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President Lyndon Johnson’s 1965-66 calls on the appointment of the first Secretary of Housing & Urban Development Robert Weaver, who was also the first Black Cabinet Secretary. Professor Wen…

Former Department of Homeland Security Secretaries Michael Chertoff (2005-09) and Janet Napolitano (2009-13) talked about the peaceful transition of power between administrations and the dan…

President Richard Nixon spoke to UN Ambassador George H.W. Bush about upcoming votes and becoming the Chairman of the RNC. President Lyndon Johnson spoke to advisors about the signing ceremo…

President Richard Nixon discussed the war in Vietnam, the 1972 campaign, his State of the Union address and his upcoming television interview with advisors and family. Note: Some language m…

President Richard Nixon talked with advisors about foreign policy issues including India and Pakistan and the war in Vietnam. He also prepared for a live interview by Dan Rather of CBS. No…

President Richard Nixon talked with advisors about foreign policy issues, including Vietnam, the Middle East and India and Pakistan, as well as conversations about the defense budget and leg…

The relationship between the White House and the FBI from over 50 years ago, as we air some of President Johnson’s calls with J. Edgar Hoover. These conversations took place from June throug…

President Lyndon Johnson talked with advisors about the presidential campaign, the First Lady’s trip to the Midwest, milk prices and the federal budget. Note: Some language may be offensiv…

On October 1, 1962, James Meredith became the first African American to become a student at the University of Mississippi in Oxford. President John F. Kennedy’s phone calls about the violent…

Co-chairs of the University of Virginia Miller Center’s bipartisan State Health Care Cost Containment Commission released a report, Cracking the Code on Health Care Costs. They briefed the p…

Policy experts talked about the findings of the State Health Care Cost Containment Commission report that states need to take a leadership role in controlling health care costs. The report, …

A panel discussion was held at the release of annotated transcripts of President Lyndon B. Johnson’s White House tapes of June 1 - July 4, 1964. In those 34 days he was occupied by America’s…

Charles Goodhart of the London School of Economics and Stanford University Professor John Taylor gave summaries of their respective papers on of the role of central banks. Afterward, former …