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| Bill Clinton Project… Assistance Corporation] that did the New York City fiscal crisis workout. So I was prominent when Carter was elected. I … done. But there were a lot of situations, whether it was a crisis or we were pushing a major piece of legislation … else, and now we were facing it as a Cabinet. There was a crisis. A couple of us talked about whether we should resign …
Presidential Speeches
… Responding the crisis with the European powers, Madison enumerates the many … all the mutual advantages of reestablished friendship and confidence, we have seen that the British cabinet perseveres … States into an armor and an attitude demanded by the crisis, and corresponding with the national spirit and …
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| George W. Bush Project… to give the Vice President what appeared to be--" not a crisis--sort of a low-grade energy crisis, which probably every administration experiences at … many times over the years. He is great to bring in in a crisis to knock heads and get stuff organized. I enlisted him …
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… are you on this?” he’d opine, otherwise he didn’t. I’m confident he opined on the Thursday lunches a lot, because … all these programs when Western attention faltered. He was confident it was, and it was. On the protracted search for …
With the release of the George W. Bush Presidential Oral History, key memories of the critical first years of the 21st century have been opened to historians and the general public. Here are some key excerpts from the collection.
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… in meetings with the Security Council in the Cuban missile crisis. I saw the alternatives presented there. I realized … leader, how the Cabinet has functioned to a man in this crisis. I think the continuity and the transition and the … messages, and the outline of the program has created confidence in the country and in the world. I am pleased with …
Oral History Interviews
| George H. W. Bush Project… the Nixon Justice Department in the midst of the Watergate crisis, her impressions of President Gerald Ford as his … sell it. You can make the argument that today we are at a crisis point. Trade is counterintuitive. Most people think … engineers march, I came to the conclusion that we had a crisis born of ignorance. Because if Boeing does not sell its …
Oral History Interviews
| Edward M. Kennedy Project… is in about three or four months you’ll get a transcript of this interview and you can make any changes to the … friendly with John Culver, who was going through a midlife crisis—a great guy, just a super guy, Culver was. I think … news has talked about it. Healy —fully appreciate him, his confidence. Do you follow me? Knott Yes, yes. Healy You talk …
Oral History Interviews
| George W. Bush Project… in these pacifist ideas. I remember not feeling enormously confident that I knew a lot of history, or knew a lot about … I paid all my taxes. I paid all my nanny taxes. I felt confident that I had nothing to fear. But I must say I had …
Oral History Interviews
| George H. W. Bush Project… Reagan's Vice President? Bates Exactly. And he looked more confident, more forceful. It looked like he was standing … formation of his administration. Edwards Savings and loans crisis-- Bates The savings and loans crisis was something … or way of managing the process, did he do this or was he confident that he didn't have to? Bates I think he did it …
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… for Vice President, and by the permanent chairman. Confidence and security have been brought to the people by … $300 million to aid the States in the present educational crisis. Congress did nothing about it. Time and again I have …
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| Edward M. Kennedy Project… under the designation of consigliere. Money manager and confidant within the family, yes, because he knew the … And it’s allowed me to play the role of being a lawyer and confidant, and participant in important public issues, which …
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… sought the demise of Russia. In the lead-up to the current crisis, the United States and NATO worked for months to … European security, enhance transparency, and build confidence on all sides. But Putin and Russia met each of the … Commission to get Europe through the immediate energy crisis. Over the long term, as a matter of economic security …
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… them. And the American leadership that undermined the confidence and capacity of the Communist regimes became a … the Soviet empire in its death throes, the potential for crisis and conflict was never greater, the demand for … But in 36 days we will have a new President. And I am confident, I am very confident that he will do his level-best …
Oral History Interviews
| Jimmy Carter Project… Secretary of Agriculture … Robert Bergland evaluates the record of the Carter administration and his four years as Secretary of Agriculture. The interview begins with an informal … discussion on the policies, processes, and key members of the Carter administration. He gives his perspective on a …
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| Edward M. Kennedy Project… with Kennedy after leaving his office and the evolution of the Senate as an institution over the years. He also … to today. In a sense, I was molded in that job, in terms of my own expectations of myself, and his expectations of me. … which was an energy consumer group during the energy crisis of the '70s. I had had the most wonderful job in the …
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… major resolutions setting the terms for a solution to the crisis. The Iraqi regime has yet to face the facts, but as I … not find us with any less hope or idealism or any less confidence in the ultimate triumph of mankind. I see a world … challenge is a test that we cannot afford to fail. I am confident we will prevail. Success, too, will have lasting …
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… responsibility became closer, and I hope were marked by confidence. I found General de Gaulle far more interested in … not have been more cordial, and I could not have more confidence in any man. In addition to his individual strength … area of the new and poorer nations will be a continuing crisis of this decade. Mr. Khrushchev made one point which I …
Oral History Interviews
| Edward M. Kennedy Project… a policy that doesn’t exist. We didn’t even have the confidence—I recall from my days in Boston—we didn’t even have the confidence to tell people not to give money to the IRA, and … impressed by all of this. It’s sort of the nature of self-confidence of the people here has been enormously developed. …
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… We stand today at a unique and extraordinary moment. The crisis in the Persian Gulf, as grave as it is, also offers a … and around the world understand that how we manage this crisis today could shape the future for generations to come. … a tough, mandated sequester. I'm hopeful, in fact, I'm confident that the Congress will do what it should. And I can …
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… my duty now to address your body with regard to the grave crisis that has arisen in the relations of the United States … It offered, as the means to bring about peace in Cuba, to confide the preparation thereof to the insular parliament, … secured to us respect and influence abroad and inspired confidence at home. These are the words of the resolute and …