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| Bill Clinton Project… Bush. Prior to him, President [Ronald] Reagan had been adamantly opposed to any clean air legislation, and we … they couldn’t defeat Dole so they defeated Al Simpson and John Chafee, some of the other more moderate Republicans, and … Senators wanted it at 40 percent or 42 percent, and I was adamantly opposed to it. I said, Look, we said we ought to be …
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| George H. W. Bush Project… people from Wall Street he would listen to, for example. John Hennessy was at Credit Suisse at the time, and others … who will do a good job for you. I got terrific people. John Taylor is tremendous and Dick Schmalensee is tremendous. … I think that’s a good thing to give professional advice. [John] Sununu thought about it briefly and then it was fine. …
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| Edward M. Kennedy Project… Democrats have always stood for: the [Franklin] Roosevelt/[John F.] Kennedy/[Harry S.] Truman coalition fighting for the … At the very end, on Monday before the election, Adam Clymer wrote an article in the New York Times saying the … come through time and time and time again. Young Not the [John] Kerry office. Littlefield I’m speaking of the Kennedy …
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| Edward M. Kennedy Project… take advantage of them or you don’t. I was in President John Kennedy’s government, his administration, and another … with Milton Gwirtzman. Milton Gwirtzman had not been in John Kennedy’s government, but he had been a classmate of … a dear friend of the Senator’s, and is today, Senator [John] Culver. But Culver was—I think one thing John Culver …
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| Bill Clinton Project… with Strobe, Peter Tarnoff, Tom Donilon, myself, John Kornblum, and [Richard] Holbrooke. Obviously Holbrooke, … of groundwork had been done—the decision to give [Gerry] Adams the visa before I got there. But I was involved in the … hadn’t been involved in those relationships. I go back to John Kennedy. I knew a lot of these individuals from the …
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| George W. Bush Project… know about. It was eventually sold to Father Richard John Neuhaus. I don't think he was Father Neuhaus then, I … to Indianapolis, I came into New York and interviewed with Adam Meyerson, who was then at the Wall Street Journal. Adam … you were? McGurn The new editor of the National Review was John O'Sullivan, whom I had known in Europe. John had been at …
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| George W. Bush Project… family, particularly with the President’s brother, Jeb [John Ellis Bush]. We’d like you to just talk about how you … up. I met them—that was it. He wouldn’t remember me from Adam. So he had no idea. In August I contact Jeb and I say I … down here. Jeb did not want him to lose in Florida. He was adamant about that. Perry On the recount. Towey On the …
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| Edward M. Kennedy Project… up. The reason I can remember this vividly is that in the [John F.] Kennedy Library, in the little niche they used to … '60s heard Ted Sorensen's cadence. Much of it is in the John Kennedy style. Here's the B'Nai Brith speech, October of … in the selection of Supreme Court nominees—Richard Nixon, John Mitchell, and I understand John Connally—remind me of …
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| Bill Clinton Project… Lake I’m Tony Lake, a former bureaucrat. Owen I’m John Owen, an Associate Professor at the University of … bet almost anything that during the Cuban missile crisis, [John F.] Kennedy spent no more than 20 percent of his time on … remind me to come back to that. The fight with my friend John Podesta. I don’t mean bureaucratic fight, I mean fight. …
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| Edward M. Kennedy Project… York Times , the weekend after the meeting with Clinton, Adam Clymer wrote, “When the legislative record of the 104th … is complete, the names of Republicans like Newt Gingrich, John Kasich, Bill Archer, Bob Livingston, Tom Bliley, Pete … the Senate adjourned, Senator Kennedy introduced, with John Kerry as cosponsor, children’s health legislation that …
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| Bill Clinton Project… knows that I’m behind the scenes giving advice—I mean for John Edwards. I just turned down an opportunity to be the … us through that era were Colin Powell and then later [John] Shalikashvili, who had become the Chairman. Those were … followed up with a hands-on exercise. Riley That’s the [John F.] Kennedy school? Shelton It’s part of the Kennedy …
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| Edward M. Kennedy Project… the Fourth Circuit. He was a judge in the Moot Court when John Tunney and I were at the University of Virginia Law … of us. Haynsworth had cast a vote in favor of my friend John Tunney and me, so that we won the Moot Court. It was an … or anywhere else, in favor of these candidates. [Adam] Clymer says in his book that you later had regrets …
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| Ronald Reagan Project… who seemed to be particularly difficult for you? Bowen [John] Dingell. Riley You know, we’ve never heard that in … about it. His very arrogant Chief of Staff at that time, John Sununu, wanted to start totally with a new bunch of … Hult Although, I guess, just this week, Attorney General [John] Ashcroft said that physicians who did that put their …
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| Bill Clinton Project… that a politician needs. He was running against John Paul Hammerschmidt, who had been in Congress (the House) … back to Bill Clinton. He scored heavily that night. John Paul Hammerschmidt, who had been in office quite a … should have thought of that before.” I said, “You know, Adam and Eve should have thought about it before too.” George …
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| Edward M. Kennedy Project… the place you got things done? Certainly that was brother John’s— Kirk No question. Young And yet he was always … be a vacancy, and that was Robert’s. So numerous people, [Adam] Clymer and others, have mentioned his seriously …
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| George W. Bush Project… might as well note for the record that you're sort of like John Glenn for us today, in that we're embarking on something … John [Wilson] Lewis, who has since passed away. I was John's last student of a nearly 50-year career. And John was … speechwriters—Lynne Davidson, [Christian] Chris Brose, Adam Garfinkle; there were a couple of other people, but …
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| Edward M. Kennedy Project… icon. I started in 1983, in the United States Senate, with John Glenn. I recall learning of the tensions, a little bit, … to take, because Senator Glenn was close friends with John F. Kennedy and Robert F. Kennedy. After all, it was … go along, and they worked it. But Moynihan and Byrd were adamantly opposed—Moynihan, just because he hated the …
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| Bill Clinton Project… Martin Do you have any knowledge of the White House being adamant that this was the package that they wanted to see go … who had been pretty forward-leaning on a lot of this—John Chafee, in particular, was wonderful in terms of trying … that Phil Gramm and others were right. That led even John Chafee at the end to give up hope that it could be …
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| Edward M. Kennedy Project… up in Massachusetts, a firm supporter of President [John F.] Kennedy and Robert Kennedy, and was politically … the Ford administration and conservative Democrats like [John] McClellan and [James] Eastland. He was willing, with … ran? Feinberg I have no idea. That’s psychobabble. I read Adam [Clymer]’s book and all this—Only he can tell you that, …
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| Jimmy Carter Project… was a real interview. I had recommended somebody else, John Dunlop, for Secretary of Labor and had actually interviewed John for the campaign, so I thought John was likely to get … in the market determining wages. My line is that when Adam Smith’s invisible hand moves in the labor market it’s …