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Oral History Interviews
| Edward M. Kennedy Project… colored skin, people who thought more deeply about what the country represented and felt strongly about trying … process: President Kennedy’s call, “Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for …
Oral History Interviews
| Edward M. Kennedy Project… try, and it hadn’t been. That was my reservation about it. What we learned from the Gulf War is that [George H.W.] Bush … a speech in opposition to the war shortly thereafter at what’s called the SAIS [School of Advanced International …
Public Events
… at least in recent years have done. Johnson : You know what? I’m polling higher right now than Ross Perot was … : Well, also given all that, at this stage, I’m curious, what’s the point for you? What’s the objective for you? Do …
Presidential Speeches
… all of you amazing young Scouts can achieve your dreams, what to think of, what I’ve been thinking about. You want to … (APPLAUSE) There are many great honors that come with the job of being president of the United States. But looking out … “sewer.” (APPLAUSE) But it’s not good. Not good. And I see what’s going on. And believe me, I’d much rather be with you, …
Presidential Speeches
… But in many ways it's just another day at the office for what we're trying to do in changing America. In the last 99 … that all of you need so that you'll have good and decent jobs and a decent future laying the groundwork for a more … or have been found in default because they couldn't find a job. Often times there's no serious effort to collect the …
Presidential Speeches
… Throughout the area hit by the hurricane, we will do what it takes, we will stay as long as it takes, to help … of Labor is helping displaced persons apply for temporary jobs and unemployment benefits. And the Postal Service is … this zone, we should provide immediate incentives for job-creating investment, tax relief for small businesses, …
Public Events
… is going. There is actually a lot of certainty. We know what will happen if we add greenhouse gasses to the … an American president. It has never been an easy job. It wasn’t an easy job for George Washington. It wasn’t …
Presidential Speeches
… and incentives to take risks and letting them keep more of what they earned. We did what we promised, and a great … 3.9 percent, the lowest in 17 years; and 7.3 million new jobs in 2 years, with more of our citizens working than ever … confidence in their futures. We'll continue to support the Job Training Partnership Act, which has a nearly two-thirds …
Presidential Speeches
… find their path to the American Dream—the dream of a great job, a safe home, and a better life for their children. After … many decades. Since my election, we’ve created 2.4 million jobs, and that number is going up very, very substantially. … communities, their histories, and their futures. That’s what we’re doing in America, and the results are totally …
Presidential Speeches
… one domestic issue to a majority of voters is drugs. What is there about these times that drives or draws so many … to the federal government, and it's going to create jobs. So that's one of the things that I think makes a big …
Presidential Speeches
… of the past; about new ideas, not old ones; about what must become a continuing dialog, not a dialog that flows … an elation if they found the economic freedom of a solid job, a productive job—not one concocted by government and …
Presidential Speeches
… common undertakings each nation is expected to contribute what it can in sharing the heavy load. Each supplies part of … and continued deficit financing. Inflation would reduce job opportunities, price us out of world markets, shrink the … in voting, in public education, in access to jobs, and in other respects--the world is likewise watching …
Presidential Speeches
… your help." And I want to talk to you a little while about what has happened since I became your President. I am … of the President was. The greatest part of the President's job is to make decisions—big ones and small ones, dozens of … else can do the deciding for him. That's his job. That's what I've been doing here in this room, for almost 8 years. …
Presidential Speeches
… the Great Depression. We were losing an average of 700,000 jobs per month, credit was frozen, and our financial system … middle class Americans. Some can't get insurance on the job. Others are self-employed and can't afford it since … of our economy, I believe it makes more sense to build on what works and fix what doesn't, rather than try to build an …
Presidential Speeches
… our economy further and cost us thousands of precious jobs. If what goes up must come down, then the way down could be very … more jobs. It's a little-known fact, but America's best job creators and greatest innovators tend to be our smaller …
Presidential Speeches
… campaigned on the same core promises: to defend American jobs and demand fair trade for American workers; to rebuild … pride. In June, we mark 75 years since the start of what General Dwight D. Eisenhower called the Great … sure these young girls get their justice, I’ve done my job.” Thanks to his work and that of his colleagues, more …
Public Events
… have over who they can stop for questioning, and under what circumstances citizens can be detained. Does giving the … control and crime control. The police have long seen their jobs as straddling that line, uh, and the criminal law has …
Presidential Speeches
… the world in facing down a threat to decency and humanity. What is at stake is more than one small country; it is a big … Together, since 1981, we've created almost 20 million jobs, cut inflation in half, and cut interest rates in half. …
Public Events
… as some might say, dangerous to democracy? And what about the press itself? Does any of this even matter, … say what the president said in a tweet. That’s where our job as kind of parsers of truth still has to come into play, … place. 12:26 Blackmon: Is it also possible that part of what’s happening is that President Trump, he does seem to get …
Presidential Speeches
… is important—each candidate will have the chance to rebut what the other has said. And the final segment of the debate … the last 21 months, more than 6 million people have gotten jobs—there have been created new jobs for those people to …