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In our second episode looking back at the life of British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher we will hear from the leaders themselves. We will listen to the raw footage from a BBC interview with Ronald Reagan about Margaret Thatcher and her contribution to World politics.
Then we will hear Margaret Thatcher herself talk about President Reagan in her recorded eulogy for the former President.
Then we will tune in as President George H. W. Bush honors Thatcher after she resigned as Prime Minister giving her the Presidential Medal of Freedom, plus we will hear her remarks from that event.
This is the second episode in our tribute to one of the greatest leaders Great Britain has ever produced and the woman Ronald Reagan considered his full partner in the 1980s as they changed the world together.Questions or comments at , [email protected] , https://twitter.com/randal_wallace , and http://www.randalwallace.com/
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In this episode we look back at the Iron Lady, Margaret Thatcher. We listen in on stories about the relationship she had with United States President Ronald Reagan, complete with a private call between the two after the Grenada Invasion. They were two conservative icons and in both cases they were leaders who turned their countries around after years of turmoil.
In Margaret Thatcher's case she had inherited a country largely considered the sick man of Europe. By the time she was done Great Britain was an economic power. She was loved and vilified and we dip into that controversy as well. This is the our tribute to one of the most successful leaders in the last half of the 20th century.
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Thanksgiving arrives in Saudi Arabia, as President Bush travels there with Mrs Bush, Senate Leaders George Mitchell and Bob Dole, House Speaker Tom Foley, and several other congressional people. They will speak to the troops and spend the holiday with them. As they get closer to the start of the Gulf War.
However this is not the only big news going on in the world. In the United Kingdom, a major political shift is about to take place as the Conservative Party abandons support for its leader Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. It would be hard to overstate her impact on the world. This moment was huge.
It was also a bit of a surprise to George H. W. Bush, who will be without a major partner in his efforts to take on Saddam Hussein.Questions or comments at , [email protected] , https://twitter.com/randal_wallace , and http://www.randalwallace.com/
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Here is one of the press conferences from the month of November. Here the President will talk of his desire for peace as he has the region prepared for War. It is at this point that the United states can say they are prepared for any actions the Iraqi's may take. As we tune in and listen in on this important moment in November of 1990.
The Press Conference will be held with both President Bush and Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney.Questions or comments at , [email protected] , https://twitter.com/randal_wallace , and http://www.randalwallace.com/
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In this episode we take you through the tension building period in late October and Early November of 1990. You will listen in to news reports from ABC News and the News from New Zealand as the Middle East moves closer to War. We will also listen to letters from George H. W. Bush to King Hussein, his staff and to common everyday people. In them Bush tries to reassure them all that he wants to resolve the situation peacefully if at all possible.
But if we have to go to war he feels strongly that it will not be another Vietnam.Questions or comments at , [email protected] , https://twitter.com/randal_wallace , and http://www.randalwallace.com/
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This episode is a rare chance to listen in on a speech at the United Nations. The video, and therefore, the audio quality is not the best but the speech is rare and very important to the storyline.
In it the President makes his case to the world of just how important it is to stop the Iraqi aggression now, calling up the lessons of world War 2. Plus he discusses the new direction the World is taking and how we can now leave many of the old fights of the 20th Century behind us. Overall, it was a hopeful speech about the future of our planet. How it worked out I guess is up for debate....Questions or comments at , [email protected] , https://twitter.com/randal_wallace , and http://www.randalwallace.com/
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In this follow up episode on the reunification of Germany we arrive at the White House for German - American Day about three weeks after the reunification had occurred. At this White House Event, the President will celebrate the contributions to America made by the millions of Germans who immigrated or were direct descendants of those who did. It was a moment of happiness for all who witnessed it.
The event featured some small children singing, a speech by both the President and the German Ambassador, and even a raid conducted by the President's dog Millie. It was a nice event and we thought we would let you listen in at this celebration of not only the German influence on our country but at the celebratory mood of everyone at the new united nation of Germany and the obvious joy it has brought the people of that country.Questions or comments at , [email protected] , https://twitter.com/randal_wallace , and http://www.randalwallace.com/
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Here is one of the great stories of the Bush Administration and of World History. After 4 decades of separation the people of Germany would be one country again. Though the Berlin Wall had come crashing down just 11 months before, this was the big moment for the German People, but it did not come without a lot of high level negotiations that involved horse trading, and skilled diplomacy. The other countries of Europe had not forgotten the Germany of two different World Wars and they were also aware that they would be creating an economic powerhouse in the center of Europe, the moment the two countries were reunited.
Margaret Thatcher was opposed, Mikhail Gorbachev was opposed, and Francois Mitterrand was so opposed he famously said "He loved Germany so much that he thought there should be two of them", so who was for it other than Helmut Kohl of West Germany? The answer to that was the President of the United States, George H. W. Bush. It would be his goal, and his Secretary of State's skills that would make it happen. It is an incredible story, and one we hope we captured, with a lot of documentary help, in this episode of our podcast.
It took 11 months from the time of the fall of the Berlin Wall, and it is an incredible tale to tell, but one that has allowed the people of Germany to finally be whole after a half century of being divided, as the price it paid for the days under the Nazi regime.Questions or comments at , [email protected] , https://twitter.com/randal_wallace , and http://www.randalwallace.com/
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In this episode, we look back at the coming together of the Military coalition on the ground and the man who would command it, General Norman Schwarzkopf. It would be a coalition made up of 42 countries, and troops from around the world. They would all come together on the ground in Saudi Arabia to prepare for the possible War to come. We will look at the command structure of the coalition and see just how complicated an endeavor this really was for Bush to put together.
We will listen to a 60 Minutes profile from CBS News of the General who would run the operation on the ground in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Iraq. It would be the coming together of the world to fight back the aggression of the Iraqi Dictator showing the World that we had learned our lesson from World War 2.
However, the luck would not run as well on the other side of the Atlantic as George Bush would be pushed past the point of having to shutdown the government in a budget battle here at home. We have already covered the budget situation in an earlier episode but we wanted to give you a sense of the full plate the President had to deal with as war loomed in the Gulf.We also include floor speeches by two Senators we profiled early in our podcasts history Senator Ernest Hollings and Senator John Warner.
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In this short episode we will listen in on PBS as Governor Bill Clinton comes to the hall at the Democratic National Convention in 1992 a night early. Clinton will say just a few words of thank you for the Democrats nominating him. The interesting part of the segment is that joining in the commentary from PBS is Senator Joe Lieberman, as he discusses his early history with Bill and Hillary Clinton. It is one of the first moments the country tunes in to hear about this couple who would come to dominate the political landscape for the next 30 plus years.
You will also hear from David Gergen, Mark Shields, Jim Lehrer, Robert McNeil, and Senator Lieberman, so I hope you will see this episode is a little bit of not only a tribute to Senator Joe Lieberman but also a peak into our podcasts future episodes too.Questions or comments at , [email protected] , https://twitter.com/randal_wallace , and http://www.randalwallace.com/
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Senator Joe Lieberman, a Democrat from Connecticut, died unexpectedly in April from complication from a fall. He was 82 years old and his loss from the scene will be incalculable. For Joe Lieberman was one of those rare public figures who was not just respected, but beloved, by both sides of the aisle. He was unafraid to take on controversial issues, and he could disagree without being disagreeable and, most importantly, he was committed to bipartisan leadership. He could reach across the aisle, find common ground, and work to find a real, workable, solution.
Like a good chunk of the American public, Lieberman was fed up with the current breakdowns in our political system so he went out and helped form a solution, the "No Labels" organization. The organization actually predates the rise of both former President Donald Trump and President Joe Biden. It foresaw our problems in their earliest stages. That vision was in large part due to the contributions of Joe Lieberman.
Lieberman is unique in that position. He was once the Vice Presidential nominee of his own Democratic Party, speaking at their Convention in a prime slot, and then just 8 years later, a keynote speaker at the opposing party's Republican National Convention. To my knowledge, only Former Georgia Governor Zell Miller has ever pulled that feat off (though Miller was not a Vice Presidential nominee) and spoke at both political parties conventions. Lieberman was that committed to standing up for what he thought was right.
He did it during the Clinton Impeachment, standing with President Bush 1 and 2 during their Wars in the Middle East, he stood up for Israel including recently in the current war situation facing the country. the fact was Senator Lieberman was so independent that he was eventually defeated in his own party's Senatorial Primary but he then filed as an independent and won his seat for yet another term. While he caucused with the Democrats, he would serve as one of the chambers two independent Senators.
That was just one of the signs of his independent streak, and the other major one, was his long friendship with Republican Senators, John McCain and Lindsey Graham. They were known as the Three Amigos, and they worked tirelessly strengthening our national defense and working to find solutions to issues ranging from Immigration to Judiciary Reform.
In all it was an extraordinary life and career, for the first Jewish American nominated to a national ticket from either party, and Lieberman not only set a shining example of how to lead and be bipartisan in doing it, but he did it all as an observant Jew, who was proud of his Judaism, and followed it strictly, so strictly, in fact, that often the Senate calendar was accommodating to his religious schedule. We hope in this episode we project to you our admiration for a man who set such a good example of what a true leader should be. We did not always agree with him politically, but Joe Lieberman will be missed and missed at a moment when the country needs more leaders like him to set the example for us all.Questions or comments at , [email protected] , https://twitter.com/randal_wallace , and http://www.randalwallace.com/
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In this episode we will listen in on two addresses by President George H. W. Bush. One is to a joint session of the United States Congress as he reports back to the nation the situation in the Persian Gulf. He will also address the growing issues of division at home on the Federal Budget.
We will listen in on the growing size of the military force then building up in the Persian Gulf region as the World prepares itself for war.
It is from this backdrop that an offer from Saddam Hussein comes in to allow President Bush to speak to the Iraqi people. We will end this episode letting you hear that address in its entirety.Questions or comments at , [email protected] , https://twitter.com/randal_wallace , and http://www.randalwallace.com/
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In this episode we watch as the Cold War comes quietly to an end. The United States and the Soviet Union actually work together to handle a crisis that involves a client Soviet state, Iraq.
We will tune in as the situation in the Gulf continues to move close to war. Then we will travel to Helsinki for the meeting of the two leaders of the World's superpowers. You will be able to listen in on their press conference as the two men answer questions about the situation in the Gulf War and it is in that moment that you realize that the 40 years of a Cold War is finally over.Questions or comments at , [email protected] , https://twitter.com/randal_wallace , and http://www.randalwallace.com/
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In this episode we hear from Saddam Hussein himself in an exclusive interview by ABC News and Diane Sawyer. In it he denies he has ever murdered his opponents, claims he is not an admirer of Josef Stalin, and tries to justify his actions in Kuwait.
Then we listen in as he rounds up the British citizens who had been working in Kuwait and keeps them in a hotel there under the guise of protecting them. He even goes for a visit and at one point pats a small child on the head, sending a clear message that these people are hostages and he intends to use them as human shields. It is a chilling period in the desert, as the world begins to come together to push Saddam Hussein out of Kuwait.
We will listen in on the build up, visit with the troops so far from home, and hear from the Israelis about how they are coping with the situation in which Saddam Hussein has discussed making them a target too.
Finally, President George H. W. Bush will address the United States Armed Forces to prepare them for the possible battles to come.Questions or comments at , [email protected] , https://twitter.com/randal_wallace , and http://www.randalwallace.com/
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As we approach the eve of the August 10, 1990, Arab League Summit; I thought this a good time for us to go back, with the help of the PBS Documentary series "Frontline", to the summer of circumstances that led to the invasion of Kuwait by Iraq. So, we will relive the summer months prior to the invasion as we listen to the "Frontline: The Gulf War" Documentary sum up the issues between Iraq and Kuwait that escalated into the invasion. How Saddam Hussein mislead Hosni Mubarak of Egypt, who in turn assured President Bush that an invasion was not imminent.
Then we will listen in on a Documentary on Former Secretary of State James Baker, as he describes going to the Soviet Union and bringing them into the coalition which in a lot of ways marked the true end of the Cold War.
All of this while tensions mount and the world moves closer to war, and the United States starts negotiating with King Fahd of Saudi Arabia, to move more than 200,000 United States Military troops to the Persian Gulf to insure that Iraq will not make moves toward any other neighbors in the region.
Then we will go to the coverage of the Arab League Summit where the Arab Nations stand with the United States against the aggression of Saddam Hussein against Kuwait. It is a united Arab League, with just a couple of hold outs.
We want to recognize "The Gulf War by Frontline" a documentary on the war, we used a long segment for this podcast to go through how the war started, and we recognize "James Baker President-Maker Real Stories " Documentary for the use of the long segment from their documentary as well. Links to both documentaries are provided in the chapters. The use of these documentary segments was for educational purposes and we claim no copyright to those materials or the use of any other materials in our broadcasts .Questions or comments at , [email protected] , https://twitter.com/randal_wallace , and http://www.randalwallace.com/
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After we put together our tribute episode in memory of Former Canadian Prime Minister, Brian Mulroney, that had included a short tribute honoring my Step Father, Larry Bulmer, I thought about the World Heritage site I had visited and Larry talked about in the short segment I used in the show.
I figured most people probably know nothing about the Buffalo Jump nor the World Heritage site in Alberta , known as Head Smashed-In Buffalo Jump History Center. I figured here is a chance to tell that story and a couple of more I learned while traveling across Canada in 1996 with my Step-father and Mother. It was one of two trips I consider the trips of a lifetime, Western Canada and , our earlier covered, trip to the Florida Keys.
While it is impossible to really recreate a vacation from nearly 30 years ago, I thought I would highlight a couple of things we visited that really stood out. In this episode we will take you to the Canadian Province of Alberta, to visit the Head Smashed-In Buffalo Jump History Center, the tiny Mountain mining town of Frank, where one of Canada's most well known disasters took place when a Rockslide consumed the tiny town in 1903, and we will look back at the building of the Canadian Pacific Railroad, the cross country railroad that really brought unity to the nation. My Step-Father grew up around railroads because his father was a Railroad station manager in several towns along the line and because of that Larry was always "a lover of all things trains".
So, I hope you will enjoy this short trip across Canada, the only other country I have grown to love, and consider as sort of a second home.
If you would like to learn more about the Head Smashed in Buffalo Jump History Center its website is https://headsmashedin.ca/
and if you would like to learn more about the disaster at Frank's Slide its website is here
https://frankslide.ca/Questions or comments at , [email protected] , https://twitter.com/randal_wallace , and http://www.randalwallace.com/
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Brian Mulroney was a great friend to American Presidents, and one of the big four leaders who helped bring down Communism in the 1980s. He helped George Bush in the Gulf War and was the leader who pushed for the freeing of Nelson Mandela in South Africa. He was a man who played an outsized role in his times as the leader of our great northern neighbor.
Brian Mulroney died on February 29, 2024. In his Obituary The New York Times wrote of him:
" Mr. Mulroney was known as the Canadian leader who led the country into the North American Free Trade Agreement, with the United States and Mexico, a pact signed in December 1992, and as the author of an overhaul of Canada’s tax regime.... He prided himself on being a confidant of Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush; on promoting a thaw between Moscow and Washington in the closing days of the Cold War; and on going much further than either the United States or Britain in imposing sanctions against white-ruled South Africa to press for the release of Nelson Mandela and the dismantling of apartheid."
“I am a centrist, a modern one open to all discussions,” Mr. Mulroney said during the 1984 campaign. Mr. Mulroney proposed a goods-and-services tax, he successfully negotiated the NAFTA accord, and tried but failed to bring about a national unity with Quebec and get them to sign on to the country's constitution. That failure would eventually lead to splits in his own Conservative Party and his resignation and their total wipe out in the election just after he left office.
In this episode we look back at the life and leadership of Brian Mulroney, and listen to perhaps the speeches that are today how most Americans remember him. The great friend of Ronald Reagan, Margaret Thatcher , George H. W. Bush, and his Queen, Elizabeth 2. He gave the eulogies to three of them, and spoke on television during the period of mourning for Prime Minister Thatcher, this episode will feature those speeches and one of the interviews, plus we will hear from Canadian leaders, the Canadian news coverage of his passing, and an interview with the man himself on the George Stroumboulopoulos Show.
As we bid farewell to this great friend of the United States. Our host will also pay tribute to his own Step-Father, Charles "Larry " Bulmer, who was a member of the Canadian Air Force for 35 years and then worked with NATO, and we will hear him briefly retell the story of our host's family trip to the Head Smashed-In Buffalo Jump National Park in the Alberta Province of Canada. It was a trip our host said was one to remember. If you would like to learn more about the Head Smashed-In Buffalo Jump World Heritage site here is the link https://headsmashedin.ca/
We hope this is a fitting tribute to a legendary man, Prime Minister Brian MulroneyQuestions or comments at , [email protected] , https://twitter.com/randal_wallace , and http://www.randalwallace.com/
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One of the United States' closest allies is the nation of Canada and during this period it had one of its greatest statesman at the helm of Government, Prime Minister Brian Mulroney. He stood with Ronald Reagan, Margaret Thatcher and Pope John Paul 2 as they worked to end the scourge of Communism in the late 1980s and continued on to aid President Bush as Communism fell. He formed great friendships with all of these leaders.
In this episode we hear about some of that, including the former Prime Ministers reminiscence about giving President Bush's eulogy many years after the Gulf War, and then we will watch him step up to the microphone to stand with President Bush as he began the coalition building that was necessary to stop the naked aggression of Saddam Hussein.
This episode will feature that press conference from Kennebunkport, Maine.Questions or comments at , [email protected] , https://twitter.com/randal_wallace , and http://www.randalwallace.com/
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In this episode we sit in on the President's press Conference on August 9, 1990. At this point he has been busy assembling the World LEaders that he will need to begin the process of forcing Saddam Hussein from Kuwait.
This press conference is an interesting look at how the President deals with the press and it shows President Bush at his best.Questions or comments at , [email protected] , https://twitter.com/randal_wallace , and http://www.randalwallace.com/
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It is the day after the invasion of Kuwait by the Iraqi Army under the orders of it's dictator Saddam Hussein. We will listen in to the NBC Nightly News with Tom Brokaw as they recount the events of the 24 hours after the initial invasion for the public. We will hear from the Kuwaiti citizens as they recount the events as they unfolded. In chilling detail, they tell the tale of living in a peaceful tranquil Kuwait, in the period of time that many were just coming off their vacations, to wake up with jets and tanks running through their streets.
We then will head off to Colorado with President Bush on an already planned meeting that will include British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher who will advise Bush that military action may be required if Saddam Hussein does not leave Kuwait.
And he has no intention of leaving.
It is here in this episode that we set the stage for the battles and the War to come.Questions or comments at , [email protected] , https://twitter.com/randal_wallace , and http://www.randalwallace.com/
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