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… convenes to consider revision of the Dingley tariff. President Taft sends a special message to Congress urging …
Oral History Interviews
| Edward M. Kennedy Project… as I have recorded in my book Kennedy , I do know that the President was in a ticklish position for more than one … on Cuba? And the answer was no, wait until you hear the President’s speech. Young Yes. Sorensen Aside from that, I … no doubt about the fact that the JFK campaign for the Presidency was extremely hard work. Exhausting. In a sense, …
Oral History Interviews
| Edward M. Kennedy Project… in him after he made the decision to no longer run for President? Kruse I hadn’t worked here that long. At that … to count. He learned from that, just like the loss for the Presidency. Since that time, he and Senator Byrd have forged …
Oral History Interviews
| Edward M. Kennedy Project… I first met him in the Oval Office, at a meeting that President [George Walker] Bush called, the first week he was President. He was rolling out his recommendations for No … a central part of that conversation. I was there as the President’s Senior Education Advisor, Margaret [Spellings] …
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… The modern presidency is increasingly defined by empty seats filled with acting officials. Each president can make around 4,000 political appointments, more … nomination to confirmation has nearly doubled during a president’s first 2 years, from 80 days for George W. Bush’s …
The Senate confirmation process must be quicker.
Presidential Speeches
… President Woodrow Wilson outlines his reasons for asking … factor in his decision to go to war against Germany. The President argues that the United States needs to wage war to …
Presidential Speeches
… and celebrates the virtues of the Constitution. The President cautions Americans not to lose sight of the danger …
Oral History Interviews
| Edward M. Kennedy Project… talk about that. I do remember your brother, before he was President, went out to Texas to assure people that he … was an extraordinary project. I was kind of tired of doing Presidents. I had launched the Presidential projects and I … look at the President and everything you see is from the President’s point of view, and you sort of adopt a …
Presidential Speeches
… In honor of the first 100 days of his administration, President Joe Biden addresses a joint session of Congress. He … THE PRESIDENT: Thank you. (Applause.) Thank you. Thank you. Good … the extraordinary times we’re in. Throughout our history, Presidents have come to this chamber to speak to Congress, to …
Oral History Interviews
| Edward M. Kennedy Project… and that was when Bobby [Robert Francis Kennedy] ran for President. At the beginning of that campaign, I had thought … with Jack Kennedy’s help and was the Congressman from the President’s district. The younger group of aides, Kenny … Leader Robert Dole of Kansas, trying to run for the Presidency from the Senate, and Ted Kennedy, almost by …
Presidential Speeches
… The central issue President Van Buren discusses in his annual message is that … which the United States, under the guidance of their first President, took their stand in the family of nations--that of … used. It was obvious, too, that Congress believed with the President that another demand should be made, in order to …
Presidential Speeches
… In his third State of the Union address, President George W. Bush devotes a large portion of his … Mr. Speaker, Vice President Cheney, members of Congress, distinguished guests, … welcome one of Iraq's most respected leaders, the current President of the Iraqi Governing Council, Adnan Pachachi. …
Presidential Speeches
… President Bush delivers the Graduation Speech at the United …
Presidential Speeches
… Kennedy gives his last formal address before assuming the presidency. He articulates the characteristics of leadership …
Oral History Interviews
| Edward M. Kennedy Project… [Jr.], because Goody at the time, worked for the Vice President. Since Harold was from Tennessee, our office worked … Senator’s, who was interested in having an audience with President Clinton. The Senator said, Well, hell, we’re going … so the White House staffers were freaking out. The President was in his little hideaway office right off of the …
Oral History Interviews
| Edward M. Kennedy Project… Boston. I recognized that as being the Boston address of President and Mrs. Kennedy and I knew he was in Washington. … his advice. Knott I wonder if I could ask you about when President Kennedy was assassinated. Could you tell us where … Once in a while, I’d go over myself. This is memorable. President [Lyndon] Johnson was going to visit him so he said, …
Oral History Interviews
| Edward M. Kennedy Project… it. We worked out of 22 Bowdoin Street (the same apartment President [John F.] Kennedy used) that fall just doing some … This is going to be an easy race because he’s the President’s brother? Souliotis No. The assumptions were it … day? Souliotis Of course. All freshmen Senators have to preside over the Senate so many hours a week. So he was in …
Oral History Interviews
| Edward M. Kennedy Project… then some very big non-proliferation issues involving the President and Vice President [Walter] Mondale, who made some pretty strong … follow-through as well. After he came back he met with the President, the Secretary, and the National Security Advisor. …
Presidential Speeches
… President Nixon addresses the nation to announce a … in the coming year, working together to limit ABMs. The President notes that intensive negotiations will follow to …
Oral History Interviews
| Edward M. Kennedy Project… as kids handing out Congressional pamphlets for the President. The President’s cousins lived on our street in Milton, so there …