vince houghton. [applause] vince: this is interesting lien of, -- interestingly enough, we talked about doing these four great assassinations with one not so great thrown in. things have changed a little bit. the basic idea behind this is killing fidel, or not killing fidel. for a lot of younger people in which i deal with here at the museum, castro, or the mystique of field -- fidel castro is not as well-known as it was for other generations. he had not been in charge for a while. he was not a mean ogre of a person leading cuba. a lot of people who lived through this time, for the most castro was somewhat of a caricature of himself. i love this cartoon, to me it spells out the end of his career once he had retired. when he died it was a big deal in a lot of places. for a lot of college aged students or older, it was like, some old guy who used to be a bad person died. he didn't matter a whole lot when it came to the relationship between the u.s. and cuba. here we will talk differently. we will look a

. >> saturday, international spy museum historian vince houghton talks about the attempts of the u.s. government to take over or assassinate fidel castro. >> he certainly had a dog in the fight. he was somebody who had been kicked out by castro along with all of the casinos and mob people. they are the ones that really really want to get rid of castro. so the cia said, we have $150,000 on the line, whoever kills castro, the money is theirs. >> at 8 will okay, on the president okay, ben stein, former speechwriter for nixon and ford reflects on nixon's time in the white house, his energy policies, initiatives in israel. >> accused of being an anti-semmite, left in the way no other president had. >> for a complete american history tv schedule go to c-span.org. >> over the next few hours we will watch some of the political action conference held at national

vince houghton. [applause] mr. houghton: thank you peter. when we planned this series, we doing these four great assassinations with one not so great assassination. it won't matter that castro is still alive, because we plan these back in october. in cap changed a little bit -- things have changed a little bit, but the basic idea behind this is killing fidel, or not killing fidel. for a lot of younger people, mystique of fidel castro is not as well-known as it would be for other generations. he had not been in charge for a wild. he was not this mean ogre of a person who was leaving cuba. he was for a lot of people that remember the cold war. a lot of people that lived through that time. castro was somewhat of a caricature of himself at the end. i love this cartoon. out thet really spelled end of castro's career when he had been retired. [laughter] mr. houghton: so when he died, it was a big deal a lot of places. many college aged students were like, ok. a wholey did not matter lot when it came to the relationship between the united or the br

eastern, international spy museum vince houghton talks about the attempts by the u.s.row fidel castro. >> certainly had a dog in the fight. he was kicked out by the casinos and the mob people. these are the guys you want to be working with. these are the ones that really want to get rid of castro. so the cia said, we have $150,000 on the line. whoever kills castro, it's theirs. >> then ben stein, former speechwriter for nixon and ford, reflects on nixon's time in the white house. his energy policies. initiatives in israel and southeast asia. >> richard nixon, accused of being anti-semmite, left defense like no one ever had. >> for a complete schedule good to c-span.org.d to c-span.org. to c-span.org. >> joan book tv live on saturday. from books and books bookstore in coral gables florida. for a panel discussion on books and joys of reading. books and books owner mitchell kaplan will join us along with the director of the creative writing program at university of miami florida. also miami based author and column nust anna menendez whose books include in cuba i was a ger

eastern international spy museum historian vince houghton talks about the attempts by the u.s.ernment to overthrow and assassinate cuban leader fidel castro. >> traficante had been kicked out by castro along with all the casinos and mob people. they're the ones that really want to get rid of castro. the cia basically said we've got $150 now on the line, whoever kills castro the money's theirs. >> and at 8:00 on the presidency, ben stein former speechwriter for presidents richard nixon and gerald ford reflects on nixon's time in the white house, his energy policies and initiatives in asia and southeast asia. >> richard nixon confused minds accused of being an anti-semite leapt to israel's defense in a way no other president ever had. >> for a complete schedule go to c-span.org. of. >> next a conversation on education funding for local

vince houghton. [applause] mr. houghton: thank you peter. when we planned this series, we talked