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McLaurin, Stewart - Executive Director
RONALD REAGAN PRESIDENTIAL FOUNDATION. THIS WEEK IN WASHINGTON, D.C., WHICH CONVENED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH CLOSE-UP A WEEK-LONG CONFERENCE TITLED "RONALD...
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| 00:03:50 |
McBride, Anita - Chief of Staff
REAGAN GAVE ME MY START IN POLITICS. BECAUSE OF HIM, WHEN I WAS ABLE TO VOTE I REGISTERED TO VOTE AND I WORKED ON THE CAMPAIGN OF RONALD REAGAN AS A...
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| 00:07:00 |
Allen, Michael - Staff Director
I GUESS ONE OF THE MOST NOTABLE THING ABOUT RONALD REAGAN AND CIVIL DISCOURSE IS HOW MUCH TIME HE INVESTED WITH THE CONGRESS IN HIS FIRST TERM. IT IS...
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| 00:09:19 |
Brand, Rachel L. - Assistant Attorney General
THE WAY, I THINK IT IS GREAT YOU ALL ARE HERE. I WAS A LITTLE HESITANT WHEN I HEARD THIS WOULD BE A HISTORICAL REPRESENTED -- RETROSPECTIVE ABOUT REAGAN...
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| 00:10:43 |
McLaurin, Stewart - Executive Director
BRANCHES OF GOVERNMENT AND GIVEN YOUR EXPERIENCE IN THE CONFIRMATION PROCESS OF SEVERAL CHISHOLM IN NOMINEES DURING THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION, DID YOU...
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| 00:11:11 |
Brand, Rachel L. - Assistant Attorney General
JUSTICE ROBERTS AND JUSTICE AND LETO WERE NOMINATED AND FROM CONFIRMED THE PART OF MY JOB WAS TO HELP LOOK AT CANDIDATES FOR THE SUPREME COURT AND ONCE...
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| 00:14:03 |
Allen, Michael - Staff Director
PRIMARILY DOMINATED BY THE NIGHTLY NEWSCASTS -- NOWADAYS THERE IS A LOT SAID ABOUT HOW THE INTERNET AND THE DIVERSIFICATION OF NEWS SOURCES HAS CHANGED...
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| 00:15:43 |
McBride, Anita - Chief of Staff
GOV. REAGAN WHEN HE RAN FOR PRESIDENT, HAVING BEEN AN ACTOR, SOME OF THOSE SKILLS REALLY DID HELP HIM. HE KNEW THE POWER OF LANGUAGE AND HE KNEW WHEN...
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| 00:16:38 |
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IS FOR MRS. MCBRIDE. WITH YOUR EXPERIENCE WITH FIRST LADY LAURA BUSH, I'M WONDERING HOW MUCH AFFECT SHE HAS ON PUBLIC POLICY AND HOW OFTEN SHE IS...
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| 00:16:59 |
McBride, Anita - Chief of Staff
A GOOD PORTION OF MY TIME AT AMERICAN UNIVERSITY DEVELOPING A COURSE OF STUDY SURROUNDING THE ROLE OF AMERICAN FIRST LADY AND THEIR IMPACT ON POLITICS...
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| 00:19:11 |
Brand, Rachel L. - Assistant Attorney General
ONE OF THE THINGS I FOUND FRUSTRATING IN GOVERNMENT WAS HOW LITTLE IT SEEMS TO ME THAT PEOPLE UNDERSTOOD HOW GOVERNMENT WORKS. PERHAPS AS A RESULT OF...
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| 00:20:11 |
McBride, Anita - Chief of Staff
DISCOURSE AROUND HOW WE TREAT PEOPLE WHO ARE WILLING TO GO INTO PUBLIC SERVICE, AND IN THESE CASES, PUBLIC SERVICE FOR LIFE. AND TO BE TREATED THE WAY...
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| 00:22:07 |
McLaurin, Stewart - Executive Director
IN THE PUBLIC. WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT -- MICHAEL, NOW THAT YOU ARE ENTRENCHED IN THE HILL HAVING BEEN ENSUE IN -- IN THE AND MINISTRATION. HOW DO YOU...
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| 00:22:53 |
Allen, Michael - Staff Director
IMPORTANT FOR THE COUNTRY TO SEE. ONE THING I DON'T THINK IS APPRECIATED ARE KNOWN BY A LOT OF FOLKS IS HOW MANY PEOPLE EACH PRESIDENT HAS WORKING OF...
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| 00:24:30 |
Brand, Rachel L. - Assistant Attorney General
THE ADMINISTRATION AND IN CONGRESS THE PARTY OF THE PRESIDENT. WHEN WE WERE IN OFFICE, REPUBLICANS ON THE HILL -- BOTH, IN TERMS OF US GOING UP TO THE...
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| 00:25:27 |
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YOUR OPINIONS IN REGARDS TO THE CURRENT POLITICAL RIFT BETWEEN THE DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS? >> WHAT WAS IT? THE RIFT. >> COULD YOU TAKE IT THAT BECAUSE...
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| 00:25:57 |
Allen, Michael - Staff Director
BUT AT THE SAME TIME YOU ALSO WANT SPIRITED DEBATE. YOU WANT PEOPLE TO SERVE AS A DIVERSITY OF IDEAS THAT HAVE THE MARKETPLACE OF IDEAS. IT HAPPENS ON...
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| 00:27:32 |
McBride, Anita - Chief of Staff
MAIL THAT CAME TO PRESIDENT REAGAN AND SELECTING A SAMPLE THAT WENT WITH HIM EVERY WEEKEND TO CAMP DAVID THAT HE WOULD RESPOND TO PERSONALLY. I WAS THERE...
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| 00:29:24 |
McLaurin, Stewart - Executive Director
SEE HIM WAVER IN THAT. HOW DOES IT PLAY OUT ON THE HILL, WHEN YOU HAVE A PRESIDENT WHO IS STRONG AND CLEAR AND DIRECT IN THEIR CONVICTIONS, AND EVEN THOUGH...
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| 00:30:06 |
Allen, Michael - Staff Director
ABOUT PRESIDENT REAGAN -- OF COURSE, HE TOOK OFFICE IN A BIG ELECTION IN 1980. HE DIDN'T CONTROL THE HOUSE. THERE WERE MANY DEMOCRATS IN CONSERVATIVE...
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| 00:31:42 |
McLaurin, Stewart - Executive Director
REAGAN HAD A GREAT SENSE OF HUMOR. HE LOVED TO TELL STORIES. THERE WAS A WONDERFUL BOOK PUBLISHED CALLED "THE NOTES CLOSE CODE WHICH IS IN PRINT FORM...
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| 00:32:26 |
McBride, Anita - Chief of Staff
YOU WANT TO DRAW SOMEONE TO YOU. IT IS ONE OF THE THINGS WE STRUGGLED WITH FOR PRESIDENT BUSH. THOSE OF US WHO KNEW HIM WELL AND WORKED WITH HIM WELL...
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| 00:33:41 |
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AND RESPECT. MY QUESTION IS, WHAT DO YOU THINK IS THE MOST EFFECTIVE TO ENSURE LASTING PROGRESS? >> GO AHEAD, YES. >> PASSION-A MOTION, STABILITY- RESPECT....
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| 00:34:02 |
Brand, Rachel L. - Assistant Attorney General
PASSION-EMOTION. STABILITY AND RESPECT. SOMETIMES NEED ALL OF THEM. PASSION IS GOOD, EMOTION CAN BE DISTRACTING. IF YOU ARE GOING TO BE A GOOD ADVOCATE...
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| 00:35:46 |
McBride, Anita - Chief of Staff
SYSTEM AND GOVERNMENT IS STILL THE FINEST IN THE WORLD. I REALLY DO BELIEVE THAT. I THOUGHT ABOUT THIS COMING OVER HERE TODAY. THERE WERE ARTICLES THAT...
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| 00:37:36 |
Brand, Rachel L. - Assistant Attorney General
KIND OF UNFILTERED DIALOGUE. AND MUCH MORE FORMAL PROCESS. IF CONGRESS COULD JUST PASS LAWS WITHOUT A PRESIDENTIAL SIGNATURE, WHY WOULD THEY BOTHER...
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| 00:38:36 |
Brand, Rachel L. - Assistant Attorney General
THAT OUR PRINCIPLES AND THERE IS STABILITY. YOU HAVE TO HAVE SOME. YOU WILL NOT GIVE UP PRINCIPLES JUST TO BE CIVIL, BUT AT THE SAME TIME YOU NEED TO...
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| 00:39:15 |
McBride, Anita - Chief of Staff
SAY AS A YOUNG STAFFER, IN THE WHITE HOUSE I WAS VERY MUCH AWARE OF MRS. REAGAN'S PRESENCE. IT WAS CLEAR TO ALL OF US SHE WAS THERE TO PROTECT HER...
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| 00:41:36 |
McLaurin, Stewart - Executive Director
THE LIBRARY IN SIMI VALLEY, THERE ARE 12 OF THESE WONDERFUL INSTITUTIONS OF THE COUNTRY AND THE REAGAN LIBRARY TOOK A MAJOR RENOVATION AND REOPENED IN...
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| 00:43:01 |
McBride, Anita - Chief of Staff
THAT WHAT REMAKE -- MAKES EFFECTIVE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN LEADERS IS THEY CAN TRUST EACH OTHER, THAT THEY CAN HAVE CONVERSATIONS THAT MAY BE PRIVATE...
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| 00:44:01 |
Allen, Michael - Staff Director
RAPPORT WITH FOREIGN LEADERS. EXTREMELY POOR AND FOR ANY COALITION, WHETHER TO GET OTHER NATIONS TO HELP US IN LIBYA -- EXTREMELY IMPORTANT FOR ANY COALITION,...
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| 00:45:15 |
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ACTIVITY. IN COMPARISON TO THE YOUTH OF THE 1970'S AND 1980'S, IT IS A STARK CONTRAST. I AM ASKING, HOW CAN THE YOUTH OF TODAY EFFECTIVELY AFFECT CHANGE...
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| 00:45:42 |
Brand, Rachel L. - Assistant Attorney General
A SUPPOSED TO TELL OUR AGE. THAT IS HOW OLD I AM. THERE WAS NOT REALLY INTERNET UNTIL I WAS IN COLLEGE. I THINK I HAD AN EMAIL WHEN I WAS IN COLLEGE....
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| 00:46:32 |
McLaurin, Stewart - Executive Director
BIG THE STALLED AS A REFLECTIVE OF A GREAT PRESIDENT AND ALL HE ACCOMPLISHED BUT TO CONNECT HIM TO THE NEXT GENERATION OF YOUNG AMERICANS. THAT IS WHAT...
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| 00:47:45 |
McBride, Anita - Chief of Staff
YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE MIDDLE EAST RISING UP OVER A DICTATORSHIP, WANTING FREEDOM AND THE ABILITY TO HAVE THIS KIND OF THING YOU ARE PARTICIPATING IN AND...
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| 00:48:24 |
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THINK ENABLED HIM TO HAVE SUCH A CLOSE RELATIONSHIP WITH HOUSE SPEAKER TIP O'NEILL DESPITE DIFFERING VIEWS? >> I WILL REPEAT ONE THING THAT I THINK WAS...
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| 00:48:37 |
McBride, Anita - Chief of Staff
WAS A SHARED ANCESTRY. THEY WERE CONTEMPORARIES, THE SAME RANGE. THEY EXPERIENCED SOME OF THE SAME THINGS IN THEIR LIVES GROWING UP. SO I THINK THERE...
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| 00:49:15 |
Allen, Michael - Staff Director
WHAT WAS BEEN A STAUNCH CONSERVATIVE. HE HAD GIVEN HUNDREDS OF SPEECHES WHEN HE WORKED FOR GENERAL ELECTRIC, WHEN HE RAN FOR GOVERNOR OF CALIFORNIA. HE...
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| 00:50:05 |
Brand, Rachel L. - Assistant Attorney General
MICHAEL AND I -- DIFFERENT PART IS, WE GET ALONG AND LIKE EACH OTHER, WE ARE MUCH MORE LIKELY TO -- WE WOULD TRY TO FIND A WAY TO FIND AGREEMENT. AND...
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| 00:51:04 |
McBride, Anita - Chief of Staff
POLICIES THAT YOU CAN BELIEVE IN. I CAME FROM A FAMILY OF DEMOCRATS -- ALL IMMIGRANTS FROM FOREIGN COUNTRIES -- FROM ITALY TO THIS COUNTRY. I WAS THE...
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| 00:52:32 |
McLaurin, Stewart - Executive Director
DIXON, PRESIDENT REAGAN HAS A HOME TOWN. WE TALKED ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF REMEMBERING WHERE YOU ARE FROM. PRESIDENT REAGAN WAS CERTAINLY TRUE TO THAT....
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| 00:53:15 |
Allen, Michael - Staff Director
EVERY WEEKEND. THERE ARE A LOT OF WEEKS THEY SPEND IN THEIR DISTRICTS. THE REASON THEY DO THAT IS TO STAY CONNECTED WITH THEIR CONSTITUENTS, SO THEY HAVE...
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| 00:54:11 |
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DIVERSITY IS A GREAT THING GOING AND OUR NATION. WHAT CAN YOU RECOMMEND TO EXPEND OUR VIEWS FROM PEOPLE WITH DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS WHILE STILL BEING CIVIL...
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| 00:54:31 |
Brand, Rachel L. - Assistant Attorney General
LAW SCHOOL AND HARVARD AND EACH PLACE -- I GREW UP IN A VERY SMALL TOWN, HOMOGENEOUS, EVERYBODY DUTCH SO MUCH, AND MINNESOTA, MORE DIVERSE, AND HARVARD...
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| 00:55:38 |
Allen, Michael - Staff Director
THIS WEEK, IF YOU TRIED, IS REPUBLICAN NOMINEES OR THE FOLKS RUNNING FOR REPUBLICAN NOMINATION TALK ABOUT REAGAN THAT THE OPTIMISM. THAT WAS A BIG STRENGTH...
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| 00:57:17 |
McBride, Anita - Chief of Staff
THERE WERE SOME TIMES WHERE I WAS THINKING IT EVEN SIX YEARS IS ENOUGH TO DO THE JOB. OUR COUNTRY HANDLES THE TRANSITION VERY WELL. THERE ARE INSTITUTIONS...
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| 00:58:28 |
McLaurin, Stewart - Executive Director
SUPPORT OF AN EXCELLENT VICE- PRESIDENT AND GEORGE H. W. BUSH WAS ELECTED PRESIDENT OF THE NINE STATES WHEN PRESIDENT REAGAN COULD NOT COME -- RUN AGAIN,...
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| 00:58:45 |
McBride, Anita - Chief of Staff
WAS NOT ANOTHER FOUR YEARS OF PRESIDENT REAGAN. ALTHOUGH IT WAS HARD FOR GEORGE H. W. BUSH BECAUSE HE WAS SO RESPECTED AND LOVED RONALD REAGAN. THEY...
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| 00:59:20 |
McLaurin, Stewart - Executive Director
THEIR POSITION TOWARD EACH OTHER IN 1980 PRIMARIES WAS HEATED. THEN VICE PRESIDENT BUSH SUPPORTED REAGAN WONDERFULLY AND THEY BECAME SUPPORTIVE OF EACH...
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| 01:00:01 |
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FOR ANY OF YOU. WHAT WOULD RUN ABOUT REAGAN THINK OF THE WAY WE CONDUCTED THE WAR ON TERRORISM AND WHAT CHANGES TO ACCOMPLISH THE GOAL OF KEEPING THE...
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| 01:00:29 |
Allen, Michael - Staff Director
NEGOTIATE. I THINK PRESIDENT BUSH TRIED TO USE ALL ELEMENTS OF NATIONAL POWER IN THE WAR ARE IN TERROR -- WAR ON TERROR, WHICH IS IN THAT PRESIDENT REAGAN...
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| 01:01:20 |
McLaurin, Stewart - Executive Director
OUR PANEL FOR BEING WITH US THIS AFTERNOON TO TALK ABOUT RONALD REAGAN CUT THE CIVIL DISCOURSE IN OUR COUNTRY, AND THE IMPORTANCE OF THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH...
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