Up next here on American History tv, their second debate which focused on Foreign Policy. Good evening from the Municipal Auditorium in kansas city. I am dorothy ridings, the president of the league of women voters, the sponsor of this final president ial debate of the 1984 campaign between republican Ronald Reagan and democrat walter mondale. Our panelists for tonights debate on defense and Foreign Policy issues are georgie anne geyer, syndicated columnist for universal press syndicate; marvin kalb, chief Diplomatic Correspondent for nbc news; morton kondracke, executive editor of the new republic magazine; and henry trewhitt, Diplomatic Correspondent for the baltimore sun. Edwin newman, formerly of nbc news and now a syndicated columnist for king features, is our moderator. Ed. Dorothy ridings, thank you. A brief word about our procedure tonight. The first question will go to mr. Mondale. Hell have 21 2 minutes to reply. Then the panel member who put the question will ask a followup.
Walter mondale. Our panelists for tonights debate on defense and Foreign Policy issues are georgie anne geyer, syndicated columnist for universal press syndicate, marvin kalb, chief Diplomatic Correspondent for nbc news, morton kondracke, executive editor of the new republic magazine, and henry trewhitt, Diplomatic Correspondent for the baltimore sun. Edwin newman, formerly of nbc news and now a syndicated columnist for king features, is our moderator. Ed . Edwin dorothy ridings, thank you. A brief word about our procedure tonight. The first question will go to mr. Mondale. Hell have two and a half minutes to reply. Then the panel member who put the question will ask a followup. The answer to that will be limited to one minute. After that, the same question will be put to president reagan. Again, there will be a followup. And then each man will have one minute for rebuttal. The second question will go to president reagan first. After that, the alternating will continue. At the end ther
[ applause ] so good evening, ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to the kansas city public library. Robert merry is, this is his second presentation in the somewhat hallowed calls of the kansas city public library. Five star library this week from library journal. Thank you. [ applause ] hes a graduate of the university of washington. He has a masters degree from Columbia University school of journalism. Hes been a reporter for the observer, the wall street journal, managing editor and editor in chief of Congressional Quarterly and more recently the editor of the National Interest in the american conservative. The american conservative has about us passage saying it is collaborate but it sounds a lot like robert merry. This is a description of their philosophy. We believe in constitutional government, fiscal prudence, sound Monetary Policy and delineated borders, free markets and restraint in Foreign Policy mixed with diplomatic acuity. We adhere closely to our institutional maxim idea, pri
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Israel votes to hold its second election this year after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu fails to form a coalition. Its been sitting in the country for years now the philippines is set to ship tonnes of canadian waste back to canada. Hello. A cruise boat with more than 30 people on board has capsized, in the hungarian capital. State media are saying at least seven people have died the south Korean Foreign ministry has confirmed they were south korean tourists. It happened on the river danube in budapest. Divers have joined the search for 19 other people still missing. 7 people have been rescued but strong currents and high water levels, caused by heavy rain, are hampering emergency teams. The vessel collided with another boat near the parliament building, and overturned. Gareth barlow has the latest. The incident happened late on wednesday evening on a popular part of the river close to the hungarian parliament. Local news reports say the boat, the mermaid, was carrying a group of so