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What a waste

“By dint of his speaking skills and his personality, he was able to go in and change the tone of the debate,” Miller Center professor Russell Riley told NPR on Monday. “There were a lot of people within the Clinton White House that felt that that saved his presidency.”

Russell Riley

Energy Secretary Rick Perry is the SOTU ‘designated survivor.’ The options were limited due to Cabinet vacancies.

"[The designated survivor] has to be someone in the line of succession and acting people aren’t in the line of succession,” said the Miller Center's Chris Lu, who served as Cabinet secretary in the Obama White House and helped select designated survivors for several speeches during that administration.

Chris Lu

"Executive time" of Donald Trump

Why people accuse the president of the United States of working "little."

Russell Riley

Leaked White House document exposes Trump's sluggish work day

A White House leak reveals new details about Trump’s non-traditional work day.

Chris Lu

In the shadow of the wall, Trump will deliver the State of the Union

"In 1998, President Bill Clinton's State of the Union completely ignored the sex scandal swirling around his presidency," said Russell Riley of the Miller Center at the University of Virginia.

Russell Riley

Interview with Mary Kate Cary: Bush 41, William Barr

My guest today on RIGHT IN DC is Mary Kate Cary. She’s a dear friend of mine and also lives in Washington, DC. She is a graduate of the University of Virginia, as am I. Mary Kate is a senior fellow at the UVA Miller Center, a former speechwriter for President George H.W. Bush, and is also a political commentator. She is the Executive Producer of the documentary “41 on 41” (President George H.W. Bush was President #41) which I had the honor to see at its premier. Mary Kate is an expert on Presidential communications and speech writing.

Mary Kate Cary