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Oral History Interviews
| Edward M. Kennedy Project… backs than you do,” having gone through it all to help the President [John F. Kennedy]. So we packed up and flew out … about that? Gargan Well, for years, especially after the President’s death, Bobby would be like the Pied Piper. It was … recollections from when he challenged Jimmy Carter for the Presidency in 1980? Gargan Not really. Not anything dramatic. …
Presidential Speeches
… In his second State of the Union Address, President Donald Trump encourages Democrats and Republicans … Madam Speaker, Mr. Vice President, Members of Congress, the First Lady of the United … allowing this travesty to happen. I have great respect for President Xi, and we are now working on a new trade deal with …
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… On the first anniversary of the shutdown due to Covid-19, President Joe Biden gives his first prime-time televised … THE PRESIDENT: Good evening, my fellow Americans. Tonight, I’d … we are doing just that. And I have to say, as your President, I am grateful to you. Last summer, I was in …
Oral History Interviews
| Edward M. Kennedy Project… Did you see any changes in him after he ran for the Presidency in 1980? Danforth No, not to say that there … particular issue, knowing you’re going to be opposing the President on it. Danforth Yes, I’ll leave that for other … objective. So how can you get something passed over the President’s veto? Well, you have to have virtually all of the …
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| Edward M. Kennedy Project… that’s right. I really did not have much to do with the President. In 1962 I was interested politically, and that’s … Teddy in a run for the Senate and how it would affect the President. Young Too many Kennedys in Washington, maybe. Or … before his first term was even over. You look at how many Presidents have come and gone during this period of time, and …
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… when you least expect them, including soon after a new president takes office. Containing a crisis can require quick … when you least expect them, including soon after a new president takes office. Containing a crisis can require quick … Obama inherited the economic crisis that began during the presidency of George W. Bush. A new president can be faced …
Financial crises happen when you least expect them, including soon after a new president takes office. Containing a crisis can require quick decision making and action before the new administration has accrued significant experience.
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… President Monroe discusses relations with Britain and Spain, …
Oral History Interviews
| Edward M. Kennedy Project… his reputation, everybody thought he was going to be Vice President if not President. Young Yes. Fowler Because he … would think that Carter ought to willingly give up the Presidency and step aside for the entitled Kennedy. So he … around with him to introduce them to all these kings and presidents and potentates, and then he could pick his …
Oral History Interviews
| Edward M. Kennedy Project… sent 300 letters to Senator Kennedy’s office, to the President, to Chairman [Leonid] Brezhnev, and other … Brezhnev. N. Katz Yes. Kennedy was planning to run for President at the time, so he was treated by the Soviets as a …
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… President Johnson’s State of the Union concentrates on the … Mr. Speaker, Mr. President, members of the House and the Senate, my fellow … a Congressman to four years, concurrent with that of the President. Because of Vietnam we cannot do all that we … of policy that America has followed under its last four Presidents. The first principle is strength. Tonight I can …
Oral History Interviews
| Edward M. Kennedy Project… in this? What did it stem from? Schneider It goes back to President [John F.] Kennedy, to the first test ban. Heininger … any ambivalence about wanting to have the power of the Presidency to do things. Heininger For the job, yes. But what …
Oral History Interviews
| Edward M. Kennedy Project… and didn’t even know he was a candidate for the Vice Presidency. It was my first convention, and it was exciting. … time. I went there to support Frank Clement for Vice President. He was the Governor of Tennessee, and he had come …
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| Edward M. Kennedy Project… at about the time [William J.] Clinton was running for President. O’Dowd Yes. Young Is that right, or did you … like he was going to be reelected. So we encountered President Clinton, or as he was then, Governor Clinton. … was just starting up. I then got heavily involved in President Clinton’s campaign, his first run for President, …
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| Edward M. Kennedy Project… I guess, his brother’s concern about immigrants. I mean, President [John F.] Kennedy’s book, A Nation of Immigrants, … victory with McCain, aren’t you giving McCain the Presidency? Knott Really? Olavarria Yes. Knott So that’s …
Presidential Speeches
… President George W. Bush offers his thoughts about the War on …
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… President Clinton describes D-Day as the day democracy …
Oral History Interviews
| Edward M. Kennedy Project… going on. Schneider He told me, You know, my brother the President [John F. Kennedy] started the Alliance for … when he called and told me he was running for the Presidency, and went to work for the campaign. I was the … He was interested in Latin America from his brother’s, the President’s, perspective. Heininger But at this point, he …
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… In this message to Congress, President Grant asks Congress to allow the citizens of …
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… The president can address climate change in the first year in a … President Donald Trump has yet to fully address the challenge … harnessing the power of social networks including the president’s, will provide support for the investments and …
The president can address climate change in the first year in a way that reaches across the aisle, speaks to all Americans, and brings us together. Although it may appear unlikely, Trump has a great opportunity to rethink how Americans frame climate change.
Oral History Interviews
| Edward M. Kennedy Project… forth. Almost 12 years later, when Kennedy was running for President, in the primaries, I went over from the committee … forces, and on top of that, in ’80 he decided to run for President. Life still went on. Martin But it seems like from …