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Oral History Interviews
| Bill Clinton Project… Bush. Prior to him, President [Ronald] Reagan had been adamantly opposed to any clean air legislation, and we … they couldn’t defeat Dole so they defeated Al Simpson and John Chafee, some of the other more moderate Republicans, and … Senators wanted it at 40 percent or 42 percent, and I was adamantly opposed to it. I said, Look, we said we ought to be …
Presidential Biographies
… for four years, Jefferson returned as vice president under John Adams (1797-1801). He gained the presidency in 1801, won …
Presidential Biographies
… as secretary of state under both Presidents Washington and John Adams (1796-1800). He would also serve a number of years …
Presidential Biographies
… as secretary of state under both Presidents Washington and John Adams (1796-1800). He would also serve a number of years …
Presidential Biographies
… as secretary of state under both Presidents Washington and John Adams (1796-1800). He would also serve a number of years …
Oral History Interviews
| George H. W. Bush Project… people from Wall Street he would listen to, for example. John Hennessy was at Credit Suisse at the time, and others … who will do a good job for you. I got terrific people. John Taylor is tremendous and Dick Schmalensee is tremendous. … I think that’s a good thing to give professional advice. [John] Sununu thought about it briefly and then it was fine. …
Oral History Interviews
| Edward M. Kennedy Project… Democrats have always stood for: the [Franklin] Roosevelt/[John F.] Kennedy/[Harry S.] Truman coalition fighting for the … At the very end, on Monday before the election, Adam Clymer wrote an article in the New York Times saying the … come through time and time and time again. Young Not the [John] Kerry office. Littlefield I’m speaking of the Kennedy …
Oral History Interviews
| Edward M. Kennedy Project… take advantage of them or you don’t. I was in President John Kennedy’s government, his administration, and another … with Milton Gwirtzman. Milton Gwirtzman had not been in John Kennedy’s government, but he had been a classmate of … a dear friend of the Senator’s, and is today, Senator [John] Culver. But Culver was—I think one thing John Culver …
Presidential Biographies
… against the Federalist faction led by Vice President John Adams and Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton. In …
Presidential Biographies
… The President's relationship with his secretary of state, John Quincy Adams, was vital in each of these cases. The two men had a …
Presidential Biographies
… judge used his contacts in Washington. The new President, John Adams, named Harrison secretary of the Northwest Territory. …
Oral History Interviews
| Bill Clinton Project… with Strobe, Peter Tarnoff, Tom Donilon, myself, John Kornblum, and [Richard] Holbrooke. Obviously Holbrooke, … of groundwork had been done—the decision to give [Gerry] Adams the visa before I got there. But I was involved in the … hadn’t been involved in those relationships. I go back to John Kennedy. I knew a lot of these individuals from the …
Oral History Interviews
| George W. Bush Project… know about. It was eventually sold to Father Richard John Neuhaus. I don't think he was Father Neuhaus then, I … to Indianapolis, I came into New York and interviewed with Adam Meyerson, who was then at the Wall Street Journal. Adam … you were? McGurn The new editor of the National Review was John O'Sullivan, whom I had known in Europe. John had been at …
Presidential Biographies
… took a break from public office until 1797 when President John Adams asked Gerry to go to France as part of a …
Oral History Interviews
| George W. Bush Project… family, particularly with the President’s brother, Jeb [John Ellis Bush]. We’d like you to just talk about how you … up. I met them—that was it. He wouldn’t remember me from Adam. So he had no idea. In August I contact Jeb and I say I … down here. Jeb did not want him to lose in Florida. He was adamant about that. Perry On the recount. Towey On the …
Oral History Interviews
| Edward M. Kennedy Project… up. The reason I can remember this vividly is that in the [John F.] Kennedy Library, in the little niche they used to … '60s heard Ted Sorensen's cadence. Much of it is in the John Kennedy style. Here's the B'Nai Brith speech, October of … in the selection of Supreme Court nominees—Richard Nixon, John Mitchell, and I understand John Connally—remind me of …
Presidential Biographies
… He became embroiled in a bitter dispute with President John Adams over the Quasi-War with France, and his actions …
Oral History Interviews
| Bill Clinton Project… Lake I’m Tony Lake, a former bureaucrat. Owen I’m John Owen, an Associate Professor at the University of … bet almost anything that during the Cuban missile crisis, [John F.] Kennedy spent no more than 20 percent of his time on … remind me to come back to that. The fight with my friend John Podesta. I don’t mean bureaucratic fight, I mean fight. …
Oral History Interviews
| Bill Clinton Project… knows that I’m behind the scenes giving advice—I mean for John Edwards. I just turned down an opportunity to be the … us through that era were Colin Powell and then later [John] Shalikashvili, who had become the Chairman. Those were … followed up with a hands-on exercise. Riley That’s the [John F.] Kennedy school? Shelton It’s part of the Kennedy …
Oral History Interviews
| Edward M. Kennedy Project… York Times , the weekend after the meeting with Clinton, Adam Clymer wrote, “When the legislative record of the 104th … is complete, the names of Republicans like Newt Gingrich, John Kasich, Bill Archer, Bob Livingston, Tom Bliley, Pete … the Senate adjourned, Senator Kennedy introduced, with John Kerry as cosponsor, children’s health legislation that …