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… A turning point in how the George H. W. Bush administration viewed … On August 2, 1990, Iraqi President Saddam Hussein sent 140,000 Iraqi troops and 18,000 … the full address: The Gulf War was a turning point in how the George H. W. Bush administration viewed the United …
A turning point in how the George H. W. Bush administration viewed the international order
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… Surrounding Their Use" (1996). Used with permission.] President Dwight D. Eisenhower recorded at least twenty-five meetings he held in the Oval Office between October 12, 1953, and … was located in the receiver of "a dummy telephone" on the President's desk. [5] The on/off button was located in the …
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… Judge Glock argues the next president should bind himself Odysseus-like, against the … offer their perspective on the topic of fiscal policy and how to best prepare the next president for the challenges of the first year. This series …
Judge Glock argues the next president should bind himself Odysseus-like, against the siren song of bank bailouts
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… The first year of a new presidency is a time of peak hope and optimism. Fresh off an … mandate and basking in the brief honeymoon period, many presidents have utilized this window to advance their agenda and pass signature legislation. For the 45th president, however, prospects for such a window are dim. On …
An insider’s account of congressional relations in the first year
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… As is often noted, a president’s first year is a critical time to advance a policy … view, let us review the president’s first year and see how we might characterize it in contrast to a more Democratic … It's hard to see the president as a successful leader, writes Senior Fellow Allan …
It's hard to view Biden as a successful leader, writes Miller Center Senior Fellow Allan Stam.
Oral History Interviews
| Edward M. Kennedy Project… should serve three years, the Congress should elect the President, and the President should serve for an equal term … people think that if the person is nominated, and if he has a semblance of an understanding of the law, a decent … since then. These were effectively worked out between Presidents and the Senate. Young Wasn’t this a kind of …
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… President Biden could learn from the mistakes President Johnson made as he managed a splintered Democratic Party … Among the many problems that face President Joe Biden is the question of how to manage his … and Welfare under President Kennedy) announced that he would soon hold a series of hearings on the problems of …
President Biden could learn from the mistakes President Johnson made as he managed a splintered Democratic Party
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… of our mission is to fill expanding minds with ideas about how presidencies of the past can help shape those of the … Center has a positive impact on students of all ages: ‘THE PRESIDENCY’ SECTION OF MILLERCENTER.ORG Students from middle … How the Miller Center is influencing the next generation of …
With students at the center, the Miller Center is influencing the next generation of leaders.
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… ex-wives have accused him of abusive behavior, and while he disputes those accusations, the FBI found them credible … Council staff veterans, the revelation that Porter did not have a full security clearance raises a number of … staff structure. It also raises real questions about how Trump White House staff under both Reince Priebus and …
Porter may have had access to America’s top secrets. Chief of Staff John Kelly has some explaining to do, writes Miller Center CEO William Antholis.
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… without loss of essential form.” During his time in office he came to argue that freedom included “freedom from want.” … into health care. In a 1934 speech , for instance, he asserted, “On some points it is possible to be definite. … Truman had to admit defeat, writing towards the end of his presidency, “These ‘skin flint’ loan companies who charge the …
Every administration since FDR's New Deal has had to consider the appropriate role of government in securing the nation's health
Presidential Biographies
… was a religious pacifist who opposed war. Eisenhower did family chores, delighted in hunting and fishing and football, and eagerly read military history. In 1911, he won an appointment to West Point, where he played football … Dwight D. Eisenhower: Life Before the Presidency …
Oral History Interviews
| Gerald Ford Project… these exploratory discussions; what the Ford White House did well and not so well; key points of change and continuity … nature of the 1974 transition; internal struggles over how to organize the White House staffing structure to suit the new President; designing an executive decision-making structure …
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… Summers is the Charles W. Eliot University Professor and president emeritus of Harvard University. During the past two decades, he has served in a series of senior policy positions in … Did we do right thing? Bear Stearns' former New York offices … of 2009, it looks kind of just like the Great Depression did after 1929. And if you look at the subsequent five years, …
In the crucial period of six months between the time Lehman Brothers fell and the period after the stress test, America rose to the occasion.
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… realists is that they present an inconsistent view of how international relations works. Mearsheimer, for example, … to say that the West caused the war by expanding NATO than he is to say that Russia caused the West to expand NATO by … in 2017; and North Macedonia in 2020. And in 2008, then-President George W. Bush announced his “strong support” for …
Analysts who blame the West for deluded ideological thinking – who do not understand that there really is a transnational contest between democracy and authoritarianism and that it helped cause this war – are misdiagnosing the problem.
Presidential Biographies
… of 1837 proved less a celebration of the incoming president than a tribute to the outgoing one, Andrew Jackson. … twice confided to my illustrious predecessor, and which he has discharged so faithfully and so well, I know that I …
Oral History Interviews
| Edward M. Kennedy Project… and other senators and their reactions to the Vietnam War. He describes initial impressions of Senator Kennedy and … with Republicans, particularly Barry Goldwater. He discusses Kennedy as politician and Senate leader. The … with that.” They’d say, “Well, Teddy is the Chairman and he wants this.” “Eagleton won’t go with that; you tell …
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… that his comments had been leaked to the press, but he was also furious because the press account was inaccurate. … rudimentary Dictaphone machine. Unfortunately, the machine did not work and Kannee continued his search for a machine …
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… Think President Trump likes his tax plan? In 1986, President Reagan really, really liked his, too. … President Trump’s high praise for his new tax-reform proposal … of technological invention and economic achievement. When he first entered office in 1981, Reagan pushed for a large …
Think President Trump likes his tax plan? In 1986, President Reagan really, really liked his, too.
Presidential Biographies
… the Western Reserve Eclectic Institute in Hiram, Ohio, as did her husband. She also taught school and was a member of a … as a congressman. Thus, when James A. Garfield became President in 1880, Lucretia was an inexperienced and anxious … a few years before becoming First Lady, she noted how "horrible" it was "to be a man, but the grinding misery …
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… Impeachment is the central issue gripping the presidency today. It has been 10 weeks since Speaker Pelosi … that she was beginning an impeachment inquiry against President Trump. Miller Center scholars have been approaching … one any different? The legal questions surrounding the president’s actions are, at first glance, very …
Miller Center Director William Antholis explores the eight critical questions in need of answers.