the soviets once we had achieved military superiority, which we did not have when he came into office in 1980. A great wa
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Again, we are like morning in boston at the edward m. Kennedy institute dedication ceremony. We expect the remarks of president obama, Vice President biden, and first Lady Michelle obama. Inside the institute is a recreation of senator kennedys Office Sometimes referred to as the hideaway office. Back in 2005, he gave cspan a tour. He told us about the history of office and the capitol building, and shared stories about his family. Live coverage, once again. We are at boston at the edward m. Kennedy institute for the dedication ceremony of that building. President obama, Vice President and the first lady are there and are expected to give remarks. Also along with senator john mccain and senator elizabeth warren. Coming up, secretary of state john kerry was excited to also common, but he is in a meeting with ranking officials in switzerland since last thursday, as he tries to reach a political deal with iran in exchange for sanctions relief. He was expected to be here bahia that he is s