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Oral History Interviews
| Edward M. Kennedy Project… McGovern describes his association with John F. Kennedy and Robert F. Kennedy in the late 1950s and … the Kennedy family. We know that you worked for President [John F.] Kennedy’s election in 1960 and then became Director … were pressing me to do it. Joe Dolan, his speechwriters, [Adam] Walinsky and [Peter] Edelman and Frank Mankiewicz, John …
Presidential Speeches
… In John Quincy Adams’ “Message Regarding the Creek Indians” he makes the …
Oral History Interviews
| Edward M. Kennedy Project… I saw Teddy a lot, and I saw others, too. I knew Senator John Culver, for example, and Senator John Tunney. I got to … friendly with Bobby Kennedy’s legislative assistants then, Adam Wolinsky and Peter Edelman, who handled urban issues for … who said, We’ve got to do something about this North Adams problem. We’re not going to get the missiles built, or, …
Presidential Recordings
… meeting between Haig, Kissinger, and Sisco Portraits of John Quincy and Louisa C. (Johnson) Adams -Thelma C. (Ryan) (“Pat”) Nixon -Biography of Carl Sandburg -John K. Andrews, Jr. Haldeman left at 4:01 pm 22 NIXON …
Oral History Interviews
| Edward M. Kennedy Project… a photograph up there of Senator Kennedy with Senator [John] McCain, which I believe is signed by both of them. Is … his brother’s concern about immigrants. I mean, President [John F.] Kennedy’s book, A Nation of Immigrants, and so … labor protections and all of that, and they have been adamantly against that, with very few exceptions. So we’ve …
Oral History Interviews
| Edward M. Kennedy Project… be one of his closest friends. He’s very close now with John Kerry. John Warner is a good friend of his. Senator Paul Laxalt was … in Cambridge. McCullough was doing research for his [John] Adams book and he brought the Senator over for a tour, and …
Oral History Interviews
| Edward M. Kennedy Project… did it stem from? Schneider It goes back to President [John F.] Kennedy, to the first test ban. Heininger Did he … the interview with Mark Schneider. Schneider With [John] Stennis’s staff, with Jim Woolsey, we got an … that it was under due procedure—There never was torture—adamant that torture would never be accepted. If there were …
Presidential Biographies
… 1800, Dexter accepted an offer from President John Adams to join his cabinet as secretary of war. By the end of … as well, a convenient solution for the final months of the Adams presidency. With the arrival of the Jefferson …
Oral History Interviews
| Edward M. Kennedy Project… in terms of political judgments by my brothers, President [John F.] Kennedy and Bob [Robert Kennedy]. I had worked on … and told him what they had offered, but I immediately sent John Nolan, who had been the negotiator for my brother Bobby … $35 million for the first one. We had a conference with Adam Clayton Powell [Jr.], and in the conference he said, …
Presidential Recordings
… Harlow. Watergate -Harlow’s statements -Firing of Sherman Adams -President’s role -Harlow’s statements -Support for the … -President’s possible actions -H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman, John D. Ehrlichman and Charles W. Colson -Possible actions … -President’s actions as Vice President -John F. Dulles, Adams, and Dwight D. Eisenhower -President’s subordinates …
Presidential Biographies
… creation of the Department of the Navy in 1798, President John Adams found himself with another cabinet position to fill. Adams appointed Stoddert secretary of the Navy, and Stoddert …
Oral History Interviews
| Edward M. Kennedy Project… a bit of a playboy who was skiing in Gstaad with Senator [John] Tunney or was down in Miami Beach or Palm Beach, and … Harvard Law School, between him and his opponent, Speaker [John] McCormack's son, in which Eddie McCormack famously … a man of integrity, but the public doesn't know you from Adam's off ox," which turns out to be the ox on the far …
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… war. The campaign of 1800 between Jefferson and incumbent John Adams, reached a level of personal animosity seldom equaled … be soaked with blood, and the nation black with crimes." Adams, for his part, endured the publicizing of a private …
In his first speech as president, Thomas Jefferson urged national unity and advocated limited government
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… by the Federalist administrations of George Washington and John Adams. By preserving the Bank of the United States, honoring …
Presidential Recordings
… -William P. Rogers’s trip -Relations with US Watergate -John D. Ehrlichman’s meeting with Charles W. Colson Watergate cover-up -John W. Dean III’s knowledge of break-in -President’s … -Dean -Need for truth -Mitchell -Comparison with Sherman Adams case Dwight D. Eisenhower Polls -Approval of President …
Presidential Recordings
… E. Petersen’s schedule -President’s conversation with John W. Dean, III -Resignation -Timing -President’s conversation with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman and John D. Ehrlichman -Accusations -37- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL … -Effect of government employment -Comparison with Sherman Adams case -President’s previous conversation with Dean …
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… The candidates—incumbent president and Federalist John Adams and the Democratic-Republican challenger Thomas …
Oral History Interviews
| Edward M. Kennedy Project… for the Senator, and I actually was a partner of John Roberts and was involved on the Roberts nomination and … over philosophy going back to the founding, to the [John] Rutledge nomination, number one. Number two, I think … set your criteria too strictly. Knott Was Souter seen as a John Sununu protégé? Blattner Yes, I think that was a very …
Oral History Interviews
| Bill Clinton Project… the greatest impetus for my interest in politics came from John Kennedy. In 1960, when John Kennedy ran against Richard Nixon and I was nearly the … of his doubts, as Adlai Stevenson once said. He was adamant. In fact, I could not help him in the ’68 campaign …
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… the renowned 1803 case, Marbury v. Madison, Chief Justice John Marshall led the Supreme Court in blocking President John Adams’ last-minute nomination of William Marbury to be a …
Would Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominees vote against him? History suggests yes, writes Barbara Perry