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Oral History Interviews
| Bill Clinton Project… My first job out of law school was as a law clerk in Washington. Sherman Minton had been a Senator from Indiana, … at once. As a result, he stepped on every pair of toes in Washington. Out of 25, there were about six of us who were … didn’t do a God-damn thing about the country. Then came [George H. W.] Bush, and I really didn’t see much of his …
Presidential Recordings
… -Press secretary’s [Richard Daugherty’s] statement -George S. McGovern -Ronald L. Ziegler Polls -Results -Support … for the President -Categories -Blue collar workers -George H. Gallup 1972 campaign practices -The President’s … [ITT] -War and peace -Crime -Taxes -Prices -Watergate -Washington, DC establishment -Public view -The President's …
Oral History Interviews
| Edward M. Kennedy Project… on that, and it’s probably one of the reasons why the [George H.W.] Bush people went ahead and finally got me out of … to stay in Connecticut or, at his family’s behest, go to Washington and head up Special Olympics. In that interim, probably had Tim not decided to come to Washington, I would have been asked to step into the spot at …
Presidential Recordings
… entered at an unknown time after 12:38 pm. Request for Washington Star Bull left at an unknown time before 1:05 pm. … flag for prisoners of war [POWs] return -Charles Colson -Washington Post -Radio -Television [TV] Stephen B. Bull … pm and 1:05 pm. [Conversation No. 855-22A] Meeting with George P. Shultz and John T. Dunlop -Devaluation of dollar …
Oral History Interviews
| Edward M. Kennedy Project… Richard Powers was from Boston. He’s a big contributor to [George W.] Bush—he made a lot of money—and he was very … significant conference—in Boston, and also in Chicago and Washington—trying to get people over there to invest. The … be on Teddy’s staff, had advanced the whole thing. He’s in Washington. We assumed everybody had gone through metal …
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… path to balance and the economy on the path to prosperity. George F. Will is one of the most widely recognized, and … Reform and Consumer Protection Act, a new law that the Washington Post has called “the most sweeping overhaul of … Academy Award, nine News and Documentary Emmys, four George Foster Peabody Awards, two George Polk Awards, three …
In his First Inaugural Address, confronted by a dim economic outlook, President Ronald Reagan declared his intention to reverse the course of government expansion by stating: “In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem.” Thirty years later—with both political parties holding power for extended periods of time—the size and scope of the United States government has reached a new apex. In short, the end of “the era of big government” has not come to pass.
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… will speedily become extinct?” His specific invocation of George Washington is telling - for it was Washington who famously warned of the dangers of political …
History has not been kind to James Buchanan or his inaugural
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… to do what they believe is necessary and right. Bust of Washington, Hiram Powers, Metropolitan Museum of Art What of … our living Constitution. In this context, why does what George Washington thought about the reach of presidential … any occupant of the Oval Office ever resist it? President George W. Bush expresses support for Secretary of Defense …
Modern American presidents wield a vast array of constitutional powers, making their office one of the most powerful on earth.
Oral History Interviews
| George W. Bush Project… is the second Philip Zelikow interview as a part of the George W. Bush Oral History Project. To address your … basically working out of my home or out of a hotel room in Washington, and no staff, no offices, nothing. This is in now … these concerns, which ultimately, in this case, went to [George] Tenet himself, and eventually Tenet and [Donald] …
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… as a security guard at the Watergate Office Building in Washington, DC. Shortly after signing in on June 17, 1972, … involvement in the Watergate incident came to the WFO’s [Washington Field Office] attention because of his country … Colson were right. Nixon won his reelection campaign over George McGovern in a landslide. Watergate, however, was just …
At 12:30 a.m., Frank Wills “cut all lights out in hall” and began to investigate. When he found a door taped open, he called the DC police. It was just before 2 a.m. So began the biggest scandal in presidential history.
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… National Security Archive This archive, based at George Washington University, has a library and archive of …
Presidential Recordings
… of the meeting. Greetings The President's schedule -George W. Romney's report on Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania … Tape Subject Log (rev. Nov-03) Oval Office description -George Washington -Music box -Flags of the armed forces -Army -Navy …
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… debate what had gone wrong with the American presidency. George Reedy, former aide to Lyndon Johnson, critiqued the … were widened during the Nixon administration. When The Washington Post reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein … growth of the office of the presidency? Footnotes ↑ George E. Reedy, The Twilight of the Presidency, (New York: …
Oral History Interviews
| Bill Clinton Project… surprised. But it was an amazing experience going to Washington, also knowing that I came from a district … County was a Republican stronghold, period. It was real [George H.W.] Bush country. So, it was a combination that it … from the meeting in the White House. I was called in with [George] Buddy Darden, Butler Derrick [Jr.], Dick Swett, the …
Presidential Recordings
… practices -Reports on H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman involvement -Washington Post article, October 27, 1972 -Democratic … on returning calls to the press -The president’s orders -Washington Post Watergate story -Murrey Marder, Carroll … -Haig’s forthcoming telephone calls to Samuel W. Yorty, George C. Wallace 21 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape …
Presidential Recordings
… dinner -Barbara Streisand -Position on war -Support for George M. McGovern -John Ford dinner -Danny Kaye -Political … of show -Francis A. (“Frank”) Sinatra -Keyes -Return to Washington, DC -Show logistics -Risers -Volume of music -29- … -President’s idea -Julie Nixon Eisenhower -Paintings -George Washington -Preservation -34- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL …
Presidential Recordings
… dinner -Barbara Streisand -Position on war -Support for George M. McGovern -John Ford dinner -Danny Kaye -Political … of show -Francis A. (“Frank”) Sinatra -Keyes -Return to Washington, DC -Show logistics -Risers -Volume of music -29- … -President’s idea -Julie Nixon Eisenhower -Paintings -George Washington -Preservation -34- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL …
Presidential Recordings
… dinner -Barbara Streisand -Position on war -Support for George M. McGovern -John Ford dinner -Danny Kaye -Political … of show -Francis A. (“Frank”) Sinatra -Keyes -Return to Washington, DC -Show logistics -Risers -Volume of music -29- … -President’s idea -Julie Nixon Eisenhower -Paintings -George Washington -Preservation -34- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL …
Presidential Recordings
… C. (“Lyn”) Nofziger role -Use of Senators -Contention by George S. McGovern and Paul N. (“Pete”) McCloskey, Jr. … -Article -Effect -Background material -New York Times, Washington Post rebuff President’s schedule -Rochester trip … Island -Press coverage -Benefits of announcements from Washington -General Nguyen Van Thieu -Public announcement …
Presidential Recordings
… -Announcement -Algeria -Peter Lisagor -Chicago Daily News -Washington press corps -77- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND … President’s courage Press relations -The President’s view -George S. McGovern, Jane Fonda -Washington Post -Administration’s treatment -License …