C-SPAN to Broadcast Entire Clinton Course
By BRIAN SKOLOFF, Associated Press Writer
LITTLE ROCK - Next semester the whole country can get a lesson in Bill Clinton.
The C-SPAN public affairs cable network will broadcast every class of "The Clinton Presidency," a new course at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock that will examine the former president's achievements and scandals.
Guest lecturers will include longtime Clinton lawyer David Kendall, Clinton confidant and counsel Bruce Lindsey, former NATO (news - web sites) commander Wesley Clark and the former president himself. Clinton critics, including former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, also have been invited.
"The nation continues to be obsessed with the Clinton years," said political science professor Margaret Scranton, who will teach the course. "But the tabloid times are past ... In the classroom, our job is to reflect on the deeper meaning and the perspective that time can give us."
An agreement between C-SPAN and the university was reached last week, Scranton said.
The course, which begins Jan. 16, will examine Clinton's impeachment, his campaign style and his rise from a Southern governor to a political powerhouse, as well as issues such as foreign policy, health care and the economy.
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