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… Dickinson College, and Sciences-Po Lyon. He is past president of the American Political Science Association’s Presidents and Executive Politics section and an elected … for both academic and popular audiences. The New Imperial Presidency (University of Michigan Press, 2006) examined the …
Miller Center Scholars
… two decades, Eissenstat served as deputy assistant to the president for international economic affairs and deputy director of the National Economic Council during President Donald Trump's first term. He coordinated … Deputy assistant to the president for international economic affairs and deputy …
Oral History Interviews
| Jimmy Carter Project… Assistant to the President for Domestic Affairs and Policy … in the 1976 presidential campaign and Assistant to the President for Domestic Affairs and Policy from 1977 to 1981. … He discusses the transition and early months of the Carter presidency and the process of staffing the executive branch, …
Oral History Interviews
| Bill Clinton Project… Deputy Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs; White House Political Director; Counselor to the President; Senior Advisor for Policy and Strategy … the Clinton administration as deputy assistant to the president for legislative affairs. He becomes political …
Oral History Interviews
| Ronald Reagan Project… Assistant to the President for Political Affairs … into the 1976 campaign and his challenge to incumbent President Gerald Ford. As a top aide, Nofziger describes the … I think. So he had an interest in politics. He was a vice president with McCann-Erickson, a big advertising firm, and …
Oral History Interviews
| Bill Clinton Project… Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs … control; his work with other congressional liaisons; Vice President Al Gore; health care reform; lobbying; press … In 1993 I was Chief Congressional Relations Officer for President Clinton. Riley Splendid. We always like to begin by …
Oral History Interviews
| Edward M. Kennedy Project… Chief of Staff to Edward Kennedy; President of CBS News … about how Ted was opposed to Bobby’s running for the Presidency, because he had a feeling of dread. But Ted is … thing.” So my first instinct was that Bobby’s running for President was not attractive to him at all. And then when the …
Oral History Interviews
| Jimmy Carter Project… of the Council on Wage and Price Stability; Advisor to the President on Inflation … with inflation, its movement toward deregulation, and the president's leadership style. … and the position whose official title was Advisor to the President on Inflation—I am forced to rely primarily on …
Oral History Interviews
| Edward M. Kennedy Project… Chief of Staff to Edward Kennedy; President of CBS News … you either take advantage of them or you don’t. I was in President John Kennedy’s government, his administration, and … in moving him forward, maybe he had his eye on the Presidency some day or going on to greater things. Burke Yes, …
Oral History Interviews
| 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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… Presidents are more powerful, more partisan, and less … is the best way to build a more responsible and effective presidency? On September 24–25, 2025, UVA’s nonpartisan … The Miller Center's Conference on the American Presidency, September 24–25, 2025 …
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… Early in President Reagan’s 1st year in office, March 30, 1981, John Hinckley Jr. attempted to assassinate the president. Through the Miller Center's Reagan Oral History … On March 30, 1981, fewer than 100 days into President Ronald Reagan’s first year in office, John Hinckley …
Early in President Reagan’s 1st year in office, March 30, 1981, John Hinckley Jr. attempted to assassinate the president. Through the Miller Center's Reagan Oral History Project, members of his administration remember the day.
Oral History Interviews
| Bill Clinton Project… Assistant to the President … policy thinkers thinking about the difference—being President at the creation as Acheson called it, the Cold War, … pages have been redacted] Riley As you look back on the President’s administration, what are the accomplishments that …
Oral History Interviews
| Ronald Reagan Project… Assistant to the President for Policy Development … the direct line of connection between the [Richard] Nixon Presidency and the Reagan Presidency, or the political … what [Dwight] Eisenhower supported when he was Vice President. It was becoming a very controversial issue. I …
Oral History Interviews
| Bill Clinton Project… Al Gore's 1992 Campaign Manager; Chief of Staff to the Vice President; Deputy White House Chief of Staff … Roy Neel reflects on his memories of working with Vice President Al Gore, the 1992 campaign, the presidential … the House. Then when we got to the Senate, he ran for President and then I became his Chief of Staff. So I’ll stop …
Presidential Biographies
… and other resources on Millard Fillmore, the 13th US president (1850-1853), including information about his succession to the presidency, slavery, and the Compromise of 1850 …
Scholarly essays, speeches, photos, and other resources on Millard Fillmore, the 13th US president (1850-1853), including information about his succession to the presidency, slavery, and the Compromise of 1850
Oral History Interviews
| Bill Clinton Project… President, Sinn Féin Party … to America, Clinton’s political abilities, and meeting the president and First Lady Hillary Clinton for the first time. … and they both came out. Bill Clinton, because he became President, came out and said in response to the questions …
Presidential Biographies
… photos, and other resources on John Tyler, the 10th US president (1841-1845), including information about his succession to the presidency and his disagreements with the Whig Party …
Scholarly essays, speeches, photos, and other resources on John Tyler, the 10th US president (1841-1845), including information about his succession to the presidency and his disagreements with the Whig Party
Oral History Interviews
| Bill Clinton Project… Senior Policy Advisor to Vice President Al Gore … House and attempting to "reinvent government" with Vice President Gore, finishing with her perspectives on Al Gore's … should come out, given the fact that his son is still President. It is merely a courtesy to the people who …
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… so are an unknown number of people in the tower. 9:05 AM – President George W. Bush, in an elementary school classroom … of staff, Andrew Card, whispers the chilling news into the president’s ear. Bush later wrote about his response: “I made … More on the presidency of George W. Bush …
On September 11, 2001, 2,977 people were killed in the deadliest terrorist attacks in American history.