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Oral History Interviews
| Edward M. Kennedy Project… that when it came time for the nomination speech for Vice President, we had it all set up. We had signs printed, and … committee, we found out later—inciting someone to take the President’s life. This was on a Friday morning. We flew out …
Oral History Interviews
| Edward M. Kennedy Project… of discussion on how to craft those national frameworks. President [George H. W.] Bush set up a commission also, … sounds plausible—said, "Within the first 100 days of my Presidency we'll submit a healthcare bill." He made that … American Free Trade Agreement] came up, and the Vice President's reinventing government initiative. They were …
Presidential Speeches
… towns along the path of the railroad. In this speech, the President makes remarks to a crowd in Trenton, Missouri, from … first stop in Missouri he was going to have to present the President of the United States, although so far as Missouri …
Oral History Interviews
| Edward M. Kennedy Project… campaign staff were holdovers from his brother’s, from the President’s administration, and Ted was really of a different … a great advisor to President [Harry] Truman and many other Presidents—Clark Clifford. He used to do some great …
Oral History Interviews
| Edward M. Kennedy Project… compared with what’s written about the Court or about the Presidency or about the House of Representatives. Because we were doing oral histories of the various Presidencies and he liked the way we did it, he chose us to … after tragedy. He was sitting in the chair of the Senate presiding over it when the news came that his great brother, …
Presidential Speeches
… hours, and reviewing the national antitrust policy. The President ends by reassuring Americans about the threat of … I hope to pay my annual visit to the Southeast. For a President especially it is a duty to think in national terms. … this year but of future years, when someone else will be President. He must look beyond the average of the prosperity …
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… President Kennedy suffered from extraordinarily poor health …
President Kennedy suffered from extraordinarily poor health throughout his life and was read the last rites by a Catholic priest twice before he had reached the age of 30.
Presidential Speeches
… The President outlines the challenges America faces in the world, … Mr. President, Mr. Speaker, members of the 96th Congress, fellow … away from confrontation. And in the 1970s three American Presidents negotiated with the Soviet leaders in attempts to …
Oral History Interviews
| Edward M. Kennedy Project… what had happened was that [Ronald] Reagan had been the President for eight years, and the whole mantra there was … that we enacted during the first two years of the Clinton Presidency. There was another education act that came along …
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… parties go about seeking their respective candidates for president in response to the significant transformations the … parties go about seeking their respective candidates for president in response to the significant transformations the …
The Miller Center organized a commission to examine every facet of the process by which our two major political parties go about seeking their respective candidates for president in response to the significant transformations the presidential nominating process has undergone since 1960.
Presidential Speeches
… President Nixon urges Congress to continue the progress of … Mr. Speaker, Mr. President, my colleagues in the Congress, our distinguished … put forward the most extensive program ever proposed by a President of the United States to expand the nation's parks, …
Oral History Interviews
| Edward M. Kennedy Project… and a Democratic Party that was utterly demoralized and a President who really wasn’t sure what to do. All the tea … but it turned out it was going to be upstairs in the President’s residence. So we went through the West Wing, … respect for the President and the awe he has for the Presidency. He wasn’t going to say, “Are you saying you’re …
Oral History Interviews
| Edward M. Kennedy Project… not progress. I became more and more of the opinion that President Reagan either didn’t get it or was not being well … to have to be a two-House solution and a signature by President Reagan, who was not maybe on board. I had allies on … in this two-year period of ’85 and ’86, I was asked by President Reagan to go to the Philippines to lead a …
Oral History Interviews
| Edward M. Kennedy Project… nephew of the Speaker of the House and the brother of the President. If that’s not enough for you, on the other side we … obviously. I mean, his chances for the Presidency ended in 1969. There was no question; that’s the …
Presidential Speeches
… President Woodrow Wilson applauds the nation’s recent peace …
Presidential Speeches
… of economic progress, emphasizing the NRA and AAA. The President also outlines a strategy for inflating currency to … consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury and the President. Whenever necessary to the end in view, we shall …
Presidential Speeches
… President Donald J. Trump addresses the graduating class of … during the Battle of the Wilderness: “If you see the President,” Grant said, “tell him from me that whatever …
Oral History Interviews
| Edward M. Kennedy Project… want to see him. I can’t even remember all of them. The President of Armenia came to town, so, “Let’s see if Kennedy … out loud, “Oh gosh, it was so great when Jack was President. Jack [John F. Kennedy] used to have parties, and … what it was like to be there when his brother was President of the United States. Young He can give you the …
Oral History Interviews
| Edward M. Kennedy Project… my love for politics brought me to Washington. I attended President [John F.] Kennedy’s inauguration. I worked for the … received that, along with some yellow legal pads with the President’s doodles. It also included notes from the last … R-Massachusetts. The Senator, as a freshman, had to preside over the Senate. They were not allowed to speak, …
Oral History Interviews
| Edward M. Kennedy Project… Washington was governed by a commission appointed by the President of the United States. We had no mayor and no … not many, because to me, that’s just an extension of the Presidency. He’s going to do what the President wants him to … would never want to vote for anything, but it was the President’s man, that was OK. But not in the Judiciary. And …