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Oral History Interviews
| George H. W. Bush Project… House’s relationship to the intelligence community and the President’s Daily Brief (PDB); flow of communication; the … and defense policy; NSC’s approach to analyzing issues; President George H. W. Bush’s strengths and weaknesses in … story thus far. Your story is that you were contacted by President-elect Bush around Thanksgiving, that he invited you …
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| George W. Bush Project… talks about his interaction with the Office of the Vice President, the Department of Justice, Don Rumsfeld, Dick … Court. He discusses the legal issues of interrogation, the president’s authority as commander in chief, combatants and … W. Bush in '88 when he was campaigning for his father for President. I don't remember that meeting. A year before the …
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| Jimmy Carter Project… and policymaking in the Labor Department during the Carter presidency. He begins with his decision to join the … often contentious relationship between Carter and AFL-CIO President George Meany. He also examines his work on key … was testimony from some people, not necessarily from this Presidency but in others, that in this setting, that is not …
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| George W. Bush Project… the Irving “Scooter” Libby pardon; comparing the Presidents he worked for in his long career; signing statements; the role of Vice President Dick Cheney; the Iraq War troop surge; Bush’s … didn't want it to be an awkward thing. I was used to older Presidents, not one where I'm older than the guy. Just as an …
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| Jimmy Carter Project… his experiences as Transition Director, Assistant to the President for Intergovernmental Affairs, Cabinet Secretary, … the problems of not having a Chief of Staff early in the presidency, the interaction between policy formulation and … Watson I served as director of the transition for the President-elect from President [Gerald] Ford to President …
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| George W. Bush Project… for Global Democracy Strategy; Special Assistant to the President; Senior Director for Democracy, Human Rights, and … relevant Washington experience before we get to the 43rd Presidency. You weren’t interviewed as a part of the project … took office and I was doing two things then. I was president of the Ethics and Public Policy Center [EPPC] in …
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| Jimmy Carter Project… Washington in 1977. He offers an intimate profile of the President, detailing his operating style (hands-on … by predicting that history will remember the Carter presidency well, particularly its work on the Panama Canal, … administration, or the Carter Presidency, or Carter the President, and then I’ll get down to some of the details. He …
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| George W. Bush Project… (9/11) terrorist attacks; the lessons of leadership while president of Texas A&M; the Iraq War; becoming Secretary of … War in Afghanistan; his relationship with Congress; Vice President Dick Cheney; the 2008 election; staying on in the … to write pretty succinctly, because I was writing for the President and stuff. I handed in my dissertation, and my …
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| George H. W. Bush Project… her memoir; her role as chief of staff through the former president’s retirement; Jeb Bush’s political career; opening … Bush’s contact with President George W. Bush during son’s presidency; staff members from George H. W. Bush’s network … October back to May. Three staff people come with them: President Bush's aide, Mrs. [Barbara] Bush's aide, and …
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| George W. Bush Project… interview by discussing his personal relationship with President George W. Bush and the Bush family. He talks about … little bit about your relationship with the man who became President, George W. Bush, and how you got to know him over … He didn't follow it on Iraq for sure. Riley On the Vice Presidency? Baker I think 41 would have been very positively …
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| George W. Bush Project… personnel; judicial nominations; the financial crisis; and President Bush’s personality. … got national recognition in 1952, when Robert Taft ran for President. New Hampshire had an early primary. It wasn’t … a fascinating event in and of itself. Throughout his Vice Presidency, the one thing about George H. Bush, about the …
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| George W. Bush Project… about the immediate impact of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, President George W. Bush’s “axis-of-evil” speech, and the … and the Taliban, the 2005 earthquake, working with Vice President Dick Cheney, and U.S.-India relations. In 2007, … Prime Minister Maliki, the effectiveness of talking with President Bush on Iraq policy, his relationship with the …
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| Jimmy Carter Project… which Lance foresaw as a potential problem early in the presidency. Considerable time is spent discussing Carter as … concludes by asserting that Carter could have been a great president if events such as the energy shortage and the Iran … you might be interested in, in relation to the Carter presidency. I have not prepared any sort of formal thoughts …
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| Bill Clinton Project… history to Bill Clinton; and his trip to Africa with the president. He talks about the White House Office of … Cabinet departments; his conversations with Clinton post-presidency; how conservatives see Bill Clinton; and Clinton's … of people were leaving speechwriting at that moment. President Clinton had just won reelection and started his …
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| Edward M. Kennedy Project… the late 1950s and early 1960s. He discusses the death of President Kennedy and how it affected Senator Edward Kennedy, … to the Kennedy family. We know that you worked for President [John F.] Kennedy’s election in 1960 and then … he lost heavily in South Dakota, but nonetheless won the Presidency—I went down to defeat by less than 1% of the total …
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| George W. Bush Project… talk about George W. Bush’s early thoughts on running for President; Texas education reforms under Governor Bush; the … progress (AYP); AIDS; working with the Office of the Vice President; education policy process in the White House and … was a lot of buzz about “Your boss is going to be the next President.” We all demurred. But when Bush established …
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| Ronald Reagan Project… Adelman begins by touching briefly on his service in President Nixon’s Office of Economic Opportunity and President Ford’s Defense Department, and his nineteen-month … and January 20 th that absolutely have to be decided? The President isn’t really anxious to decide anything during that …
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| Ronald Reagan Project… discussing staff members, Reagan's friendship with President Nixon, and press relations, particularly … discussed in detail. Little time is given to the Reagan presidency, with only minor mention of Hannaford's … one last item: In 1987 to ’88, I was a consultant to the President’s Task Force on Privatization. Knott Great, this is …
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| Edward M. Kennedy Project… the Supreme Court and his impressions of Jimmy Carter as president. … time that Senator Kennedy started to challenge him for the Presidency. I worked for about 17 years as a lobbyist … the Attorney General--separation of powers and so forth, President/Chief Executive. Each time they would come back to …
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| George W. Bush Project… W. Bush White House; George W. Bush’s decision to run for president and being considered for a role in the campaign; … the personnel in the White House; the role of the Vice President; and setting up policy priorities … exactly where, to watch the funeral procession for President Kennedy in 1963. So that was-- Perry You were about …