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Oral History Interviews
| Ronald Reagan Project… conversation. During that conversation he was particularly interested in the ABM [Anti-Ballistic Missile] Treaty. He … of my concerns. They told me, It’s your job to protect our interests. We agree with you; we want you to continue to … the President and the Vice President I came across a very interesting paper. It was by Herbert Cohen, not one of the …
Oral History Interviews
| Bill Clinton Project… we have until 3:00. Thomases Okay, fine. Riley We’d be interested in hearing a little bit more about your biography. … my mother was a wildly liberal Democrat. So it was always interesting, but neither of them was terribly political. My … each other, but what brought us together was our common interest in civil rights and our comfort level with people of …
Oral History Interviews
| George H. W. Bush Project… I had enough time with him that he looked spectacular. In fact, some of the commercials we did, when he was President, … rough cut. President Reagan loved the rough cut too. In fact, he wanted to send it to the Hill. He made a comment, I … commercial. [ laughter ] Young Could you—this is a less interesting subject, but one that I’d like to hear about—and …
Presidential Speeches
… task to reconcile and bring together such a variety of interests in a matter in itself difficult and perplexed, but … this character has been matter of controversy and of some interest to the State of New Hampshire. The King of the … be greatly diminished to one party or the other if in fact there was not a choice in the use of channels and …
Presidential Speeches
… by hundreds of well-financed and powerful special interests. You see every extreme position defended to the … tonight, the path that leads to fragmentation and self-interest. Down that road lies a mistaken idea of freedom, the … It is a clear and present danger to our Nation. These are facts and we simply must face them: What I have to say to you …
Oral History Interviews
| George W. Bush Project… them engraved on a bowl.” She said, “That’s kind of an interesting idea.” I said, “There will be about six or seven … “Not me, the briefer, for bringing all of the relevant facts to light, but the Governor or the President.” And the … thought that the essence of this issue was this, when in fact it had been that. He just is always trying to burrow …
Oral History Interviews
| Bill Clinton Project… us started? Pfiffner Even though the most important and interesting stuff is going to be the Clinton stuff, is there … the Federal Government to run things centrally, and very interested in what could be done at the state level and … deficit, which was very deleterious to the economy—high interest rates for a long time, and slow growth. I felt very …
Oral History Interviews
| George W. Bush Project… that. Go figure out how you’re going to do it.” It was an interesting assignment because Andy shared that this was … it, it clearly would have said people were against it. In fact, even after it was announced people were clearly against … about something like the—Obviously on the reelect he was interested in who are we going after and what did the polls …
Oral History Interviews
| Bill Clinton Project… dad was a principal. My mother taught math. I developed an interest in politics primarily because I grew up in the era … is on the faculty there. Greer Really? I find it very interesting that if anything, he got more liberal, which—the … the war. We need somebody like that today, as a matter of fact. But anyway, he was willing to do it, he was a …
Oral History Interviews
| Bill Clinton Project… with President Clinton. But I think that there’s something interesting that goes on before that, and that is that you … I knew him only by information in the newspaper and the fact that he was running as a candidate for President. So I … when he first offered it to me, I turned it down. I had no interest in leaving California and going back to Washington …
Oral History Interviews
| Bill Clinton Project… and I got a call from a friend who said, Would you be interested in this job? Marcia Hale and Steve Ricchetti were … [Clinton]-land that because I had represented tobacco interests there would be problems. However, I believe someone … you spoken to Howard? Riley Not yet. Griffin That will be interesting. Most of what he says is on the record already. …
Oral History Interviews
| Edward M. Kennedy Project… and I was taking care of the Vice President, and we had interesting experiences together, so I saw Ted a little bit … way. I then ended up with a pretty good career. Young I'm interested in how Ted moved, during the [Ronald] Reagan … control into the Armed Services Committee, which was a new interest for him, because most of his thrust had been in …
Oral History Interviews
| Edward M. Kennedy Project… to make suggestions about where to go, and they had some interest but they sort of had their own plan on it. Then … health problem. I talked to him yesterday, as a matter of fact, about coming over to get a check-up at the NIH … and Michael Lillis came over from Brazil so it was a very interesting morning. Sean and Garret really managed to get …
Oral History Interviews
| Edward M. Kennedy Project… he was still Secretary of State [ laughs ]. I had some interest in that office when my son decided to run. When I went to Harvard I was interested in politics a little bit, and also maybe some … Lindskog How much of your friendship had to do with mutual interests in politics, especially for you, a growing mutual …
Oral History Interviews
| Jimmy Carter Project… problems, but it’s not price. That kind of aroused my interest and launched me into what became a structure study. … job that had to be done on the Hill. I think we are all interested in getting from the experience of the people … You gave us some of those this morning that were very interesting. You touched on most all of these subjects. We …
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| George W. Bush Project… of this is not even the audio. That's the main part we're interested in capturing, although because we're using this … of the world's worst memories, which is ironic, given the fact that I record other people's memories, but it's really …
Oral History Interviews
| Ronald Reagan Project… me. I didn’t know that Reagan’s brother had any political interests. Nofziger Reagan’s brother was, among other things, … Jerry Voorhis, in 1958, I think. So he had an interest in politics. He was a vice president with … about Reagan because I’d been hearing that Reagan was interested. At the time, Neil said, Well, we’re going to run …
Oral History Interviews
| Edward M. Kennedy Project… the best Senator of the three, because he was more vitally interested in it than either Bob or Jack. I think Jack was … is clearly the most productive and most sustained in the interests that he’s been pursuing. He was the best of the … Select Committee on Nutrition and Human Needs. His major interest was education and labor and issues of that kind. I’m …
Oral History Interviews
| Edward M. Kennedy Project… sure that we had the case against him together. But the fact that he instantly drew the line in the sand made a … back to Earl Warren. A number of Democratic Senators were interested in stopping this momentum, and the intense battle … like a first also. Parker That’s probably true. Outside interest groups had worked against previous Republican …
Oral History Interviews
| Bill Clinton Project… William Natcher, from Kentucky. I came in May of ’94. In fact Obey and I laugh about the fact that the first time he … While they had worked for the Democrats, I was far more interested in their professionalism than their politics. It … unity, a strong sense of the need to achieve some things. Interestingly enough, however, budget and appropriations …