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… at the psychiatrist’s helps explain Watergate, but what explains the break-in at the psychiatrist’s? Below is an … been transcribed. 5 The Abuse of Power tapes may tell us what crimes Nixon committed, but the chronological tapes are …
Oral History Interviews
| Edward M. Kennedy Project… Jimmy Carter and Kennedy. Feinberg concludes by discussing what it was like to work with Kennedy. … or did I still have public-interest law in mind? And what about the idea of doing criminal justice policy work for … to come down and interview about the possibility of the job. With that intro, I went down and met with Tom Susman, …
Oral History Interviews
| Bill Clinton Project… promoted to Staff Secretary in 1995. Stern talks about his job responsibilities, including preparing briefing materials … the proceedings. You are the only person who may report on what happens here until you've had a chance to review the … book for the debate prep. At that point, I was back in my job in the Senate, but on the side I would do preparation for …
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… for 40 hours each week. This cost-of-living stipend is what enables many students to take a nonpaying government … Police. After graduating from UVA, he landed a full-time job in the same office. THE GILDER LEHRMAN INSTITUTE OF …
With students at the center, the Miller Center is influencing the next generation of leaders.
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… even erasure. Under open liberal internationalism, what had been the defense of democracy in industrial … personal choice—over not only which smartphone to buy, but what kind of person to be—to all individuals everywhere. … (or created), such as climate change or pandemics or job displacement, could be remedied by science and …
Liberalism is not making the world safe for democracy
Oral History Interviews
| George W. Bush Project… currency issues; China; the Federal Reserve; the 2003 Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act (tax cuts); … Iraq reconstruction; Snow’s travel and speaking schedule; Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act (tax cuts); and … What is the other side of that? How many people don’t get jobs because you raise minimum wages? You know, extending …
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… What must the next president do in the first year to manage … What must the next president do in the first year to manage … worked hard to make it easier for the press to do their jobs and carefully orchestrated media events. Beginning with …
What must the next president do in the first year to manage the overheated, ubiquitous, yet fragmented media environment in which we find ourselves today?
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… time in seniors’ and juniors’ rooms, playing cards and what all. It was the same thing at Andover. What is that? I … I think in his own mind he thought that he was in this job at a time of great danger to the country. His obsession—I …
With the release of the George W. Bush Presidential Oral History, key memories of the critical first years of the 21st century have been opened to historians and the general public. Here are some key excerpts from the collection.
Presidential Biographies
… often with blacks, for tedious, back-breaking, menial jobs unwanted by native-born white Americans. Most of these … entrenched Protestant Americans were unnerved by what they perceived as a threat to American values. Catholics …
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… Excerpted from What Happened to the Vital Center? by Sidney Milkis and … victory on the legacy of a single man with an impossible job. "Deceit is inherent in the present structure," Lowi … Return to “What Happened to the Vital Center?” …
An assault on the modern presidency following Watergate did not really restore checks and balances; rather, it revamped the Madisonian system for partisan confrontation.
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… eating the pets of the people that live there. And this is what’s happening in our country. And it’s a shame.” The rumor … of manufacturing to the area. An estimated 8,000 new jobs were created as a result of this boom in industry, …
JD Vance's false claims about Haitian immigrants have incited threats of violence
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… Madeleine Albright, and others—who weighed in on his job performance and character. Here, some excerpts: In … and so forth. But right at the top of my list was what did he think about the idea of General Powell as …
Miller Center oral history interviews offer a fuller picture of Colin Powell, the first African American U.S. secretary of state
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… of his takeaways for the New York Times . Let’s explore what Brent had to say about some critical choices in American … Brent’s core expertise was in U.S. defense policy and what related to that, including arms control. Walter Pincus … during the Reagan years Bob Gates has also done a good job in calling out how, during the Nixon/Ford years, Brent …
The passing of Brent Scowcroft is an opportunity for a bit of reflection about the U.S. foreign policy elite and its attitude toward American military intervention in world affairs.
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… of the cities in his 2008 campaign. He was constrained in what he could deliver, however. While the 2009 economic … recognize the selling point of this policy to Democrats: what Katz calls the “realpolitik” calculation that it beefs … development and water systems. But of course the need (and job-creation potential) goes much further. With both sides of …
David Dagan explains the partisan edge of the "new American localism"
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… Energy, Carter Oral History Project Who is Jimmy Carter? What does he stand for? What policies will he implement? Many … for the taking over of the government, and they did a good job of that. In those processes, we began to learn more …
Jimmy Carter was the outsider candidate, campaigning against “the swamp,” and his advisors encouraged Carter to continue to project himself that way.
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… Excerpted from What Happened to the Vital Center? by Sidney Milkis and … not share in its wealth. Politicians prospered, but the jobs left and the factories closed. The establishment … see this authoritarian tradition move from the margins of what was once thought to be a moderate constitutional …
While populism cuts a deep current through American political history, so too does its antithesis. Standing in its path is a form of constitutional politics—the practice of persuasion, negotiation, and compromise, the art of acknowledging irreconcilable differences, of appreciating diversity in how people want to live their own lives, and of recognizing the limits to collective action. Populism is vindictive, spurred by the desire to seek revenge on those in power because of a sense of prolonged injustice.
Public Events
… We Seek: The Speeches of Barack Obama." We asked him what challenges face the GOP as it transitions from eight … their advice for President Trump and his advisors and what counsel they would give to the American people; those … that mitigate against your sense of danger? FACTOID: Trump job approval ranged from 36% to 43% in January 2017 Dionne: T …
Presidential Biographies
… and women of color. Moreover, these women often took jobs that paid poorly, offered fewer chances for advancement, … an often intellectually and emotionally stultifying life, what the author Betty Friedan called "the problem with no … In the north, Blacks found both more freedoms and better jobs, though they still encountered racial discrimination and …
Oral History Interviews
| George W. Bush Project… and his role on the National Economic Council; the 2003 Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act (tax cuts); … smart and talented either worked in business or academics. What did I know? So that started to attract me more toward … Bill was the staff director, and most of us thought of our jobs as helping Bill help Senator Domenici. I mean Bill is …
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… discusses the many ways our justice system is broken and what we can do to fix it. … that cost Americans billions of dollars, millions of jobs and for thousands, their homes and savings. FACTOID: 333 … criminal justice systems. The defense of the poor. And what’s fascinating about these corporate cases is that the …