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… IT is being embedded into physical devices and structures—what is now being called hybrid digital infrastructure. For … system, and current road infrastructure systems do a poor job of charging users for these costs. If drivers have to pay …
The infrastructure needed for today’s economy is rapidly changing with advances in information technology (IT)—infrastructure that integrates both physical and digital components will be critical to delivering the next wave of social and economic change.
Presidential Speeches
… the day that forever changed our country. Debris from what was once the World Trade Center has been cleared away in … come to work every morning knowing their most important job is to protect their fellow citizens. The Department of …
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… visits the fallen Twin Towers of the World Trade Center at what becomes known as Ground Zero. Mayor Giuliani at Ground … among young men who were struggling to find decent jobs and start their own families in corrupt oil states, …
On September 11, 2001, 2,977 people were killed in the deadliest terrorist attacks in American history.
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… and state policy often has much greater bearing on what cities are able to do than federal rules and … shares of private companies under the provisions of the JOBS Act. This rule will give entrepreneurs a much wider set … point to new possibilities for bipartisan collaboration in what is likely to be continued divided government after the …
While our broken politics have been difficult to watch, there has been a silver lining to the dysfunction: It has helped spark a burst of positive, pragmatic energy in the nation’s cities and metropolitan areas. Cities and metros have been forging ambitious, bottom-up solutions in nearly every area of national importance.
Presidential Speeches
… democracy been under assault at home as they are today. What makes our moment rare is that freedom and democracy are … is literally the envy of the world. Fifteen million new jobs in just three years. A record. A record. Unemployment at …
Oral History Interviews
| Edward M. Kennedy Project… party met with Sinn Féin here in 1988, secretly, to mirror what Hume and Adams were doing.The fact that we were meeting … and all the people around them were not—it was a difficult job to go down this route. They have accepted the consent …
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… investment in transportation infrastructure and supported job creation during the depths of the economic recession, the … other areas like airports, ports, and rail, let’s look at what’s needed to improve highways and transit (including …
The importance of transportation infrastructure for American society cannot be overstated. Our highway system, ports, airports, and railroads are the arteries of the economy, moving goods, services, and workers inside cities and between states.
Oral History Interviews
| Edward M. Kennedy Project… espouse our views, although that’s certainly part of our job, but the main reason why our constituents send us here is … it wasn’t that complex an issue. Heininger No, it’s not. What was it like, you and John Edwards and Kennedy all …
Oral History Interviews
| Edward M. Kennedy Project… at Senator Kennedy’s house on December first, and what we’re going to do is up to you at first, so what you … and that sort of thing. Mark Shriver has done a terrific job, Save the Children, and is thinking about next steps. …
Oral History Interviews
| Bill Clinton Project… us before we begin, about the purpose of the interview and what we’re doing? Blair No, I think I’ve got all that. Riley … between what you think of the role of government, what’s welfare, why is education important, and so on. So …
Presidential Biographies
… did have other qualities that recommended him for the job. The public related well to Truman, thinking him … publicly that "There was not a single word of truth in what the Senator said." Senate Democrats organized a special …
Oral History Interviews
| Jimmy Carter Project… have to understand something about his Presidency and what he brought or didn’t bring to Washington, and then, … quickly learn—what he needed to know for the job, because he seemed to have judgment and quickness of …
Oral History Interviews
| Edward M. Kennedy Project… as well, I resigned from the Kennedy Library board. Young What did Ted—I’m not clear on my dates here. The idea of the … program. Tom, in this lame duck session, told me that his job was to call Meese every day and tell him what the …
Oral History Interviews
| Bill Clinton Project… conversations with other Senators about the race and what people thought about? At this point Clinton would have … the ’94 election felt that he didn’t do a good enough job of understanding the importance of certain regions of the …
Oral History Interviews
| Edward M. Kennedy Project… bit political, a little bit funny, from God Bless Texas to—what’s that Beatles song, Try to see it my way… — We Can Work …
Oral History Interviews
| George W. Bush Project… Russell Riley Normally, what I do is very granular, but I thought I would begin by … maybe on this trip we can actually sit down and figure out what’s going on. Blair Right. Well, there’s a good cricket …
Presidential Speeches
… Over the next six months, I’ll be focused on doing my job as president. That means I will continue to lower costs … economy in the world, creating nearly 16 million new jobs — a record. Wages are up. Inflation continues to come … America and to be a president for all Americans. That’s what I’ve done. I ran for president four years ago because …
Presidential Speeches
… to return to their homes on the border safely. And that’s what working — that’s what we’re working tirelessly to achieve. As we look ahead, … Council, like the U.N. itself, needs to get back to the job of making peace; of brokering deals to end wars and …
Presidential Speeches
… and on distant military outposts—those conversations are what have kept me honest and kept me inspired and kept me … our auto industry, and unleash the longest stretch of job creation in our history; if I had told you that we would …
Oral History Interviews
| Edward M. Kennedy Project… I don’t know whether you might have a copy of it. It’s what we were all in there and thinking about. Young Let’s … me was from the conversations with him. He said, Look at what’s happening to these people. We spent a lot of time on …