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Oral History Interviews
| Edward M. Kennedy Project… to ask the questions. Knott Yes. Why don’t you tell us how you first came to work for Senator Kennedy. That’s … on the phone. Knott We’ve interviewed him. Weich I’m sure he had great stories to tell. And Burt said, You're from Yale …
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… United States Senate from 1981 to 1987 and 1989 to 2001. He also was a member of the Center's Governing Council from … for the Miller Center as we focused increasingly on the presidency and on deepening our understanding of how things …
The senator from Washington State (R) and former Miller Center board member dies at 92.
Oral History Interviews
| Edward M. Kennedy Project… comments on his time in the Senate and the friendship he developed with Kennedy. … who was interested in all politics and politicians, so he would have known those in the House of Representatives who …
Oral History Interviews
| Edward M. Kennedy Project… Senator Albert Gore. Heininger The senior. McDaniel Right. He and I worked together. I don’t think I did any work directly with Senator Kennedy during that period …
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… Gerald Ford oral history illuminates the post-Watergate presidency … senior foreign policy leaders as having served in the presidencies of George H. W. Bush and George W. Bush. But … circumstances and administrative challenges of Ford’s presidency. The conversations were recorded but not published …
The newly released Gerald Ford oral history illuminates the post-Watergate presidency
Presidential Biographies
… When President Obama left office on January 20, 2017, his impact and legacy were unclear. He will always be the first African American president in US … for its stability. With Republicans in control of both the presidency and the Congress in 2017, however, some of Obama’s …
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… between Republicans and Democrats on approval ratings for President Donald Trump expose the largest schism in polling … nearly a 90% difference between partisan views of his presidency. … between Republicans and Democrats on approval ratings for President Donald Trump expose the largest schism in polling …
Our country faces wide gulfs today along partisan, ideological, geographical and racial boundaries. Recent gaps between Republicans and Democrats on approval ratings for President Donald Trump expose the largest schism in polling history: nearly a 90% difference between partisan views of his presidency.
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… Without an effective 'how,' an administration will fail in the 'what' and the 'why.' … to her advisers, “Don’t tell me what. I know what. Tell me how.” This remark captures the subject of this book: refining … more political scientists have written on what policies a president or other public officials should institute while in …
Without an effective 'how,' an administration will fail in the 'what' and the 'why.'
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… Center expert Barbara Perry on what history tells us about presidents and their self-inflicted wounds … after news broke of Comey’s removal, but the 37th and 45th presidents are not the first to deal with a storm of fallout … on what history can tell us about Comey’s dismissal and how presidents on both sides of the aisle have dealt with …
Miller Center expert Barbara Perry on what history tells us about presidents and their self-inflicted wounds
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… Bernard Nussbaum, President Clinton's White House counsel, remembered the … White House counsel Bernard Nussbaum . In this excerpt, he remembers the nomination of Ruth Bader Ginsburg to the … friends—nobody can influence me in my mind. Obviously, the President is going to make the final decisions on this stuff …
Bernard Nussbaum, President Clinton's White House counsel, remembered the nomination of Ruth Bader Ginsburg to the Supreme Court.
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… called “the administrative state.” 1 The modern American presidency developed in conjunction with the modern liberal … against industrial accidents.” 2 Historians have debated how government institutions and public–private associations … of the state in Americans’ lives and the economy. Their presidencies and the dramatic election of 1912 provide …
Oral History Interviews
| Edward M. Kennedy Project… observations, some of which came later. The first is what he'd said quite a lot of times, directly or indirectly. It … get credit for something. You want your boss to know you did a good job, or at least it wasn't you who did a bad job, … Representative, must have the public understand that he's done something good, or he won't get reelected. You …
Oral History Interviews
| Edward M. Kennedy Project… a buildup in terms of a stepparent’s role. It wasn’t that he—for me, he didn’t slowly test the waters a little and say, … for me, overruled her on occasion, but at no point did he ever try to supplant my father. This is not something …
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… little-known governor from Georgia, Jimmy Carter, won the presidency by making a promise to never lie to the American … pushed to reform a political system that had given the president too much power and vowed to reassert the power of … to examine the development of modern conservatism and how conservatives tackled the process of governance once in …
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… In October 1971, a future president employed a hateful racial trope in a conversation … due to the approximately 3,432 hours of secret recordings he made during his presidency. The Miller Center began its … to Asia and the Pacific as a special representative of the president. Reagan’s stops included South Vietnam and Taiwan …
In October 1971, a future president employed a hateful racial trope in a conversation with a predecessor
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… The office of the presidency itself has become a polarizing institution, write … President Joseph Biden would seem to be on a roll as the 2024 … of Biden’s performance, only 5 percent of Republicans did. Biden is not just the victim. Although he has positioned … party responsibility. In fact, from the start of Biden’s presidency, he has at times embraced the combustible …
The office of the presidency itself has become a polarizing institution, write Sidney Milkis and Rachel Augustine Potter.
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… Much of the reporting and analysis of President Trump's phone call to Ukrainian President Zelensky … Why would the U.S. provide military aid to Ukraine and why did the administration choose to withhold it? Does the … Putin have of phone calls with President Trump and how might he use them to advance Russian interests, …
Senior Fellow Eric Edelman looks at Trump's Ukraine call through a foreign policy lens
Presidential Biographies
… Theodore Roosevelt is widely regarded as the first modern President of the United States. The stature and influence … the most powerful branch of government. And although the presidency began to amass more power during the 1880s, … completed the transition to a strong, effective executive. He made the President, rather than the political parties or …
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… of our defensive posture…” In March of his first year, President Reagan introduced his budget for fiscal year 1982. He advocated spending cuts, but true to his word, he …
Looking back at defense spending as a debate promise made by Ronald Reagan
Oral History Interviews
| Edward M. Kennedy Project… It was a battleground in and of itself, but I met him when he came through there. I was excited, like everybody. It was … adventure in so many ways, because his brother had been President just for two years and he was from Massachusetts, … was like, and I finally got my moment. Heininger You did. Kerry Somewhere along the trail. Heininger A new high …