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Oral History Interviews
| Bill Clinton Project… I would bet almost anything that during the Cuban missile crisis, [John F.] Kennedy spent no more than 20 percent of … was to say when he didn’t know things, which is a sign of confidence. Most senior officials will never admit they don’t … set the agenda. You would have a fight about is this a crisis or isn’t it, and what is policy. I don’t mean, What is …
Oral History Interviews
| George W. Bush Project… have been doing this there hasn't been a single breach of confidence. The other thing is Emily's recording the sequence … Jimmy Carter was increasingly weak. There was the hostage crisis, the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan and Carter's poor … point, this early conversation, did he convey a sense of confidence that he believed? Fleischer Absolutely. Freedman …
Presidential Recordings
… 10/06) Conv. No. 670-7 (cont.) -State level -Possible crisis -McElroy Commission -Burns -Parochial schools -Public … people -White House dinners -Possible effect -Campaign -Confidence -Relay messages to hometowns 22 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL … -Decisions and decision makers -Governmental level -Confidence Economy -Burns -Tone comments -Fourth quarter 1971 …
Oral History Interviews
| George W. Bush Project… the speechwriting process in the White House; the State of the Union speech; radio addresses; the speechwriting … and Mr. McGurn, do you have any questions about any of that? McGurn No. Nelson Ready to get started? First of … about when he was a student and living through the energy crisis in the '70s. It shows more people how you think. I …
Oral History Interviews
| Bill Clinton Project… or let me start with the general. The first immediate crisis we had, or semi-crisis—not in the sense of a problem that we thought needed … about whether it was a policy issue— Lake Yes, if it’s a crisis issue then the NSC [National Security Council] …
Oral History Interviews
| Bill Clinton Project… For me, the interesting question always was, When does a crisis end? Because that was the way Zbig maintained power, which was to never end a crisis so that it wouldn’t go back to Vance chairing it or … what happened? Albright It all has to do with the hostage crisis. I think we got totally mesmerized by the hostage …
Oral History Interviews
| Edward M. Kennedy Project… also troubleshoot. Culver I think he felt comfortable confiding in me. Young Sure. Culver And felt that I could … late at night in the fog at Arlington. Then the next crisis was Chappaquiddick, and I heard that on the car radio …
Presidential Biographies
… be put to the test as the nation confronted its greatest crisis since the Civil War: the Great Depression. Causes of … reinforcing causes of the nation's most severe economic crisis: structural weaknesses in both American agriculture … that by improving the nation's financial health, public confidence would grow and that both employment opportunities …
Oral History Interviews
| George W. Bush Project… that if he is in charge of that, Bush will tend to have confidence in it, just like if Karen or Margaret Spellings … were damaging and made it difficult for him. He’d lost the confidence of his colleagues. Riley Of course. Rove It’s one thing to lose the confidence of the political opposition. It is another thing …
Oral History Interviews
| Bill Clinton Project… in those early years we were in the middle of an energy crisis. So just about everything related to problems in … says, What is going on here? I mean, he knows there’s some crisis brewing and Marla has to tell him. He doesn’t call …
Oral History Interviews
| George W. Bush Project… Although I don't have a specific recollection, I'm confident I voted for Nixon over [George] McGovern. Perry … how it was chosen to do the Duty of Hope first, but I'm confident that it was basically Karl's decision talking with … conversation where he would be so relaxed and fluent and confident, and then the second they brought the TV cameras in …
Oral History Interviews
| George W. Bush Project… that we’ve got an unblemished record of maintaining those confidences over the last 30 years. We hope that you’ll speak … getting confirmed. Riley Sure. Negroponte Because I was confident, I think everybody was pretty confident that once I … Negroponte No, not really, because of course we moved into crisis mode right from the beginning, and crises are crises. …
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… extraordinary beginning amid the worst economic crisis in the nation’s history. … extraordinary beginning amid the worst economic crisis in the nation’s history. The confidence and energy with which he tackled the Great …
Every modern president has dwelled in the shadow of Franklin D. Roosevelt’s extraordinary beginning amid the worst economic crisis in the nation’s history.
Oral History Interviews
| George W. Bush Project… and what he was trying to do; I didn’t have a lot of confidence that the Clinton administration would follow … in it myself because I didn’t have a whole lot of confidence that it would be carried through. Riley What about … I had a certain amount of uncertainty. I had a lot of confidence in Vice President Cheney, but I had a certain …
Oral History Interviews
| George W. Bush Project… education, and you have to have somebody you have a lot of confidence in who knows what they’re doing and some staff … knew George Bush better and had the President’s trust and confidence. So we were a great team. I was just a girl from … for me that few did. And that was the President’s complete confidence and an understanding of who he was and what he …
Presidential Speeches
… another list of statistics to know that our economy is in crisis, because you live it every day. It's the worry you … everywhere. But while our economy may be weakened and our confidence shaken, though we are living through difficult and … will emerge stronger than before. The weight of this crisis will not determine the destiny of this Nation. The …
Presidential Speeches
… taking and are going to take to overcome this financial crisis. And I thank the Manhattan Institute for all you have … city to give this speech. (Applause.) People say, are you confident about our future? And the answer is, absolutely. … meeting agree on a clear purpose -- to address the current crisis, and to lay the foundation for reforms that will help …
Oral History Interviews
| Bill Clinton Project… first meeting you got a lot of assignments of the day, and crisis of the day. Either in that meeting or in individual … to us. They were completely—they had a whole identity crisis, particularly in the House. At least the Senate had … House guys were very angry. Then they had a real identity crisis in figuring out what to do. These guys were used to …
Presidential Speeches
… an economy that has the same weaknesses that led to this crisis. And that means addressing some of the underlying … significant contributors to this recession was a financial crisis as dire as any we’ve known in generations -- at least … that ensures that depositors are protected, maintains confidence in the banking system, and it works. Customers …
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… Before and after becoming president, Kennedy had made use of a recording device called a Dictaphone, mostly for … telephone call he participated in during the Cuban missile crisis. [3] In a 1982 interview with Newsweek, Kennedy's …