Sound recording
Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
EMKSEN-AU0009-010-009
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 role of the federal government in programs such as the "war on cancer," a federally funded cancer research program established in 1971 by Congress and President Richard M. Nixon. The episode aired on Monday, March 9, 1992, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.