3/11/06 General Wes Clark Speech at JFK Library "Vietnam and the Presidency" (click for more info)

Mar 11 2006 - 1:30pm
Mar 11 2006 - 3:30pm

General Clark is scheduled to speak during an historic conference at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum in Boston "Vietnam and the Presidency"


On March 10 and 11, 2006, the National Archives and the nation’s Presidential Libraries will host an unprecedented two-day conference examining the history of the Vietnam War and the American presidency. The conference, which is free and open to the public, will be held at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum in Boston.


"Vietnam and the Presidency" is the first national conference sponsored by all the Presidential Libraries – from Hoover to Clinton – and the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). Leading historians, key policymakers of the era, and journalists who covered the war will examine the antecedents of the war, presidential decision-making, media coverage, public opinion, lessons learned and the influence of the Vietnam experience on subsequent U.S. foreign policy.


The segment "Lessons Learned" is scheduled from 2:00 pm EST to 4:30 pm EST on March 11th. General Clark's remarks are from 2:00-3:30pm EST 1:00-2:30pm CST.


"Lessons Learned" speakers
Wesley Clark, decorated Vietnam veteran and former NATO Supreme Allied Commander
Chuck Hagel, decorated Vietnam veteran and Nebraska's Senior Senator
Bob Herbert, veteran who served in Korea in the 1960s and New York Times columnist
Pete Peterson, decorated Vietnam veterand and first American Ambassador appointed to Vietnam after the war.


For Details: http://www.jfklibrary.org/pr_vietnam_war_conference_2006.html

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