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Oral History Interviews
| George W. Bush Project… start back before then and try to leave ample time to deal with that. Did you ever have any encounters with this … party to do that and going back on his tax pledge, his “no new taxes” pledge. To me that was the definition of … This was a very new phenomenon that we’re still dealing with, obviously, every day. But I felt that we had …
Oral History Interviews
| Edward M. Kennedy Project… I had been working for Congressman [Joseph] Montoya of New Mexico my senior year, on Saturdays, 9:00 to 5:00. He was … lines, so I had to make a lot of judgments as to what to deal with. I also had to handle all the general public that …
Oral History Interviews
| Edward M. Kennedy Project… of the Kennedys—they were Senators from Rhode Island, New York, and Massachusetts respectively. Senator Pell was a … force and flown Robert around on private jet planes (a big deal in 1965) to go and meet with people that Johnson wanted …
Oral History Interviews
| Bill Clinton Project… unlike me, but he went to a theological seminary in New Orleans, Southern Theological, and it was very— Riley My … do. But I also thought that while that speech was a big deal among political insiders, among the average citizens of …
Oral History Interviews
| Bill Clinton Project… They were good friends of Harold Ickes. I was part of the New York young democrats group. I was an associate professor … you’re HHS Secretary that’s the first thing you have to deal with because you’ve got to get that person out of that …
Presidential Biographies
… many residences feel like home. In 1953, she took on a new responsibility for which she was fully prepared -- First … her own preferences and priorities as well as a good deal of contemporary thinking about gender roles in the …
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… who had treated Daniel Ellsberg, the man who gave the New York Times the Top Secret Defense Department history of … alone in the Oval Office. “If they’ll make that kind of a deal, we’ll make that any time they’re ready.” “Well, we’ve …
Oral History Interviews
| Edward M. Kennedy Project… were very close. Culver wasn’t in our group. It’s no big deal what group of Senators one is working with. We … Mathias, [John] Cooper, certainly these sort of Theodore Roosevelt, Bull Moose Republicans, or whatever they were … greatness. The only one better than him was Jake Javits of New York. He handled a whole bunch of bills. He was more …
Oral History Interviews
| Bill Clinton Project… when Senator Chiles retired and Jim Sasser became the new chairman of the committee. I became the staff director. … there in front of our face. And so the party of Franklin Roosevelt was sitting there calling for fiscal restraint. We … the Democrats initially and then some failed attempts to deal with the problem in 1989—even in [George H. W.] Bush’s …
Presidential Biographies
… Trump learned to cultivate political relationships with New York City Democratic officeholders from his father, Fred … the 1930s used by political activists who opposed Franklin Roosevelt’s commitment to defend Europe against Nazi Germany … claiming vaguely that the United States struck “bad deals” with countries like China. His call to curtail …
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Presidential Recordings
… and Ehrlichman’s assessments -Union support -George Meany -New York Newspaper Guild -Conversation with Shultz -Trade … -International conferences -Number of countries -Value -Dealings with individual nations -Big five nations -US, Great … market -Commonwealth -Great Britain, France -Special deals with former colonies -Mediterranean -Latin America -US …
Oral History Interviews
| George H. W. Bush Project… Chairman having any authority, but anyway, that was a big deal because people saw this as a potential conflict between … in Washington I was pulled back out to Hawaii to be the new Commander in Chief of the Pacific Fleet. From there, …
Oral History Interviews
| Bill Clinton Project… most of the time. My father was a reporter for the New York Times, then Newsweek. We lived in Rome and Belgrade … was also fascinating to watch from afar the wheeling and dealing that happened in the cloakroom and the arm … study on advance and how advance people create events and deal with protesters. I spoke with her about this and then …
Presidential Recordings
… Rolls-Royce -White House news summary -Lockheed -Possible deal -Current situation -British government involvement … ambassador -Administration’s position -Negotiations -New Rolls-Royce offer -Costs -Guarantees -Possible … 462-13 (cont.) -Unity -Comparison to 1930s -Franklin D. Roosevelt’s speeches -Confidence -Credibility -McCracken, …
Oral History Interviews
| Bill Clinton Project… to Little Rock in 1992 after the Democratic Convention in New York. Gene Sperling called from Little Rock, saying, "I … about things in a continuum. [Yasser] Arafat can't cut a deal because this will be the conditions of it. And [Ariel] …
Oral History Interviews
| George W. Bush Project… it's not a joke if you're Irish, Catholic, born in New Jersey in 1961, the year John F. Kennedy was sworn in; … Florida, and Sarasota and Polk County weren't that bad to deal with, in my estimation working for Congressman Ireland. Later I found that when you're dealing at the national level, you're swimming against the …
Oral History Interviews
| Edward M. Kennedy Project… to pursue Democratic values but to do it in very new and different ways, and the old stuff just wasn’t going … my condo to my parents, which turned out to be a very bad deal; the market collapsed shortly after I sold it to them. I …
Presidential Recordings
… of efficient lines -Identification and separation as new corporation -Profitable operation -Old claims -Labor … on Congress -Reaction of Catholics -Equity issues Eleanor Roosevelt -Elliott Roosevelt -Franklin D. Roosevelt -Lucy … -Conflicts with Kissinger -Intelligence -Natural gas deal with USSR -Sonnenfeldt -Kissinger -Competence -USSR …
Oral History Interviews
| George W. Bush Project… than a Democrat now. My parents were activist Democrats in New York for the era in which I grew up: very liberal, … in my life, He could be the nominee , which is a huge deal when you're coming off of Capitol Hill, that you might …
Presidential Recordings
… -Henry A. Kissinger -Tone -John F. Kennedy -Franklin D. Roosevelt -Henry M. (\"Scoop\") Jackson -Hubert H. Humphrey … MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Nov-03) -New York Times, Washington Post -Possible motives -Fear of … -Settlement timing -1972 election -Bombing -Thieu -Haig’s deal -Comparisons -Resignation -Unity -Substance -Bunker …