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    The Presidency and the American State

    What do John Quincy Adams, U.S. Grant, and William Howard Taft have in common? Political science professor Stephen Rockwell argued that their 19th century presidencies laid the foundation fo…

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    Year Zero - The Five-Year Presidency

    Former Trump administration White House deputy chief of staff Christopher Liddell proposed a new transition period for incoming presidents that would start the year before they take office. …

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    President Kennedy's Vietnam Policies

    Marc Selverstone talked about his research into President Kennedy’s Vietnam War policies, which is partly based on previously secret White House recordings, and his conclusion that JFK was k…

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    Barack Obama's Post-Presidency

    How has Barack Obama conducted his post-presidency years, and what impact does he continue to have on national political conversations as well as on how his administration is remembered? The…

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    43: Inside the George W. Bush Presidency

    Former Defense Secretary Robert Gates went behind-the-scenes of the George W. Bush White House with presidential scholars from the University of Virginia’s Miller Center. The scholars are ed…

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    Public School Integration in the 1960s

    Jackson State University professor Pamela Banks and journalist Jill Lawrence discussed their experience living through school integration as a Black and white student in Long Island, New Yor…

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    Mercury Rising

    Author Jeff Shesol talked about why President Kennedy placed his Cold War hopes, at the height of Soviet tensions, in astronaut John Glenn’s February 20, 1962, orbit of Earth aboard Friendsh…

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    First Friends - The Powerful, Unsung (And Unelected) People Who Shaped Our Presidents

    Gary Ginsberg talked about the people closest to the presidents and their influence. The University of Virginia’s Miller Center hosted this virtual event.

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    January 6 Committee Final Report

    Timothy Heaphy, former chief investigative counsel for the January 6 Committee, discussed the body’s investigation and final report in a discussion hosted by the University of Virginia. He a…

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    President Nixon & Arms Control

    Are President Nixon’s arms control efforts overlooked? Presidential scholars convened by the University of Virginia’s Miller Center reviewed his record on nuclear, biological and chemical we…

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    Presidential Speechwriters

    Three former White House speechwriters talked about the process of turning a president’s policies and politics into a speech. This session was from the Presidential Ideas Festival hosted by …

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    LBJ's White House Tapes

    The Lyndon B. Johnson Presidential Library, together with the University of Virginia’s Miller Center, debuted a website giving increased access to LBJ’s 650 hours of White House phone calls.…

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    In the Arena

    Former Virginia Governor and Democratic Senator Chuck Robb reflected on his life and political career. This virtual event was hosted by the University of Virginia’s Miller Center.

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    Haldeman Tapes: 1972 Moscow Summit

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    White House Chief of Staff Bob Haldeman’s audio diary entries on President Richard Nixon’s May 1972 Moscow summit. He talked about the infighting among high level administration officials. K…

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    Secret Presidential Recordings

    Historians analyzed the secret White House tapes of Presidents John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, and Richard Nixon. This was an inside look into how presidents conducted their day-to-day b…

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    By One Vote

    Michael Holt talked about his book By One Vote: The Disputed Presidential Election of 1876 (University Press of Kansas, 2011). Republican candidate Rutherford B. Hayes won the 1876 president…

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    Pat Oliphant's Political Cartoons, Bush to Obama

    Former White House administration staff members analyzed the work of political cartoonist Pat Oliphant. They focused on the presidencies of George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton, and George W. Bush…

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    Pat Oliphant's Political Cartoons: LBJ to Reagan

    Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Pat Oliphant and his work were the subjects of discussion at the University of Virginia, which had just acquired his cartoon collection. Speakers included p…

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    Haldeman Diaries September 1972

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    President Richard Nixon’s Chief of Staff H.R. “Bob” Haldeman’s audio diaries from September 1972. Mr. Halderman talked about campaign strategy, analyze the polls and how to attack the media.…

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    "America First" and Foreign Policy, 1945-68

    During the 1916 presidential election, Woodrow Wilson ran on the slogans “He Kept Us Out of War” and “America First.” In this program, a panel of historians talked about how “America First” …

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