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Presidential Biographies
… that whether it was "a career in the home or outside, what is important is that she make that decision … who had a career, believing "[a]nyone who feels good about what she's doing in the home should have the same sense of liberation" as someone with a job outside the home. Not only did Betty believe housewives …
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… the guy who works for me, calls me from the ship and knows what was going on. I thought a million different things. … the exact opposite sentiment of him, and all of us, and what we attempted to do, and it just totally blew up in our … his remarks, he's complimenting the troops on the great job they've done and preparing everybody for the important …
Oral History Interviews
| Bill Clinton Project… as the presidential aide. Goodin talks about his job duties, guiding Clinton through his day, the president's … this material, as well as similar materials, to find out what the Clinton Presidency truly was like. You have a view … on trying to figure out ways to do this. I looked for a job on Capitol Hill—I graduated in 1990, and tended bar to …
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… source of power. In response, Roosevelt ushered in what political scientist Jeffrey K. Tulis has called the … rule that “going public” is part of the president’s job description. 9 The small- c constitution’s unwritten … has enabled the capital- C Constitution to fulfill what James Wilson—the most influential delegate to the …
Extraconstitutional norms shift when the president decides and the country agrees, writes Michael Nelson.
Presidential Biographies
… here because I love him and I respect him, and I honor what he's been through and what we've been through together." … further controversy when announcing her candidacy, the job of senator, unlike the position of First Lady, involved … position than I've ever had before....I've always had jobs and worked for a living. I'm here, as everyone else in …
Presidential Recordings
… -Cabinet and special interests -Transportation -Study of what types of government expenditures create jobs -Domestic Council -Men and money -Deficit -George P. …
Presidential Biographies
… States and saw no combat. After a number of short-term jobs, Bush landed a position with an oil company in the 1970s … session of Congress, on September 20, 2001, and laid out what became known as the Bush Doctrine: “Our war on terror …
Oral History Interviews
| Bill Clinton Project… to Clinton, as much as a supporter. Riley His name is what? Engskov Si Bigham. Oddly, he ended up—Clinton ended up … I didn’t know him well, but I knew him. Once I had that job later in my career, working with him every day as …
Oral History Interviews
| Jimmy Carter Project… describes Carter's management and decision-making style, what role his faith and his reputation as a Washington … there, and you didn’t have to be too smart to figure out what was wrong. They were starving their farming business … drove him out. Thompson Does the government do a better job than I felt we did [at the Rockefeller Foundation]? I …
Oral History Interviews
| Ronald Reagan Project… career as a Foreign Service Officer, where he recounts his job at the U.S. Embassy in Congo. The discussion then jumps … afterwards. That was a more informal type of oral history. What we are doing now for the Reagan presidency (and the Bush … he was being sent to the Katanga— Zelikow What was your job at the Embassy? Carlucci I was second secretary. I was a …
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… must be raised. First, it is important to establish to what extent the Chinese understanding of security is shaped … power in modern history. And third, we must determine to what extent Washington’s own behavior, including the … Vietnam, and Nicaragua. Yes, China has done an effective job of using the Belt and Road Initiative to increase its …
There is no reason to believe China will overtake the United States in economic power
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… we would have our moments when he’d call up and say, What the hell is this in the newspapers? How did this get in … 2019 Watch: The full conversation with Secretary Albright What Secretary Albright and Stephen Hadley would tell … internal debates within the Clinton administration over what to do in another awful place witnessing moral outrages: …
Albright was a friend of UVA's Miller Center, having sat with us for hours for oral history interviews for both the Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton Oral History Projects.
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… business agenda, we need, quite literally, to look at what is behind Mr. Trump when he appears on television. Quite … investments.” Trump is no longer apprenticing for the job of developer or realtor: His run for the presidency … most. These are the visual clues that may also reveal what Donald Trump cares about most. Ever since Joe McGinnis …
Trump for President is about a profit-making brand as much as an election-seeking man.
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… also see the project generating 35,000 permanent jobs. But critics are not so sure the city’s investment is … is the scorched-earth competition among jurisdictions for job-creating investments, where tax credits and subsidies are … which jurisdictions try to limit affordable housing (and what they assume will be the low-tax-paying, …
The Port Covington story underscores two of the central weaknesses of American urban-development strategy.
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… Now you are entering territory that can’t be charted. “The job is sui generis. The presidency is an act of faith," as … good will there may be by having a very clear idea of what to pursue and the order in which to pursue it. Many …
Congratulations on your impressive electoral victory. Now you are entering territory that can’t be charted.
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… local governments, the press, voters, etc.) have a say in what you do. In order to grasp the full picture, learn the … levels, emphasizes that “a government leader or CEO’s job is to explain the organization to the world, and to … emotional and psychological pressures of the senior-level jobs themselves. Being a senior executive in either the …
While not all lessons from the private sector are transferrable to the public sector, and many successful business leaders find their skills challenged in the unique government environment, there are nevertheless lessons for this transition period that CEOs can offer the next president and other new senior leaders entering the government.
Presidential Biographies
… At college, Ford majored in economics, held a series of jobs that helped him pay for school, and continued to play … Yale's prestigious law school, Ford took the $2,400-a-year job in 1935. He quickly proved himself an excellent coach; … The two shared a zest for life and fell in love, beginning what Ford later described as a "torrid four-year affair." The …
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… reached an unprecedented level,” Warner said, adding that what made this particular propaganda effort even more … think we have to rethink that.” Turning to the issue of jobs, Warner said he sees an opportunity to reframe …
Sen. Mark Warner, Miller Center scholars, and the New York Times’ Peter Baker assess Trump's early months
Oral History Interviews
| Edward M. Kennedy Project… guess, that it was sometime in the very early ’70s. What year was he elected? Knott Sixty-two. Lichtman … he knows a fair amount. He’s not using you to tell him what’s in that briefing book. He’s looked at that briefing …
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… grow small- and medium-sized businesses—and thus create jobs—and provide income growth and opportunities for more … investment in new businesses, innovation, and ultimately job creation. [I]ncome inequality is not intrinsically bad …
Along with terrorism, climate change, disease pandemics, and the prospect of persistently low economic growth, inequality has crept up the international policy agenda to become one of the most urgent and important issues of our time.