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Oral History Interviews
| Edward M. Kennedy Project… of that sort, but the minimum-wage battle was one that he waged constantly, and it was a decade-long fight from the … wouldn't be able to afford the kitchen help. Heininger Did they have any data to back that up? Myers There are …
Oral History Interviews
| Edward M. Kennedy Project… Vice President of the United States … gives his early impressions of the Kennedy brothers. He speaks of changes in the Senate in the 1960s. There is extensive discussion of the Chappaquiddick incident and how it affected Senator Edward Kennedy’s political career. …
Oral History Interviews
| Edward M. Kennedy Project… I met the Senator in early 1987, probably in January, when he interviewed me for a job on his Labor and Human Resources … at the time I was there. In the interview, I was struck by how engaged he was on the substantive issues and how much he …
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… was on my list and she was on Bill Smith’s list. I know how she got on my list, and I suspect she got on [Attorney … putzed around and talked about everything under the sun. He cooked lunch. Actually, it was a very pleasant afternoon; … out of that was Sandra Day O’Connor’s name. He told me how he had met her, if the President would ever be interested …
The trailblazing first female Supreme Court justice dies at 93.
Oral History Interviews
| Bill Clinton Project… Personal Secretary to the President … the beginning is to do a voice ID for the transcriber so he or she will know who is saying what, and so we’ll go … elbow so I could always say that I rubbed elbows with the President. Little did I know that I would be rubbing all the …
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| Edward M. Kennedy Project… constituents, I’ve had contact with him now and again. He was a very dear friend of a good friend of ours. In fact, … for the committee. Heininger Really? Guiney Yes. Heininger How did your name come to him? Guiney Nick [Bancroft] …
Presidential Biographies
… The only President in the history of the United States not elected by … for the boy's new father-figure. Leslie King, Jr., did not learn of his biological father until he was a teenager, and after graduating from college he … Gerald Ford: Life Before the Presidency …
Oral History Interviews
| Bill Clinton Project… Slater begins by discussing his early relationship with President Bill Clinton, describing his work on Clinton's … Clinton and helping Clinton build a multiracial coalition. He describes his work in the Clinton administration as both … with about the prospects of Bill Clinton becoming President. He was very active in not only state but national …
Oral History Interviews
| George W. Bush Project… Norman Mineta begins by discussing his personal history and how he became a Democrat. He talks about his time in Congress, … and mass transit. He goes on to give his impressions of President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney. … Had your family—? Mineta Being in business with my dad. He was an immigrant from Japan. Couldn't become a citizen …
Oral History Interviews
| Edward M. Kennedy Project… that we have a considerable agenda yet to cover. We’ll see how much we do today. We have three subjects that we’ve … Club. That year I wasn’t writing his speech, although I did later write some of those speeches. I was asked for some ideas for the speech, and it seemed to me that— Young He asked you? Waxman Yes. One of the ideas that we talked …
Oral History Interviews
| George W. Bush Project… Personal Assistant to the President … life in politics and working with George W. Bush when he was governor of Texas. She talks about the 2000 … election; and her general impressions of the Bush presidency. … I also had another friend, Logan Walters, who was the President's aide—well, he was an intern at the time too—and a …
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… President Carter remembers what it was like to try to govern … voice, a credible alternative to the political status quo. He “pioneer[ed] new campaign strategies to catapult to the … one term. In the Miller Center’s Carter Oral History , President Carter remembers what it was like to try to govern …
President Carter remembers what it was like to try to govern after winning the election as an outsider
Oral History Interviews
| Edward M. Kennedy Project… the preeminence of Edward Kennedy as a legislator. He is a man of the Senate, and he has a strong, profound … hadn’t been elected to the Senate yet. I’m not sure. But he did try for the Presidential nomination later, in 1984, …
Oral History Interviews
| Edward M. Kennedy Project… up to the point of joining Senator Mike Mansfield’s staff. He discusses Mansfield’s relationship with John F. Kennedy, and his own relationship with Robert F. Kennedy. He speaks of the bipartisan nature of the Senate during the … but I don’t have anyone to take your place.” So he put an endorsement on those orders that if you take …
Oral History Interviews
| Edward M. Kennedy Project… and speaks of working in the Johnson administration. He also discusses the relationship between Johnson and Robert … you tell us, just to get a little background information, how it was that you first joined the Justice Department with … Byron White, whom I’d known quite well at law school. He knew Adam Walinsky. I asked Byron if there was any chance …
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| Edward M. Kennedy Project… 11, 2009. Let’s start at the beginning. Tell me about how you met Ted Kennedy. What were your first impressions of … an interview to be his foreign policy advisor, a position he hadn’t had on his staff before. As far as I know, I was …
Oral History Interviews
| Edward M. Kennedy Project… that you were also covering the 1980 Presidential run that he made. Espo Right. Young So, it’s all yours. Espo Well, I … beat, Washington in general? Espo I moved here early in President [Jimmy] Carter’s administration, and I had been …
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| Edward M. Kennedy Project… and the Ambassador Hotel. It was a great honor to witness President Kennedy’s nomination. Heininger And you were only … to the Wyoming delegation, as you know. I was told Kennedy did not have votes for that second ballot, so they had to win … nomination went to President Kennedy. No one truly knew how to honor Kennedy. The Governor said, Why don’t we have a …
Oral History Interviews
| Edward M. Kennedy Project… to meet with various governments regarding memorials to President [John F.] Kennedy, and Bobby suggested that I go … Harold Macmillan, tears streaming down his cheeks, as he talked about his relationship with President Kennedy. We …
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| Edward M. Kennedy Project… to the House of Representatives in 1960. That was the year President [John F.] Kennedy was elected, and so of course, as … My first introduction to Senator Kennedy was after he arrived in Washington as the youngest member of the … while he was a member of the Senate, before 1969. Mathias Did you hear the story of Senator Kennedy paying calls on …