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Oral History Interviews
| Edward M. Kennedy Project… rights, and the operation of Senator Kennedy’s staff. He talks about Kennedy’s relationship with his Senate … the 1968 presidential campaign. Flug goes on to discuss how he first came to Washington to work at the Department of … fight, about both how Kennedy operated and about what he needed from staff to operate effectively? Young This was …
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| Ronald Reagan Project… Office of Management and Budget (OMB). She discusses how she came to join the campaigns of Barry Goldwater in 1964 … him in his campaign. I went over to the offices where he had his campaign headquarters and volunteered. Later I … is bad, this was hot calling. [ laughter ] We were told how to do it. Someone said, Don’t argue with people, just …
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… If the president wanted to alleviate the direct burden on earners–individual and corporate–he or she could offset the revenue loss by creating a carbon … Major tax policy changes have frequently occurred in a president’s first year in office. Ronald Reagan, Bill …
If the president wanted to alleviate the direct burden on earners–individual and corporate–he or she could offset the revenue loss by creating a carbon tax.
Oral History Interviews
| Bill Clinton Project… wouldn’t mind starting out with your first meetings with President Clinton— Margolies I don’t remember them. Martin He campaigned for you in ’92, or was that ’94? Margolies In …
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| Bill Clinton Project… President of Finland … so please. Marjamäki I looked into your questions and into President [Martti] Ahtisaari's Presidential files, which I don't know that well, but I know that he's been working with some of your former Presidents during his career, especially with Jimmy Carter, …
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| George W. Bush Project… this short interview talking about his relationship with President George W. Bush and his first visit with the President and Vice President Dick Cheney. He discusses the September 11 (9/11) terrorist attacks and … in the United Kingdom; and his assessment of the President’s strengths and weaknesses. The interview ends as …
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| George W. Bush Project… of George W. Bush in Bush v. Gore and some of the tactics he used in preparation for his successful case before the U.S. Supreme Court. He then describes his confirmation as U.S. Solicitor General, … straight. Olson Well, I know that tells you how important he is, because a couple of months ago I had lunch with …
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| George W. Bush Project… of Management and Budget (OMB); Deputy Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy ; Special Envoy for Human … at the White House; stem cell research; his impressions of President Bush and comparing him with George H.W. Bush; the … in America, and in that role had regular meetings with President Reagan, Secretary [George P.] Shultz, and Vice …
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| George W. Bush Project… on the 2000 election recount; his relationship with President Bush; the 2001 Economic Growth and Tax Relief … the War on Terror; detainees; his relationship with Vice President Dick Cheney; the Iraq War; and the decision about running for President in 2004. … there were any particular aspects of your experience with President Bush that you wanted to be absolutely sure to get …
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| Ronald Reagan Project… a top strategist in the 1980 and 1984 campaigns. Although he played a minor role in the administration, Spencer gives … staff, the First Lady, and the Iran-Contra affair, which he was brought to the White House for as a special political … saw Reagan throughout his active political career and so he has an interesting window on Ronald Reagan. The second …
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| Edward M. Kennedy Project… of church and state, religion and politics, and how it’s changed. That’s a public issue, how religion or … that it was 46 years ago your brother John [Kennedy], when he was running as a Presidential candidate, he felt the need … mother was very accepting, rarely doubting, although she did doubt, particularly the loss of Bobby [Kennedy]. She …
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| Bill Clinton Project… diarist. Ross True. Riley Tell us a little bit about that—how you decided to do that and when you actually found the … of what had gone on, which is what I frequently did. I did it with a kind of discipline that even at times … the first [George H. W.] Bush administration. At the time he was the lead diplomatic correspondent for the New York …
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| Bill Clinton Project… in a very senior position in a Democratic administration. Did you have Democratic roots in your family? Barshefsky I … picked it up. It was Mickey Kantor. This was the day after President Clinton announced that he would nominate Mickey to …
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| George W. Bush Project… Operations for the Joint Chiefs of Staff; Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor … terrorist attacks; the War in Afghanistan; the Iraq War; President Bush’s relationship with the military; … right. As a serving military officer, when he became President, I became part of his administration, in a sense. …
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| George W. Bush Project… at the U.S. Department of Education; Assistant to the President for Communications … travel; communications strategy; symbols of the Presidency; the 2006 midterm elections; his relationship with … Sullivan, former White House Communications Director for President George W. Bush. Perry Bush 43, as we call him …
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| Bill Clinton Project… Myers begins by sharing how she got interested in politics and working in California … leaks within the administration; and Clinton’s legacy as president. Participants: Russell Riley, University of … in Los Angeles, a very different career track. Riley So how did you end up tracking into a political career on your …
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| Bill Clinton Project… Blair discusses his relationship with President Clinton, progressive politics, and their work … thing is that I was certainly following very closely what President Clinton was doing and the whole concept of the New … an immediate intellectual, political bonding. Obviously, he’d read about what we’d done and so on, and the changes I …
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| George W. Bush Project… Assistant to the President for Presidential Personnel; Deputy Director of the … personality and character; his early relationship with the President; being head of the appointments office in Texas; … appreciate it. You said you have some things to say about President Bush, or George Bush, I guess, since you’ve known …
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| Ronald Reagan Project… discussing staff members, Reagan's friendship with President Nixon, and press relations, particularly … discussed in detail. Little time is given to the Reagan presidency, with only minor mention of Hannaford's … one last item: In 1987 to ’88, I was a consultant to the President’s Task Force on Privatization. Knott Great, this is …
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| Bill Clinton Project… Secretary Strobe Talbott. I’ve asked both these gentlemen how they should be addressed and Strobe Talbott suggested His … used. In our little get together before the meeting, we did go over the ground rules. Just let me repeat that … edit it to his satisfaction, and make such stipulations as he wishes concerning the time of its release. We also …