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Presidential Recordings
… -The President's schedule -Press conference -Public interest -Testimony of July 25, 1972 by George P. Shultz and … conversation with Haldeman -Phraseology -Politics -Facts -Programs -Code words, slogans, one-liners 34 NIXON …
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… of the war and its costs from the Russian people, who in fact tend toward pacifism; that is why Russian censorship is … 4), prove that Ukraine’s security future was never a vital interest for the United States or NATO in the way that it is …
Analyzing how the Russian invasion of Ukraine might come to a close.
Oral History Interviews
| Bill Clinton Project… instead of going to work for Mike Dukakis, which I had no interest in doing at all, we moved to London. We had a … to do it. She went to school. I taught a course. In fact, it was a course on the history of American politics or … to make it through it and together we'll learn something interesting." Riley Where did you teach this? Segal At the …
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… the Reagan administration to that of George H.W. Bush. Interestingly, after an initial period of hesitation to … that have animated President Obama’s foreign policy. In fact, he has criticized Clinton and Obama for failing to …
David Adesnik considers the danger of presidents' contempt for their predecessors
Oral History Interviews
| Jimmy Carter Project… offices, Cabinet secretaries, members of Congress, and interest groups. They also outline the organization of the … because I thought that was a fun thing for a young person interested in policy to do. After law school I went to work … Secretaries out because they just know the moods and the interest of a President up to the hour. They could frame a …
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… of George W. Bush found out to its chagrin. If in fact international financial risks materialize, the … of economic activity. In any circumstances, conflicts of interest and opinion among the major financial powers would … in any case. Energized by this, powerful special interests can block cooperative efforts, and electoral …
International finance is likely to present the administration with some of its most difficult challenges in its first year. Indeed, some of the new administration’s policies are likely to increase the possibility of international financial instability. The most pressing international economic trial facing the new American president may well be reducing this danger, and preparing to confront it should a new financial crisis hit.
Public Events
… broadly following the law. These lawyers must balance the interests of the current president while also protecting the … of those who will hold the office in the future. But whose interest does the White House counsel ultimately represent? … and executive orders, and how to handle the balance the interests of the person currently serving as president while …
Oral History Interviews
| Ronald Reagan Project… as the agency's director for eight years. Of specific interest are the USIA's policies regarding Cuba, the Soviet … a trustee, of the board of Ford’s Theater. As a matter of fact, when you walk into Ford’s Theater—I’m sure you’ve been … It’s so sad what happened to him here with his conflict of interest thing. Yes, Richard Perle is a great man, I think. …
Oral History Interviews
| Jimmy Carter Project… offices, Cabinet secretaries, members of Congress, and interest groups. They also outline the organization of the … because I thought that was a fun thing for a young person interested in policy to do. After law school I went to work … Secretaries out because they just know the moods and the interest of a President up to the hour. They could frame a …
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… unilateralism serves as a microcosm of the modern era. In fact, his actions did much to usher in our current … at the president’s discretion. While “[w]ar [may be] in fact the true nurse of executive aggrandizement,” as James … of imminent attack and to protect important national interests. Article II thus authorized the President to use …
Modern notions of the power to declare war and of the commander in chief would astonish and dismay the Founders.
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… means he adopted to wage that ideological conflict. These facts, however, do not seem to have weighed heavily in the … country, and did not seek power to push a narrow and self-interested agenda. At a time when our contemporary leadership …
Dwight D. Eisenhower is looking better and better. A recent poll of historians ranks him as the fifth-best president in our nation’s history.
Presidential Biographies
… that an extensive republic would balance competing interests. Those ideas had a major impact on how Madison … society with major disparities between the monied interest and laboring poor—the very things that had corrupted … the discussion. Madison hardly won every argument. In fact, he lost on two of the questions most important to …
Presidential Biographies
… identified which pieces belonged to which First Lady. Her interest in presidential china was not confined to the past, … around in it that life seems hardly worth living."In fact, after writing those words, Caroline Harrison did not …
Presidential Recordings
… -Photographers -Number of professional bowlers -People interested in bowling Tennis -Players -Los Angeles -Stan … -Gardner Cowles -Status in current marketplace -Special interest magazines and newsmagazines -Racing car magazine …
Presidential Speeches
… the situation. The President recounts his requests for the facts and denounces the actions of the criminals. Nixon … This investigation began as an effort to discover the facts about the break-in and bugging of the Democratic … break-in occurred, so that you can better understand the fact that I also had no knowledge of the so-called coverup. …
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… formal limits on the exercise of presidential power. In fact, “accountability” has a much broader meaning. It means … arrangements of presidents to bring to light conflicts of interest, transparency of decision-making by the attorney …
Transparency is necessary for presidential accountability.
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… most passionate about education. She has an abiding interest in civil rights and civil liberties, and has come to … that was fresh and exciting. As many of our students are interested in policymaking, and many of our graduates take on … these challenges,” she said. Scientists can provide facts and data to help us address inequity and trauma; …
Director of UVA's new Democracy Initiative, Melody Barnes speaks with UVA Today about her time in the White House, UVA, and Monticello and Jefferson
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… pivotal states. [Turkey] is absolutely crucial to U.S. interests in Europe and the Middle East, and in Eurasia more … here? You mentioned some of the economic issues. It's very interesting to have a democratic system with a leader who … is not compatible with NATO and that could jeopardize, in fact, imminent transfer of [U.S.] F- 35 aircraft. So …
I think Turkey, unfortunately, is become a leading example of what some political scientists call electoral authoritarianism. There are other examples of this, like Russia and Egypt and a number of other countries for that matter, where the government allow elections, albeit with lots of restrictions, but they govern in a very authoritarian way.
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… is a bad omen for the future of bilateral relations. In fact, many of the candidates who have attacked China most … would foster greater respect for one another’s strategic interests. Instead of reciprocating this olive branch, …
History teaches the next president that friendly initial overtures can backfire
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… to “see if we can head off that kind of resolution and, in fact, get a resolution in support of it.”) Past presidential … the defense secretary that it was in the U.S. national interest. But there have been no successful efforts—or even …
Although lawmakers across both parties profess to want to get out of the “endless wars,” very few are willing to actually vote for it.