Taylor Branch: The Clinton Tapes

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Partner:: National Constitution Center
Location:: National Constitution Center
Philadelphia, PA
Event Date:: 10.05.09
Speakers:: Taylor Branch,; Harold Jackson
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Summary: Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Taylor Branch discusses his account of President Clinton's confidential diary project, a unique collaboration, aimed to preserve the fullest record of a pivotal president.

The Philadelphia Inquirer's Harold Jackson moderates.

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Taylor Branch

Taylor Branch is the bestselling author of Parting the Waters: America in the King Years, 1954-63 (which won the Pulitzer Prize), Pillar of Fire: America in the King Years, 1963-65, and At Canaan's Edge: America in the King Years, 1965-1968.

The author of several other books, Branch began his career as a magazine journalist for The Washington Monthly, Harper's, and Esquire. He lives in Baltimore, Maryland.

Harold Jackson

Harold Jackson is the editor of the editorial page at the Philadelphia Inquirer. He became deputy editor of The Inquirer's Editorial Page in 2004, after being cooordinator of the newspaper's zoned daily commentary and Sunday Voices pages.

Jackson has also been an editorial writer at the Baltimore Sun and the Birmingham (Ala.) News. While at the News, he and two colleagues won the Pulitzer Prize for editorial writing in 1991 for a series on changing Alabama's tax system. He also worked for United Press International and the Birmingham Post-Herald.

Chapters

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01 hr 17 min 31 sec

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01.: Introduction

02 min 58 sec

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02.: Campaigning for McGovern with Clinton

04 min 12 sec

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03.: Being Approached to Write a Biography

05 min 04 sec

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04.: The Clinton Family

04 min 46 sec

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05.: Clinton's Reaction to the Media

04 min 15 sec

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06.: Advice on Haiti

06 min 07 sec

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07.: The Scandals: Off the Record

08 min 46 sec

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08.: Comparing Clinton to MLK

02 min 06 sec

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09.: Comparing Clinton and Obama's Healthcare Reform

03 min 17 sec

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10.: Clinton and Gore After the Election

02 min 39 sec

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11.: Why the Book Isn't a History

06 min 27 sec

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12.: What Readers Should Take Away

02 min 16 sec

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13.: Q1: Criticism of Attacks on Al Qaeda

03 min 32 sec

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14.: Q2: Would Like to Have Included

03 min 10 sec

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15.: Q3: Conflict with Focus Groups

05 min 29 sec

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16.: Q4: Handling Welfare Reform

04 min 11 sec

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17.: Q5: Advocating Presidents Being Taped

04 min 47 sec

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18.: Q6: Misconceptions About Clinton

00 min 41 sec

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19.: Q7: Line Item Veto

02 min 38 sec

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The Clintons Off the Record During the Lewinsky Scandal

05 min 15 sec

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Clinton and Gore Clash After the 2000 Election

02 min 18 sec

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01 hr 17 min 31 sec

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