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this is about eisenhower. you really you got to eisenhower experts even wrote a fabulous book, ike's bluff. you haven't read it. three preceding his political. it's what were the traits and characteristics that were recognized by the military that that seemed to be bringing him up quite steadily. well everybody in the military who was superior to eisenhower wanted him to be their assistant because realize he outworked everybody he brilliant he knew how to handle people. and, you know macarthur wanted him. marshall wanted him. everybody wanted him because made everything better. not in any kind of puffed up, arrogant, beat on your chest. i'm a great guy, but through it, through hard work and diligence and wisdom and fundamental intelligence and fundamental likability. i like ike. people liked ike. he was he was appealing. he he didn't go through life making enemies the way so many politicians do. now, how does that relate to his standing before graduating from west point? well, he was he was an athlete in westp
this is about eisenhower. you really you got to eisenhower experts even wrote a fabulous book, ike's bluff. you haven't read it. three preceding his political. it's what were the traits and characteristics that were recognized by the military that that seemed to be bringing him up quite steadily. well everybody in the military who was superior to eisenhower wanted him to be their assistant because realize he outworked everybody he brilliant he knew how to handle people. and, you know macarthur...
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, for example, eisenhower painted. eisenhower was famously quite a good hobby painter. but for her own greatest generation, if you like, she really did get on with reagan. and probably what viewers will know, kw anything about the relationship between the queen anddes, there was a famous horsee nge between the queen and reagan in windsor park when he visited in 1982 that was really symbolic. i don't think you would see anywhere else an american president sharing a horse ride with another wool leader. or any leaders going through the trouble or perhaps having the delight of doing such an event for the cameras. but it was pretty clear to me that she got on famously with the bushes, especially george h.w. bush. that was partly because of barbara bush. i think she really liked and respected this dog loving, animal loving matriarch with a big family and slightly troublesome sons. that perhaps was something they had in common. and they got along famously, just because of that similarity. then i also say from the younger gene
, for example, eisenhower painted. eisenhower was famously quite a good hobby painter. but for her own greatest generation, if you like, she really did get on with reagan. and probably what viewers will know, kw anything about the relationship between the queen anddes, there was a famous horsee nge between the queen and reagan in windsor park when he visited in 1982 that was really symbolic. i don't think you would see anywhere else an american president sharing a horse ride with another wool...
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he tried to see eisenhower eisenhower was out of town already on a planned outing. he did meet with secretary of state christian herter. he denied a meeting with the two presidential candidates. jfk, nixon. and at the meeting, the state department that went poorly. and, you know, he asked for all these things and then just got. no, no, no no no free and so this is a man whose trip outside has essentially been a colossal failure. he comes back to the congo and what's going on at that time, he declares that his trip has been a massive success on radio and that's another thing about him you really admire the heights of him. he's constantly spinning. he comes back to the congo and things are bad. he's there, protest against him. we later find out they were funded by the cia, arranged by larry devlin. and there's this movement to. have the president kasavubu fire lumumba, and oust him from power, which the sort of legally dubious maneuver again that was that they encouraged meant of the cia which even approved financing for the president to encourage him make this move a
he tried to see eisenhower eisenhower was out of town already on a planned outing. he did meet with secretary of state christian herter. he denied a meeting with the two presidential candidates. jfk, nixon. and at the meeting, the state department that went poorly. and, you know, he asked for all these things and then just got. no, no, no no no free and so this is a man whose trip outside has essentially been a colossal failure. he comes back to the congo and what's going on at that time, he...
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so marshall, i think with eisenhower, i'll start with eisenhower. i think with eisenhower there was a there was a mutual respect, but i don't think they really got to know each other all that well. i mean they obviously interacted quite a bit, but they kind of ran a little bit different circles. you know, when eisenhower was with the war department, he was in the operations division, which was, you know, separate from the general headquarters and then the army ground forces later. so they knew each other, obviously, but they weren't very close. i think with marshall, the relationship was much closer. i think they they thought very alike and they they shared about how should we shape our force and how should we train personnel, how should we the force they really had a long standing exchange of ideas with macarthur. he's really kind of absent from the record in terms of the things that i found about general mcnair, you'd probably have insight, as is his relationship with macarthur than i than i do. but i know that, you know, all of these folks, you k
so marshall, i think with eisenhower, i'll start with eisenhower. i think with eisenhower there was a there was a mutual respect, but i don't think they really got to know each other all that well. i mean they obviously interacted quite a bit, but they kind of ran a little bit different circles. you know, when eisenhower was with the war department, he was in the operations division, which was, you know, separate from the general headquarters and then the army ground forces later. so they knew...
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lost his credibility with the american public and with then president eisenhower and the republicans in congress. it was certainly beginning to happen, essentially, joe mccarthy did not wear well on television. you know, the more he was exposed, the more people could witness the way he operated and the way he would bully other people the way he was. it was so it became more and more clear that that really getting to the bottom of the issue, finding the facts was really not in his primary objective, but making accusations and bullying and scaring the public was really more his goal. the more that became evident really the first round of hearings and really throughout the whole proceeding of the lower his support fell. well, here's a bit from the 1954 army mccarthy hearings, but your. forgive. will have to come from somewhere other. the. chairman of that, mr. wells, talks about being cruel and reckless. he would do anything he has. and they hang on here for hours requesting time before sundown, get out of any department of the government. anyone who was serving the communist. no, i jus
lost his credibility with the american public and with then president eisenhower and the republicans in congress. it was certainly beginning to happen, essentially, joe mccarthy did not wear well on television. you know, the more he was exposed, the more people could witness the way he operated and the way he would bully other people the way he was. it was so it became more and more clear that that really getting to the bottom of the issue, finding the facts was really not in his primary...
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eisenhower here about her grandfather, president eisenhower has two very important elections as well. one in 1952, one in 1956, and the one in 52, harry truman is outgoing as the president, but of course, he did not run. and so he was not defeated by by ike in that election. but he nevertheless sort of made made pretty short work of the democratic opponent at that time. so tell us a little bit about how your grandfather went about his important campaigns in 52 and 56. yes. and i'm going to bypass you just for a second. i need to say something about carter. i was i was working on capitol hill during the time that he was running. and when he won washington got a terrible, terrible problem. the restaurants were all panicking because they did not have grits. true story. they were all scrambling to get grits in town. but anyway, back to granddad's story. he of course, he was ten years passed. world war two, which was his. probably what touched his heart more than anything was the service that he provided during world war two. and he a unique situation on on both elections in that he had th
eisenhower here about her grandfather, president eisenhower has two very important elections as well. one in 1952, one in 1956, and the one in 52, harry truman is outgoing as the president, but of course, he did not run. and so he was not defeated by by ike in that election. but he nevertheless sort of made made pretty short work of the democratic opponent at that time. so tell us a little bit about how your grandfather went about his important campaigns in 52 and 56. yes. and i'm going to...
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lost his credibility with the american public and with then president eisenhower and the republicans in congress. it was certainly beginning to happen, essentially, joe mccarthy did not wear well on television. you know, the more he was exposed, the more people could witns the way he operated and the way he would bully other people the way he was. it was so it became more and more clear that that really getting to the bottom of the issue, finding the facts was really not in his primary objective, but making accusations and bullying and scaring the public was really more his goal. the more that became evident really the first round of hearings and really throughout the whole proceeding of the lower his support fell. well, here's a bit from the 1954 army mccarthy hearings, but your. forgive. will have to come from somewhere other. the. chairman of that, mr. wells, talks about being cruel and reckless. he would do anything he has. and they hang on here for hours requesting time before sundown, get out of any department of the government. anyone who was serving the communist. no, i just
lost his credibility with the american public and with then president eisenhower and the republicans in congress. it was certainly beginning to happen, essentially, joe mccarthy did not wear well on television. you know, the more he was exposed, the more people could witns the way he operated and the way he would bully other people the way he was. it was so it became more and more clear that that really getting to the bottom of the issue, finding the facts was really not in his primary...
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president eisenhower was the first to permit his news conferences to be broadcast. thus radio became vital to america. it is to end of the world and national news. as it grew, it became the very heartbeat of the community. and today four hundreds of communities. the local radio station is only source of immediate news. in recent years, the number of radio stations has more than doubled. radio's reaches everywhere throughout the into almost every into almost every room where people live and work work. one of radio's functions is to act as seldom to warn the country in event of air attack. your local station is part the warning system called carnival rat. here's how it works. if there's an your station will remind you during the call that frequencies 640 and 1240 on those frequencies authorities were broadcast instructions as to what to do. call plays a part in weather. it alerts the people when storm is approaching a blizzard, hurricane or tornado warning. a tornado is headed this way. the weather bureau has announced a tornado has been sighted 20 miles outside of la
president eisenhower was the first to permit his news conferences to be broadcast. thus radio became vital to america. it is to end of the world and national news. as it grew, it became the very heartbeat of the community. and today four hundreds of communities. the local radio station is only source of immediate news. in recent years, the number of radio stations has more than doubled. radio's reaches everywhere throughout the into almost every into almost every room where people live and work...
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remember, eisenhower won virginia times in 52, eisenhower, nixon, eisenhower, nixon in 1956, one louisiana. so it really began chip away at the traditional democratic south, which was a stronghold. and so 64, again, a terrible year for republicans, a great year for conservatives in terms of their in the future. and then 66, the lopsided loss by republicans. 64 they almost gained they gained back almost everything. they lost in 64 during the midterms and 66 in terms of the house, in terms of the senate, in terms of governors, in terms of state house seats, coast to coast democrats still in charge, democrats held the white house with lyndon johnson. they still controlled the house and the senate after the 66 midterms. but republicans had made it considerably close and erasing the losses of 64 and and building momentum as they move toward 68. and so that's where we begin today, as we know from from previously, nixon had a good life in new york city for the first time he was making money. he wasn't a public official practicing law, a named partner at one of wall street's most important white s
remember, eisenhower won virginia times in 52, eisenhower, nixon, eisenhower, nixon in 1956, one louisiana. so it really began chip away at the traditional democratic south, which was a stronghold. and so 64, again, a terrible year for republicans, a great year for conservatives in terms of their in the future. and then 66, the lopsided loss by republicans. 64 they almost gained they gained back almost everything. they lost in 64 during the midterms and 66 in terms of the house, in terms of the...
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eisenhower certainly did not try to repeal the new deal. eisenhower has a democratic senate for six out of eight years. final in 1980, democrats, the senate and a whole of senate progressives gets blown. republicans take the senate and this really is the beginning of, the conservative era. the both roosevelt, truman, johnson had large majorities of their party in congress. the great 89th is very famous in terms of did so did carter. yeah and and yet. yeah. carter in 76 did have huge worry at 80. he was fair for ronald reagan to say are you better off today than you were four years ago? which no one in their right mind would say, oh, yeah i really am. -20% interest rates. so had big margins, which we have divided today. right. narrow margins likely to continue. i don't i don't see one party having a blowout election coming up. and so the first element going big is you're able to get it through congress. second element going on is that the public really wants the parties to work together. they want bipartisanship. bipartisanship is in evapora
eisenhower certainly did not try to repeal the new deal. eisenhower has a democratic senate for six out of eight years. final in 1980, democrats, the senate and a whole of senate progressives gets blown. republicans take the senate and this really is the beginning of, the conservative era. the both roosevelt, truman, johnson had large majorities of their party in congress. the great 89th is very famous in terms of did so did carter. yeah and and yet. yeah. carter in 76 did have huge worry at...
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governor warren tells eisenhower, "i'll deliver the delegation for you on one condition. i wanna be the next chief justice of the supreme court." ike, the great war hero, shakes hands, says, "you got a deal." he wins. one year later, earl warren is the chief justice of the united states supreme court. rod wanted a political appointment from obama, and for that, he was prepared to trade obama's old senate seat, which is actually legal. otherwise, eisenhower would have gone to jail, and americans would not have "liked ike." do you see yourself as somebody who was just trying to function in perhaps an inherently corrupt but legal system, and that theoretically almost any politician could be snagged the way you were? absolutely. of course i do, except i'm giving me higher marks. because i was using that money that--that-- and that power gave me to fight an established system that served itself on the backs of the people, and when you do that, you piss a lot of people off, and they wanna get rid of you. but do you think that you're earthier about it? like, more outspoken about
governor warren tells eisenhower, "i'll deliver the delegation for you on one condition. i wanna be the next chief justice of the supreme court." ike, the great war hero, shakes hands, says, "you got a deal." he wins. one year later, earl warren is the chief justice of the united states supreme court. rod wanted a political appointment from obama, and for that, he was prepared to trade obama's old senate seat, which is actually legal. otherwise, eisenhower would have gone to...
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eisenhower, the first -- the president of the united states submitted his favorite recipe, old-fashioned beef stew. now, in that spirit, we've prepared a wonderful menu for you tonight. but it does not include beef stew, so rest assured. but what we did do tonight with the menu is we have created an array of very distinct dishes featuring the specialties and the special food of each of nato's 12 founding members, so you'll see trays passing tonight with flags on them denoting which country that particular dish is from. finally, and this is what i'm really most excited about, i'd like to introduce our special guests of honor beyond the two gentlemen sitting to my left and right, our special guest of honor this evening, harry s. truman himself, immortalized in bronze for his namesake home in commemoration of nato's 75th anniversary. the eight foot statue created by mozartist tom corbin is a very generous gist from the truman institute and would like to thank our guest from the institute tonight and recognize clifton truman daniel, president truman's eldest grandson. after tonight's event,
eisenhower, the first -- the president of the united states submitted his favorite recipe, old-fashioned beef stew. now, in that spirit, we've prepared a wonderful menu for you tonight. but it does not include beef stew, so rest assured. but what we did do tonight with the menu is we have created an array of very distinct dishes featuring the specialties and the special food of each of nato's 12 founding members, so you'll see trays passing tonight with flags on them denoting which country that...
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and so adlai stevenson and general eisenhower were for election. he gave them access to the daily summary so that they could know what he was seeing and help them prepare and when the candidate becomes the president elect, they get the full president's daily brief, no different than the president. so robert byer as we continue our tour of cia museum, the cold war is in full swing. a lot of spy gadgets come out of that, don't they? there really was an iron curtain over the soviet bloc. and it was incredibly to get in there, get what we call is our assets, our sources of information to help us understand what was going on behind that soviet iron curtain. and so we needed disguises. we needed equipment that would help our assets get the information needed. things like, the microdot camera that would basically take a picture of a document and shrink it down to the size of a dot. these are the types of things that we would give to our assets in order to collect that information and you've got on display here a can and a miniature book. what are we looki
and so adlai stevenson and general eisenhower were for election. he gave them access to the daily summary so that they could know what he was seeing and help them prepare and when the candidate becomes the president elect, they get the full president's daily brief, no different than the president. so robert byer as we continue our tour of cia museum, the cold war is in full swing. a lot of spy gadgets come out of that, don't they? there really was an iron curtain over the soviet bloc. and it...
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with eisenhower was going on in the 50s, even with the kennedys those actions of defendant groups of americans those who were being assaulted. those who were being isolated and targeted. also educated the american population at large. it was a reminder to us it's one thing for it to be on paper. it's another thing to then enforce it. same with the constitution. if it is not addressed and dealt with and embraced and applied it means nothing. same with our laws. all the laws are on the books a lot of laws are being broken theshestathese dahestays so sicg or applied. we have got a generation and americans of all generations are looking to see if the government will take seriously our own civil rights laws. what several generations are including my own and sometimes went to jail for and fought for so people could live freely no matter who they are fight very few people, allowed amounts, a mob, a university president who will not act. the d.a. who will not active for this is a small number of people who are trying to via if i may say, frighten people into surrender because they are the lo
with eisenhower was going on in the 50s, even with the kennedys those actions of defendant groups of americans those who were being assaulted. those who were being isolated and targeted. also educated the american population at large. it was a reminder to us it's one thing for it to be on paper. it's another thing to then enforce it. same with the constitution. if it is not addressed and dealt with and embraced and applied it means nothing. same with our laws. all the laws are on the books a...
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president eisenhower said his goal was to establish an indespuctable partnership between our countries. today the world can see that goal has been achieved. and that partnership between us is unbreakable. pres. biden: the alliance between japan and the united states is the cornerstone of peace, security, prosperity, in the indo-pacific and around the world. ours is truly a global partnership. for that, mr. prime minister, i thank you. [speaking japanese] pres. biden: the prime minister is a visionary and courageous leader. when russia began its brutal invasion of ukraine two years ago herb did not hesitate to condemn, sanction, and isolate russia and provide billions in assistance to ukraine. [translator speaking japanese] pres. biden: under his leadership, japan set in motion profound changes in its defense policies and capabilities. now, now our two countries are building a stronger defense partnership and a stronger indo-pacific than ever before. [translator speaking japanese] pres. biden: as president of the g-7 last year, the prime minister rallied japan's partners to take action
president eisenhower said his goal was to establish an indespuctable partnership between our countries. today the world can see that goal has been achieved. and that partnership between us is unbreakable. pres. biden: the alliance between japan and the united states is the cornerstone of peace, security, prosperity, in the indo-pacific and around the world. ours is truly a global partnership. for that, mr. prime minister, i thank you. [speaking japanese] pres. biden: the prime minister is a...