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Oral History Interviews
| Bill Clinton Project… a lot to that subject. He kept coming back to it as the Presidency progressed. I can tell you more about that later, … you’re in a better position than if you work for the President, for example, where your boss is a political … Capitol Hill. So OMB put all this effort into doing the President’s budget, and then what? It went to different …
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| Ronald Reagan Project… mainly with Pat Moynihan. We produced something with the President that he put forward called the Family Assistance … on their turf. So it was only Marty’s persistence and the President’s desire that brought it into being. When we had …
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| Bill Clinton Project… the table today, but it is going to be scholars of the Presidency, of intelligence work, of U.S. foreign policy, who … Many of them were humanitarian. The question before the President often during these two years was, Are we going to … Director of Central Intelligence. We know from the President’s book that Dave McCurdy was his first choice. …
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| Edward M. Kennedy Project… he and [Robert] Dole were doing it, and when Dole ran for President the Face Off people said, We can’t do this with Dole running for President, and so they asked Kennedy who he wanted. He said, … get in a box—Dole left for 18 weeks to give a good run for President so I was the leader of my party for 18 weeks. I was …
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| George W. Bush Project… of the country, and the very harsh rhetoric against the President: "Hey, hey, LBJ [Lyndon B. Johnson]! How many boys … declinism that motivated the détente policies. We viewed President Carter as not only wrongheaded about the Soviet … Riley I want to ask one additional question about the 41st Presidency as a bridge in. You make reference in your book--I …
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| Edward M. Kennedy Project… I had taken with Sarge when he was a candidate for the Presidency at a time when people took his candidacy quite … he asked me, Well, what about all this stuff about how Presidents are surprised that Justices change? [Dwight D.] … of the Constitution, it’s usually worked about the way the President expected. So there was very little reason to expect …
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| Ronald Reagan Project… topics, in which we’re interested. One was Reagan, the President, the politician, the Governor, the campaigner. Stu … the cabinet was correct. After that, it diminished. At the presidency there was still some of that, but not much. In the …
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| George W. Bush Project… now or 50 years from now can come back and understand the Presidency as you experienced it and with the bark off, to … for the Reagan, first Bush, and now George W. Bush Presidencies. Perry I'm Barbara Perry, a senior fellow here … the last couple of years, only recently. It's only because President Bush would always say to me, "Do I have your mother …
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| Bill Clinton Project… professor at the Miller Center. Shalala Donna Shalala, president of the University of Miami. Riley I thought I would … and Arnold Schwarzenegger. Schwarzenegger was Chair of the President’s Council on Physical Fitness. He had two more …
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| George W. Bush Project… sort of guy who was the figurehead, competent—He had been president of Union Oil or something like that. But Bud Krogh … of the budget situation by the end of the Clinton Presidency and how that gets interpreted. He leaves office …
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| George W. Bush Project… begin these by saying how did you first come to meet the President for whom you worked? How did you meet George W. … what Secretary Baker and/or Governor Bush, now seemingly President-elect Bush, said to you? Olson They wanted to know … that's not fair, to hold him hostage because he won the Presidency, or whatever. For whatever reason, shortly after …
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| Bill Clinton Project… I spent approximately six years working with the Clinton Presidency and another six years with the Bush Presidency. … and pass it through the system. Then it gets sent to the President. He can sign it; he can veto it, whatever. We … that the proudest moment in my life was the last day he presided over a wrap-up bill, and the leadership of both …
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| Bill Clinton Project… general set of question areas is your perception about the President himself, as a policymaker, as a President. We’d like to hear more about how he comes to … media, and people with political experience, but David had President Clinton as a guest for dinner. It was a remarkable …
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| Edward M. Kennedy Project… Joe [Kennedy], was in harm’s way right away in Europe. President [John Fitzgerald] Kennedy, then known as Jack, was … died so early. I’ve seen letters that Joe Kennedy wrote to President [Franklin] Roosevelt—this would be six months after … now we’re getting more and more into the politics of the Presidency. Then Ted calls me in early February of 1960 and …
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| George W. Bush Project… is going to be January 21, 2001—talking about the Bush Presidency. Obviously, you’ve got a wealth of professional … this one tied to the ’90s. This is a decade when there’s a President whose military is not necessarily inclined to …
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| George W. Bush Project… I pass"--you, that is, not Barbara; you can say "until the President passes." So you can make any stipulation you wish. … a deed. Chao How many other projects do you have of other Presidents? Perry Laura and I were talking about this. The … father of modern oral history as it related to the Presidency, particularly, because, having served, as he did, …
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| Edward M. Kennedy Project… thanks for the jingles. [ laughter ] And he said, Does the President know you have these musical production skills? or … afield, but on one of the nights in the first week of his Presidency, the Bushes hosted a key group of people, …
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| Bill Clinton Project… wouldn’t mind starting out with your first meetings with President Clinton— Margolies I don’t remember them. Martin He … until January. The transition is a critical period for the Presidency. Is there any interaction between— [ interruption …
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| Edward M. Kennedy Project… work for him in the late ’60s, I had worked quite a bit on President [Lyndon] Johnson’s crime legislation, and I had … view that anything he was taking on was with an eye to his Presidency? For example, health care or the 18-year-old vote. …
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| Bill Clinton Project… achieve on this trip. Whether it was a Secretary trip, a President’s trip, or my trip. Then I would basically say, All … and he wants to change the focus, number two. He sees his Presidency at stake. So there’s no doubt he’s looking for …