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She won reelection, was Secretary of State for Obama, was very respected. I mean, when he came into his job as the Secretary of Defense, the Cold War had been over for ten years, but our general posture—where we had our troops, how we were spending our money—was still a Cold War posture. But there are trends underlying things, and in some ways it feels like the beginning of the fracture that we see now, where we are just so polarized.
After defeating Clinton in the Democratic primaries, Obama went all the way to the White House despite facing fierce opposition from McCain and his unlikely partner Palin.
The book is both a celebration of Obama's unexpected rise to greatness and an examination of a highly publicized political era that dominated the news cycle.
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Yes: here we are in the aftermath of the Trump administration, a four-year stress test of our system of government. It depends on their personality. So if you are an extremist about something, even someone coming on your own side, might seem neutral. But then there are these contradictions that I find so fascinating: how someone so apparently smart and rational can make such big mistakes.
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But there are several and she brings a great perspective. I’m in my late sixties.Michelle Obama’s perspective, both as First Lady and just as a really smart person who was right in the middle of all of it—is really insightful, enriching, and refreshing.
And, you know, he has fun. Farrell's book takes readers on a journey to understand how the United States changed forever under Nixon.
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Following the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman became the president of the United Status in 1945.
Those senior members of the Trump administration—some of whom had been politicians for a long time—must wrestle with the knowledge that their reputations have been tarnished by playing a role in the chaos of that period.
Rumsfeld was advocating, even before September 11, was that they would have to deal with asymmetric threats like terrorism. Presiding over a country polarized by the Civil War, Lincoln's impactful tenure included the abolition of slavery.
However, Donald doesn't gloss over Lincoln's negative attributes, challenging the president's sometimes outdated and offensive views while establishing the politician's lasting legacy in the United States.
So I recommend all her books— she’s written so many I don’t know which one to pick out. But it is also really interesting, because the Trump presidency was like no other.
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Trump remained Republican champion despite all his misbehaviour. You can tell they were talking to each other about what they were writing—a) to be consistent, but also b) to complement each other.
From the resilience of wartime leaders to the diplomacy of modern-day statesmen, the books demonstrate the qualities that define effective leadership in politics.
I’ve been trying to find some common thread between his subjects.