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Oral History Interviews
| Bill Clinton Project… helping with Vaclav Havel's visit to the U.S., and President William J. Clinton's legacy. … They were good Democrats, perhaps just because they knew how committed I was, but I think they would have voted—they … this is way before your time, actually ran for Vice President in [Adlai] Stevenson’s campaign, 1952. Be that as …
Oral History Interviews
| George W. Bush Project… Assistant to the President for Speechwriting … and more than your time. We like to hear the story of how somebody got to the point where they would actually be … It was the late '70s. Father [Theodore] Hesburgh was president, the kind of man whose motto is, "No salvation …
Oral History Interviews
| George W. Bush Project… prior Clinton administration, including Kuwait and Syria. He describes the relationship between an ambassador and the … about the immediate impact of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, President George W. Bush’s “axis-of-evil” speech, and the … and to place any stipulations or redactions that he wishes to make, and that will become the authoritative …
Oral History Interviews
| George H. W. Bush Project… General Brent Scowcroft, President Bush’s national security advisor, discusses his military and academic training. He analyzes how the president assembled his foreign policy team, the … any discussion of whether it was a good idea that the President was picking targets himself—if President [Lyndon] …
Oral History Interviews
| Bill Clinton Project… the routine of the press office, and other major issues he faced during his tenure. … All right. Lockhart One of the only things in the world I did better than [Mike] McCurry was I didn’t sweat. I’m not a … [ laughter ] At the time, I had much thicker hair. Because he had thinning hair, he really did sweat, and the …
Oral History Interviews
| Bill Clinton Project… Widmer discusses how he entered the Clinton administration as a speechwriter; the … history to Bill Clinton; and his trip to Africa with the president. He talks about the White House Office of … the weight of the U.S. around for a good cause. That's how he would have said it. Not ever to be a bully, but to …
Oral History Interviews
| Jimmy Carter Project… Butler and congressional liaison Thomas Donilon to discuss President Carter, election politics, and their role in the … own role within the White House and the perception that he was the top advisor within the spokes on the wheel … as being, the various capacities in which you served the President, and how that also might have changed over time. …
Oral History Interviews
| Bill Clinton Project… set of questions about the NEC [National Economic Council]—how it got set up. More generally, how did you go about creating a new institution that got very … general set of question areas is your perception about the President himself, as a policymaker, as a President. We’d …
Oral History Interviews
| George W. Bush Project… Chair of the Virginia Republican Party; Counselor to the President … want to rob too much time from what happens in the 43rd Presidency, but if you could indulge us for an hour or two … years. He was a small-business owner and felt that the President's policies were not good for small-business owners. …
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| Bill Clinton Project… most that has been a theme in the rest of my career is how difficult it is to make policy—especially social policy … me a more sensible way. Bill Clinton was a Governor, and he loved it. He read that book, and as you know, when he …
Oral History Interviews
| George W. Bush Project… (9/11) terrorist attacks; the lessons of leadership while president of Texas A&M; the Iraq War; becoming Secretary of … War in Afghanistan; his relationship with Congress; Vice President Dick Cheney; the 2008 election; staying on in the … to write pretty succinctly, because I was writing for the President and stuff. I handed in my dissertation, and my …
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| George H. W. Bush Project… her memoir; her role as chief of staff through the former president’s retirement; Jeb Bush’s political career; opening … Bush’s contact with President George W. Bush during son’s presidency; staff members from George H. W. Bush’s network … October back to May. Three staff people come with them: President Bush's aide, Mrs. [Barbara] Bush's aide, and …
Oral History Interviews
| George W. Bush Project… Fleischer discusses his early work on Capitol Hill and how he came to serve in the George W. Bush White House as press … now or 50 years from now can come back and understand the Presidency as you experienced it and with the bark off, to … was at the Governor's Mansion, but I think he talked about how he wanted to use the Presidency for big ideas and to do …
Presidential Biographies
… reservoir of experience in international affairs when he became President in March 1929. He had traveled the world …
Oral History Interviews
| Jimmy Carter Project… of the White House press office during the Carter presidency. The morning session on Day One explores the … campaign to the early months of the administration, and how the Carter White House, and the press office in … With that purpose in mind, allowing us as students of the Presidency to understand how that larger role of Jody Powell …
Oral History Interviews
| Jimmy Carter Project… Billy Carter), and his working relationship with Carter. He describes Carter's management style and political skills, and comments on the ideal relationship between a president and his advisors. He also evaluates several key … Cutler concludes with an assessment of the Carter presidency, which he calls a systemic failure rather than a …
Oral History Interviews
| Bill Clinton Project… the government shutdown where I came and met with the President, but I was not part of the process in the White … before the process that led to that becoming the ticket? Did these two individuals know each other well? Did they …
Oral History Interviews
| George W. Bush Project… in this position. As a friend of our activity, you’ll know how to help us along in areas where we may still be a little … as a historian, so if there are some topics in which I did not directly participate but which puzzle you, feel free …
Oral History Interviews
| Jimmy Carter Project… Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs … only the three aides present, each of whom talks about how they joined the Carter administration and their primary … They describe the structure of the Carter NSC, the President's role in NSC policymaking, and the relationship …
Oral History Interviews
| George W. Bush Project… interview of Bill Clinton; the issue of the August 2001 President’s Daily Brief on terrorism; writing the final … of State; his relationship with the Office of the Vice President; the detainee issue and enhanced interrogation; the … were following this most closely were probably in the Vice President’s office, although I did not understand that either …