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Presidential Biographies
… so in the wake of the popular and well-heeled Jacqueline Kennedy. But Lady Bird rose to the occasion with an … and a grace that rivaled her predecessor. Like Jackie Kennedy, however, Lady Bird was confident in her direction … threw the weight of his administration behind his wife's campaign. Lyndon Baines Johnson announced, "I love that woman …
Oral History Interviews
| Ronald Reagan Project… me was not very great. So that made us change our ways in campaigning. We had to get name recognition early. Hult I … the massive majority vote that President Nixon got in that campaign? Bowen I was helped by [George] McGovern. [laughter] … was just wondering if President Nixon came through—if you campaigned together in 1972. Bowen Very little campaigning …
Oral History Interviews
| Bill Clinton Project… You said you met him early when he first announced his campaign. Were there any particular recollections you have of … about how that process went? Mitchell No. Of course he campaigned all over the country and would have campaigned … that you have a sense that if you persuade say [Edward M.] Kennedy, he’ll carry along two or three people as well? Or is …
Oral History Interviews
| George W. Bush Project… of the timing. Am I correct that when President [John F.] Kennedy, in November of 1963, was shot you were a freshman at … the hotel people, "Oh, you're from Dallas, that's where Kennedy was shot." So the community had some putting things … and her friends were all working in Senator [Edward M.] Kennedy's office because she had been very close to Senator …
Oral History Interviews
| Bill Clinton Project… they brought it over to me. They said, Senator [Edward] Kennedy is on the phone. No, it wasn’t Senator Kennedy; it was John Seigenthaler, who was the editor of the … situation in Washington. And he patched in and got Senator Kennedy on the line. Kennedy said, Congratulations, Jack. I …
Presidential Biographies
… at the Rockefeller Foundation. In 1960, President John F. Kennedy appointed Dean Rusk as secretary of state, a post he … to work for economic and social aid to Central America and campaigned in defense of the antiballistic missile (ABM) …
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… eager to take on a policy role. Likewise, Jacqueline Kennedy , mother of two young children when she arrived at … and his extended family. Lady Bird Johnson happily campaigned for Lyndon throughout the South in 1964, where he …
Rosalynn Carter is in the pantheon of American first ladies, writes Barbara Perry.
Oral History Interviews
| George W. Bush Project… Presidential speechwriter in terms of rhetoric, [John F.] Kennedy's speechwriter. The reason he was is that he had a long relationship with Kennedy. So when a Defense Secretary would come in and make changes, he had the presence, and Kennedy knew him, as not quite an equal but almost an equal. …
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… cuts to agency staff—have been central to this coordinated campaign. Personnel is policy, after all. 2 Setting hyperbole … Downsizing the Bureaucratic Workforce Since the Kennedy presidency, real federal spending has grown by a …
Rachel Potter examines how likely Trump’s personnel cuts are to survive
Presidential Recordings
… -California -Ontario -November 5, 1972 -November 6, 1972 -Campaign headquarters -Media coverage -Television [TV] … period -Liberals -Democratic National Convention -John F. Kennedy -The President -Hubert H. Humphrey -Barry M. …
Presidential Recordings
… the Federal Bureau of Investigation [FBI]] -Press bias -Campaign -[Forename unknown] Massey [sp?] operation -Dita D. Beard -Edward M. Kennedy’s talk with James O. Eastland -Harold S. Geneen …
Presidential Biographies
… to cut back her work hours to balance her husband's campaign with their family life. Although she campaigned for her husband, traveling across the country … Her mother helped with childcare while the Obamas were campaigning. Once Barack Obama won the election, the family …
Presidential Recordings
… Office The President met with H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman. 1972 campaign -October 10, 1972 breakfast meeting -Memorandum … -State Department -Kissinger’s staff -Col. Richard T. Kennedy -Hanoi 5 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape … divisions -Six Crises -Klein -1960 campaign -John F. Kennedy's campaign -Treatment of Klein -Peter Lisagor -Wife …
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… much of a role in my election. There wasn’t that tie of campaign interrelationship that ordinarily would have … working with Democrats such as George Miller and Ted Kennedy to pass No Child Left Behind. Bolten sees, in …
Donald Trump’s presidency is premised on being unprecedented, on smashing conventions. Trump seems eager to break gridlock, defy history, and embrace spontaneity and originality. Many Americans voted for him for that reason. At least as many Americans fear his no-holds-barred approach.
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… we are starting to see emerge in the ongoing vaccination campaign.” Biden on Thursday announced a COVID-19 Health … to rest any lingering fears from the recent presidential campaign that he was suffering from low-grade dementia and … policy for the United States, as well as the frantic campaign they seem to have waged successfully to block the …
UVA Institute of Democracy experts assess the latest developments as the new president settles into office
Presidential Recordings
… The President met with John D. Ehrlichman. Greetings 1972 campaign -3- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape … -Presentation of views -George S. McGovern -The President -Kennedy -Hecklers -Rallies -Utility -Lack of civility … -Justification -Donald H. Segretti -Activities by previous campaigns -John B. Connally’s view -8- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL …
Presidential Recordings
… [FAP] -Haldeman’s telephone call -Smith's book on John F. Kennedy -Publication difficulties -Advertisements [Ads] … -Response from Crown Publishing -Distribution -Robert F. Kennedy’s assassination -Victory Lasky -Copies for Haldeman … -Publishing -Lewis -Editing -Criticism by Pike in election campaign -Federal prosecution -10- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY …
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… Eisenhower, August 18, 1965 President Johnson, like Kennedy before him, demonstrated impressive political savvy … administration which is the kind of commitment that the Kennedy administration and the Johnson administration … psychological warfare, employing it in the North Africa campaign in the Second World War and later making it an …
Presidential Speeches
… Campaigning for re-election, Johnson highlights the need for … Now, on this occasion, at the close of this week of our campaign,there ought to be grateful pride in the heart of … soul and spoke until his voice was hoarse. Well, like Jack Kennedy, he believed in those same things. Buttheir voices …
Oral History Interviews
| George H. W. Bush Project… nature of what was happening. I thought that the [John F.] Kennedy approach—which was to beef up our conventional … equipped to do. I was not sympathetic to a solely bombing campaign in Kosovo, and even with the outcome, I think it was … with Eisenhower, and they were separate. When [John F.] Kennedy came in and cut this very large organization down to …