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Presidential Speeches
… Commanders in Afghanistan repeatedly asked for support to deal with the reemergence of the Taliban, but these … security forces and better secure the population. Our new commander in Afghanistan -- General McChrystal -- has … source, of America’s authority. Since the days of Franklin Roosevelt, and the service and sacrifice of our grandparents …
Oral History Interviews
| George H. W. Bush Project… One of the things I recommended to the chairman—we had a new CEO [Chief Executive Officer] come in when I was there, … as somebody who doesn’t understand what your generation is dealing with, because my generation created it. Everybody …
Presidential Recordings
… Conversation No. 876-13/877-1 (cont’d) -Message -New negotiations -Conditions -Vietnam settlement -December … meeting with Chou En-lai -Compared with Japan -USSR deal -Rearmament -US compared to USSR’s influence …
Presidential Recordings
… Conversation No. 876-13/877-1 (cont’d) -Message -New negotiations -Conditions -Vietnam settlement -December … meeting with Chou En-lai -Compared with Japan -USSR deal -Rearmament -US compared to USSR’s influence …
Oral History Interviews
| Ronald Reagan Project… get the most scholarship money. He put me in touch with New York University School of Law, where he had gone. I had a … valuable work. I guess it’s the same tension we’re still dealing with today. Knott You were fairly young at that … or something like that. I basically said, That’s not the deal. That’s not acceptable. We had about a three-week …
Oral History Interviews
| George H. W. Bush Project… Committee, which was my constituency committee. We were dealing with the Job Training Partnership Act and education. … six. We have the Evansville area, then we have New Albany and Jeffersonville, so we have six basic media … sanctum. There was just a total lack of preparation to deal with my candidacy. You have to deal with me entirely …
Oral History Interviews
| Edward M. Kennedy Project… Jack McKenzie. I hadn’t expected that he would write a big deal about it. I had met him when I was clerking for Potter …
Presidential Speeches
… We think of our departed gallant leader, Franklin D. Roosevelt, defender of democracy, architect of world peace … it can build a world of peace rounded on justice, fair dealing, and tolerance. As President of the United States, I … of infamy. From this day we move forward. We move toward a new era of security at home. With the other United Nations we …
Oral History Interviews
| George W. Bush Project… in the 43rd Presidency. But tell us how you got from New York to Washington. How did you move into the Washington … in Seattle where a fireman was killed. The case was a big deal to the local community and to local politicians, so I …
Presidential Speeches
… as has been the case with every President from President Roosevelt to President Reagan, is committed to the security … in the Middle East will require no less. We're beginning a new era. This new era can be full of promise, an age of … not come easy. It may take time and possibly cost a great deal. But we are asking no more of anyone than of the brave …
Oral History Interviews
| Edward M. Kennedy Project… the mail. It was just so overwhelming. He then went to New England Baptist, down in Boston. Then the ’64 campaign … I said Bobby Kennedy, he had Bill Barry, he had Rosie [Roosevelt] Grier. We didn’t have any FBI people and no …
Public Events
… the people who, uh, appear to be voices that, uh, that the new president is open to hearing from, some of whom have been … to be a, uh, uh, an issue which the Congress will have to deal with, uh, which is sometimes in-incorrectly referred to … living in the White House for five years with President Roosevelt, running the largest global war in history. FACTOID …
Oral History Interviews
| George W. Bush Project… up in a kind of typical, Jewish, Democratic household in New York and suburban New Jersey. My parents were actually … to NATO enlargement but then as Ambassador-at-Large had to deal with the consequences. Steve has a very good essay in …
Oral History Interviews
| Edward M. Kennedy Project… [district attorney] would just give these cases to all the new people and send them up to go through the case, because … over there [ laughter ]! I always think that was a raw deal. Young A real raw deal. Kennedy But we got a call. We …
Public Events
… time, but the issue of race will inevitably confront the new presidency of Donald Trump, and it probably won’t be long … United States at the time felt his role required him to deal with this issue of abolitionism. But the important thing …
Oral History Interviews
| Jimmy Carter Project… as to the substance of that experience. I spent a good deal of time on those aspects of the human rights policy that … most part. What were we doing? In three areas there were new initiatives, firm policies, policies that were among the … relations and going off on their own? How did you deal with that problem? Albright That problem came up most of …
Oral History Interviews
| George W. Bush Project… coming to Charlottesville. We don't want to spend a great deal of time on your autobiography, but we'd like to hear a … whether or not we could shoot back. So there was a good deal of discussion on the international law about do we treat … that we had and decided that before we came up with new intelligence authorities—This of course has all been …
Oral History Interviews
| George W. Bush Project… to this country, were internationalists. [Franklin Delano] Roosevelt was a hero in our house, [Harry] Truman also. In … Acela Express—I used to commute. I would go and work in New York and then come back and spend the weekends in … with carrying out policies. So we had an event to deal with and we pretty much rallied around that. I got up …
Presidential Speeches
… President Roosevelt sends a message to congress advocating commercial … of purpose and the exercise of the highest wisdom. The new Cuba yet to arise from the ashes of the past must needs … pages in American history than the page which tells of our dealings with Cuba during the past four years. On her behalf …
Presidential Speeches
… In an era of prosperity, President Theodore Roosevelt addresses business concerns such as monopolies, … Similarly to the previous year’s speech, President Roosevelt discusses Puerto Rico, Cuba, Hawaii and the … of government we are helpless in the presence of the new conditions, and unable to grapple with them or to cut out …