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Ronald Reagan: Domestic Affairs

… to Drew Lewis and Raymond Donovan, key players in his 1980 campaign. Schweiker was named to head the Department of … rose to 11 percent, and Reagan was often picketed when he campaigned for Republican candidates in the 1982 midterm … outlook was not completely rosy, however. When John F. Kennedy was President, he had supported tax cuts on the …

501–29

… bullfighter -Photograph with Nixon tieclasp -Robert F. Kennedy -Popularity -Attendance by Finch and Rumsfeld at … STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 9/08) -Edward M. (“Ted”) Kennedy -Stuart W. Rockwell -Stay in England -Annenberg … Campaign practices -Edmund S. Muskie -Hill's information from …

2020 INTERNS

… in politics grew as he worked on his dad’s election campaigns. Outside of the classroom, he is a member of Sigma … a field organizer for the Francis Edwards for Delegate campaign, a deposit operations intern for Chesapeake Bank, …

U.S. presidents and slavery

… reneged from pledges made during the 1912 presidential campaign to pursue racial equality. 40 Franklin Delano … v. Board of Education (1954). 42 President John F. Kennedy’s Justice Department eventually moved to protect …

Before the Civil War, many US presidents owned enslaved people, and all of them had to deal with slavery as a political issue

384–4

… No. 384-4 (cont’d) -Academic community -John F. Kennedy -Assaults -Art -Music -Education -“New Left” -Pot … schedule -Meeting with Chapin -Timing -Purpose -1972 campaign -Meeting with Gordon C. Strachan -US Information … Max M. Kampelman -Compared to O’Brien -Edward M. Kennedy -Edmund G. Muskie -Ehrlichman -Dean’s report -Federal …

Zbigniew Brzezinski, 1928–2017

… role as foreign policy advisor to the 1976 presidential campaign. He also evaluated Carter's knowledge of and … primary in our country is in New Hampshire, and I have campaigned as hard in New Hampshire as I have ever campaigned … to the point, and quickly, because we did it during the campaigns all the time. There would be no waste of time; I’d …

In this exclusive oral history with the Miller Center, former national security advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski reflects on his time in the administration and his special relationship with President Carter

821–1

… visit to letter writers, 1971 -Christmas -John F. Kennedy portrait -First term -Anticipation -New appointees -Edward M. Kennedy White House gifts The President's appreciation … -Recipients -Congress -Diplomatic corps -Celebrities -1972 campaign -Congress -Friends -Timmons -Woods -Recipients …

840-009a

… Mitchell -Points against opposition -Bay of Pigs -John F. Kennedy Watergate -Strategy - John J. Sirica -Judicial … -Henry M. (“Scoop”) Jackson -Avoidance of Watergate -1972 campaign -Counterattack to charges on the President … -Bail Watergate -George S. McGovern actions during 1972 campaign -Press attention -Ervin investigation -Gary W. Hart …

880–14

… Dwight D. Eisenhower's veto -Motivation -Francis case [?] -Campaign contribution scandal -California -Results -Garment’s … President Fisher's wife -Parties -Appointment to position -Kennedy Center -National Commission on the Arts -New elite of … -Garment’s role -Reaction to Rogers's plan -Kissinger Campaign contribution Fisher and Garment left at 3:55 pm. 31- …

840-009b

… Mitchell -Points against opposition -Bay of Pigs -John F. Kennedy Watergate -Strategy - John J. Sirica -Judicial … -Henry M. (“Scoop”) Jackson -Avoidance of Watergate -1972 campaign -Counterattack to charges on the President … -Bail Watergate -George S. McGovern actions during 1972 campaign -Press attention -Ervin investigation -Gary W. Hart …

880-014a

… Dwight D. Eisenhower's veto -Motivation -Francis case [?] -Campaign contribution scandal -California -Results -Garment’s … President Fisher's wife -Parties -Appointment to position -Kennedy Center -National Commission on the Arts -New elite of … -Garment’s role -Reaction to Rogers's plan -Kissinger Campaign contribution Fisher and Garment left at 3:55 pm. 31- …

880-014b

… Dwight D. Eisenhower's veto -Motivation -Francis case [?] -Campaign contribution scandal -California -Results -Garment’s … President Fisher's wife -Parties -Appointment to position -Kennedy Center -National Commission on the Arts -New elite of … -Garment’s role -Reaction to Rogers's plan -Kissinger Campaign contribution Fisher and Garment left at 3:55 pm. 31- …

279–2

… -Cambodia -South Vietnamese -Negotiations -Laos -Winter campaign -Military success -Plain of jars -Cambodia -Military … -Report -Gen. John W. Vogt, Jr. -Public relations campaign about Vietnam -Announcement of Vietnamization … with Nixon's demeanor while out of office -John F. Kennedy -PRC -Hong Kong -Press Textile negotiations -Public …

352–26

… of Defense -Laird -Appointments -Cabinet -John F. Kennedy -Law -Clements -Deputy Secretary of Defense -Rush … assistance -Supporters -Meeting with Connally -Costs of campaign -Charles S. Snider -Supporters -William France … fundraising -France -Part in the President's campaign -Funding assistance -Airplane -Snider -Funding …

381–1

… children’s reception -Reception for surrogates and campaign workers -Candlelight tour -6- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL … -Staff open house and tour -Reception for surrogates and campaign workers -White House staff -Dwight L. Chapin -Gordon … Revenue Service [IRS] Congressional relations -Edward M. Kennedy’s statement -News summary -The President’s trip to …

Nixon and the Pentagon Papers

… President Lyndon Johnson had used to describe the Nixon campaign's meddling in Vietnamese relations in late 1968. See … commence peace talks—so they knew something of the Nixon campaign’s efforts to sabotage them. (This conversation is … disassociate his administration from what he termed the “Kennedy-Johnson Papers.” Instead he told Charles W. “Chuck” …

The leak of the "Pentagon Papers" study of the Vietnam war became a turning point in the history of Richard Nixon’s presidency and a crucial catalyst in his downfall

660–8

… candidates -Fundraisers -Ben Valentine’s view -1962 campaign -Challenge -United Way Page Belcher Personnel … Hope -Aging of Presidents -Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson -Photographs of Franklin D. … -The President’s aging -Compared to Kennedy, Johnson -Kennedy’s health -Cortisone -Lyndon Johnson’s aging -Rapidity …

292–11

… issues -Political value -Lyndon B. Johnson, John F. Kennedy -Property tax -Aid to parochial schools … -Office of Economic Opportunity [OEO] extension -1972 campaign -Democratic candidates -Water quality bill -Edmund … -William V. Shannon's October 19, 1971 editorial -John F. Kennedy -Dean Rusk -Schedule -Bay of Pigs Shannon Life New …

387–7

… unions -Food prices -Rinfret -Rinfret’s support -1972 campaign -Labor relations -George Meany, Frank E. … Treaty Organization [NATO] -Donald H. Rumsfeld -David M. Kennedy -Need for full-time person -Cabinet rank -“Super … -Sally (Hornbogen) Peterson -Travel -Presidential plane -Kennedy -Commercial -Special plane -Europe -Paris -Attache …

274–28

… -Patrick J. Buchanan -Ziegler -Edmund S. Muskie -1968 campaign -Instruction to Haldeman -Unknown television book … -Attendance Dramatic arts -Democrats -Leonard Bernstein -Kennedy Center show [ Mass ] -Treatment of audience -\"Jesus … Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 274-28 (cont.) -Reception -Kennedy family -Ticket order -Clark MacGregor -National …