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Separatism is one of xi jinpings biggest fears. >> the symbol of the soviet union flooding down in a moscow win on christmas night. nothing will ever be the same. when the soviet union was teetering on the edge of collapse. >> gorbachev destroyed the whole country. >> those republics -- >> each dominated by a different ethnic group declared themselves free. >> the parade out of whats left. the lesson xi took from that,

Surprised. >> yeah. hes an amazing guy, michael. we got to know him well over the years. john, when you see the presidential motorcade will be arriving very soon, the clergy walking in, this is a real, real i guess national funeral that were watching. >> a tribute to somebody whose career went through so many transformational moments in the country, someone who was a trail blazer himself, and whether youre a democrat or republican or independent watching around the world, the power of optimism. ...

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African-american joint chiefs chairman and secretary of state. i think what gets missed a little bit is his time as national security advisor in the reagan years at the end when reagan is negotiating with gorbachev. the final details of the treaties theyre working on. they had amazing meetings which colin powell was a silent guide. being a young man and in that room he would pass notes to reagan to kind of interpret militarily what the words that they were going to put into these treaties really...

Prelude to the period in which the cold war was won. that really happened on the watch of president george h.w. bush, and powell then moved back pentagon to be chairman. but as national security adviser, we were pressuring all of the soviet republics, armenia, georgia, the stans in the south, the baltics, and powell was very much part of that and the pressure on the soviets was showing. gorbachev was moving towards reagan and what was the most unlikely embrace upon arms control. so we think abou...

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Americas space program -- >> i am lou dobbs along with financial editor myron kandel. >> jessica mcclure trapped for almost three days in a dry artesian well. >> the iron curtain between east germany and west berlin has come tumbling down. >> good evening, im patrick buchanan, the conservative on "crossfire." >> the american people appreciated the new television. they certainly came to cnn in droves. >> mr. gorbachev and i both agree on the desirability of freer and more extensive personal conta...

Much. so choice and quantity won out. >> new york city, hello. >> a major catastrophe in americas space program. >> i am lou dobbs along with myron kandel. >> jessica mcclure trapped for almost three days in a dry artesian well. >> the iron curtain between east germany and west berlin has come tumbling down. >> im pat buchanan, the conservative on "crossfire.” >> the american people appreciated the new television. they certainly came to cnn in droves. >> mr. gorbachev and i both agree on the d...

Prepared to embark on a programme of reforms he hoped would revitalise the soviet union. gorbachev�*s main aim was to get soviet troops out of afghanistan. gorbachev first replaced karmal with a new leader, mohammad najibullah, the former head of the hated secret police. he also agreed to peace talks. the united nations peace talks in geneva began in 1986, aiming to end the war. americans wanted mujahideen involvement. the soviets insisted the communist afghan government remain. the soviets in...

There was no parade that they won. afghanistan has come to an end. but there is no victory to celebrate, no proud ending to this war, it is simply over over there. its over despite more than nine years of battling the muslim guerrillas who had supplied soviet regimes. soviet mothers warned their sons, and gorbachev declared the war a bleeding wound. he decided last year to pull out the troops. in moscow today there was relief that the pullout was finally over. >> translator: im happy. happiness ...