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4 days ago · The Republicans, seeking a candidate who could match the stature and electability of Reagan, were similarly at a loss. The nominal front-runner, George Bush, suffered from a reputation as a “wimp” who in 22 years of public life—as a former representative, U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, director of the Central Intelligence Agency, and, for more than seven years, Reagan’s vice ...
1 day ago · Donald Henry Rumsfeld (July 9, 1932 – June 29, 2021) was an American politician, government official and businessman who served as Secretary of Defense from 1975 to 1977 under president Gerald Ford, and again from 2001 to 2006 under President George W. Bush. He was both the youngest and the oldest secretary of defense.
1 day ago · The 1988 United States presidential election was the 51st quadrennial presidential election held on Tuesday, November 8, 1988. Incumbent Republican Vice President George H. W. Bush defeated the Democratic Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis . It remains the most recent election in which a candidate won over 400 electoral votes, and ...
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2 days ago · Bob Dole discusses the legacy of veteran Senate reporters. Recorded April 29, 1988. Robert Joseph Dole (July 22, 1923 – December 5, 2021) was an American politician and attorney who represented Kansas in the United States Senate from 1969 to 1996. He was the Republican Leader of the Senate during the final 11 years of his tenure, including ...
4 days ago · ANALYSIS. The Biden campaign is looking for a meme manager. We laugh, because it’s outrageous. Yet even a candidate older than the computer itself understands that a changing technological ...
3 days ago · Richard Nixon was the 37th president of the United States. He was a Republican, and he held the presidency from 1969 to 1974. Nixon became the first U.S. president to resign from office, because of the Watergate scandal.
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4 days ago · The campaign. The campaign was conducted in the aftermath of the Watergate scandal that forced Pres. Richard M. Nixon to become the first president to resign the office; Nixon was succeeded by Ford, his vice president. Carter announced his candidacy on December 12, 1974, in Washington, D.C.
