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| George W. Bush Project… movement, the social change on campus, the getting rid of what we used to call parietals--you probably remember, nobody … very well and have a lot of confidence in one another. What's interesting for me in that period is coming to …
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| George H. W. Bush Project… you are creating an historical record here. Predominantly what we are trying to do is get information on the record … talk about my coming back as communications director, a job that Pat Buchanan took, and it was down to the two of us. …
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| George H. W. Bush Project… in New York City, the same. They really did an amazing job that way. So much for the electoral outreach. Young So … in this White House, I’m going to ask you to reflect on what you would have to say to a new Chief of Staff. Sununu …
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| Bill Clinton Project… free. Then I returned. Prior to leaving, I had obtained a job as an Assistant U.S. Attorney. I’ve always been … on when I get to the White House, you can start asking me what Presidents I used to think about in the White House. …
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| Bill Clinton Project… for the first time when I interviewed with him for the job of being the next Chairman. Knott Any impressions from … was strengthened. Knott Can you give us some sense of what characteristics of President Clinton particularly …
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| Edward M. Kennedy Project… anything or make any changes you’re free to do so. McGoff What I’d like to ask is, where are the interviews going to be … it? But it’s like anything; they’re all protecting their jobs, protecting themselves, and this is the Federal …
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| George H. W. Bush Project… told then I would never fly again, so I started rethinking what I should do. The opportunity came to go back to West … a second lieutenant over again—there aren’t any great jobs for a one-star general. The Air Force said, How would … I had no idea what that was. It was a management job in charge of all the Defense Department resources that …
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| Edward M. Kennedy Project… for whom I was then working as a legislative assistant, what they now call legislative director, but at that time … either the White House or the Speaker’s office offering jobs in return for delegate votes and things like that. Now, …
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| Jimmy Carter Project… will be an objective and fairly definitive analysis of what did occur. I didn’t have a chance to talk to many of … for the taking over of the government, and they did a good job of that. But I wasn’t very deeply involved in that … that we had was to stimulate the economy and to create jobs. There was no incompatibility between me and the …
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| George H. W. Bush Project… a question in transitioning, how you manage to figure out what your priorities are in that environment. So let me start … all over again. And I think Bush was—but it just makes the job tougher, because there was no way that he could have or …
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| George W. Bush Project… posting to New York City. He did, by the way, a very good job on that. Riley Are you working completely alone in terms … resolved in a way that I found quite satisfactory. Leffler What would you define as your own key weaknesses? Zelikow I …
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| George W. Bush Project… You’re the only person who’s allowed to report what goes on here, until the transcript is cleared for use. … expert to critique it, but I know that their primary job was to have perception and reality be the same, with … and says, “Wait a minute. Let me ask you something. What’s the purpose of the Defense Department? What’s the …
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| George W. Bush Project… nobody in the room is allowed to report on the outside what we talk about. The tape will be transcribed within a few … Department. Victoria Clarke I was in a nice private sector job at the time, but I was very close to some of the people …
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| Edward M. Kennedy Project… are other things that you might want to talk about—it’s what you think is most important for people to understand … and he has a great staff. They all work hard. It’s not a job for Kennedy; it’s public service. He doesn’t need the …
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| Ronald Reagan Project… of California comes and his point of view was that what this should be about is work, and not rearranging the … for a lunch. So, of course, I went. He knew the different jobs I’d had. I guess I hadn’t met him, but we had this long … clearly wants to be President because he wants to do the job . Otherwise he wouldn’t be interested in all this stuff, …
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| Edward M. Kennedy Project… Dave Burke, not on legislative policy but personal things. What were some of those? Gwirtzman He was first the … one for his mother? Gwirtzman Yes, that’s this one. No, my job was to take the raw essays that came in and to edit them …
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| Edward M. Kennedy Project… complimentary letter about all my activities in school and what I was doing in the community, and asked if I could get … attitude of how you do things. You never do a half-assed job; you use all the track. So I said, "Oh, of course I'm …
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| Ronald Reagan Project… to go. I’ve talked a little bit with Judge Webster about what we’re all about and the fact that this is, at least … or think about something. I don’t want to interrupt your—what’s your formula? Knott Feel free. We’ll take this at the … put together these briefing books for us. They do a great job. Well, I think Marc wanted to ask you the opening …
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| George W. Bush Project… your family and things like that. Bartlett I grew up in what I guess is the smallest of the 254 counties in Texas, … I didn't want to go home for a summer—I had to get a job to stay in Austin—that a buddy of mine got me a job at …
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| George W. Bush Project… Island. I worked with Russell for six years. Negroponte What do you teach? Knott I’m in the National Security Affairs … for me, like so many people who get into those kinds of jobs. Vietnam was a bit of an accidental experience. I didn’t …