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    The Jacqueline Kennedy Tapes: Revelations on the Camelot Era

    Fifty years after John F. Kennedy's presidency, his family has released First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy's taped interviews with historian and White House advisor Arthur Schlesinger. A book , introduced by daughter Caroline, and eight CD's are already Number One on Amazon and Barnes & Noble.

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    By Warren Olney • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    Fifty years after John F. Kennedy's presidency, his family has released First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy's taped interviews with historian and White House advisor Arthur Schlesinger. A book, introduced by daughter Caroline, and eight CD's are already Number One on Amazon and Barnes & Noble. The tapes reveal a woman deeper and more complex than the Queen-of-Camelot image she promoted herself. We hear excerpts and get some commentary from Michael Kazin, Professor of History at Georgetown University and author of American Dreamers: How the Left Changed a Nation.

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    1. 0:00UK's David Cameron and France's Nicholas Sarkozy in Libya
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