Letter from America by Alistair Cooke: The Clinton Years (1993-1996)
206 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 27 years ago - ★★★★ - 8 ratingsBill Clinton’s first term encompassed controversies from the Israeli-Palestinian Oslo accords and gays in the military to the North American Free Trade Agreement and an attempt at healthcare reform. A fascinating social, cultural and political history of American life, through the words of British-American journalist and broadcaster, Alistair Cooke (1908 – 2004).
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Episodes
Reforming the military
February 05, 1993 21:00 - 13 minutes - 12.6 MBThe limits of presidential power and two presidential attempts to reform the US military: Truman's racial desegregation and Clinton's attempt to allow homosexuals to openly enlist.
President Clinton's first week in office
January 29, 1993 21:00 - 13 minutes - 12.7 MBClinton's first week in office is marred by abandoned campaign promises, a bruising encounter with the military and a failed attempt to make Mrs Baird Attorney General.
President Clinton's inauguration
January 22, 1993 21:00 - 13 minutes - 12.6 MBA costly inauguration for President Clinton, and the traditions of the ceremony as followed by Presidents Jefferson, Carter and Reagan.
UN weapons inspectors in Iraq
January 15, 1993 21:00 - 13 minutes - 12.3 MBThe search for Saddam Hussein's nuclear weapons by the United Nations, President Clinton's promise to concentrate on domestic affairs, and potential for war in the Far East.
Bill Clinton's first cabinet and multiculturalism
January 08, 1993 21:00 - 14 minutes - 13.1 MBThe diverse cabinet selected by President-elect Bill Clinton, and the problems posed to hospitals by the large range of languages spoken by their patients.
John Cage, Wilbur Mills and Oliver Franks
January 01, 1993 21:00 - 14 minutes - 13.3 MBA look back at the lives of the notable figures to die in 1992, including composer John Cage, politician Wilbur Mills and British Ambassador Oliver Franks.