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… office. “Of our first six presidents—Washington, Adams, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, and John Quincy Adams—the four Virginians, none of them had a son who lived …
Oral History Interviews
| Edward M. Kennedy Project… As I have mentioned in other interviews, my grandfather, [John F.] “Honey” Fitzgerald of Boston, was a very important … Irish, were in various tight knit communities. President [John F.] Kennedy came back from visiting Ireland in 1962. He … off the radar. Then, in 2004, you start talking with [John] McCain, and it looks like there are possibilities for a …
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… supporters of a strong executive rejoiced. For instance, John Adams was delighted that the Constitution had created a …
Why did the powers of the executive accrete over the course of the Constitutional Convention? Credit (or blame) George Washington and the determined delegates who relentlessly pressed for a robust executive.
Oral History Interviews
| Edward M. Kennedy Project… Frank Morrissey, who had been around with President [John F.] Kennedy and also had been very close to my father … It seems to me that your visits with your grandfather [John F. Honey Fitz Fitzgerald] were your first exposure, even … worked out with [Robert] Dole’s [Nicodemus] Park. There’s John Adams’ house, the Quincy House. There are these droplets …
Oral History Interviews
| George H. W. Bush Project… Christian Leadership Conference], and Andy Young, John Lewis, and a lot of other leaders in the civil rights … stayed more than an hour. All these Democrats--Andy Young, John Lewis, then Ed McIntyre, who was Mayor of Augusta at the … the hotel right on 16th Street, right down from the Hay-Adams and across the street from the Capitol Hilton Hotel. …
Oral History Interviews
| Edward M. Kennedy Project… He said, “Immigration.” So I had this little meeting with John McCain and [Arlen] Specter, and John McCain rushed in, energetic as he always is, and he says … conscious about the importance of Jackie’s well being and John and Caroline. I knew that Bobby was enormously upset and …
Presidential Speeches
… etc. When at Germantown he signed the commission of John Breckenridge as attorney of the United States for … having accidentally left his credentials. President John Adams was absent from the capital during his term of four …
Oral History Interviews
| George H. W. Bush Project… or something like that, against a 16-year veteran. John Brademas, who was the third-ranking Democrat in the … locked out. He had a very good Lieutenant Governor in John Mutz, who ran against Evan Bayh in ’88 but lost. So the … The real stepping stone for Senators, except for Jack [John F.] Kennedy, has not been to the Presidency directly. …
Oral History Interviews
| Bill Clinton Project… not a whole lot. Before that, my father had chaired Jack [John F.] Kennedy’s campaign in ’60 and the state went for … as I recall, at the end. I don’t think either Bush or [John] Sununu was particularly happy with that part of the … what the tiers would look like. If you think about what [John] Kerry said about how much Clinton had done on …
Presidential Recordings
… Hillman -Nelson A. Rockefeller support -Pennsylvania -John N. Mitchell -Eaton -Hubert H. Humphrey -Arlen Specter and Arlin Adams -Rockefeller -J. Fife Symington -Vincent W. de Roulet … -Cincinnati -Support of the President -Maurice H. Stans -John D. Lodge -Argentina -Pay -Drown -Buchanan -Drown …
Oral History Interviews
| Jimmy Carter Project… assembly pretty well was had by Charles Kirbo, Joe Tanner, John Black, and me. Mr. Tanner was the Director of the … than now, but still not real close. Ray Marshall, Brock Adams, Mike Blumenthal, Jim Schlesinger, Carter had never … highway funds and we got no response. I spent months with John Volpe, Secretary of Transportation, who was absolutely …
Presidential Speeches
… of statesmen. In the time of Washington, of the first Adams, of Jefferson, and of Madison the condition of Europe, … our foreign policy. In the time of Monroe, of the second Adams, and of Jackson, and subsequently thereto, the … amity with them, the earliest of which, negotiated by Mr. John Quincy Adams, served as the model for the subsequent …
Presidential Recordings
… 3:47 pm - 5:00 pm Location: Executive Office Building John D. Ehrlichman met with John N. Mitchell. Supreme Court nominations Media Herschel H. … -Lillie -Californians -ABA -Earl Warren -Earl C. Adams -Smith -Background -Possible appointments’ second term … John N. Mitchell …
Oral History Interviews
| George W. Bush Project… I was a J3. We then worked together for General [John] Shalikashvili, got to know each other even better. I … for themselves. We had one where Senator Levin, Senator John McCain, Senator [Clarence William] Nelson from Florida … He was adamant. I said to him what I also said to Senator [John] Warner, who at the time was the senior Republican, …
Presidential Speeches
… in the said insurrection: Wherefore be it known that I, John Adams, President of the United States of America, have … of the Independence of the said States the twenty-fourth. JOHN ADAMS. …
Oral History Interviews
| Edward M. Kennedy Project… America, which was probably two weeks. We went to Mexico—John Plank could be very helpful on that. This was about the … still in the fishing industry? Morrissey would say, Yes, John Fulham has taken that over. Has he? Well, I knew his … Benno Schmidt [Sr.], who was a Texan who invested the [John Hay] Whitney money when they sold the Herald Tribune . …
Oral History Interviews
| George W. Bush Project… of the Republicans and become Majority Leader or Whip. [John A.] Boehner just got booted out as the conference … White House, sat down with--I knew their Chief of Staff, John Podesta. He was a roommate of the guy who helped me … in your book. Hastert So there was Podesta. I could call John up and talk to him and he would call me up. We got …
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… series is ongoing. Provenance & Description Extract from John Powers, "The History of Presidential Audio Recordings … Olson under the supervision of Lieutenant Colonel James Adams. [53] Adams was responsible for the white House … and duplicate this collection. Later, in response to the John F. Kennedy Assassinations Records Collection Act of …
Oral History Interviews
| Edward M. Kennedy Project… had been, in some ways—the Latin American heritage of JFK [John Fitzgerald Kennedy]—an ideal democracy in Latin America. … was not for this, were they? Parker They weren’t. Young [John] Sununu. Parker Our feeling was that we needed to get …
Oral History Interviews
| Bill Clinton Project… people who had worked for Geraldine Ferraro, many of them—John Sasso and that group were from Massachusetts. So they … and I thought he was a really interesting person. John Sasso had been on the Mondale-Ferraro campaign. He … was a friend of mine from ages, from when he was in the [John F.] Kennedy administration. I knew that that was the one …