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| George H. W. Bush Project… the Bush Library. We’re trying to do basic research on Presidencies. For the older ones we’re the ones who are doing … the Miller Center the best we can. Cheney Now, you did some work on the President and Brent’s book? McCall Yes. I was one of the …
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| Edward M. Kennedy Project… Let’s begin at the beginning. If you could just talk about how you came to connect up with Edward Kennedy, and that … Ted, why can’t I get an appointment with Senator Kennedy? He said, Because you’re not from Massachusetts. I said, Oh, I …
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| Ronald Reagan Project… at the legacy of the Reagan administration, crediting the President with unprecedented economic expansion, winning the … War, and restoring the confidence of the American people. He also gives an intimate perspective on Reagan as a man of … people who might be taking the awesome position of President of the United States down to people who might be …
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| Edward M. Kennedy Project… and his staff while working for Senator Edward Brooke. He goes on to talk about his work with Senators Kennedy and … issues. He then talks about Kennedy’s 1980 run for the presidency and how his loss to Carter affected Kennedy’s subsequent career … uniformly excellent on civil rights issues. And of course, he had been a vocal and effective supporter of the 1964, …
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| Jimmy Carter Project… Chief of Staff to the Vice President; Counsel; Deputy Chief of Staff to the Vice President … begins by chronicling his work as Chief of Staff to Vice President Walter Mondale. He talks about the development of Mondale's vice-presidential … a rather unique position of being associated with the Vice President’s staff in an administration where the Vice …
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| Edward M. Kennedy Project… know who you are. If you could tell us a little bit about how you first started getting involved with the Kennedys and … Eddie Boland, who later became a renowned Congressman, and he was my mentor. We had a lot of pol—the Mayor lived on our …
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| Edward M. Kennedy Project… Edward Kennedy on civil rights issues, including busing. He also discusses Kennedy's election to the position of … the schools and with Marion Barry and those people—about how connected he was with the aligned or prime activists: Clarence …
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| Ronald Reagan Project… Assistant to the President for Policy Development; Deputy OMB Director … then moves on to his tenure in the first Nixon term, where he met California Governor Ronald Reagan. He comments on his … McNamara implemented PPBS in the Defense Department, President [Lyndon B.] Johnson thought PPBS did a terrific job …
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| Edward M. Kennedy Project… the Carter administration's view of Edward Kennedy. He discusses negotiations with Kennedy in 1979 over health … legislation and Kennedy’s subsequent decision to run for President. … probably would have been over airline deregulation. He had brought Stephen Breyer, then a professor at Harvard …
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| Edward M. Kennedy Project… home in Friendship, Maryland. Why don’t we start with how you started working for Senator Kennedy? Bates Paul, I … of January of 1969. Interestingly, that was the day that he was elected Whip, and it was high excitement and …
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| Edward M. Kennedy Project… and many others made some very important decisions. After President [John F.] Kennedy was elected and after trying to … the ’65 Act, eventually a ’68 Housing Act that did very little. But that was taking place there, and those … Your Vote Count,” meaning if you voted in ’58, even though he was running against a person who was not well known, …
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| Ronald Reagan Project… Abraham Sofaer discusses his role in the Reagan presidency as a legal advisor to the State Department. He also talks about Iran-Contra and its effects on the … day, if you look up in the Encyclopedia of the American Presidency, you will see the Sofaer Doctrine. There is an …
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| Edward M. Kennedy Project… discussion of the Pepper Commission and its key players. He opines on Kennedy as legislator and Senator. He covers the Health Security Act and health care efforts … your impressions of him? Jennings From the very beginning, he was a Senate icon, a healthcare icon. I started in 1983, …
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| George H. W. Bush Project… recorder on and let the two of you discuss this. Young No, he replaced me. Riley He told me last night he’s not going to … it’s a very unusual situation, with a two-term President, followed by a President of the same party, Vice …
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| Edward M. Kennedy Project… and all decided afterward that Bobby had decided he was going to run. The meeting changed from Should he? to … had a rhythm and a repetition. It was very eloquent. When did you write that? Were you on a— Kennedy —plane, going out … campaign—Paul Douglas, who had been very close to President Kennedy. I wonder if we could check that. Beth? …
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| Jimmy Carter Project… processes, and key members of the Carter administration. He gives his perspective on a range of issues, including the … years and its accomplishments, and his assessment of President Reagan and the policy record of his … increasing productivity. We met with [Edward] Gierek. He said, I can’t do that. That would result in cost increases …
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| Edward M. Kennedy Project… we’d go into the dining room, we’d go into the kitchen and he’d meet all the people working there. He had a feel and a … We would go down to the piers, and he would talk about how his family came to America from Ireland in the 1840s. …
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| Edward M. Kennedy Project… Maybe we should start with just a general question as to how you got engaged and interested in civil rights, … Bellevue Hotel to have lunch. As we’ve pointed out before, he’d come downstairs from his room and there would be …
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| Jimmy Carter Project… The session begins with Carp and Rubenstein each recalling how they came to join the White House staff and their broad … their thoughts on the successes and failures of the Carter presidency. … work and your responsibilities, what it was that you did, how you got involved so that we can be sure that we’ve got …
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| Edward M. Kennedy Project… early relationship with Edward Kennedy and his brothers. He discusses Kennedy’s strengths as a senator and his … time on the Armed Services Committee. Warner talks about how the Senate has evolved as an institution over the years. … that connection my first year that I first met him. He came down to visit one time. He was somewhat younger, as …