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Oral History Interviews
| Edward M. Kennedy Project… Kennedy talks about his lifelong interest and involvement in health and healthcare policies. … commented, probably earlier in our discussions, about the fact that my sister Rosemary [Kennedy] was mentally and … Nixon people, or at least there was an expression of some interest because it might help him out in a time when he …
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| Edward M. Kennedy Project… AFL-CIO, that spearheaded this effort, amid the growing interest in healthcare evidenced by the formation of many … I have lots of questions for you, but what I’m primarily interested in in this first go-around of interviews is the … a minute about the planning issues. Kennedy had a lot of interest in planning as a means of controlling the cost. …
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| Bill Clinton Project… instead of going to work for Mike Dukakis, which I had no interest in doing at all, we moved to London. We had a … to do it. She went to school. I taught a course. In fact, it was a course on the history of American politics or … to make it through it and together we'll learn something interesting." Riley Where did you teach this? Segal At the …
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| Jimmy Carter Project… offices, Cabinet secretaries, members of Congress, and interest groups. They also outline the organization of the … because I thought that was a fun thing for a young person interested in policy to do. After law school I went to work … Secretaries out because they just know the moods and the interest of a President up to the hour. They could frame a …
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| Ronald Reagan Project… as the agency's director for eight years. Of specific interest are the USIA's policies regarding Cuba, the Soviet … a trustee, of the board of Ford’s Theater. As a matter of fact, when you walk into Ford’s Theater—I’m sure you’ve been … It’s so sad what happened to him here with his conflict of interest thing. Yes, Richard Perle is a great man, I think. …
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| Jimmy Carter Project… offices, Cabinet secretaries, members of Congress, and interest groups. They also outline the organization of the … because I thought that was a fun thing for a young person interested in policy to do. After law school I went to work … Secretaries out because they just know the moods and the interest of a President up to the hour. They could frame a …
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| Jimmy Carter Project… outside the executive branch, particularly Congress, interest groups, and the Democratic Party. He also details … campaign office. I was drawn to him by virtue of the fact that not only was he quite obviously bright and … had a lot more, but we did not. One event of particular interest that I do remember—you asked about the selection …
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| Jimmy Carter Project… interactions with a variety of groups, including Congress, interest groups, state and local party officials, constituent … a much more "responsive" office than an "initiative" one. Interest groups based in Washington felt that they could come …
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| Jimmy Carter Project… it formulated and sold policy. He examines Carter's deep interest in energy policy and his desire for comprehensive … to bathe away the sins of the Watergate period. And the interesting thing about Carter was that he did not change … much greater feel, but once again, no depth of substantive interest. Let me speak for just one moment about my views of …
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| Jimmy Carter Project… and outside groups such as the Democratic Party, interest groups, and the media. The interview includes a … usual format and identify some of the topics of particular interest—to us and to the President. I think the President … Carter So you’ve paid your dues. And I think it will be interesting, certainly interesting for me, to know about your …
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| George H. W. Bush Project… efforts to win reelection, and reflects on the president’s interest in foreign versus domestic issues. Skinner also … Rights in the [John F.] Kennedy Administration, that I was interested in going into government. He called Warren … We tried that case together. He had had a very great interest in going into politics from day one. I had no …
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| Bill Clinton Project… Myers begins by sharing how she got interested in politics and working in California politics. … yourself to this process. I hope you'll find it as interesting and as enjoyable as we do. I think most of the … tracking into a political career on your own? Myers I was interested in politics in high school, but I didn't identify …
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| Bill Clinton Project… to town, it was quite an occasion. My grandfather was very interested in politics—I mean, he was a true political … a guy who used to take me to events, because he took an interest in me and knew I was interested, so I got to see a … This is telegraphing ahead, but did you find that the fact that you had those Arkansas roots was something that he …
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| Edward M. Kennedy Project… to the way it was before. We had no bigger aspirations. In fact, we lost ground and it took us four years, the … be ludicrous. What they cared about was establishing the fact that fetuses had a legal right. They couldn’t care less … Hill. I may not remember a lot, but that is seared—and the fact that they were inextricably linked is seared—in my …
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| Gerald Ford Project… have that on the agenda. I won’t guarantee that we will in fact have talked about all those questions, but I really want … that that’s a change. Goldwin Herb [Storing], simple facts show that that’s wrong. Take the press office of the … dumb or must be acting against the President’s self-interest because they did a lot of things that weren’t …
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| Edward M. Kennedy Project… views, speeches, and articles, but there's another interesting framework there. Knott That's what we love to … to appear on the front page of the Washington Post . In fact, you're going to control your transcript. Until you … at a very interesting time, an early time, and we're interested in learning about your experiences with him. In …
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| Edward M. Kennedy Project… really wanted me to come onboard, and where I was enough interested that they thought I should see the Senator. That’s … else came totally out of the blue to me. That was not my interest or purpose at the time, but rather it was to … and everything was discussed about the Senator’s broader interests, the history. We met at the house. Heininger Oh, …
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| Edward M. Kennedy Project… had had ideas that he thought were nuts or that he was not interested in, then I think it wouldn’t have gone any further … for reauthorization in ’87/’88. There was a great deal of interest in this because it was the first chance to revisit … that there are revolutionary shifts in what happens. In fact, there were a lot of things that were tried out all the …
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| Edward M. Kennedy Project… Volker’s initial policies were beginning to bite; the interest rates were spiking; obviously the first quarter was … than preparations for debates are, really. Knott This is interesting. We have not heard this. This is good to know. I … loud. Knott I’m sorry, you did get into this. Oliphant In fact, I wrote a piece at one point during the spring just …
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| Edward M. Kennedy Project… been thinking about this since our last interview. In fact, after you left I remembered all sorts of stuff. We … what was telegraphed. It was Eunice who clearly had a real interest in these policy issues, whether it was women in the … foreign affairs, but he was involved. He certainly was interested in the issues around Russia and Jews and other …