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… During the Hayes administration, the United States had few problems with foreign governments and little inclination to become an … nonetheless forged ahead and claimed audaciously that Hayes's version of the Roosevelt Corollary guaranteed the … Rutherford B. Hayes: Foreign Affairs …
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… on March 5—since March 4 was a Sunday—Rutherford B. Hayes’s inaugural address tried to calm the nation and make … the gold standard. As for the possibility of disputes with foreign powers, he embraced arbitration as Grant had with … a Confederate and was a Democrat) as postmaster general. Hayes's appointment of Key was both a gesture of …
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… from the traditional isolationist stance of the nation's foreign policy. Sugar producers in the lower South viewed the … U.S. commerce, McKinley authorized Secretary of State John Hay to issue an "Open Door" note on China. This circular … William McKinley: Foreign Affairs …
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… the country since the mid-1800s, acting aggressively in foreign affairs, often without the support or consent of … Colombian troops from landing in Panama. In 1903, the Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty with Panama gave the United States … Theodore Roosevelt: Foreign Affairs …
Oral History Interviews
| Edward M. Kennedy Project… so than Biden? Aron Joe Biden had two prominent interests: foreign relations and justice-related issues. Of the two, he … We just saw Kennedy work his magic again with William Haynes’s nomination to the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals. … grounds that there was not sufficient information about Haynes’s role, and our view was, until we had some of the …
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| Edward M. Kennedy Project… Leahy thought it was a great idea, and he put money in the Foreign Aid Appropriations bill for the State Department to … went to have a very quiet breakfast with Brzezinski at the Hay Adams, and a meeting with Scowcroft in this office. I …
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| Edward M. Kennedy Project… speechwriting for Mansfield. Mansfield’s real interest was foreign policy. Frank Valeo was a researcher at the Library … way, it couldn’t be perceived as someone making political hay out of this. Knott: And of course Sam Ervin was such a TV …
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… America on the road to world power. McKinley's difficult foreign policy decisions, especially his policy toward China … to a brevet major on the staff of Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes, who became a lifelong friend and mentor. When he … markets, McKinley authorized his secretary of state, John Hay, to issue the "Open Door" notes on China. These notes …
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… Her father, a one-time law partner of Rutherford B. Hayes, had taken Nellie to the White House for President and Mrs. Hayes's twenty-fifth wedding anniversary. Young Nellie was so … Roosevelt's chief agent, confidant, and troubleshooter in foreign affairs. He supervised the construction of the Panama …
Oral History Interviews
| George W. Bush Project… from Texas—I forget the third. The fourth one was Wayne Hays from Ohio. A curmudgeon—Wilbur Mills. In the case of … great. We targeted these four. Three were voted out. Wayne Hays was not voted out on the floor with the whole Democratic …
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… Elihu Root took charge of the nation's foreign affairs during his four and a half years as secretary … 27, 1901, Root practiced law briefly until replacing John Hay as secretary of state in July of 1905. While America's … awarded the 1912 Nobel Peace Prize. Root stayed active in foreign affairs, accepting President Wilson's appointment to …
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… Elihu Root took charge of the nation's foreign affairs during his four and a half years as secretary … 27, 1901, Root practiced law briefly until replacing John Hay as secretary of state in July of 1905. While America's … awarded the 1912 Nobel Peace Prize. Root stayed active in foreign affairs, accepting President Wilson's appointment to …
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… Elihu Root took charge of the nation's foreign affairs during his four and a half years as secretary … 27, 1901, Root practiced law briefly until replacing John Hay as secretary of state in July of 1905. While America's … awarded the 1912 Nobel Peace Prize. Root stayed active in foreign affairs, accepting President Wilson's appointment to …
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… great railroad strike of 1877, urging President Rutherford Hayes to use federal troops to break the strike. In 1883, … Gresham's modest means and insufficient knowledge of foreign policy issues made him a lackluster selection, and he … many of his decisions based on a legalistic approach to foreign relations. Gresham drew Republican criticism by …
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… great railroad strike of 1877, urging President Rutherford Hayes to use federal troops to break the strike. In 1883, … Gresham's modest means and insufficient knowledge of foreign policy issues made him a lackluster selection, and he … many of his decisions based on a legalistic approach to foreign relations. Gresham drew Republican criticism by …
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… great railroad strike of 1877, urging President Rutherford Hayes to use federal troops to break the strike. In 1883, … Gresham's modest means and insufficient knowledge of foreign policy issues made him a lackluster selection, and he … many of his decisions based on a legalistic approach to foreign relations. Gresham drew Republican criticism by …
Oral History Interviews
| George H. W. Bush Project… the history of the Director of OMB; and the domestic and foreign policy decision making in the White House … and for a while the Democrats were making a little bit of hay saying he has a secret plan to cut Medicare. But at the … Which I also went to at Kennebunkport. Zelikow Another for foreign policy. Darman I did not go to one on foreign policy, …
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| George W. Bush Project… taking us. Riley Do you remember on what grounds? Was it foreign policy? Snow Foreign policy was less his issue. It was the welfare state. …
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… and civil service reform. He also executed a successful foreign policy and was responsible for improving … seek a third term. The Republicans nominated Rutherford B. Hayes to be their standard-bearer in the 1876 election. …
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| Ronald Reagan Project… this amounted to not only my testifying before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee but also answering dozens of … I said I would. I met Ronald Reagan downtown at the Hay-Adams Hotel. The meeting was scheduled to go half-an-hour … few weeks. When I started there were six members of the Foreign Relations Committee against me. I would go back and …