Sound recording
Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
EMKSEN-AU0007-017-003
Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate the Soviet occupation in Afghanistan and signs that the Soviet Union, led by General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party Mikhail Gorbachev, may soon withdraw their forces. The episode aired on Monday, January 18, 1988, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.