George W. Hoover and the Distemper of Our Times
I'm going to put two quotes on the screen and ask you if this was an honest mistake on the part of the White House, or if the speechwriters had no sense of history. The first quote is, "The economy is fundamentally sound." Herbert Hoover [... more]
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Jr Ed Frederick Ryan
Frederick J. Ryam, Jr., is Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library Foundation. He served in the White House as Assistant to the President and later as Chief to Staff to former President Reagan. He is presently ... [... more]
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Bonnie Angelo
Bonnie Angelo is the author of First Mothers. During her more than twenty-five years with Time magazine, she has reported on the White House and has covered newsmakers and events across America and the world. She lives in Bethesda, Maryland, and ... [... more]
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Michael Deaver
Michael K. Deaver spent more than twenty years as one of Ronald Reagan's closest advisors in both Sacramento and Washington. In the White House, he served as assistant to the president and deputy chief of staff from January 1981 until May 1985. ... [... more]
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Burt Solomon
Burt Solomon is a contributing editor for , where he has covered the White House and many other aspects of Washington life. In 1991 he won the Gerald R. Ford Prize for Distinguished Reporting on the Presidency. He is also the author of the ... [... more]
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Jonathan Joseph
Peter Schifando and J. Jonathan Joseph are internationally known interior designers and have been friends of Mrs. Reagan's for more than twenty years. Schifando worked with designer Ted Graber, who restored the living quarters of the White House. ... [... more]
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Ari Fleischer
Prior to resigning his post in 2003, Ari Fleischer served as the official liaison between the White House and members of the press, acting as the primary spokesperson for the President and delivering the daily White House briefing. Fleischer ... [... more]
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James Rosen
JAMES ROSEN is a Washington correspondent for Fox News. He has covered the White House and State Department, and reported from dozens of foreign countries, including Afghanistan and Iraq. His writings on Watergate and other subjects have appeared ... [... more]
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Ronald Kessler
Ronald Kessler is the New York Times bestselling author of fifteen books, including A Matter of Character: Inside the White House of George W. Bush. A former investigative reporter for the Washington Post and the Wall Street Journal, Kessler has ... [... more]
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Laura Turner
When Laura Bush moved into the White House on January 20, 2001, everyone wanted to know what kind of first lady she would be. Would she be like Mamie Eisenhower? Would she follow in Barbara Bush's footsteps? Would she be another Hillary ... [... more]
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John Podesta
JOHN PODESTA was the White House chief of staff under President Bill Clinton from 1998 until 2001. He is currently president and chief executive officer of the Center for American Progress, a Washington, D.C.-based research and educational ... [... more]
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Wendell Garrett
Before the White House, there was Mount Vernon, the home of this nation's first president -- George Washington. Profiled here for the first time in full color by award-winning photographers Robert Lautman and Edward Owen and thoroughly documented ... [... more]
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