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Oral History Interviews
| Edward M. Kennedy Project… occasions, my father would have people up to lunch when he was down in Florida, more often when we weren’t around, … times, the loss of my brothers, we saw that—or at least I did—that they were enormously attentive and devoted fathers. … I’m not really sure that a lot has been written about President [John] Kennedy and his children, but he was …
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| George W. Bush Project… Colin Powell and Richard Armitage talk about how they met and worked together before joining the George W. … presidential transition; their relationship with the Vice President Dick Cheney, the Vice President’s Office, National Security Advisor Condoleezza … which Mr. Richard Perle handled. I can't quite tell you how it happened, but we developed a relationship in that …
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| Jimmy Carter Project… his experiences as Transition Director, Assistant to the President for Intergovernmental Affairs, Cabinet Secretary, … the problems of not having a Chief of Staff early in the presidency, the interaction between policy formulation and … challenges and achievements of the Carter presidency, and how it should be remembered by historians. …
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| Bill Clinton Project… professor at the Miller Center. Shalala Donna Shalala, president of the University of Miami. Riley I thought I would … So I knew her a little better than I knew him, though he and I did some things with the [National] Governors Association and …
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| Jimmy Carter Project… Advisor; Close Friend to President Carter … run for the Georgia governorship through his four years as president. Kirbo uses the entire interview to describe his … about the Carter Presidency and about Carter as a President-to-be, and then run through the development of his …
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| George W. Bush Project… Deputy Director for Speechwriting; Deputy Assistant to the President and Head of White House Office of Strategic … Perry This is the Peter Wehner interview for the President George W. Bush Oral History Project. Peter was … interviewed today. Perry We always like to get a sense of how the person got to the administration, what route you …
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| Bill Clinton Project… an independent counsel; and becoming White House counsel. He reflects on some of the scandals before going into the … the Paula Jones lawsuit and the role of counsel to the president versus counsel to the office of the presidency; and the appointment of Kenneth Starr. Cutler then …
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| Bill Clinton Project… person who’s important for you to talk to is John Podesta. He’s the only one who knows both the campaign and the White … a while back, and one of the women came to me and told me how devastating my criticism of her was. On the one hand, I …
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| George W. Bush Project… the Irving “Scooter” Libby pardon; comparing the Presidents he worked for in his long career; signing statements; the role of Vice President Dick Cheney; the Iraq War troop surge; Bush’s … is behind tab four. I've got you as a member of the President's Commission on Federal Ethics Law Reform in 1989, …
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| George H. W. Bush Project… Vice President of the United States … Vice President Quayle discusses the Bush presidency, including being selected for the Republican … This is an oral history interview session with former Vice President Dan Quayle. We have a few little things that we … except for Jack [John F.] Kennedy, has not been to the Presidency directly. It’s been to the Vice Presidency, which …
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| Bill Clinton Project… Mack McLarty touches on a number of events he witnessed and participated in as Clinton's Chief of Staff. … here, so please lead us. We’re the students of the presidency, and we might raise a question to interrupt. We … historic and, in many people’s minds, surprising election. He had defeated an incumbent President that at one time …
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| George W. Bush Project… Presidential transition; her role as staff secretary; the President’s schedule; her observations of Dick Cheney; the … the people who come into the White House to staff the President, the community of individuals, which I think is … took ill and that sort of threw us all into havoc, because he was the sole breadwinner and his finances were not in the …
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| George W. Bush Project… in the 1880s, 1890s or so. My dad was truly gifted, but he was poor-sighted. His father had died when he was three. … ideas that were, for a time anyway, the dominant views on how we should educate people. He was advanced a couple of …
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| Bill Clinton Project… Attorney for the Southern District of New York. Today he is the District Attorney of Manhattan, and he’s indicting … Riley Please do. Nussbaum You know, where I came from, and how I developed, so to speak. I should have started with my …
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| Bill Clinton Project… History Project, and I should say again for the record how grateful we are for your coming to Charlottesville to … 149 people who have been exonerated from crimes they did not commit but for which they have been convicted. Key to … penalty evaluation. Suddenly the pieces come together and he couldn't have done it. Riley One of the things we hope …
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| George H. W. Bush Project… Secretary to the Cabinet; Assistant to the President; Special Assistant to the Chief of Staff … the 1980 presidential nomination, Bush’s selection as vice president, serving as an assistant to Vice President Bush’s … be here. I thought I'd first talk about how I got to know President Bush. I grew up in Houston, Texas and was a friend …
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| Ronald Reagan Project… to the U.S. Supreme Court; the assassination attempt on President Reagan; invoking the 25th Amendment; confirming … between Don Regan and First Lady Nancy Reagan; President Reagan’s personality and humor; and the funeral of … your time. We know that you served as a deputy counsel for President [Richard] Nixon. We’d be interested in knowing how …
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| George W. Bush Project… your own accounts, much more conservative today? Feith I did grow up in a liberal home. As I did in my book, I should … up in: my father's background as a Holocaust survivor. He was born, interestingly enough, in July 1914, just as the …
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| Ronald Reagan Project… relations and the administration's impact on the Cold War. He comments on the deployment of Pershing II missiles, the … arms control summits, and other relevant issues, and how these policies, taken together, affected the Soviet … describes Reagan as foreign policy leader, illustrating how he learns and disseminates information, his negotiating …
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| George H. W. Bush Project… role as national security advisor in the administration of President Ronald Reagan when George H.W. Bush was serving as … relations with the Soviet Union, and events in Panama. He also talks about relationships within the Bush … about your relationship with George Bush when he was Vice President and you were National Security Advisor, and if you …