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| Edward M. Kennedy Project… had been, in some ways—the Latin American heritage of JFK [John Fitzgerald Kennedy]—an ideal democracy in Latin America. … was not for this, were they? Parker They weren’t. Young [John] Sununu. Parker Our feeling was that we needed to get …
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| Bill Clinton Project… people who had worked for Geraldine Ferraro, many of them—John Sasso and that group were from Massachusetts. So they … and I thought he was a really interesting person. John Sasso had been on the Mondale-Ferraro campaign. He … was a friend of mine from ages, from when he was in the [John F.] Kennedy administration. I knew that that was the one …
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| Bill Clinton Project… kind of work were you doing in—? Currie I was working with John Podesta on the rapid research response, I think that was … Who were the people you worked with most closely? Currie John Podesta. Sylvia Mathews, at the time she was 26 years … Day, I was in Little Rock and one day they came to me, John Hart or somebody said, Betty, do you know shorthand? I …
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| George W. Bush Project… operations per second] computers to be exported, with [John] Podesta, the Chief of Staff, but that was it. So now … Knott Could I ask you, any recollections or reactions to John Ashcroft, the Attorney General? Hayden A friendly guy. I … him was I think January of 2002, in which he and I and John Yoo went to the chief of the FISA court and explained …
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| Jimmy Carter Project… was leading the national revival of the inner city. John Portman was the leading architect in the country. His … So two were fired. Jordan Califano, Blumenthal, and Brock Adams. Hargrove Oh, Brock Adams, I don’t remember that. … ecology was Eugene Odom, of the University of Georgia. John Portman’s architecture was literally changing the face …
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| Bill Clinton Project… I grew up in a Catholic family and my parents voted for John Kennedy in 1960. I'm sure my dad voted for [Lyndon] … time. Mickey's name was on the door. There was a guy named John Emerson. Have you talked to Emerson yet? Riley No. Myers … firm. It wasn't that big of a floor, so I'd cruise down to John, chat him up, and see if I could get any intelligence …
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| Ronald Reagan Project… to know everything. To digress, when I was covering the [John F.] Kennedy campaign—Jack Kennedy running for … running, Nixon was not a Reagan guy initially. He wanted John Connally. He just didn’t think Reagan was quite strong … and run California, and the Nixon people were not sure. John Mitchell really wanted me to stay at the National …
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| George W. Bush Project… and I wanted a UN [United Nations] resolution. I was very adamant about that and I told the President that a number of …
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| Bill Clinton Project… is with the Presidential Oral History Program. Gilmour I’m John Gilmour from the College of William and Mary. Polsby I’m … back to the districts. Norm Mineta was one of those, John Krebs from the Valley was another one. We began the … Riley We’ll definitely want to come back to that. John, you want to start us? Gilmour We wanted to ask you some …
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| Jimmy Carter Project… people, but folks trusted his judgment. But Hamilton was adamantly opposed to being chief of staff and it would have … to go through a chief of staff. I didn’t want a Sherman Adams in my office. Young Dick, do you have some questions …
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| George W. Bush Project… Initiatives? Zinsmeister I knew a lot of those guys. John DiIulio [Jr.] was a friend, another member of the … were doing that very early on. Marvin Olasky wrote for us. John DiIulio wrote for us. Many of the people who were the … used to write often for me when I was running my magazine. John Keegan had done some nice reviewing of my reporting from …
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| George W. Bush Project… Court. I had a perfectly good relationship with Judge [John F.] Keenan, from the Southern District of New York. I … Director George Tenet and his Deputy Director at the time, John Gordon, they would be so aggravated. Oh, my goodness, I … had been Governor Tom Ridge. When he left, it was General John Gordon, and when John Gordon left, I was promoted into …
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| George W. Bush Project… into elementary school here just at the beginning of the [John F.] Kennedy administration? Bolten Yes I did, exactly. … Republican convention in Miami and met up with my friend, John, who was dating Kim Agnew. He was in the Vice … and those running a campaign. They never meshed. John Sununu's departure--whatever might be said about John …
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| Bill Clinton Project… so the administration negotiated a compromise between John Engler for the Republicans—he was Governor of Michigan … that, and— Riley Who was supportive of you? Reed Don Baer, John Hilley, who was the legislative affairs director— Riley … over again with the President, Vice President, Panetta, John Hilley, and me. Riley What’s different this time? Reed …
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| George W. Bush Project… who was a real moderate Republican. I had voted for John Anderson in '80, which was heresy in my family, so I was … fulfilling. I had friends at the very top level of the [John] McCain campaign, who, after everything that happened with Sarah Palin, didn't vote for John McCain. And it broke my heart to hear that. My God, you …
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| Bill Clinton Project… Act] stood for. That was my job interview with John Salmon, the chief counsel. But he knew I had some … forth? Brain I want to say it was the White House, it was [John] Sununu who was moving forward on it or wanted to get it … it’s not mentioned. And that he also had worked for John Dingell. He was a known, sympathetic—we knew Howard, and …
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| Bill Clinton Project… like Tom Railsback. But the old boys had firm control. John McCormack was Speaker, and he was an old-line Democrat. … dangerous they can be. You know, I put in that bill after [John F.] Kennedy’s assassination. I forget what it was. He … to do with the merits. I probably would have voted for John Roberts. My wife and daughter are very upset when I say …
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| Ronald Reagan Project… to the President. Normally he likes to be on time. He was adamant about being prompt and not keeping people waiting. He … he had his thumb operated on, and this is Dr. John Hutton, whom you’ll probably want to talk to. This is … go there. You don’t need to do that. The President was adamant. He’s a former President. It has nothing to do with …
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| Bill Clinton Project… had a putter that was given to him that had belonged to John F. Kennedy. Riley Oh, yes. Chrétien And he had a … of the United States today would be French, because [John] Adams and [Thomas] Jefferson had been Ambassador to …
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| George W. Bush Project… was going into pre-med. My final two choices were between Johns Hopkins and William & Mary. I chose William & Mary … of the great teachers of Chinese history in the U.S., [John] Fairbank and others, were the children of missionaries, … but I didn’t go any further. I made Casey and me go tell [John] Poindexter what we thought was going on. Of course, we …