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… President Carter remembers what it was like to try to govern … one term. In the Miller Center’s Carter Oral History , President Carter remembers what it was like to try to govern … that for the first time he was being integrated into the Presidency itself was a compensating factor for the ignorance …
President Carter remembers what it was like to try to govern after winning the election as an outsider
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… In just one year, America will inaugurate a new president. What the winning candidate says in the coming … 2016 may well determine success or failure during the new president’s critical first year in 2017. … In just one year, America will inaugurate a new president. What the winning candidate says in the coming …
In just one year, America will inaugurate a new president. What the winning candidate says in the coming months of 2016 may well determine success or failure during the new president’s critical first year in 2017.
Public Events
… his new book, The Hardest Job in the World: The American Presidency, moderated by Miller Center Director Bill … Antholis. In this eye-opening book, Dickerson writes about presidents in history such as Washington, Lincoln, FDR, and … once they are in office. What qualities make for a good president? Who did it well? Why did Bill Clinton call the …
Presidential Biographies
… for them both. Alexander Stephens, the former vice president of the Confederacy, spoke for many when he said he … Fanny—named after his beloved sister—became the former President's companion, both at home and on his frequent … Rutherford B. Hayes: Life After the Presidency …
Presidential Biographies
… mother, Virginia Cassidy Blythe, gave birth to the future President. Raised in the home of his grandmother, Edith … pushed him to the top in student government. He won the presidency of his freshman and sophomore classes. In his … Bill Clinton: Life Before the Presidency …
Presidential Biographies
… two children and a third on the way. The future President was born ten weeks after his father's death. He was … his grief. He supported the Republican candidate for President, John Charles Fremont—"For free states and against … Rutherford B. Hayes: Life Before the Presidency …
Presidential Biographies
… California, where he and Mamie spent winters. The former President and his wife also traveled both for pleasure and to … of national affairs. He occasionally provided advice to President John F. Kennedy, and he consulted frequently with … Dwight D. Eisenhower: Life After the Presidency …
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… of advice and knowledge. Co-Chairs: Dr. Dale R. Corson , President of Cornell University, 1969–1977; Founding Chairman … , National Security Advisor, 1975–1977, 1989–1993; President, The Scowcroft Group Commissioners: Dr. Solomon J. … The National Commission on the Presidency and Science Advising …
The growth of science related questions and the magnitude and urgency of issues involving economic problems, advances in biotechnology, and concerns about ozone depletion and the greenhouse effect suggested to the Miller Center a need to re-examine the basic relationships between science and government. The Commission concluded that the argument for a science advisory mechanism within the White House was conclusive.
Presidential Biographies
… what became one of the most controversial decisions that a President has ever made, when President Harry S. Truman authorized the use of the atomic … Dwight D. Eisenhower: Life Before the Presidency …
Presidential Biographies
… graduating magna cum laude and winning election as president of the prestigious Harvard Law Review for the … acknowledged to have done. As the first African American president in the long history of the law review, Obama drew … Barack Obama: Life Before the Presidency …
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… Last week President Donald Trump delivered a major foreign policy … Last week, President Donald Trump delivered a major foreign policy … President Trump's United Nations speech …
Last week President Donald Trump delivered a major foreign policy address at the United Nations, attacking North Korea, Iran, and Venezuela, while emphasizing US sovereignty. Veteran diplomat Eric Edelman, a Miller Center Senior Fellow, takes a look at Trump's speech and specifically North Korea with the Center's Tom van der Voort.
Public Events
… Was Jimmy Carter an effective president or just a transitional leader between the … Times' Peter baker wrote of Eizenstat's book: "Carter’s presidency has been held hostage...to the string of missteps, … President Carter: The White House years …
Presidential Biographies
… with party regulars that he was given the honor of placing President William Howard Taft's name in nomination at the … stood solidly with Senator Henry Cabot Lodge in opposing President Woodrow Wilson's version of the League. … Warren G. Harding: Life Before the Presidency …
Presidential Biographies
… of the Democratic Party, although he remained fond of then-President Theodore Roosevelt. FDR also began paying more … Jersey, Woodrow Wilson, in his successful campaign for the presidency in 1912. Wilson noted FDR's support and wanted to … Franklin D. Roosevelt: Life Before the Presidency …
Presidential Biographies
… an honor that he valued more than his nomination for the presidency, and off they marched to war. It was a thirty-day … attracted attention from leaders of the time. Democratic President Andrew Jackson appointed Lincoln postmaster of New … Abraham Lincoln: Life Before the Presidency …
Presidential Biographies
… summer. Knowing that George Washington would be the first President, Adams sought the vice presidency. He was elected to that position in 1789, … John Adams: Life Before the Presidency …
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… On March 12, 1947, President Harry Truman addressed Congress on the “gravity of … interests in ways that would dramatically expand the president’s institutional power and international role as a … and military endeavors during the Cold War. 4 The presidency looms large in these historical accounts. As …
Presidential Biographies
… Representatives in 1832. At that time, Andrew Jackson was President. Anyone who saw Jackson as power hungry and … Millard Fillmore: Life Before the Presidency …
Presidential Biographies
… in the American Whig and Liberal debating clubs, served as president of the campus baseball association and secretary of … domination of government and the weak post-Civil War presidency. He argued in favor of replacing the American … Woodrow Wilson: Life Before the Presidency …
Presidential Biographies
… believing that he would be considered below average as President in the annals of history. When confronted with this … books about George Washington during the final year of his presidency and said that if historians were still analyzing … George W. Bush: Life After the Presidency …