Word: breakfasts
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Most important of all, of course, Carter-who stepped aside when Sorensen got in trouble-has let it be known that this time he will fight for his man. To head off trouble, Carter invited Senator Jackson to a While House breakfast to talk over the nomination. Later, Presidential Press Secretary Jody Powell said Carter fell that Senate confirmation of Warnke was "crucial" to his Administration. Reported Powell: "The President said he fell Mr. Warnke was the best man in the country...
Carter also had to make a point of soothing some ruffled congressional leaders. At breakfast in the White House, Senate Majority Leader Byrd and House Speaker Tip O'Neill complained that he was not consulting them enough. They were especially miffed that their advice had not been sought on energy policy. "Obviously we should do that, and we will do it," said Carter softly-with a nod to Frank Moore, his chief of congressional liaison. Moore was criticized during the transition period for not touching enough bases on Capitol Hill and not returning Congressmen's phone calls...
...last day in Plains, Carter rose at 6:30 a.m. and gazed upon the dusting of snow and ice on the pine trees-the first in his octogenarian Uncle Alton's memory. While Rosalynn scrambled eggs and cheese, Jimmy fried the breakfast ham. Shortly before noon, he shut off the water and electricity, turned down the thermostat, and left the house in the care of a maid and the Secret Service. At the train depot, the Carters waved goodbye to the 18-car Peanut Special...
...Said she: "I was nine years old, and I wished I could come back to the White House, and I did." Sheila and Husband Edward spent a night in the elegant Queen's Bedroom; next morning, a White House operator phoned to ask, "What would you like for breakfast, Your Highness?" On Wednesday the Rockefellers came for dinner and also spent the night in the Queen's Bedroom; Sons Nelson Jr., 12, and Mark, 9, slept in the Lincoln Bedroom...
Just behind the movers who carried out the Fords' personal belongings were household workers who put the presidential living quarters in perfect order for the Carters. With each day, the Ford presence shrank, until there was nothing left but their luggage and their bed. At breakfast with 75 aides and Cabinet members on the final morning, Ford circulated around the State Dining Room, thanking each person individually. When Vice President Nelson Rockefeller declared that "this is the proudest moment of our lives," a wave of applause washed over the room. Said Ford in response: "You all contributed...