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Oral History Interviews
| George H. W. Bush Project… observations on some of the differences. There was a great deal of difference from the outside in the way the national … at least have some personal knowledge of Bush’s own way of dealing at Malta, at Panama, and others, so we would like … Howard and people in the Press Office to do that. When the new Chief of Staff came in, and the National Security …
Oral History Interviews
| George W. Bush Project… of history. Because of the time constraints, we can't deal with your enormously rich personal history, but I wanted … Act of 1924, although he was partial to [Franklin D.] Roosevelt. But I was thinking more along Republican lines. In … the mayor. That created a vacancy on the city council. The new mayor and two incumbent council members came to me and …
Oral History Interviews
| George H. W. Bush Project… director of Shearson-Lehman and working in Washington or New York. Darman Both. Zelikow And you get involved in the … head up the campaign, he was consulting with Baker a good deal about it. Baker was Treasury Secretary. I, as you know, …
Oral History Interviews
| Bill Clinton Project… all of his life. He was someone who had given a great deal of thought, not just to what it took to be elected … dense array of institutions that you have in a place like New York or Pennsylvania or Michigan, so he was mostly used …
Presidential Biographies
… domestic issues that President William McKinley had to deal with during his presidency, bimetallism and tariff … the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890, but he proposed no new legislation. It would remain for his successor in office, Theodore Roosevelt, to move decisively to discipline "bad" trusts. …
Oral History Interviews
| Bill Clinton Project… was talking about a speech he had given Tuesday night in New York about why he was a Democrat, the difference between … mentioned that there were people trying to learn how to deal in a different environment. You had a Democratic …
Oral History Interviews
| Bill Clinton Project… stayed home and had a bunch of kids. Riley They’re from New York? Lockhart From New York, yes. They spent the first … were rooted in the end of a generation of politics, New Deal Democrats. Clinton’s were the beginnings of the new. …
Public Events
… New York Times White House correspondent Peter Baker assesses … in our country to stop at the first 100 days of a new presidency and use that length of time to gauge the …
Oral History Interviews
| Ronald Reagan Project… assistant on his staff and we went down to Washington on New Year's Day, January 1961. I worked for Congressman … there the next morning and we were in the Cabinet--in the Roosevelt room. We all expected the President to come in and …
Oral History Interviews
| Ronald Reagan Project… 9 o’clock or something, and we would sit around in the Roosevelt Room—the administration people would be present but not part of the discussion; that was the deal. Our deal also was that anybody who comes is free to say … dinner. So we went over to that. Andrew said, What’s new? I said, I’ll tell you at 6 o’clock, or something, or 7 …
OTHER
… can become an opportunity for the incumbent to breathe new life into the administration. As Obama chief of staff, Dennis McDonough, notes, “newness is a good thing” and presents an opportunity to bring …
Oral History Interviews
| Bill Clinton Project… who is perceived to be a fairly moderate staff person who deals well with both sides of the aisle, to some leftist … did not have any Washington experience or congressional dealings—were going to need to have someone to help them … a real interest in trying to find a way to combine this new concept called managed competition within a budget and …
Presidential Speeches
… President Roosevelt reports on his meeting with Winston Churchill and … world, namely through a future United Nations conference. Roosevelt also demands an unconditional surrender by Germany, … I returned from the trip refreshed and inspired. The Roosevelts are not, as you may suspect, averse to travel. We …
Oral History Interviews
| George W. Bush Project… of your public relations career. The Mavericks were a new team at the time that you joined them, right? Tell us a … thought it was great. She loved the President—the whole deal. So I really began to seriously consider this. I knew in …
Oral History Interviews
| George H. W. Bush Project… strategic forces, had no historical background at all in dealing with the Soviet Union. Mostly they were engineers, … with the dominant administration position that they had to deal with Gorbachev and that he was a productive interlocutor … had its down sides. For example, the whole concept of the new world order, and I gave both of them a hard time about …
Presidential Biographies
… be attacked but a visible and vocal representative of the new American woman who was emerging in the financial and … of a nationalized health care system. Although Eleanor Roosevelt and Rosalynn Carter had also tried to take on … Vince Foster, profits earned from a particular financial deal, the Paula Jones sex scandal, and dubious contacts …
Oral History Interviews
| Ronald Reagan Project… he’d been important in the campaign—in a little town in New Jersey with an unusual name. Some of these people we … my God.” I love history. I said, “I’ve read his Theodore Roosevelt book. Terrific. I love it.” One of the things I … as one can easily do now, but in those days it was a brand new resource. We sourced people all over the country and …
Oral History Interviews
| George W. Bush Project… with him? Kavanaugh Definitely. It was always a big deal if you got to see him that day. We had a desk downstairs … well, because he was comfortable. By this time, I wasn't new. Perry Did you ever find out if he had said to Joe …
Presidential Speeches
… and optimistic that we are at the start of a thrilling new era of national success. A tide of change is sweeping the … to do it. With my actions today, we will end the Green New Deal, and we will revoke the electric vehicle mandate, … through talent—he was a natural businessman—and gave Teddy Roosevelt the money for many of the great things he did, …
Oral History Interviews
| Bill Clinton Project… that I’m sure as we go through the day. But we really can deal with much broader thought questions and things of that … it actually got approved. In both administrations a great deal of time was spent on how you deal with Congress. So for … are sensitive. Thinking about legislative strategy, then dealing with members of Congress specifically, because if …