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Oral History Interviews
| Bill Clinton Project… remains in place as the prime determinant of who will run what, the system has now been modified somewhat to allow for … the Capitol than anybody. They make the decisions, but the job of the staff was always to lay the options out. Martin …
Oral History Interviews
| Bill Clinton Project… or somebody who could read his handwriting, to figure out what it was that he was asking about. Riley Any crucial … in the speech still. Of course you can always argue about what’s reasonable. This is not a sign of my lack of passion …
Oral History Interviews
| Edward M. Kennedy Project… expert in the country on Senator Kennedy, and much of what I am an expert on was a very long time ago. And I’ve had … He went all over. And he also talked with— Sorensen What’s Clinton doing about his oral history? Young We’re …
Oral History Interviews
| Bill Clinton Project… on problems and thinking about them, and talking about what they learned in their classes. He was very eloquent … picked up where we were last—gave new ideas, asking what’s up, and is my staff really working and helping you? It …
Oral History Interviews
| Ronald Reagan Project… sorts of things. It was a real exposure to that world, what was done well and what was done less well. My view at … it all that much, frankly, compared to other political jobs I’ve had. It was probably the least satisfying. Knott …
Oral History Interviews
| George H. W. Bush Project… in this room who is free to report to outside people what goes on here is you. We don’t do that. The record of the … and no American merchant seaman was going to lose his job. Actually, it wasn’t difficult. It was something Shultz …
Oral History Interviews
| George W. Bush Project… the only person who is allowed to report out of the room what we talk about today. We do need to aid the … are not aiming at a relaxation of tension. He was asked, "What's your strategy?" And he, in a rather famous remark, …
Oral History Interviews
| Edward M. Kennedy Project… about the powers of Congress, and he was outraged by what happened during the Christmas break in 1970. It was an … that sort of corruption entirely, so the question is, what’s the best way to minimize it? Just bringing it to light … a strategy of voter suppression, so that their job is not secure anymore if they’re caught doing it. Young …
Oral History Interviews
| Edward M. Kennedy Project… Eizenstat. Tell me about when you first met Ted Kennedy. What were your first impressions of him? Eizenstat Our first … He believed in investments in education, he believed in job training investments, he believed in Head Start. But he …
Presidential Biographies
… Navy intact, and leave Federalist officeholders in their jobs. Burr appears to have refused to bargain. Jefferson, … had agreed to their terms. The truth can never be known. What is clear is that on the thirty-sixth ballot, a …
Oral History Interviews
| Jimmy Carter Project… for President. When we won Pennsylvania and overcame what seemed to us to be the last serious challenge—Senator … Davenport, and others. With rare exception they did a good job. Our biggest problem during the transition was a problem …
Oral History Interviews
| George H. W. Bush Project… strict ground rules of confidentiality. We don’t report what is said in here outside the room, and the transcript of … Nancy [Sununu] also leaned that way, but did a much better job of hiding her preference and maintaining her neutrality. …
Oral History Interviews
| Edward M. Kennedy Project… took a cut of your money, I’m sure. Simpson I don’t know what he took, but I never saw any of the fifty grand, not a … election and you have staff, they’re very partisan. That’s what’s wrong with the White House. It doesn’t matter what …
Oral History Interviews
| Edward M. Kennedy Project… else has talked to you about it, about who came dressed as what, but Ted was dressed like an English lord, in an … matters to you. I mean, what are you willing to bet your job on? What are you willing to do up front? Heininger Stand …
Oral History Interviews
| George W. Bush Project… Your editor made you do it. Rove She said, “You know what? You can’t show up at the age of 22 meeting Bush.” Perry … a quiet day, and write down why it is you want to do this job.” They need to get at what it is that they want to …
Oral History Interviews
| Edward M. Kennedy Project… believe. So that’s one of the things. He had a picture of what his own thinking was, what the nature of his involvement … Steinberg went less well, because Jim really wanted the job, to be running the Armed Services Committee for Senator …
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… and calling Congress immediately into special session. What ensued was the famous “100 Days” in which Congress … a government safety net stitched from stimulus spending, jobs programs, deposit insurance, bank resolution, and new …
Eight presidents confronted a major domestic financial crisis in the first year of their administrations—a sobering reminder that a new president can either harness the power of the nation’s economy, or be run over by it.
Oral History Interviews
| Edward M. Kennedy Project… beginning. Tell me when you first met Edward Kennedy, and what your first impressions were of him. McDaniel I first … a very potent voting block. McDaniel And they did a good job, they were pretty successful. They didn’t have the …
Oral History Interviews
| Edward M. Kennedy Project… prior to their release. James Flug Yes, we have. Heininger What did you learn from the One Man, One Vote legislative … If you're worried about something, say it. Make clear what's going to happen and what's not going to happen. I …
Oral History Interviews
| Edward M. Kennedy Project… on the situation as it existed. In those days, of course, what it was was a very serious civil rights problem. I was … time, and it was very serious discrimination in housing, jobs, and in voting rights against the Catholic community of …