Sound recording
Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
EMKSEN-AU0008-031-013
Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate whether the United States should have maintained economic sanctions on Iraq and its president, Saddam Hussein, instead of using military force to end Iraq's occupation of Kuwait (the First Gulf War). The episode aired on Thursday, March 14, 1991, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.