George H. W. Bush Oral Histories
The Bush Oral History Project was launched in 1999 as an ambitious effort to record for posterity the recollections and reflections of key figures in the Bush administration. Now completed, the Bush oral history consists of 44 interviews and roughly 425 hours of recorded interviews with cabinet members, senior presidential staff members, transition aides, and campaign advisors. Among those who have been interviewed to date are James Baker III, Dick Cheney, Dan Quayle, Brent Scowcroft, John Sununu, Dick Thornburgh, and many others. more →
Interviews
| Respondent | Position |
|---|---|
| James A. Baker, III (2000) | Secretary of State; Chief of Staff |
| James A. Baker, III (2011) | Secretary of State; Chief of Staff |
| William P. Barr | Assistant Attorney General; Deputy Attorney General; Attorney General |
| David Q. Bates, Jr. | Secretary to the Cabinet; Assistant to the President; Special Assistant to the Chief of Staff |
| Michael Boskin | Chair of the Council of Economic Advisors |
| Phillip D. Brady | Assistant to Staff Secretary; Staff Secretary |
| Henry Catto | Ambassador to the United Kingdom; Director of United States Information Agency |
| Richard B. Cheney | Secretary of Defense |
| David F. Demarest, Jr. | Assistant to the President; White House Communications Director |
| Edward J. Derwinski | Secretary of Veterans Affairs |
| Craig Fuller | Chief of Staff to Vice President Bush |
| Robert M. Gates | Deputy Director of Central Intelligence; Deputy National Security Advisor; Director of Central Intelligence |
| Richard Haass | Special Assistant to the President; National Security Council Staff’s Senior Director for Near East and South Asian Affairs |
| Carla Hills | United States Trade Representative |
| David Jeremiah | Commander of the Pacific Fleet; Vice Chairman and Acting Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff |
| Bobbie Greene Kilberg | Deputy Assistant to the President for Public Liaison; Director of the White House Office of Intergovernmental Affairs |
| Timothy J. McBride | Personal Aide to the President; Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Trade Development; Assistant to the President for Management |
| Frederick McClure | Assistant for Legislative Affairs |
| Thomas Pickering | Ambassador to the United Nations; Ambassador to India |
| James P. Pinkerton | Deputy Assistant to the President for Policy Planning |
| Roman Popadiuk | Deputy Assistant to the President; Deputy Press Secretary for Foreign Affairs; Ambassador to Ukraine |
| J. Danforth Quayle | Vice President |
| Sigmund Rogich | Assistant to the President; Ambassador to Iceland |
| Dennis B. Ross | State Department’s Director of Policy Planning |
| Brent Scowcroft | National Security Advisor |
| John H. Sununu (06/2000) | Chief of Staff |
| John H. Sununu (11/2000) | Chief of Staff |
| Richard Thornburgh | Attorney General |
| Chase Untermeyer | Assistant to the President and Director of Presidential Personnel; Director of the Voice of America |
| Clayton Yeutter | Secretary of Agriculture; Chairman of the Republican National Committee; National Policy Advisor |