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THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA'S MILLER CENTER OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS RELEASED TRANSCRIPTS FROM THEIR ORAL HISTORY PROJECT DOCUMENTS THE PRESIDENCY OF GEORGE...
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| 00:00:32 |
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THE CHAIR OF THE MILLER CENTER OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SQULOINING US TO TALK ABOUT THE GEORGE H.W. BUSH ORAL HISTORY PROJECT....
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| 00:00:47 |
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IS TO TRY TO CAP STUR THE RECOLLECTIONS OF PEOPLE WHO WORKED CLOSELY WITH FORMER PRESIDENT GEORGE H.W. BUSH WHEN HE WAS IN OFFICE BOTH TO PRESERVE...
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| 00:01:12 |
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MANY PEOPLE HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN THE PROJECT? >> WELL, WE
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| 00:01:15 |
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INTERVIEWED SOMEWHERE AROUND 60 PEOPLE OVER ABOUT 50 INTERVIEWS. THOSE INTERVIEWS WERE PRIMARILY WITH SENIOR WHITE HOUSE STAFF MEMBERS AND CABINET OFFICIALS....
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| 00:01:40 |
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BRITISH PRIME MINISTER JOHN MAJOR? >> THAT'S
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| 00:01:43 |
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CORRECT. >> WHAT
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| 00:01:48 |
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ABOUT OTHER AIDES NAMES, NAMES THAT FOLKS MIGHT KNOW? >> DAN QUAYLE, THE PRESIDENT,
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| 00:01:51 |
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WE SPENT A DAY WITH HIM IN ARIZONA. DICK CHENEY COMMENDED ON HIS TIME AS DEFENSE SECRETARY. BRENT SCOWCROFT, THE PRESIDENT'S NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER...
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| 00:02:19 |
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TO INTERVIEW PRESIDENT BUSH FOR THE PROJECT? >> WE
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| 00:02:23 |
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DID NOT. >> WHY NOT? IS THERE A PLAN IN THE FUTURE TO TALK WITH HIM? >> THERE IS
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| 00:02:28 |
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NONE. YOU PROBABLY HAVE TO GO TO HIM TO GET THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION. I THINK FORMER PRESIDENT BUSH WAS NOT SOMEBODY WHO REALLY ENJOYED BEING INTERVIEWED....
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INTERVIEWS YOU'VE DONE, WHAT ARE SOME OF THE MOST INTERESTING REVELATIONS YOU'VE HEARD? >> I'M RELUCTANT TO TALK
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| 00:03:37 |
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ABOUT IN MY OWN SENSE WHAT THE BEST REVELATIONS ARE. THE GREAT THING ABOUT THIS PROJECT IS IT'S A PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISE. WE DID THE WORK BUT...
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| 00:04:39 |
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FOR. >> HOW LONG ARE THE INTERVIEWS AND TELL US ABOUT THE PREPARATION FORGETTING SET TO DO ONE OF THESE INTERVIEWS? HOW MANY HOURS ARE PREPARED IN ...
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| 00:04:50 |
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OF GRADUATE STUDENTS WHO WOULD ROUTINELY PUT IN 10 HOURS FOR A BRIEFING BOOK TO GO TO A TEAM OF INTERVIEWERS. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT DISTINGUISHES THE...
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| 00:05:42 |
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AVAILABLE. >> HOW MANY OTHER PRESIDENTIAL ORAL HISTORY PROJECTS IS THE CENTER INVOLVED WITH? >> THE CENTER HAS
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| 00:05:47 |
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COMPLETED MAJOR PROJECTS ON JIMMY CARTER AND RONALD REAGAN. AND WE ARE IN THE FINAL STAGES OF A VERY EXTENSIVE PROJECT ON PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON WHICH...
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| 00:06:41 |
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THE TRANSCRIPTS BEING RELEASED FROM THESE INTERVIEWS. WHAT ABOUT THE INTERVIEWS THEMSELVES, THE AUDIO RECORDINGS. WILL PEOPLE BE ABLE TO ACCESS THOSE?...
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| 00:06:53 |
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NORMALLY NOT. WE'LL HAVE A FEW AUDIO CLIPS AVAILABLE MOSTLY FOR PRESS PURPOSES. THE PRINCIPLE MISSION IS TO CREATE A RESEARCH DOCUMENT. TEMPERATURES COULD...
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| 00:07:42 |
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POINT ON THE AUDIO RECORDINGS. YOU MENTIONED STARTING IN 1999, SINCE THEN THE ART OF JUST DOING AUDIO RECORDING HAS CHANGED. >> VIDEO RECORDING AS
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WELL. I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S A VERY HOT TOPIC IN THE ORAL HISTORY PROFESSION RIGHT NOW IS THE DESIRABILITY OF DOING VIDEO. WE HAVE NOT...
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| 00:08:22 |
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CHAIRMAN OF THE MILLER CENTER OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS, PRESIDENTIAL ORAL HISTORY BRO JEKT, PROGRAM AT THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US....
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QUITE WELCOME. >>> HERE IS
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| 00:08:32 |
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A SAMPLE FROM THE GEORGE H.W. BUSH ORAL HISTORY PROJECT. >> THE ONLY TIME THE
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| 00:08:40 |
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PRESIDENT LOOKED OVER CHENEY AND POWELL'S SHOULDER IN TERMS OF THE MILITARY CAMPAIGN AND PARTICULARLY THE BOMBING TARGETS AND AGAIN THIS DIDN'T SIT...
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| 00:09:40 |
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OF THE FEW TIMES THAT I'VE HAD WITH THE PRESIDENT, ABSOLUTELY UNINTERRUPTED FOR ABOUT FOUR HOURS. WE WERE FISHING, AND THE FISH WEREN'T BITING. ...
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| 00:10:31 |
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MIGUEL GORBACHEV. I THINK HE RESPECTED HIM. I THINK HE UNDERSTOOD HIS DILEMMAS. GEORGE BUSH'S HANDLING PUT JUST ENOUGH TENSION ON THE LINE. IT'S LIKE...
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