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..........................345 George Bush..............................353 Bill Clinton’s First Inaugural Ad dress.....................................3... ...gural Ad dress.....................................359 President William J. Clinton.........363 NOTES..........................................369 EX... ...RESSES OF THE PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES FROM GEORGE WASHINGTON TO BILL CLINTON George Washington FIRST INAUGURAL ADDRESS IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK... ...ing inferior endowments from nature and un practiced in the duties of civil administration) ought to be peculiarly conscious of his own deficiencies.... ... these essential purposes, and may en able every instrument employed in its administration to execute with success the functions allotted to his char... ...e Continental Congress for inaugurations. Before an assembly of Congressmen, Cabinet officers, j udges of the federal and district courts, foreign off... ...now about to take, and in your presence: That if it shall be found during my administration of the Government I have in any instance violated will in... ...ty is visible in the public countenance. The means employed by the Brit ish cabinet to undermine it have recoiled on themselves; have given to our na... ...son Administration, he had a distinguished career as a Senator, Congressman, Cabinet officer, and ambassador. The oath of office was administered by C...

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... indeed, not lack ambition. He dreamed even of making himself “the De Witt Clinton of Illinois,” and he actually distinguished himself by zealous and ... ...as in the Legislature and Douglas in the lobby; and again in 1836, both as members of the Legislature. Douglas, a very able politician, of the agile, ... ...power under such circumstances greeted with general confidence even by the members of his party. While he had indeed won much popularity, many Republi... ... even among his friends,—even among those nearest to him. In selecting his cabinet, which he did substantially before he left Springfield for Washingt... ...mstances. It might indeed have been fore- seen that among the members of a cabinet so composed, troublesome disagreements and rivalries would break ou... ... might have been composed in a common opposition to him. As members of his cabinet he could hope to control them, and to keep them busily employed in ... ...and take full charge of them himself. At the end of the first month of the administration he submitted a “memorandum” to President Lincoln, which has ... ...that paper Seward actually told the President that at the end of a month’s administration the government was still without a policy, either domestic o... ...rity. In his reply, which he forthwith despatched, he told Seward that the administration had a domestic policy as laid down in the inaugural address ...

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... to breed and flog negroes in Nebraska was popular sovereignty. SPEECH A T CLINTON, ILLINOIS, SEPTEMBER 8, 1858. The questions are sometimes asked “Wh... ...er of per- sons who are afterwards to inhabit that Territory, or the other members of the families of communities, of which they are but an incipient ... ...urn you my most sincere thanks. ON PROTECTIVE TARIFFS TO EDW ARD W ALLACE. CLINTON, October 11, 1859 Dr. EDW ARD W ALLACE. MY DEAR SIR:—I am here just... ...s of importance may come up, whatever difficulties may arise in its way of administration of the Gov- ernment, that party will then have to attend to.... .... I have an intimation that Governor Banks would yet accept a place in the Cabinet. Please ascertain and write me how this is, Y ours very truly, A. L... ...n me. Do the people of the South really enter- tain fear that a Republican administration would, directly or indirectly, interfere with the slaves, or... ...be at variance. Y ours very truly, A. LINCOLN. ATTEMPT TO FORM A COALITION CABINET TO HANNIBAL HAMLIN SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS, December 14, 1860. HON. H... ...lmer will, on a fair understanding with us, consent to take a place in the Cabinet. The preference for him over Mr. Hunt or Mr. Gentry is that, up to ... ... has been made to the inter- est felt in relation to the policy of the new administration. In this I have received from some a degree of credit for ha...

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...overeignty,” and “sacred right of self-government.” “But,” said opposition members, “let us amend the bill so as to ex- pressly declare that the peopl... ... round, jolly, fruitful face post-offices, land-offices, marshalships, and cabinet appoint- ments, charge-ships and foreign missions bursting and spro... ...r voices and votes, denied that it was a fair emanation of the people. The Administration affirmed that it was. With respect to the evidence bearing u... ...ge Douglas and the Repub- licans had the right on their side, and that the Administration was wrong. But I state again that, as a matter of principle,... ... to renew that charge of conspiracy. Ten days afterward I met the Judge at Clinton,—that is to say, I was on the ground, but not in the discussion,—an... ...ling anybody a liar, can tell what the reason was. When the Judge spoke at Clinton, he came very near mak- ing a charge of falsehood against me. He us... ...any question but he means it was by the authority of the President and his Cabinet,—the Administration? Is there any sort of question but he means to ... ...but he means it was by the authority of the President and his Cabinet,—the Administration? Is there any sort of question but he means to make that cha... ... of the Lecompton Constitution, the President of the United States and his Cabinet, and all the supporters of the Lecompton Con- stitution, in Congres...

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... the border States hold more power for good than any other equal number of members, I feel it a duty which I cannot justifiably waive to make this ap-... ...day be in good faith repre- sented in the Congress of the United States by members cho- sen thereto at elections wherein a majority of the qualified v... ...ti- tution of the United States, to manifest such desire by elec- tions of members to the Congress of the United States par- ticularly, and perhaps a ... ... of the 20th. The purport of it is that we lost the late elections and the administration is failing because the war is unsuccessful, and that I must ... ... am not justly to blame for it. I certainly know that if the war fails the administration fails, and that I will be blamed for it, whether I deserve i... ...Fellow-citizens, we can not escape history. We of this Con- gress and this administration will be remembered in spite of ourselves. No personal signif... ...eceived. When I shall wish to su- persede you I will let you know. All the Cabinet regretted the necessity of arresting, for instance, V allandigham, ... ...horized Colonel Moss, of Lib- erty, Missouri, to arm the men in Platte and Clinton Counties, he has armed mostly the returned rebel soldiers and men w...

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...First World Trade Center Bombing 71 3.2 Adaptation?and Nonadaptation? . . . in the Law Enforcement Community 73 3.3 . . . and in the Federal Aviation Administration 82 3.4 . . . and in the Intelligence Community 86...

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...n the Law Enforcement Community 73 3.3 . . . and in the Federal Aviation Administration 82 3.4 . . . and in the Intelligence Community 86 CONTEN... ...The Attack on the USS Cole 190 6.4 Change and Continuity 198 6.5 The New Administration’s Approach 203 7. THE ATTACK LOOMS 215 7.1 First Arrival... ...eader Kevin Shaeffer Professional Staff Member Tracy J. Shycoff Deputy for Administration & Finance Dietrich L. Snell Senior Counsel & Team Leader Jon... ...Sudanese military officer who had been a member of the previous government cabinet was offering to sell weapons-grade uranium.After a number of contac... ...bed the relatively low number of fatalities as a miracle. 1 President Bill Clinton ordered his National Security Council to coordinate the response. G... ...rcement system was well-equipped to cope with terrorism. Neither President Clinton, his princi- pal advisers, the Congress, nor the news media felt pr... ... investigative success. FBI Organization and Priorities In 1993, President Clinton chose Louis Freeh as the Director of the Bureau. Freeh, who would r... ...confirmed by the Senate but is not technically a member of the president’s cabinet.The director’s power under federal law over the loose, con- federat... ...y agreed guidelines” for action. 104 Clarke also was awarded a seat on the cabinet-level Principals Committee when it met on his issues—a highly unusu...

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...in the courses listed above, and the essays must be submit- ted by faculty members from the campuses. In other words, Best is not an “open submissions... ...to become secretary of the Community Human Service Or- ganization. As club members slowly trickled in, I began to think, “What if I make a fool out of... ... issue by passing the Defense of Marriage Act, signed in 1996 by President Clinton. That statute defines marriage under federal law as the union of a ... ...lical congressmen and senators. On an issue of such great consequence, our Administrations voice must be heard. If judges insist on opening up the flo... ...re the Defense of Marriage Act of 1996, , , , , a bill signed by President Clinton, , , , , who obviously did not know the first thing about protectin... ...u sleep well last night?” Vera asks. As Rich- ard reaches for the medicine cabinet, he replies, , , , , “No, all night long my allergies felt like a l...

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...n Mexico, on his return home in a public speech at St. Louis condemned the administration in relation to the war. If I remember, G. T. M. Davis, who h... ...of the act of the last session of Congress. The first amendment desired by members of this House had for its only object to give bounty lands to such ... ...n in the warfare against the principle which had engaged the minds of some members of Congress who were favorable to the improve- ments in the western... ...d I also desire to do nothing which may be very disagreeable to any of the members. I therefore state in advance that my object in taking the floor is... ... President tells us that “during the four succeeding years embraced by the administration of Presi- dent Adams, the power not only to appropriate mone... ...even dollars and one cent. These four years were the period of Mr. Adams’s administration, nearly and sub- stantially. This fact shows that when the p... ...atch that the question was narrowed down to Mr. B and myself, and that the Cabinet had postponed the appointment three weeks, for my benefit. Not doub... ...ennsylvania, Ohio, and Indiana. REQUEST FOR SENATE SUPPORT TO CHARLES HOYT CLINTON, De WITT Co., Nov. 10, 1854 DEAR SIR:—You used to express a good de... ...e before President Mon- roe for his approval, he put to each member of his cabinet this question: “Has Congress the constitutional power to prohibit s...

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...of violent discussion in Congress, in the press, and by indi- viduals. The administration of President T yler, then in power, was making the most stre... ... to the time of which I write, and for years afterwards— I think until the administration of President Juarez—the cultivation, manufacture and sale of... ...vement into the interior. General Taylor was not an officer to trouble the administration much with his de- mands, but was inclined to do the best he ... ...that the Nation had no power to save its own life. Mr. Buchanan had in his cabinet two members at least, who were as earnest—to use a mild term—in the... .... The navy was scattered in like manner. The President did not prevent his cabinet preparing for war upon their government, either by destroying its r... ...ntgomery, Alabama, as the Capital. The secessionists had then to leave the cabinet. In their own esti- mation they were aliens in the country which ha... ...th were annulled by new ones. McPherson was ordered at daylight to move on Clinton, ten miles from Jackson; Sherman was notified of my determina- tion... ...es from one to another in case a union became necessary. McPherson reached Clinton with the advance early on the 13th and immediately set to work dest... ...ed the city. McClernand was ordered to move one division of his command to Clinton, one division a few miles beyond Mississippi Springs following Sher...