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Oral History Interviews
| Ronald Reagan Project… He also highlights the many issues involved in staffing a new administration, including vetting possible high-level … Presidency, all the pictures and art come down for the new person to select. Clem Conger, who was the White House …
Oral History Interviews
| Edward M. Kennedy Project… thought, It’s so typically Ted Kennedy. This takes a good deal of work. It’s a remarkable thing, so I’m very proud of … but that didn’t turn out. In the Senate, of course, you’re dealing with far fewer people, you’re talking about 100. Over … there’s a reason we haven’t gotten it in 100 years. Teddy Roosevelt, Franklin Roosevelt, Harry Truman, John F. Kennedy, …
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… Harry S. Truman became president when Franklin D. Roosevelt died in April 1945. His presidency (1945-52) was … and challenges abroad. He sustained, nurtured, and grew Roosevelt’s New Deal and waged the Cold War. Ridiculed and …
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Presidential Biographies
… and railroad worker. As a boy, Barkley had to spend a good deal of his time working and received a limited education in … succeed him. With strong support from President Franklin Roosevelt, Barkley won the contest by a single vote. During … indispensable ally in ushering critical components of the New Deal through Congress. By the time he took over as …
Presidential Recordings
… s. Truman -Chicago Tribune article attacking Franklin D. Roosevelt -McGovern’s attacks -Tone -Press view -McGovern … STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Oct-06) -Clark MacGregor -New York Times article -Dole -Letter -Charles H. Percy -KKK … C. (“Bob”) Wilson -Conservatives -US-Soviet Union grain deal -Clarence D. Palmby -July 8, 1972 announcement -Soviet …
Presidential Speeches
… a campaign speech titled “The Consequences of the Proposed New Deal” in Madison Square Garden, New York in which he … opposition that we must have a change, that we must have a new deal. It is not the change that comes from normal …
Oral History Interviews
| Edward M. Kennedy Project… In Vermont, that was the only conversation. In New York, Jack Kennedy was everything. He was as hot as a … and the stations needed support of the people. I made a deal with TV stations that we would advertise their programs …
Presidential Biographies
… he was admitted to the Colorado bar. President Franklin D. Roosevelt made Brannan assistant regional counsel for the Resettlement Administration in 1935, a New Deal program under the auspices of the Department of … as assistant administrator of the FSA, until President Roosevelt tapped him to become his assistant secretary of …
Presidential Biographies
… and by 1932 he was an enthusiastic supporter of Franklin Roosevelt. When Roosevelt took office, he made Wallace his … Wallace oversaw the implementation of significant New Deal measures, most notably the Agriculture Adjustment … involved in World War II, Wallace's duties expanded as Roosevelt's attention was absorbed by international affairs. …
Presidential Biographies
… and by 1932 he was an enthusiastic supporter of Franklin Roosevelt. When Roosevelt took office, he made Wallace his … Wallace oversaw the implementation of significant New Deal measures, most notably the Agriculture Adjustment … involved in World War II, Wallace's duties expanded as Roosevelt's attention was absorbed by international affairs. …
Presidential Biographies
… and by 1932 he was an enthusiastic supporter of Franklin Roosevelt. When Roosevelt took office, he made Wallace his … Wallace oversaw the implementation of significant New Deal measures, most notably the Agriculture Adjustment … involved in World War II, Wallace's duties expanded as Roosevelt's attention was absorbed by international affairs. …
Presidential Biographies
… and by 1932 he was an enthusiastic supporter of Franklin Roosevelt. When Roosevelt took office, he made Wallace his … Wallace oversaw the implementation of significant New Deal measures, most notably the Agriculture Adjustment … involved in World War II, Wallace's duties expanded as Roosevelt's attention was absorbed by international affairs. …
Oral History Interviews
| Edward M. Kennedy Project… and men, and everybody helped me because we were just new in politics and it was fun. Knott Sure. Taymor And I … Taymor I don’t know if that’s right. At any rate, Eleanor Roosevelt was for somebody else, I’m trying to remember who …
Oral History Interviews
| Gerald Ford Project… to organize the White House staffing structure to suit the new President; designing an executive decision-making … between Ford and Nixon and how that affected the new White House; how White House paperwork differed from … Mr. Storing, and particularly to welcome you to the new arm of the University, as we call ourselves here at the …
Presidential Biographies
… assistant U.S. attorney general by President Theodore Roosevelt. As special counsel for the government from 1907 to … twenty-six years, until February 1, 1941, voting down most New Deal measures during the presidency of Franklin Roosevelt. He died on August 24, 1946, in Washington, D.C. …
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… happen when you least expect them, including soon after a new president takes office. Containing a crisis can require quick decision making and action before the new administration has accrued significant experience. … happen when you least expect them, including soon after a new president takes office. Containing a crisis can require …
Financial crises happen when you least expect them, including soon after a new president takes office. Containing a crisis can require quick decision making and action before the new administration has accrued significant experience.
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… are working collaboratively across national boundaries to deal with big issues. … are working collaboratively across national boundaries to deal with big issues like economic development, environmental … limited by the scarcity of clean drinking water. In 1837, New York City used the Croton Aqueduct to bring bring fresh …
The 21st century will be a century of cities. Long the engines of American innovation, cities are supplying fresh ideas and vital economic growth, and in an interconnected world, they are working collaboratively across national boundaries to deal with big issues.
Presidential Biographies
… Rutgers University-New Brunswick … emphasized the United States’ responsibility in shaping a new international order. Wilson is one of America’s most …
Oral History Interviews
| George W. Bush Project… of Homeland Security and the challenges of running a new department with an excessively broad scope of issues. … of it, but much of it—is driven by the media and trying to deal with public engagement on various issues. Riley So your … in Houston claimed it. I’m sure the Southern District of New York would have claimed it too, but since it was in …
Oral History Interviews
| Bill Clinton Project… Ambassador-at-Large to the former Soviet Republics (or New Independent States); Deputy Secretary of State … Secretary of State bombed out and they were looking for a new Deputy Secretary of State. Clifton Wharton was his name, …