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Oral History Interviews
| George W. Bush Project… be Democrats. No, we’re Americans. So it takes the first crisis for the new Presidential team, not the President, but … to do what we expect you to do. Bakich Was that first crisis the EP-3 [intelligence aircraft] incident or— Pace I … Pace In the main, yes, but for those who were not self-confident, no. A couple of things about that. He believed …
Oral History Interviews
| George W. Bush Project… record over some 20 or 30 years of maintaining those confidences. We appreciate your time. Powell Who else have … what, what the President said. Powell It was always in confidence. We never told anybody else. We didn't feel it was … do this and I will win." It talks a little bit to his self-confidence, but also to his faith. Riley Sure. Powell He was …
Oral History Interviews
| George W. Bush Project… Abrams focuses on a number of foreign policy issues throughout the Bush years and the … played in the White House’s approach to these issues. Some of the major foci include the Middle East, the War in … Bay. Abrams also discusses the bureaucratic politics of the State Department and various national security …
Oral History Interviews
| Bill Clinton Project… and how did you first come to know him and to develop confidence in his sense of Clinton’s suitability to be … Carter, the delegation? You were managing the hostage crisis, the hostage release negotiations. Was that a similar … the whole approach was changed in the last week. I felt confident that President Carter would adjust to a difference …
Oral History Interviews
| Edward M. Kennedy Project… units in ’61, I guess it was. That was the Berlin Wall crisis. They needed a filler, and I was single and— Young … on—that he was going to win. It wasn’t, but we were overly confident and New York was the next big primary. Young When …
Presidential Biographies
… belief that he would fully recover. His zest for life and confidence—always his defining characteristics—grew rather … reinforcing causes of the nation's most severe economic crisis: the overly speculative and unstable foundations of … Farm earnings plummeted further when the economic crisis began in 1929 as urban areas lacked the income to …
Oral History Interviews
| Jimmy Carter Project… transition. We didn’t want to send a signal that we were confident of victory. We also did not want to divert … working relationships with the Federal agencies was that crisis management moved to my staff. When the Federal … able and intelligent, most self-disciplined, most self-confident, most willful, most determined and most hardworking …
Oral History Interviews
| George W. Bush Project… again . We all saw what that did to the country's sense of confidence, to our willingness to play the role we need to … is someone you've known for 35 years and you have complete confidence and vice versa. If you add that Condi [Condoleezza … are people who know each other very well and have a lot of confidence in one another. What's interesting for me in that …
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… 11, 2001. Barack Obama inherited a titanic financial crisis that occurred just before the election. Don't lament … or experts, and to make sure people in whom you have confidence are present at key meetings and moments. If …
Congratulations on your impressive electoral victory. Now you are entering territory that can’t be charted.
Presidential Recordings
… of dealing with the price of gold -Impact of action -Confidence in the dollar in financial markets -Domestic … economic action -Weakening of the dollar -Financial crisis -International trade -International political position …
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… we came to this form of insurance soon or later on I am confident that we can devise a system which will enhance and … as the method of payment of certain specialists-then I am confident those can be quickly remedied and I hope they will … medical attention until it is too late. Then a medical crisis ensues, followed by huge medical bills—or worse. …
Every administration since FDR's New Deal has had to consider the appropriate role of government in securing the nation's health
Oral History Interviews
| Edward M. Kennedy Project… Then, it turns out that I became his close friend and confidant, but we both respected each other. I was doing my … education issues. Tell me about the whole student loan crisis issue. Riley Well, that was a big thing. It was 1992, …
Oral History Interviews
| Bill Clinton Project… We’re here for the Judge Abner Mikva interview as part of the Clinton Presidential History Project. I will mention … and now it’s 7-3. You lose. Morrisroe Did you all have confidence in Leon Panetta being an honest broker in terms of … But I’d come in in the morning and there was some new crisis, some new subpoena, some new rumor, some new news …
Oral History Interviews
| Edward M. Kennedy Project… him, or vice versa? Clymer I think the only Senator I feel confident that he doesn’t like, or didn’t like, was Jesse … [William] Clinton, especially during the impeachment crisis? Clymer Well, one of the things to remember is that …
Oral History Interviews
| Edward M. Kennedy Project… The military strategy was producing a refugee crisis that we had to deal with. He was involved in the war … nuclear, and might somehow be supporting bin Laden. A huge crisis has developed because of Iraq. We’re in there and the … system, especially for senior citizens. There was a huge crisis. It became clear that America was a healthy, young …
Oral History Interviews
| Edward M. Kennedy Project… on Monday. Young We have a detailed summary of this crisis meeting out at your house in the documentation Jim … historically is those discussions of the Cuban Missile Crisis, and I think that’s what he had it installed for. … to activate it, and did, obviously, on the Cuban Missile Crisis. He did it with regard to the discussion of going into …
Presidential Speeches
… stimulate a generous ambition in the Republic, and the confidence which we should manifest by furnishing it would … first time heard upon the question. In a great national crisis like ours unanimity of action among those seeking a …
Oral History Interviews
| Edward M. Kennedy Project… Young We have as the first order of business today the campaign of ’62. Kennedy Yes. Young And … probably the thing to do, and then the Cuban Missile Crisis? Young Yes. One thing I’d also like to do when we come … the large, large temple there the night the Cuban Missile Crisis ended. I think we had made opening statements, and …
Oral History Interviews
| George W. Bush Project… State Department Operations Center, which is the 24-hour crisis center of the State Department. After about four or … anecdote about his trip to Germany during the Euro Missile Crisis as Vice President, which I allude to in the book, and …
Oral History Interviews
| Ronald Reagan Project… apparatus over the past forty years. The first third of the interview focuses solely on Allen's work on Richard … President for National Security Affairs for the first year of the Reagan administration, and the major events occurring … this time, including the assassination attempt, the sale of the AWACs weapons system to Saudi Arabia, the decision to …