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Oral History Interviews
| Edward M. Kennedy Project… be helpful. So I’ve really cherished those moments. This past year, when Ted was not able to be present due to medical … that book within a couple of years after all of these events of ’85 and ’86, while they were fresh in mind. They … the right track.But these things are never certain. In any event, because of my trust of George Shultz and my regard for …
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… sure, the most powerful office in the world. But to assume events can be shaped like hot wax will set you up for an … the outset that the constraints on your ability to shape events are far greater than you will have anticipated. … Brandeis said. If you figure out what went wrong in the past, you're less likely to make a similar mistake in the …
Congratulations on your impressive electoral victory. Now you are entering territory that can’t be charted.
Oral History Interviews
| Edward M. Kennedy Project… he was talking beyond his memory. He was talking about past events, blow-by-blow, I called it, accounts of things he … when he would remember a scene, an episode, a person or an event related to that issue or something. That’s what made it …
Oral History Interviews
| Edward M. Kennedy Project… Everyone has subtle little shadows and ghosts in their past. Knott: You mentioned Bobby Kennedy briefly. What was … he felt committed to an issue, and he’s done that for the past 25 years and been extraordinarily effective. I can …
Presidential Recordings
… -”Year of Europe” -West Germany -France -Structure -Past compared to future -Need for change -Status -Defense … -Timmon’s role -Number and kind -New members -Leadership -Past meetings -Social events -Bipartisan meetings -Attendees [General …
Oral History Interviews
| Edward M. Kennedy Project… was in the lobby of the Parker House, where many political events have taken place. I think I was there to cover … but not for cheap money. Anyway, those are two current events. There are so many events that he’s involved in. In … and I want to thank you. Oh, like this is like a rare event? Good, I mean, I spelled it right, too. I was naive …
Oral History Interviews
| Edward M. Kennedy Project… “Up to one-quarter of the staff had used drugs within the past four or five years.” And Gingrich’s strategy was that … in the House, and what the Republican agenda was. In any event, the themes that the Senator focused on in the early … line, which was, “Stand up for what we’ve stood for in the past.” Littlefield Right. He was not doing that. He was going …
Oral History Interviews
| Edward M. Kennedy Project… see a lot of the Senator because of a tennis fundraising event for the Robert Kennedy Memorial. It was a pro–celebrity event at Forest Hills and the Senator played every year and … about the Cape. He loved being there. In February of this past year, February ’09, we were so fortunate. We got a …
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… third tier priorities. The president’s power to dictate events, while considerable, is still more limited than most … ones that came before it. Every president can learn from past presidents. To be sure, Trump is unprecedented. But that …
As they shift from executive orders to legislation, the Trump administration will now find it is even harder to work with Congress to pass a law.
Oral History Interviews
| Edward M. Kennedy Project… classmate of ours. Gosh, the names have faded into the past now. I’d really have to look at a roster to remember. My … New York and so we were, in many instances wrong. In any event, it’s ironic when I think back. I just don’t remember … and I said, Every night I’m going to record the day’s events. Of course, that lasted about two days. Often, I’ve …
Presidential Speeches
… Johnson holds a press conference to discuss recent events in Selma, Alabama and his meeting with Governor … When the court has made its order, it must be obeyed. The events of last Sunday cannot and will not be repeated, but … have accrued to us, or your view of the situation over the past 5 weeks in South Viet-Nam? THE PRESIDENT. I think we …
Oral History Interviews
| Edward M. Kennedy Project… television interviews are far more effective than in the past. As I say, he would talk a kind of parliamentary … life and the weight of the tragic and unanticipated events, the personal things he has suffered, and being the …
Oral History Interviews
| Bill Clinton Project… leaders. Could you describe your participation in that event? Governor Riley I was not here for that, though I was … the education summit? What transpired between those two events? Cohen I could tell you what it looked like from my … had teenage daughters and we dragged them to this little event in Columbia, South Carolina in January ’91—they got …
Presidential Speeches
… to the American people. He remembers all the losses of the past year and the more than 500,000 people who died from … But I’m also thinking about everyone else who lost this past year to natural causes, by cruel fate of accident, or … and celebrate Independence Day. That doesn’t mean large events with lots of people together, but it does mean small …
Presidential Speeches
… by his fellow Americans. In addition to this sorrowful event, President Roosevelt addresses business concerns, … commercial and material well-being. Our experience in the past has shown that sweeping revisions of the tariff are apt … organizations, and are trained for coast service, and in event of war they will constitute the inner line of defense. …
Oral History Interviews
| Edward M. Kennedy Project… which I think is an interesting thing. But in any event, there are a lot of people and you’re on a bus. You’re … brother, but I don’t see him very often, just at certain events. I don’t talk to him on very frequent occasions, just … Last week, I was in Washington for a UN [United Nations] event, and this random person says, Oh, he wrote me a letter …
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… which Trump measures his success. On the day of that event, Trump was mentioned in every article on the front … in May, there was a real sense that, absent a unifying event or crisis, we’re destined to remain a divided nation. … were the anti-Trumpers, the Resisters. Throughout these past four months, I have tried to put the Trump presidency in …
In my travels, I’ve had the pleasure to meet with both supporters and critics of Trump, hearing their concerns, their praise, their criticisms.
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… when Barnes co-organized the University’s commemorative event. She has also been on hand as Monticello debuted a new … not only across our country, but around the world. The events in Charlottesville pulled back the curtain on what had … – is absolutely essential if we are to understand how our past informs our present and ensure that choices we make …
Director of UVA's new Democracy Initiative, Melody Barnes speaks with UVA Today about her time in the White House, UVA, and Monticello and Jefferson
Presidential Speeches
… for a new foreign policy as a direct consequence of the events in the Vietnam War. He touches on a number of foreign … Good morning, my fellow Americans: Over the past ten years, Presidents of the United States have come … supply line to the enemy. Consider this combination of events that many people thought was impossible only two years …
Oral History Interviews
| Edward M. Kennedy Project… to John, and Jean was with us, so that was a nice, happy event. Boy, what a moment! Young Talk about it a minute. … Waxman He was with the First Lady. They were having an event on education. Heininger Yes, it was one of the schools, … other side, and then she and Senator Kennedy went to their event. It was an education event. Young It was something on …