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Oral History Interviews
| George W. Bush Project… the next year rewriting it and trying to catch up to world events, Black Hawk Down, Haiti, Rwanda, North Korea. It took a lot of rewriting to catch up to world events. We finally released it in June of ’94. Nelson How did … disrespectful things. By the time I arrived, that was past a little bit but at the price of the ambition of the …
Oral History Interviews
| Edward M. Kennedy Project… what’s so important here, and I’ll come back to the 1980 event, is that he really—his key—it’s not a secret—he really … and we were coming now to the crescendo. I was at some event and they said—this is before cell phones and Palm … to his personal life and his treatment of women in the past? Is this something that has ever bothered you …
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… who are U.S. citizens or permanent residents, until well past the election. For proponents of some form of legal …
The Supreme Court wants immigration resolved in the political arena
Oral History Interviews
| Edward M. Kennedy Project… you get the occasional arrival, or there would be some event of local significance in Boston. I was 21 at the time, … advance man through the years, Jimmy King, handled the event entirely spontaneously. Find a place; get a crowd. It … scramble, God, the whole world came up to Boston for the event. I remember, even in writing the story, being utterly …
Presidential Recordings
… -Traditions -Pressure from women -POW appearance -Social events -Air Force colonel -Robinson Risner -Virginia … Log (rev. May-2010) Conversation No. 866-19 (cont’d) -Past dinner -Judge -Publishers Gridiron dinner -Invitation to …
Presidential Recordings
… -Traditions -Pressure from women -POW appearance -Social events -Air Force colonel -Robinson Risner -Virginia … Log (rev. May-2010) Conversation No. 866-19 (cont’d) -Past dinner -Judge -Publishers Gridiron dinner -Invitation to …
Presidential Recordings
… speaking -Melvin R. Laird -Robert J. Dole -Forthcoming event at Statler Hilton for the National League of Families … -Speaking -Limousine -Demonstrators -Signs -Robert Taylor -Past experience -Statement by the President -Television …
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… assessed his performance. That’s also why I’ve spent the past two weeks in private conversations with two dozen … presidents Clinton, Obama, and Trump. Judging by the past week alone, Biden and the bulk of his party seem …
We take presidential "first years" seriously at the Miller Center.
Oral History Interviews
| Ronald Reagan Project… decision to retain him as DCI and the major events that occurred during these three years. He examines … those things and make sure that we were not despoiling the past, but we were addressing the future and trying to be … workouts on—I’ve forgotten what they call them, athletic events in the Caribbean. Was it Puerto Rico, what was it? I …
Presidential Biographies
… he did so with firm conviction and determination. His past experiences gave him significant experience in foreign … jettison improved U.S.-Sino relations by overreacting to events. Many in Congress cried out for a harsh, punitive …
Oral History Interviews
| Edward M. Kennedy Project… and they loved it. We decided we would do almost a free event, tickets only to control it, and then let everybody … were just so excited to have him there. It really was the event of the campaign. Heininger You must have enjoyed it … went away, more or less. They’re not anything like in the past. He probably would have owned the whole place at that …
Presidential Speeches
… Franklin Roosevelt honors the soldiers’ efforts during the past year, the first year of United States’ involvement in … one of the great moments in the history of the nation. The past year was perhaps the most crucial for modern … with high promise of better things. We must appraise the events of 1942 according to their relative importance; we …
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… in part because of perceptions that he cared more about events abroad than the consequences of a recession at home. … classic mistake of overlearning the lessons of the recent past. David Adesnik is the Policy Director at the Foreign …
David Adesnik considers the danger of presidents' contempt for their predecessors
Oral History Interviews
| Jimmy Carter Project… energy problems. He then explores various issues and events in domestic policy during the rest of the term, … chairman, Robert Strauss. It was a position which in the past was purely honorary and fairly unimportant. Carter—for … they thought about a variety of national and international events, what people were saying in Washington and so forth. I …
Oral History Interviews
| Edward M. Kennedy Project… but I think he has a strong one. In terms of some of the events that I'm most familiar with and what they illustrate, … for it--an example of not going for the slice--and in the event we won all the marbles. That was in '82. The result of … look at the judges--It was a quantum leap from the past--and insisted on pressing for documents, for allowing us …
Oral History Interviews
| Edward M. Kennedy Project… ’89, something like that. Right out of law school. In any event, one time, it was around the noon hour and we were … the Senate? The answer is no, I really don’t. It was my past life. It’s not my present life and I don’t want to live … we had a hard time keeping a couple of those. But in any event we had enough. There was a lot of going around of the …
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… regardless of professional background. Understanding the past is often the best way to diagnose the present to ensure … through. Even incoming leaders who are “insiders” with past experience in the organization or possess deep expertise … your overall narrative, it will be defined for you by events, stakeholders, or even opponents. Despite 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.
Public Events
… the new Trump administration compare to the approaches of past presidents? … of his new administration compare to the approaches of past national leaders? And how has it worked out when … has expertise or the president can respond to changing events. And, you know, it’s not surprising that if you give …
Oral History Interviews
| Bill Clinton Project… but I knew everybody had a deadline. Everybody had worked past midnight. So if they were a little condescending or a … remember seeing him during the campaign? Currie Only at events. Riley At the events in Little Rock. So you didn’t go … kept her sort of isolated, but I might see her walking past. When I got to the basement I did phone calls and I also …
Oral History Interviews
| Bill Clinton Project… measure of individuals who had offered themselves in the past and who had actually become President. So I found that … about this yesterday with a person—my first integrated event in Arkansas was actually a political event. That, to … going to go to eastern Arkansas for any more segregated events." Eastern Arkansas is my home. That's all we have, …