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… Nearly every new president of the modern era has viewed the nation’s … Nearly every new president of the modern era has viewed the nation’s … and unpopular outcomes—typically have led most American presidents to proceed with caution. “Johnson recognized that … aware of these challenges as a first-year president, yet he forged ahead knowing the fight for sweeping immigration …
Nearly every new president of the modern era has viewed the nation’s immigration policies as deeply flawed. Yet few of these modern executives have been willing to make immigration reform—one of the most dangerous issues in American politics—central to their agenda. Even fewer have had a measure of success doing so.
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… On March 12, 1947, President Harry Truman addressed Congress on the “gravity of … subjugation by armed minorities or by outside pressures.” He warned Congress that Americans needed to take action … interests in ways that would dramatically expand the president’s institutional power and international role as a …
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… Ross Perot, the Texas billionaire who ran for president as an independent in 1992 and 1996, passed away … fascinating commentary from top government officials on how Perot's shrink-the-deficit platform may have been … But according to some, it also may have been personal. He and President Bush had a history (see below). In 1992, …
Oral History Interviews
| Edward M. Kennedy Project… that it was sometime in the very early ’70s. What year was he elected? Knott Sixty-two. Lichtman Sixty-two. It would … important role early on, in ensuring that we eventually did get those regulations. Heininger Did you have much …
Oral History Interviews
| Edward M. Kennedy Project… in Chicago. Well, why don't we start at the beginning? How did you first meet Kennedy? Angela Williams I started … turn his head and whisper to you, "Go call So-and-So. He used to work for Bobby [Kennedy]." I would always sort of …
Presidential Speeches
… In a rare gathering, President Donald Trump addresses the U.S. military commanders … renaming the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, and how he loves his signature. Deep into his speech, he mentions … one, it's a war that would've never happened if I were president. If the election weren't rigged. If I were …
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… started to debate what had gone wrong with the American presidency. George Reedy, former aide to Lyndon Johnson, … same year, journalist David Wise lamented the web of lies presidents had constructed to mislead and deceive the … The Presidency in Crisis …
Oral History Interviews
| Bill Clinton Project… about presidential travel, press relations, 1996 campaign, President William J. Clinton's personality, day to day activities of the president, and the Monica Lewinksy scandal. … Arkansas, so you and your family had an association with President Clinton when he was still in Arkansas, I guess? …
Public Events
… Center invites students, faculty and the public to hear President Teresa A. Sullivan discuss "The Way Forward" from … challenges facing all of American higher education, and how the University can create a model for public universities … reversed an effort to remove Theresa A. Sullivan from the presidency of the university, and suddenly made her a …
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… with Americans of all creeds united to follow their president’s lead. Yes, even in support of this unlikely … commander: an amiable but ineloquent Texan who rose to the presidency even though his opponent had gotten more votes. I did not paint this picture to make my students feel better — …
Congress’s hesitancy to do its job would have puzzled the Constitution’s framers, argues Russell Riley
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… President Nixon’s plan for getting out of Vietnam? Turn the … this trait has been carried over into our foreign policy,” President Richard Nixon told the nation in a televised … will be made from strength and not from weakness,” he asserted. “As South Vietnamese forces become stronger, the …
President Nixon’s plan for getting out of Vietnam? Turn the battle against Communism over to the South Vietnamese.
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… No previous experience fully prepares one to be president. The most important training presidents receive is on the job. But presidents and their … pertain to the transition and those that inform the actual presidency. Lessons 1-5: before January 20 1. Cultivate …
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… What happens the day after the election with policy? President Barack Obama and Melody Barnes in 2011 Melody … about what the president is going to do on the day that he or she is inaugurated. For better or for worse, America … Successful transition teams rehearse how to hit the ground running …
Presidential Biographies
… During his presidency, President Bush devoted much of his time to foreign affairs, an area over which Presidents generally have more latitude than they do with …
Presidential Speeches
… President Donald Trump addresses the General Assembly of the United Nations. He begins by mentioning the broken escalator and teleprompter … First Lady. Thank you very much for being here, and Madam President, Mr. Secretary-General, First Lady of the United … because I told it to him three days in a row. That's all he heard. North Sea oil, North Sea, because I want to see …
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… everything was happy. You had little kids and the President was reading with them. It was one of those days … This was at the school. Miers This was at the school, yes. He had entered the classroom and was reading, and of course … Harriet Miers was with President Bush at Emma E. Booker Elementary School in …
Truth be known, you are seeing and hearing and realizing that events are occurring that are so horrific that you can't really contemplate that they would happen, like people jumping out of the sides of buildings to keep themselves from being burned to death. It was just massively awful.
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… On October 3, 2000, Governor George W. Bush debated Vice President Al Gore in Boston. Bush said: You must have … . . . Testing is the cornerstone of reform. You know how I know? Because it's the cornerstone of reform in the …
Our look at past debate promises continues with education
Presidential Biographies
… 1,200 gallons of ice cream furnished for the occasion, he declared slavery a matter for individual states and territories to decide. The new President said, "It is the imperative and indispensable duty … Court decided otherwise. It claimed that the Constitution did not recognize slaves as citizens of the United States, …
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… The next president must weigh carefully the decision to go to war … Wars can make, but are much more likely to break, a president’s tenure. They are easy to start, but far more …
The next president must weigh carefully the decision to go to war
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… and uncertainty are not uncommon in newly installed presidencies, the first year of the Bush administration illustrates how important it is for a president to impose his own imprimatur on the nation’s … and uncertainty are not uncommon in newly installed presidencies, the first year of the Bush administration …
While ambiguity and uncertainty are not uncommon in newly installed presidencies, the first year of the Bush administration illustrates how important it is for a president to impose his own imprimatur on the nation’s foreign policy goals and priorities, and how essential it is to bring together a team of advisors who embrace those goals, trust one another, and share confidence in their own decision-making machinery.