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Oral History Interviews
| Edward M. Kennedy Project… legislative experience coming in. It’s so hard on any new President, with people who don’t know how the system works. … bipartisan, or really just a stance away from either the President or the party, but at the end of the day, they’re … that ’96 is coming along, a Presidential election for a President who’s on an upward swing because he wins the …
Presidential Biographies
… William Howard Taft faced the difficult task as President of living up to the legacy of Theodore Roosevelt. … United States, to which he was appointed after leaving the presidency. He remains the only man in American history to …
Oral History Interviews
| Edward M. Kennedy Project… one with [Ronald] Reagan—we have now completed our Reagan Presidency Project.George H. W. Bush. Now we’re engaged in a … them in, but not into the White House and not to—The President wasn’t going to meet them.As far as he was …
Presidential Speeches
… of injuries sustained during the riot. During the chaos, President Trump released this one-minute video via Twitter. … Twitter removed it for violating its rules and blocked President Trump's Twitter account for 12 hours, but restored …
Presidential Speeches
… a residence of four years must have devolved upon the late President heavy expenditures, which, if permitted to burthen … happy in finding myself so soon after my accession to the Presidency surrounded by the immediate representatives of the …
Oral History Interviews
| George W. Bush Project… manager sets. We tend to project the personality of the President in sort of a 60-foot-high shadow character along … he’s not playing a passive role because he’s defining his Presidency and who he is in contrast to [Mikhail] Gorbachev, …
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… selection process, which requires nomination by the president and confirmation by the Senate, has led to … selection process, which requires nomination by the president and confirmation by the Senate, has led to …
The current judicial selection process, which requires nomination by the president and confirmation by the Senate, has led to increasing delays in filling open judicial seats as the size of the federal judiciary continues to grow. The Commission brought together a number of scholars to review the selection process of federal judges and outline means for streamlining the confirmation process so that vacant judicial seats would be filled more expeditiously.
Presidential Biographies
… Gerald R. Ford became President of the United States on August 9, 1974, under … scandal, surprised many by nominating Ford for the vice presidency. This was not out of any belief that Ford would …
Oral History Interviews
| Bill Clinton Project… situationit was the first, really, use of force. A President who was not naturally inclined to hard power became … the United States was instrumental in restoring to the Presidency the first genuinely democratically elected …
Presidential Biographies
… Gerald Ford's presidency must be assessed in light of both the exceptional … he faced during those years. Ford was not elected President (or vice president) by the American public; he …
Oral History Interviews
| Bill Clinton Project… here, so please lead us. We’re the students of the presidency, and we might raise a question to interrupt. We … until the end of the day. My privilege to serve not only President Clinton and the Clinton administration, but most … a lifelong friend—I have had the privilege to know other Presidents and other leaders, but it’s a different feeling …
Presidential Biographies
… George Herbert Walker Bush came into the presidency as one of the most qualified candidates to assume … and had eight years of hands-on training as vice president. Still, if presidential success is determined by … he focused much of his attention on foreign affairs. Presidents generally have more control over foreign policy …
Miller Center Scholars
… Administrations and was principal deputy assistant to Vice President Dick Cheney for national security affairs. Edelman …
Oral History Interviews
| Bill Clinton Project… in, and ultimately to head, the search for the Vice President. So, as I say, Jim, my involvement was unexpected … me dry of all the memories I had about working for other Presidents. Young Was he easy to get to know or difficult, … Clinton, with Governor Clinton on the subject of the Vice Presidency took place in Tallahassee, Florida, when Kantor …
Oral History Interviews
| Edward M. Kennedy Project… on the Supreme Court in terms of being appointed by President [Gerald] Ford. Johnson Yes. And he’s very …
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… Inaugural Address, confronted by a dim economic outlook, President Ronald Reagan declared his intention to reverse the … Inaugural Address, confronted by a dim economic outlook, President Ronald Reagan declared his intention to reverse the … from Europe, Africa and the Middle East, including Iranian Presidents Mohammad Khatami and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, as well …
In his First Inaugural Address, confronted by a dim economic outlook, President Ronald Reagan declared his intention to reverse the course of government expansion by stating: “In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem.” Thirty years later—with both political parties holding power for extended periods of time—the size and scope of the United States government has reached a new apex. In short, the end of “the era of big government” has not come to pass.
Presidential Biographies
… governor of Florida; and his son, George Walker, the 43rd President of the United States. In fact, George H. W. and … since Martin Van Buren to move directly from the vice presidency to the presidency through his own election, …
Presidential Biographies
… "errors of judgment." Perhaps some of Grant's troubles as President are related to his disdain for politics. He came … years had begun: a significant weakening of the American presidency. Congress, especially the Senate, had seized the …
Presidential Biographies
… 100 years old and lived the longest life of any American president. Carter was more highly regarded at the time of his … bid for reelection in 1980. He produced an exemplary post-presidency and is appreciated for the enormity of the tasks …
Presidential Biographies
… When George H. W. Bush was sworn in as President on January 20, 1989, he took over from the very … in 1980. This financial situation severely limited the President's ability to enact major domestic programs. The … President Bush did not come into office promising to preside over an era of great change; he won the presidency …