December 2011
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The two leaders shared a love of jazz, and Havel surprised Clinton with a gift:...
– Paul Begala reflects on Vaclav Havel, playwright-turned-world leader, with Bill Clinton (and Madeleine Albright), including this great moment in smiley face history. (via cheatsheet)
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1995 Government Shutdown
Tomorrow it will be 16 years since a confrontation between the White House and the Republican congressional leadership over the budget results in a partial shutdown of the federal government. December 16, 1995.
Take a look at President Clinton’s statement on the impending shutdown and budget negotiations from December 15, 1995.
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Good evening. Just moments ago, I spoke with George W. Bush and congratulated...
– Al Gore
On December 13, 2000, Vice President and Presidential Candidate Al Gore delivered his Concession Speech for the 2000 Presidential Election.
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Anonymous asked: who is the author of this web site?
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Commemorating the 70th Anniversary of the Attack... →
congressarchives:
There were a ton of great blog entries yesterday from the National Archives commemorating the 70th Anniversary of the Pearl Harbor attacks. If you haven’t seen them all, check out this great link round-up created by one of our Prologue bloggers.
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1924
Before they were presidents…
lbjlibrary:
Now fifteen, LBJ graduated from Johnson City High School on May 24. He decided to forego higher education and instead made his way to California with a few friends.
There he performed odd jobs, including one as an elevator operator. A year later he returned home to Johnson City.
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