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| Edward M. Kennedy Project

Edward M. Kennedy Oral History (08/15/2006)

… were going to Sunday school at Holy Trinity Church in Washington, they used to have after the mass, they’d have one … [where Senator Kennedy and Vicki attended Mass in Washington D.C. with their children Curran and Caroline], and … Dean! And we had just seen the Pope send a letter to [George W.] Bush that Bush would not open or read at the time …

America's troubled history in Afghanistan

… of the September 11 attacks on the orders of President George W. Bush. The Miller Center’s White House oral history … public, and they form one of the core resources used by Washington Post journalist Craig Whitlock in his new book The … The Miller Center's George W. Bush oral history reveals much about the origins of …

The history of American engagement in Afghanistan has taken on renewed importance with the fall of that country back to the Taliban. What decisions made by American policymakers led to this result? Was it inevitable, or were there missed opportunities that might have created the conditions for long-term success?

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Elizabeth Shannon Oral History

… moved on into other things. I didn’t see much of them in Washington in those years. Then we moved to Ireland, and Ted … created this board and it was nonpartisan, and they met in Washington during six months right after his inaugural, and … winter I didn’t go to Hyannis so often but I’d often go to Washington and stay there and see him, and bring him to see …

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Paul G. Kirk, Jr. Oral History (11/2005)

… could imagine. In any event, I remember driving through Washington, D.C., the day after the inauguration thinking … I think once while I was in law school I had gone down to Washington during the Kennedy administration to be present … he was perhaps weighing a possible run, and then once [George] McGovern actually secured the nomination his name was …

Timothy Pickering (1797-1800)

… (1787) and state (1790) constitutions. In 1790, President George Washington named him U.S. commissioner to the Seneca Indians … and five more as secretary of state under both Presidents Washington and John Adams (1796-1800). He would also serve a …

Populism and American democracy

… candidate as a fascist and a neo-Nazi. Alabama Governor George Wallace. Photo: Alabama Department of Archives and History George Wallace wanted to be president. And in 1968, nearly 10 … hearings on Capitol Hill. Suspicion seeped out of Washington, and by the beginning of the 1960s, 100,000 …

While populism cuts a deep current through American political history, so too does its antithesis. Standing in its path is a form of constitutional politics—the practice of persuasion, negotiation, and compromise, the art of acknowledging irreconcilable differences, of appreciating diversity in how people want to live their own lives, and of recognizing the limits to collective action. Populism is vindictive, spurred by the desire to seek revenge on those in power because of a sense of prolonged injustice.

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… -Middle America -Edward M. Kennedy -Labor Department -George Meany's view -Opposition to labor leader as secretary … [Begin segment reviewed under deed of gift] 1972 election -George S. McGovern -Interview -Washington Star -Responses -Ronald L. Ziegler -Barry M. …

35–40

… Telephone The President talked with Charles W. Colson. Washington Redskins-Dallas Cowboys game -Colson’s viewing … celebration -Colson’s view -1972 Presidential election -George E. Allen -The President's attempt to reach Allen -Duke … security issues -New York Times -The President’s view -George P. Shultz -Economic issues -Conversations with …

14–151

… W. Colson -Unknown Newhouse reporter -Press coverage -Washington Post -New York Times -Post -Unknown reporter … Preparation of international economic policy -Connally -George P. Shultz -Henry A. Kissinger -Shultz -Herbert Stein … Policy -Kissinger's meeting with the Earl of Cromer [George R.S. Baring] -Connally's schedule The President's …

James K. Polk: Domestic Affairs

… and all but a few northerners opposing it, Vice President George M. Dallas cast the tie-breaking vote in the Senate. … Ocean. This would have excluded slavery from present-day Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Utah, Nevada, and the northern …

Andrew Jackson: Life in Brief

… legend and made him America's greatest military hero since George Washington. In 1818, he led an army in pursuit of …

Clayton K. Yeutter (1989–1991)

… position as U.S. trade representative to become President George H.W. Bush's secretary of agriculture. By 1991, he had … 1993, Yeutter worked at the law firm of Hogan & Hartson in Washington, D.C., where he focused on issues of international …

First Lady: The second hardest job

… buzz about them. From the very first presidency, Martha Washington revealed that presidential spouses would play some … role in the public life of America’s chief executives. George Washington decided that his wife should preside over a … greet men and women who came to meet her husband. The Washingtons also hosted weekly dinner parties for government …

The role of the president's wife has looked different in every family, every administration.

131–25

… President's schedule -Possible visit to George C. Wallace -Camp David -Advantages and disadvantages … -Federal Bureau of Investigation [FBI]) search of car -George S. McGovern literature -Publicity -Washington Post -New York Times -Wire service stories …

147–9

… -Comparisons -Welfare -Raymond K. Price, Jr. -Spending -George S. McGovern's proposals, Congress -Family analogy … Subject Log (rev. Oct-06) -The President’s instructions -George H. Mahon -Wilbur D. Mills -Carl B. Albert -Russell B. … -Jacob K. Javits -Robert J. Dole -Republicans -Blacks -Washington Post -Joseph McCarthy -Possible use of black to …

783–4

… am - 11:16 am Location: Oval Office The President met with George H.W. Bush, William P. Rogers, and Henry A. Kissinger. … wife -Identity of attacker -Location -Police protection -Washington, DC -Executive Protective Service [EPS] -UN … W. (“Teddy”) Gleason -Lyndon B. Johnson administration -George S. McGovern -The President’s administration’s …

285–36

… Summit -Possible location -Official dinner arrangements -Georges J.R. Pompidou -The President -Kennedy Center -White … -Michael J. Mansfield Vietnam -Mansfield amendment -Washington Post Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [USSR] …

359–4

… domestic policies -Hugh Scott -John D. Ehrlichman -Texas -George S. McGovern -Connally -Press story -Washington Post -Connally's reactions -Charges -The …

660–6

… N. Mitchell -Connally’s comment to Nicholas P. Thimmesch -Washington, D.C. -Relations with Cabinet -Social arena -John … 660-6 (cont.) White House staff -Instructions -Ehrlichman -George P. Shultz -Flanigan -Kissinger Haldeman left at 9:00 …

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… Walter H. Annenberg -Placement in Oval Office -Picture of George Washington Sanchez left at an unknown time before …