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Oral History Interviews
| Bill Clinton Project… which otherwise is lost. There is such a great fear in Washington, as you're much better aware of than I am these … long and distinguished career in Florida before moving to Washington. The only part of that I really wanted to ask you … included Coconut Grove and Coral Gables. That was the year George McGovern ran for President, and I won the nomination …
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… One aide to George H. W. Bush called the Inaugural the “biggest day” of … House. Timothy J. McBride, personal aide to Vice President George H. W. Bush, discussed how it was too cold on Reagan’s … Reagan was bundled up . . . it was pretty nice by Washington standards, but Nancy Reagan was concerned for …
From the Presidential Oral History Program, we bring you some inaugural memories
Oral History Interviews
| Bill Clinton Project… political scene. I was at a private dinner with President George W. Bush, the son, when we were discussing recording … not critiquing the President. I'm confident that President George W. Bush does not approve of what's going on in the … on, and it had already been agreed that he should come to Washington for a meeting. When I realized that, I asked …
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… Jr. attempted to assassinate the president outside the Washington Hilton Hotel. Reagan was injured by a single … If he’s fine, if he’s okay, why are they going to GW [George Washington University] Hospital? I don’t understand this.” …
Early in President Reagan’s 1st year in office, March 30, 1981, John Hinckley Jr. attempted to assassinate the president. Through the Miller Center's Reagan Oral History Project, members of his administration remember the day.
Presidential Biographies
… an officer in the Continental Army and joined General George Washington's army in New York. During the Revolution, Monroe … allies. Minister to France and Britain In 1794, President George Washington sent Monroe to Paris as U.S. minister to …
Oral History Interviews
| Bill Clinton Project… why don’t you see if Bill will give you a job here in Washington? I said, It never occurred to me. He said, Well, … It was not simple to execute but the idea was, quoting George Herbert Walker Bush, This coup will not stand. And so, … come to Little Rock and— Talbott Yes, and Clinton came to Washington. I was bureau chief at the time, I think. I was …
Presidential Biographies
… in a recession, and the outgoing administration of George W. Bush had begun to implement a controversial … ended on January 20, 2017. He announced plans to remain in Washington, DC, until his younger daughter finished high …
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… is Senior Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations in Washington, D.C. He held many positions in President George W. Bush's Administration – most recently as Deputy … He was president of the Ethics and Public Policy Center in Washington, D.C. (1996–2001) and served for eight years in …
With the U.S. on the precipice of a long recession and mired in an unpopular war, America's position of global leadership may continue its decline in the coming years. But who should be more concerned with America's decline – America herself or the international community? Resolved: America cannot tolerate a nuclear Iran and must go to any lengths to prevent it.
Presidential Recordings
… Rogers, John B. Connally, Melvin R. Laird, Earl L. Butz, George H. W. Bush, Richard G. Kleindienst, Richard M. Helms, … MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/08) -Washington, DC police force -Heroin -Buys -Price increase … -Coordinate information -Personnel -Washington, DC -Coordination -Customs officials -Jurisdiction …
Presidential Recordings
… P. Rogers -Retentions -Richard G. Kleindienst -Rogers -George P. Shultz -Number -Scali -Number of Catholics in … -Schedule C -Press relations -Ray Cromley article -Washington, DC, reporters -White House staff cuts -Press … the Department of Health, Education and Welfare] [HEW] -George W. Romney -Compared to Brennan -Governorship of …
Presidential Biographies
… 1906, in Fort Scott, Kansas. He received a law degree from Washington University in 1928 and quickly earned a reputation … he submitted a memo on Soviet policy, written with aide George Elsey and at Truman's request, which painted a dark …
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… will co-host an event at the Brookings Institution in Washington, DC , that will explore the response to the … and Budget, respectively), working alongside the outgoing George W. Bush team in crafting both an immediate and … Barry Eichengreen contrasted the cooperation of President George W. Bush and incoming President Barack Obama in 2009 …
Presidential Recordings
… -Ambassador to Greece -Retention -Retention in Greece -George P. Shultz's conversation with Tasca -Talk with Pappas … independence -Pappas’s conversation -Pappas's visit to Washington, DC -Support for president -Respect, … -Monetary preferences -Intervention -Shultz's visit -Georges J. R. Pompidou -Statements regarding France -Monetary …
Presidential Biographies
… for the President. Truman replaced him in 1947 with Gen. George C. Marshall, Army chief of staff during the war, who … tired babying the Soviets." Others agreed. In February, George F. Kennan, the temporary head of the American embassy … in Moscow, sent his assessment of Soviet foreign policy to Washington in what became known as the "long telegram." …
Presidential Recordings
… L. Vicites and Cooper T. Holt -Political importance -George Meany -Vicites - Floyd [?] Henderson Vietnam -Media … -Trip -Louis P. Harris Vicites -Support for the President -George S. McGovern, Edmund S. Muskie, Edward M. Kennedy … Vietnam actions -Cambodian border -New York Times and Washington Post -Bush PRC -Chou En-lai -Meeting with he …
Presidential Recordings
… -Compared to January 1972 -August 15, 1971 -Herbert Stein -George P. Shultz -Consumer Price Index [CPI] -As an issue … statement -Instruction for Colson -Surrogate speakers George H.W. Bush -Henry A. Kissinger -Role at the United … Nov-03) -Ehrlichman -Robert J. Dole -Clark MacGregor -Washington Post -MacGregor -Haldeman’s view -Lou Cannon …
Oral History Interviews
| Edward M. Kennedy Project… York or they were on the Cape. Steve didn’t come down to Washington much. Heininger Was he a sailor like Ted? … a number of people who had come to prominence working for [George] McGovern, in that McGovern revolution, when they went … wants to call it—having taken a page from the airport in Washington—the Harvard Kennedy School of Government, like …
Oral History Interviews
| Ronald Reagan Project… to do something, it’s pretty hard to say no. So I went to Washington—I think even the next day—just for the … Nixon got in that campaign? Bowen I was helped by [George] McGovern. [laughter] Young Another way of putting it. … Governors’ Association at the time. So I got to go to Washington on a few occasions at his invitation, and even …
Presidential Recordings
… PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 9/08) -George Meany -Possible breakfast -Business Council -George P. Shultz -John D. Ehrlichman Lobbyists -Milk … SST or end the war vote -Defense Department [DOD] Washington, DC demonstrations -A possible poll -Possible …
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… popularity of living predecessors—William Howard Taft and George H. W. Bush, for instance—experience similar pressure. … Roosevelt, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush—have executive experience not possessed by … with little personal experience of their own of life in Washington. Carter’s reputation as an outsider served him …
The different ways in which presidents enter the White House often shape their first-year prospects and agendas.