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President Lyndon Johnson’s telephone calls on the Gulf of Tonkin and the Congressional resolution, which gave him the authority, without a formal declaration of war by Congress, to use milit…

President Johnson’s August 1964 calls about the Gulf of Tonkin and Congressional resolution.

President Lyndon Johnson spoke with administration officials and advisors about a hostage situation in the Congo, the financial crisis in the United Kingdom, and his relationship with the pr…

President Lyndon Johnson talked with administration officials and advisors about closing defense facilities, how the Civil Rights law affected the election in the South, and Vietnam. Note: …

President Lyndon Johnson talked with staff and advisors about the Democratic National Convention, the upcoming election, Medicare and other legislation and civil unrest. Note: Some language…

President Lyndon Johnson spoke to administration officials and others about civil unrest, the Poverty Bill and other legislation and international issues. Note: Some language may be offensi…

President Lyndon Johnson talked with advisors and members of Congress about legislation including the Civil Rights and transportation bills, Federal budget spending and cuts and Federal empl…

President Lyndon Johnson spoke with advisors about a stand off with Cuba over Guantanamo Bay, trade with England, the going investigation of his former Senate aide, the tax and Civil Rights …

President Lyndon Johnson talked about the Gulf of Tonkin resolution, sending ground troops to Vietnam and Congressional hearings on the war. Participants included Defense Secretary Robert Mc…

President Lyndon Johnson’s November 1963 calls, shortly after the assassination of President Kennedy. President Johnson talked to key advisers and members of his cabinet and from Congress ab…

C-SPAN Radio notes the 50th anniversary this month of the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, with a special program of President Johnson’s August 1964 calls on the events that led to Congress approv…

This roundtable is the culmination of a two day symposium sponsored by the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. The panelists were key actors, on both sides, in the 1962 Cuban…

Panelists discussed President Ronald Reagan’s Strategic Defense Initiative proposal. They answered questions from the audience.