Sound recording
Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
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Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate funding payments stipulated in legislation passed the previous year to compensate surviving Japanese-Americans who were interned during World War II. The episode aired on Thursday, August 17, 1989, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.