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… a democracy thrive in an environment where fundamental facts are in dispute? Our guests in this week’s episode are … itself, in an environment when basic definitions of facts are so fundamentally in dispute? Our guests today are … conversations about, and that tends to fuel reporters' interest and reporting on your–on you. And, you know, so to …
Presidential Speeches
… states the Republican Party is a servant of special interests and that the interests of the average American can only be served by … have been going around the country telling the people the facts and the truth about what is at stake in this election. … to be mighty careful who you put in there. These special interests, these special lobbies, have fought the New Deal …
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… that advanced President Trump’s personal interests as distinct from the interests of the U.S. government or the American public. The … rather than serving a widely recognized national interest. Question #4: Does it matter that Ukraine never …
Miller Center Director William Antholis explores the eight critical questions in need of answers.
Public Events
… and generally civil. UVA's faculty senate has a task force interested in governance. A number of UVA alumni are also … the rector and I are both committed to working in the best interest of the university. And I believe that all the members of the board do have the best interests of the university at heart. We may disagree on the …
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… for a Democratic governor, and we thought it would not be interesting enough to have just a conventional Northeast … up on the Middle East and talked about American national interests there, being made to promote peace between the … I have always felt were America’s strength, namely the fact that this is a society founded in certain philosophical …
In this exclusive oral history with the Miller Center, former national security advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski reflects on his time in the administration and his special relationship with President Carter
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… on the rise of an ideology that seemed to threaten US interests more dangerously than even the Nazism the Allies … Washington’s attention and spurred Kennedy’s increasing interest in finding out what was really happening in South … advisors met with Kennedy prior to their departure on a fact-finding trip to Vietnam led by Army Chief of …
Determined to stop the spread of Communism in the early 1960s, President Kennedy increased US presence in Vietnam.
Presidential Biographies
… mixed. On the one hand, tax reduction and a tightening of interest rates by the Federal Reserve led to a record period … who was determined to restore traditional values. In fact, he was a master politician who expanded the reach of …
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… secession was not constitutionally possible—and was in fact undemocratic. Finally, he asserted that the logic of … temper of doing this. Is there such perfect identity of interests among the States to compose a new Union, as to …
Abraham Lincoln powerfully argued for the preservation of the Union in his first inaugural address
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… members, each of whom has different constituencies, interests, time horizons, and policy goals. This means that … ability to influence their fellow partisans is limited. In fact, the larger the party’s majorities, the more … far more on the sustained, coordinated efforts of myriad interests, organized groups, and political actors over long …
A new president's success is limited by structural and institutional realities
Presidential Recordings
… response -R. Sargent Shriver’s and McGovern’s statements -Fact sheet -Richard M. Scammon's analysis -Extremists … L. Ziegler -Robert J. Dole -Washington Post -Public interest -Thomas W. Braden -Henry A. Kissinger -White House …
Presidential Recordings
… in the USSR -Special arrangements -Discussed on fact finding groups -Kosygin’s view -Trade possibilities … chrome, gas and oil -Pay back in product -Including interest -Long-term supply contract -Gas pipeline -Location …
Presidential Biographies
… main policy concerns. According to the new President, “The fact that two great political parties have in this way … a dispute in regard to which good men differ as to the facts and the law . . . is an occasion for general … it is my earnest desire to regard and promote their truest interest, the interests of the white and of the colored …
Oral History Interviews
| Edward M. Kennedy Project… AFL-CIO, that spearheaded this effort, amid the growing interest in healthcare evidenced by the formation of many … I have lots of questions for you, but what I’m primarily interested in in this first go-around of interviews is the … a minute about the planning issues. Kennedy had a lot of interest in planning as a means of controlling the cost. …
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… argued that government should actively defend the public interest … control of the Senate and retained control of the House, a fact Wilson noted at the beginning of his speech. These …
In his first speech as president, Woodrow Wilson argued that government should actively defend the public interest
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… by him. Perhaps this goes maybe unconsciously back to the fact that he recognizes that Florida and the 36 days from … and regional aspirations that threatened American interests and the interests of our allies in the region. I … Bush, who a little bit surprisingly to me didn’t take much interest in his debate preparation for ’04 and I think it …
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… the realities of communicating in 2017, and accepting this fact now will help you design a communications operation that … In addition to using the multiplicity of platforms in interesting and engaging ways to communicate with the public, … disputed, an inaccuracy or untruth becomes a bad fact, and then a fact, for large numbers of people. You will …
There is a romanticized view of the White House communications and press office that West Wing viewers bring to the table when contemplating the suite of offices across from the Roosevelt Room. There is a cynical view held by the press and some in the public of the operation as an information control, state media propaganda machine—the so-called “permanent campaign.”
Presidential Biographies
… political benefit from this achievement, and in fact, won fewer votes from Jewish Americans in 1980 than he … in China were replaced by communists who were more interested in economic growth than in military … of the oil were transferred to American and British interests. This agreement made the Shah a Western puppet in …
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… other than those of the United States and its allies. The fact that SberBank’s stock lost more than 99 percent of its … Perhaps the Russian central bank raising domestic interest rates to 20 percent had an effect. The picture …
The invasion of Ukraine continues, and several questions regarding the Russian and global economy remain unanswered:
Presidential Biographies
… man, Mondale excelled in sports and developed an early interest in public service. He volunteered in the mayoral and … role in policy making, Mondale was unique in the fact that he actually achieved it. He had an office in the …
Presidential Speeches
… broadcast media in informing the public and providing the facts that shape national opinion. Johnson places great value … is best for their country and what serves the national interest. But the real problem of informing the people is … is simply to understand the consequences of that fact-the consequences of your own acts, and part of that …