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Experts discuss how the First Family has played a role in defining the legacy of 20th-century presidencies since Theodore Roosevelt. In our form of government we do not, as the British do, separate out the ceremonial functions assigned to the “royal family” from those given the “prime minister and Cabinet.” In our own peculiar way, we have evolved a system in which we have a president who “rules” and a First Family in the White House that “reigns.”

Betty Boyd Caroli is the author of Lady Bird and Lyndon: The Hidden Story of a Marriage That Made a President. David Nasaw, author of The Patriarch: The Remarkable Life and Turbulent Times of Joseph P. Kennedy, is Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. Professor of History at CUNY Graduate Center. Geoffrey C. Ward is the script writer for the documentary series The Roosevelts: An Intimate History, which was directed by Ken Burns—his collaborator since 1984. Gil Troy (modertor) is the author of The Age of Clinton: America in the 1990s and a professor of history at McGill University.

Due to unforeseen circumstances, Lesley Stahl is no longer able to moderate this program. We are delighted to announce that Gil Troy will be moderating the program in her stead.

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