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| Ronald Reagan Project… cabinet and the debate over the selection of former President Gerald Ford as Reagan's running mate. Tuttle and … several times to convince them to run. I think that the President and Mrs. Reagan really thought it over, because … There’s an occasion in the book about Dad terminating the President’s first Chief of Staff, Phil Battaglia, and my …
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| Jimmy Carter Project… their thoughts on the successes and failures of the Carter presidency. … the purposes of writing up some overviews of the Carter Presidency with the disposition of the transcripts. Beyond …
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| Bill Clinton Project… and staffing issues and why Clinton decided to run for president. Wilhelm explains how decisions were made in the … who needed to go study up in order to be ready to run for President. He was ready to run for President in terms of his …
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| Ronald Reagan Project… of Investigation and the Central Intelligence Agency under Presidents Carter, Reagan and Bush. Webster gives a general … Committee and Pike Committee reports. The first thing Vice President [Walter] Mondale did when I arrived in Washington … in anything you wanted to tell him, but unlike a lot of Presidents, he wasn’t feeding a lot of questions to you. …
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| Ronald Reagan Project… the affair, and his duties as the chief legal advisor to President Reagan during this time. Beyond the Iran-Contra … three years I was with him, Howard was considered for Vice President twice. When Nixon resigned and [Gerald] Ford … or institutionally. They were there to further the President’s pledge of cooperation. Then there were the two …
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| George W. Bush Project… and the administration’s negotiations with Congress, and President Bush’s vision for U.S.-India relations; and Bush’s … about it. I may have this wrong, but it was when Vice President [Richard B.] Cheney made a trip to Kazakhstan. It … after the articulation of the democracy themes in the President's second inaugural address, and then the more …
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| Ronald Reagan Project… advisors, Deaver offers a wealth of insights into the President's sense of humor, faith, intelligence, and several … that the project has in getting a picture of the Reagan presidency drawn in the words of the people who knew it best, … him for the debates. Well, in ’80 he’d never been President. In ’84 he’d been President for four years. What …
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| Bill Clinton Project… of Energy, during the Carter administration. She joins President-elect Bill Clinton's transition team in 1992 where … We're trying to get an accurate picture of the Clinton Presidency from the people who know it best, so it's … commission, or task force, as it was wrapping up its work, President Carter shuffled his Cabinet and decided to replace …
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| George W. Bush Project… group talks about the October Camp David meeting with the President after 9/11 and the immediate plans to respond in … senior people from the Defense Department during the 43rd Presidency. We’re very much looking forward to hearing from … foreign policy–making community in the period when President Clinton was serving in office, both to get a sense …
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| Bill Clinton Project… the Paula Jones lawsuit and the role of counsel to the president versus counsel to the office of the presidency; and the appointment of Kenneth Starr. Cutler then … Eagleton, as you may remember, was going to be Vice President and fell on his sword. There was the famous …
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| Bill Clinton Project… leaks within the administration; and Clinton’s legacy as president. Participants: Russell Riley, University of … doing a paper on the signing of the peace accords with President [Jimmy] Carter and just reading the newspaper daily …
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| Edward M. Kennedy Project… so I might as well remind you, the first pro-choice president was Bill Clinton, because Jimmy Carter wasn’t … remember exactly what year George Meany stepped down as president of the AFL-CIO [American Federation of … so he wasn’t going to do another one. Heininger You had a President not disposed because he’s done enough. You had …
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| Bill Clinton Project… at that point. In any event, George Shipley had his eye on President Clinton early and drew his attention to me. We also … this was clearly the guy who was going to take us to the Presidency. Then, when I visited Arkansas, unfortunately, the … about the ease with which this—who would be? The President’s approval rating was in the 80s. Marquez Related …
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| Edward M. Kennedy Project… season was incredibly intense because the House impeached President [William] Clinton on December 19, 1998, and then … because December of '98 is when the House impeached President Clinton, and all my time and attention were …
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| George W. Bush Project… he became treasury secretary, and his relationship with President George W. Bush, Tim Geithner, and Ben Bernanke. … at the White House before you get to the George W. Bush Presidency, I hope you'll indulge a few questions about your experience with President [Richard M.] Nixon. Can you tell us about your time …
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| Edward M. Kennedy Project… beat, Washington in general? Espo I moved here early in President [Jimmy] Carter’s administration, and I had been … early in 1979, at the time that he started to run for President. So really, except to know the story of his … hear him and shake his hand and say they had met him, the President’s brother, but they had no interest in voting for …
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| Edward M. Kennedy Project… did you— Ferris: October of ’63. Knott: OK. Just before President [John F.] Kennedy was killed. Ferris: It was just a … it and he’d allude to things. When he succeeded to the Presidency, he inherited Mac [McGeorge] Bundy, Walt Rostow, … down to under the rules of the Senate, the Chair, the Presiding Officer, recognizes the first Senator to seek …
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| Edward M. Kennedy Project… me saying hello to him. It was after the election of President [John F.] Kennedy, and it was after Birmingham, … of admiration and affection for the Kennedy family. When President Kennedy was running for Senator, he gave a great … identified with the Kennedy family. Not just with the President, but also with his brothers, Robert [F. Kennedy] …
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| Edward M. Kennedy Project… Souliotis It just happened to be the brother of the President of the United States, and the Attorney General. [ … long. Souliotis Once he announced his candidacy for the Presidency, the Senator went to help him campaign, and I went …
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| Edward M. Kennedy Project… with people. I remember going out with Bobby once on the President’s yacht and entertaining all these Senators and … that aside, I think they got along about as well as most Presidents and Vice Presidents do. Knott Earlier in the …