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Oral History Interviews
| George W. Bush Project… each of us then to go outside and sit down and write down what we say here, we would have four different versions of … screwed up. Every single one of them had not done their job. Every single one of them had gotten their asses chewed …
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| Ronald Reagan Project… partner, and I was invited down to interview for the job. I’d just finished a major case and was going off on … is very much in the thick of that. Fielding Right. Knott What was the atmosphere like in the White House? Fielding It … know, it’s hard to put the corners and the sense around what’s meant by the term “Watergate.” Leading up to the …
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| Bill Clinton Project… we were, introducing him sometimes. Martin Do you remember what your sense was about Clinton as an early contender? Was … [Albert] Gore [Jr.], the magic, the charisma—just what’s happening today, in this election. They’re tired of …
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| Bill Clinton Project… the time of its release. We also discussed generally what we’d like to cover in the interview. Chris and Strobe … it here? Young Yes, I think you can assume we have read what’s in the book so you needn’t recount it, except those …
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| George W. Bush Project… largely drawn by foreign policy issues, by I think what he saw as the moral equivocality of the left during the … campaign a couple of years earlier and ended up getting a job in the Office of Cabinet Affairs in the White House for … better grades than I had in law school, and was offered jobs at every law firm. I remember him saying to me at the …
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| Bill Clinton Project… but we have met beforehand to try to get a better idea of what we’d like to focus on. If you’d like, Mack, you can … term and then the defeat—coming to fruition, particularly job creation, education, these types of things. Having said …
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| George H. W. Bush Project… of it is that the House, I believe—this is drawn from what was proposed and passed by the House in establishing the … War of Necessity, War of Choice, that does a very good job of describing the run-up to Desert Shield and Desert …
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| Ronald Reagan Project… at which point I then had my first actual political job, which was in 1966 when I was 22 and congressional staffs … or political experience or press experience, if that’s what they’re handling. Knott Speechwriting was part of your …
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| George W. Bush Project… say, the White House circle. It sounds silly, but you know what I mean. Knott Sure. Hayden The NSA Director is down … Vice President. So the President says, “All right, what’s the intel?” I said, “Well, Mr. President, I’ve got …
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| Bill Clinton Project… contract. So at least in terms of the timeline sequencing, what we’d want to pick up on is what’s going on mid-’95 through the end, picking up … write people checks than do the hard work of finding them jobs or helping them become self-sufficient. As Clinton …
Presidential Speeches
… across our wonderful land. The people elected me to do the job, and I’m doing it. In fact, it has been stated by many … most successful in the history of our nation by many. And what makes it even more impressive is that — do you know who …
Oral History Interviews
| George H. W. Bush Project… that we’re all pledged to the rule of confidentiality. So what is said in this room doesn’t go out of the room. And … like to hear about, because that’s the main audience for what’s being said today. There are some other issues that …
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| George H. W. Bush Project… political—in your career path and your career choices and what light you can shed on what your goals were, starting … was my constituency committee. We were dealing with the Job Training Partnership Act and education. The committee …
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| Ronald Reagan Project… end up in the administration and they’ll have Washington jobs. I had taken a different track. Everybody knew I had … Finally, at the end of the year, I accepted one. What was interesting—I don’t know if this has come up with … that at the end of the year either people would like the job and they would stay, or he’d offer something else to do …
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| Bill Clinton Project… Clinton. Chrétien This is a state secret. [laughter] Riley What is it like to golf with Bill Clinton? Chrétien You know, … In your system, the President—it's a very difficult job, because even if he has a lot of powers, he's in charge …
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| Bill Clinton Project… on your restrictions--might become available, but what we're interested in is a transcript. The next thing is … of 1964. My recollections of him are not too colored by what's happened since. It was clear right at the outset that …
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| George W. Bush Project… ] Riley Over lunch we'll have to hear your take on what's happening. Fielding Yes, indeed. Riley You've done a … to observe it and then observe it after the election--my job was to work with the Quayles and try to make sure he got …
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| Edward M. Kennedy Project… You just kind of fast talk everything and everybody gets what you’re talking about. They were very nice and I didn’t … They hadn’t told me at the time, but they offered me the job, and that was in December/January, 1984/85. So I started …
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| Ronald Reagan Project… will accommodate his wishes. We all understand that what is said in this room does not go out of the room, and we … with the name on the tape. That makes our transcriber’s job a lot easier. I need say no more. So, Senator, if you …
Presidential Speeches
… me during the last 4 years, I wish to say now publicly what I have said in private: I thank them for the dedication … of every American President since the moment we first saw what these weapons could do. Our leaders will require our … an end to discrimination against minorities and women, a job for all those able to work, and freedom from injustice …