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| Edward M. Kennedy Project… table and walked on top of it. This was down at the Hay-Adams Hotel, across from the White House. It was a festive evening. John Culver, if his memory is working, could probably relate … to the hideaway a couple of times. It's where I first met John Edwards, for example. It was interesting to me because I …
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| Ronald Reagan Project… have had some other—I don’t know. I was not selected. John Herrington was selected Director of Presidential Personnel. Although John and I subsequently became very close friends, it was not … of Personnel. So, in the summer or early fall of 1984, John came to me and said, “Bob, we want to put you in as …
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| George W. Bush Project… Calio, along with David W. Hobbs, John W. Howard, and Ziad S. Ojakli, begins by describing his … I wanted to do it. He had Andy Card call me and he had John Boehner come by. I've thanked him for it many times … from was having a strong, very visible Chief of Staff. John Sununu was Chief of Staff with 41, with whom we got …
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| Jimmy Carter Project… We worked that down to three. One of them was Judge Arlin Adams in Philadelphia on the Third Circuit. One was Judge … He had a list and he had seven people on it. Besides [John Paul] Stevens, who got appointed to the Supreme Court, … looked like he did. It had every appearance of that. Brock Adams was one that left that day, and Califano, I think. …
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| George W. Bush Project… it's part of the narrative that we all thought that maybe [John Ellis Bush] Jebby would be the nominee. I remember when … of candidates that W. interviewed. I know he recommended [John] Jack Danforth. I know he recommended Dan Coats—I think … positively inclined toward Cheney. We went to Cheney when John Tower couldn't get confirmed. Dick Cheney was …
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| George W. Bush Project… in the Presidential process. The then Governor, Sherman Adams, supported [Dwight] Eisenhower, who was in charge of … is that important? My father was Governor after Sherman Adams and he remained for years the force for the primary, … his father ran for reelection and lost. There were the [John] Sununu events in the middle there, where Sununu was …
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| George H. W. Bush Project… with the president and top White House officials such as John Sununu and Richard Darman, as well as cabinet meetings … the Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights in the [John F.] Kennedy Administration, that I was interested in … and the Republicans in Illinois that year were supporting John Connally, which fell flat. But I was uncommitted. So I …
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| Edward M. Kennedy Project… phone with the civil rights community: Coretta Scott King, John Lewis, Richard Arrington, and on through the list of all … up opposition and allowing the White House and Senator [John] Danforth to present Thomas in a certain light. Do you … you were in? Frazier I'd say it was both. The staff was adamantly opposed to Thomas and what he would mean to the …
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| Edward M. Kennedy Project… We had an ophthalmologist from the Wilmer Eye Institute at Johns Hopkins. We had an internist, whose name was Larry … the Senate was called the [James] Murray-[Robert] Wagner-[John] Dingell [Sr.] bill. President [Harry] Truman tried very … to pass national health insurance. In 1960, the year John Kennedy was elected President, the Democratic platform …
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| George W. Bush Project… and the guy that I taught with was a fellow named John Cirillo, whom I had known from his days at the New York … I did know the Rangers people and had a relationship with John Blake, their communications guy, one of the best in … He had been a speechwriter. He had worked on campaigns for John Heinz, back in the day. Schanzer was the one guy that I …
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| Edward M. Kennedy Project… and who are going to work hard. He and former Senator [John] Edwards. He liked Senator Edwards a lot. They had a … a bill on the floor, if it’s a big nomination, the [John] Ashcroft confirmation, for example, you get a great … of other organizations, and were able to get Senator [John] Warner and other Republican Senators to support our …
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| Edward M. Kennedy Project… and me. I was like the baby of the group. There was Eddie Adams, who was a legendary Associated Press wire … President, was Ford’s personal photographer. I said to John [Durniak], I’m overwhelmed and honored by this, but why … thing he assigned me to do was Howard Hughes. I said, John, Howard Hughes hasn’t been photographed in 20 years. He …
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| Edward M. Kennedy Project… and enjoyed it. That was the period from ’56 to ’60. John Kennedy’s prominence was growing some, particularly in … and Boston’s Martin Lomasney. No matter that my husband, John [Kirk], gets the top grade, she worried. Something will … the issues in which he got involved—whether you talk to Adam Clymer, or go through his legislative record, which is …
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| Bill Clinton Project… in the back of his head. What was odd is that my brother, [John Engskov], is actually a very well-known basketball … Dallas. I went to the locker room with the President, and John was in there and it was a nice connection because he … all of this stuff. Engskov No, that’s good. I lived in Adams Morgan, so I lived about five minutes up the street …
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| Edward M. Kennedy Project… get all—you didn’t accept all this briefing in ’68. [Adam] Clymer says in his book that this is what you felt was … and very distinguished, and I think a fellow named John Nolan went there, also a very successful lawyer, very … to my house and at quarter of 11:00 that night, my friend John Tunney had just left. He stayed there not only—he stayed …
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| Ronald Reagan Project… early days. We had three campaigns the first year. One was John Rousselot, the famous [John] Bircher. He was not a known Bircher when we ran his … Both of those campaigns had interesting sidelights. John, a long time friend of mine, was one of the best …
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| George H. W. Bush Project… Gates Well, he came to the U.S. to give a speech at Johns Hopkins, and after a huge, huge fight in the White … in Europe where in one meeting Powell and Cheney were adamantly opposed and believed that NATO (North Atlantic …
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| Jimmy Carter Project… particularly proud. They have worked unbelievably well. John Hall, a young black gentleman from Texas, worked very … Secretary or below a senior staff. We heard stories that [John F.] Kennedy and [Lyndon B.] Johnson would often call up … state and local system: Jay Rockefeller of West Virginia, John Hutchinson, the mayor of Charleston, West Virginia, and …
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| Bill Clinton Project… President, he asked me to come over see him in the Hay-Adams Hotel. He offered me the ambassadorship to Moscow. I … the third was what to do with the refugees themselves. John Deutch, who might be worth talking to at some point— … Aspin or was it [William] Perry already? Yes, Perry and [John] Shalikashvili were very important, and they were, We’ll …
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| Edward M. Kennedy Project… Many people compare him to his grandfather, Honey Fitz [John F. Fitzgerald], in that respect. Young Did he talk about … Fentress. E. Kennedy You remember more of Lee Fentress and John Douglas. Lee and John Douglas would come over. K. Kennedy I was just going to …