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… The American Presidency and European-American Relations: A West German …
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… UVAToday] Philip Zelikow learned the art of statecraft in President George H.W. Bush’s White House. Like many around … director of the 9/11 Commission and a member of the President’s Intelligence Advisory Board under presidents … Memories of a president …
Former George H.W. Bush advisor and Miller Center scholar Philip Zelikow shares his recollections with UVA Today.
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… Michael Eric Dyson discusses his book, "The Black Presidency: Barack Obama and the Politics of Race in America." … to African-Americans. He has written a new book: The Black Presidency, Barack Obama and the Politics of Race in America … of us had begun to believe that the election of a black president meant somehow that the deep racial divides in our …
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… fact, some consider him to be the nation's greatest former president. He emerged as a champion of human rights and … histories of fraudulent voting processes, and advising presidents on Middle East issues. He was involved in … Jimmy Carter: Life After the Presidency …
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… panel Animosity toward the press “is one area where President Trump is not unprecedented,” said the Miller … White House Correspondent Peter Baker to discuss the Trump presidency thus far. “He doesn’t share a core philosophy with … to assess his first 100 days,” Hemmer said. “Most presidents have an approval rating higher than their vote …
Sen. Mark Warner, Miller Center scholars, and the New York Times’ Peter Baker assess Trump's early months
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… When George H. W. Bush left the presidency, he and his wife returned to Houston, Texas, … lives as active citizens in their community. The former President volunteered at their church and sat on various … struck Southeast Asia in December 2004. The two former Presidents created the Bush-Clinton Houston Tsunami Fund, a …
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… of the baseball and soccer teams, and the senior class president. He graduated on his eighteenth birthday in 1942. … the House and convicted by the Senate, Nixon resigned the presidency in August 1974. Bush stepped down as head of the … George H. W. Bush: Life Before the Presidency …
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… important guests, meeting scholars who were studying his presidency, and speaking to groups of visiting school … Eisenhower's presidency. Truman had better relations with Presidents Kennedy and Johnson. He expressed reservations … once in office, Kennedy and his wife charmed the ex-President. Truman felt even more comfortable with President …
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… The only President in the history of the United States not elected by … foreign policy, supporting both Democratic and Republican Presidents who looked to contain Soviet and Chinese power. … ardent supporter of Richard Nixon's successful run for the presidency in 1968. Nixon's victory opened the possibility of …
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… Howard Taft taught at Yale University Law School until President Warren G. Harding (who had nominated Taft in 1912 … the years between his appointment to the court and his presidency, Taft campaigned for Charles Evans Hughes for … least one instance Taft had an opportunity to expand the President's power. His majority opinion in Myers v. United …
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… elected (again with the help of the Pendergast machine) as presiding judge of the county court; he easily won … and modernization of Jackson county's road system, presided over several significant construction projects, and … however. Politically, Truman emerged as a reliable ally of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's "New Deal" programs and …
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… as well as Republican votes—would decide the next President. Congress negotiated a compromise, creating a … Rutherford B. Hayes, who became the nineteenth U.S. President. During the resolution of the disputed election, … Ulysses S. Grant: Life After the Presidency …
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… Ford wrote a number of books, including an account of his presidency, A Time to Heal (1979), and Humor and the … National Commission on Federal Election Reform in 2001. President Bill Clinton awarded eighty-six-year-old Ford the … Gerald Ford: Life After the Presidency …
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… World War, John Fitzgerald Kennedy was the nation's first president born in the 20th century. Both parents hailed from … recuperating. In 1938, on the eve of the Second World War, President Franklin D. Roosevelt appointed Joseph P. Kennedy, … John F. Kennedy: Life Before the Presidency …
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… served as secretary of war and then attorney general in President Ulysses S. Grant's cabinet. President Chester A. … that end, and McKinley offered to Taft the commission's presidency. Taft was hesitant to take this challenging job, … William Taft: Life Before the Presidency …