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… Yeutter, born in Eustis, Nebraska, in 1930, served four Presidents in a political career that spanned several … a regional director for the Committee to Re-Elect the President. During the Ford administration, Yeutter served as …
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… in the future. He entered office as one of only a handful Presidents to lose the nation’s popular vote. The election of … developments in the last half-century. Some thought that President Bush should begin his term by trying to find common … Obama. Following the 9/11 attacks, President Bush also presided over a restructuring of the American national …
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… helped Bill Clinton secure the Democratic nomination for President and then the presidency itself. Kantor was a member of President-elect … 1998, served as legal counsel to Bill Clinton during the President's impeachment proceedings. In 1999, Kantor began …
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… security affairs, and deputy assistant to the President. When Kissinger was appointed secretary of state, … became secretary of state for the remainder of the Bush presidency. …
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… and first graduate of the school to hold its title of president. Cavazos served as a consultant to the World Health … Leadership award in the field of education from President Ronald Reagan. President Reagan nominated Cavazos …
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… of national security. Bush transformed from being a President with questionable legitimacy, who had been selected … will hear all of us soon!” The 9/11 attacks gave the Bush presidency a clear focus: to protect the American people at … measures were justified, They also pointed to other U.S. Presidents such as Abraham Lincoln and Franklin Roosevelt who …
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… where he was first vice chairman (1989-1990) and then president and chief operating officer (1990-1993). Daley … 1993 to 1997. In 1993, he served as special counsel to the President on issues relating to the passage of the North …
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… Bill Clinton began his transition into the presidency promising to focus "like a laser beam" on the … the minimum wage to $5.15 per hour. At the same time, the President blocked Republican attempts to bar public education … legal problems with hired immigrant household help. The President's image problem took another hit when he retracted …
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… the general would cast his first ballot—for himself as President. Even Harry S. Truman tried to interest Eisenhower in a run for the presidency. As the election year of 1948 approached, Truman, …
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… of Richard Nixon, serving as a staff assistant to the President from 1972 to 1973. After his time in Washington, … office, and in 1994, he was appointed to the position of President and chief operating officer. In 1999, he became …
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… 1801 to 1804. Despite having run unsuccessfully for vice president in 1788 and 1792, Clinton ran for the position … his predecessor, Aaron Burr. As vice president, Clinton presided over the Senate but was considered ineffective. He …
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… William Jefferson Clinton, the young President from Hope, Arkansas, succeeded where no other … "ethnic cleansing" wars in Bosnia and Kosovo, and presiding over the greatest level of economic prosperity … has frequently been referred to as the "Comeback Kid." Few Presidents have both raised more questions about the standing …
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… of the federal government, foreign affairs dominated his presidency and pushed him toward Federalist policies that …
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… From 1989 to 1991, Rice served as special assistant to the President and senior director of Soviet and East European affairs for President George H.W. Bush at the National Security Council. …
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… lasted from 1975 to 1995. In 1992, Mineta declined President-elect Bill Clinton's offer to become secretary of … seat, but by 1995, Mineta had left Congress to become vice-president of Lockheed Martin's Transportation System and …
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… she subsequently moved to San Francisco to serve as vice president to BankAmerica Capital Markets Group, she became … workforce. She served the entire eight years of the Bush presidency. Following the Bush administration, she resumed …
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… When President Obama left office on January 20, 2017, his impact … for its stability. With Republicans in control of both the presidency and the Congress in 2017, however, some of Obama’s … also rated him highly in comparison with other recent presidents. A Quinnipiac University polls released in late …
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… sometimes not) to allied forces. Nixon intended his presidency to be epochal and, despite being cut short by … dismantling Franklin Roosevelt's coalition of the left. As President, Nixon was only as conservative as he could be and …
Richard Nixon's six years in the White House remain widely viewed as pivotal in American military, diplomatic, and political history.
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… The Campaign and Election of 1796: Throughout Washington's presidency, Vice President Adams regarded himself as the heir apparent. …
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… of Management and Budget (1972-1973), and counselor to the President (1973). He also served Presidents Nixon and Gerald Ford as secretary of Health, …