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… Eisenhower, would be spinning in his grave if he knew that President Trump, a man who used a medical deferment to avoid … Triomphe, where he received a decoration from the French president, Charles de Gaulle. But nothing matched the parade …
Ike believed in containing the influence of the military, not generating uncritical cheering for its power, writes Miller Center scholar William Hitchcock in USA Today.
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… Immediately on the cessation of hostilities the then noble President, who had carried the country so far through its … new treaty. By the act of Congress of March 23, 1874, the President was authorized, when he should receive satisfactory …
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… However brief, he served at a momentous time for the presidency. The issue of slavery in the western territories … and the ceremonial affairs of state. Taylor thought the presidency should stand above party politics, and he …
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… (1891-1897). Wilson was named secretary of agriculture by President McKinley in 1897 and would remain in that post to serve Presidents Theodore Roosevelt and William Howard Taft. Wilson …
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… his party to run for the gubernatorial election. In 1841, President John Tyler tapped Wickliffe to become his … the end of the Tyler administration, Wickliffe served as President James K. Polk’s agent in Texas and successfully …
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… (1891-1897). Wilson was named secretary of agriculture by President McKinley in 1897 and would remain in that post to serve Presidents Theodore Roosevelt and William Howard Taft. Wilson …
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… (1891-1897).Wilson was named secretary of agriculture by President McKinley in 1897 and would remain in that post to serve Presidents Theodore Roosevelt and William Howard Taft. Wilson …
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… of the Office of Defense Mobilization and as a member of President Truman's National Security Council. With the onset … Fowler once again returned to his private law practice. President Johnson would appoint Fowler as secretary of the …
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… examination services outsourced from the government. President George W. Bush nominated Dr. Peake as Secretary of …
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… on that occasion of the duty imposed upon a new President is one of the best evidences of their capacity to … establishing the Smithsonian Institution provided that the President of the United States and other persons therein … an epoch in the history of this subject is the message of President Jackson of the 27th of May, 1830, which met the …
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… soap opera Big Sister went on as written At 10:00 Eastern, President Franklin Roosevelt addresses the nation The president offers a public prayer in support of the Allied …
Today we call it D-Day, but on June 6, 1944, when Americans first learned of the allied landings at Normandy, radio announcers called it "the invasion."
Presidential Biographies
… In one of the fastest confirmation hearings for President Barack Obama's cabinet, Shaun Donovan was confirmed … for multifamily housing at HUD in the administration of President Bill Clinton. He was responsible for a …
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… in that body from 1843 to 1849. Collamer was tapped by President Zachary Taylor to serve as postmaster general, a … he held from 1849 until he resigned in 1850 following President Taylor's death. Following this stint, Collamer …
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… national level, Granger nevertheless gained a position in President Thomas Jefferson's cabinet as postmaster general in … general until his resignation in 1814, serving under Presidents Jefferson and James Madison, and successfully …
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… professor in the agriculture department from 1893 to 1894. President Warren G. Harding appointed Wallace secretary of … of the Interior Albert Fall. Wallace was reappointed by President Calvin Coolidge and died in office on October 24, …
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… as a laborer at General Motors but by 1931 had become vice president in charge of industrial and public relations. He … U.S. representative to the United Nations (1945-1946) by President Truman. After resigning from government, Stettinius …
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… working mostly in the Antitrust Division. In 1945, President Harry S. Truman appointed Clark attorney general, a … supporter of Truman's anticommunist loyalty programs. The President nominated Clark as a Supreme Court justice in 1949, …
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… In this recording, President Kennedy consults with the Executive Committee of …
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… By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation … as those of the Union: Now, therefore, I, Franklin Pierce, President of the United States, do issue this my proclamation … the United States the eightieth. FRANKLIN PIERCE. By the President: W. L. MARCY, Secretary of State. …
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… on that fighting campaigner whose support I welcome, President Harry S. Truman—on my traveling companion in … directly or indirectly interfere with my conduct of the Presidency in the national interest. My record of fourteen …