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Carly Fiorina
categories: Interview, Speeches
Meet the Press Interview with Hillary Clinton and Carly Fiorina- Sept. 27, 2015
September 27, 2015
FIORINA: Good morning, Chuck. Thanks for having me. TODD: You got it. Let me start right in with the Planned Parenthood situation. At the debate, the most recent debate, you described the following scene, claiming it was on a tape: "A fully-formed fetus on the table, its heart beating, its legs kicking, while someone says, 'We have to keep it alive to harvest its brain.'" Since then, when asked about the claim, your campaign has attacked Planned Parenthood, but there is no tape. There is no evidence that the scene […]
Carol Moseley Braun
categories: Interview, Speeches
Talking Leadership Series - Dec. 9, 2004
December 9, 2004
This conversation was hosted by Mary S. Hartman, University Professor and Director of the Institute for Women's Leadership consortium, Douglass College, Rutgers University and Ruth B. Mandel, Board of Governors Professor of Politics and Director, Eagleton Institute of Politics, Rutgers University. HARTMAN: Let's start out with your imagination as a child. One of the things that we're always interested in when we talk with achieving women such as yourself is how did it all get going. What do you regard as the key influences on your life and the way […]
Carly Fiorina
categories: Interview, Speeches
Meet the Press interview- August 23, 2015
August 23, 2015
CHUCK TODD: Carly Fiorina, Welcome back to Meet the Press! FIORINA: Thanks so much for having me, thanks for coming to New Hampshire. TODD: It is always great to be in New Hampshire, let me start with the news of the week in the markets. You’re obviously, as a former CEO, what’s going on? FIORINA: Well, frankly I think it was inevitable. I was expecting this a bit sooner. It’s inevitable because you have a huge economy like China slowing down, the Chinese economy is really struggling now in a […]
Geraldine A Ferraro
categories: Interview, Speeches
Talking Leadership Series - April 29, 2002
April 29, 2002
This conversation was hosted by Mary S. Hartman, University Professor and Director of the Institute for Women's Leadership consortium, Douglass College, Rutgers University and Ruth B. Mandel, Board of Governors Professor of Politics and Director, Eagleton Institute of Politics, Rutgers University. HARTMAN: It is, first of all, a pleasure and an honor for both of us to be able to sit and chat with you quietly about lots of things. When I think about you, now that I have an opportunity to see you across the table, most of the […]
Geraldine A Ferraro
categories: Interview, Speeches
Battling Multiple Myeloma - March 24, 2007
March 24, 2007
FERRARO: Multiple myeloma. I was diagnosed in 1998, and I kept it very quiet. This was very brave of them to do. I wasn’t in public office, and I felt my private life was my life so I kept it quiet until 2001 when I was asked if I would help get hearings before the Congress with reference to getting money for blood cancer research and for education. So I testified, and that is when I became public about the cancer. INTERVIEWER: Do you think that Elizabeth Edwards is up […]
Hillary Rodham Clinton
categories: Interview, Speeches
Will She Run? - Feb. 26, 2014
February 26, 2014
A selection of clips showing how Hillary Rodham Clinton responded to variations of the question: Will she run for president in 2016? University of Miami February 26, 2014 DONNA SHALALA: Can you give us some insight into how the TBD in your bio will play out? [applause and laughter] CLINTON: Well, I'd really like to, but I have no characters left. Clinton Global Initiative 2013 Annual Meeting Breakout session: CGI Conversations September 24, 2013 SANJAY GUPTA: Listen, I have a feeling that if I ask you what you […]
Cardiss Collins
categories: Interview, Speeches
Excerpts from the National Visionary Leadership Project - May 2, 2003
May 3, 2003
These excerpts are from an interview with Cardiss Collins conducted by Renee Poussaint as part of the National Visionary Leadership Project. More information can be found at http://www.visionaryproject.org/collinscardiss/ Advice to Young African Americans Collins: I would hope and I would advise young Africa-Americans to learn our history. So often I've talked to my son and to my granddaughter about how life was in my lifetime and they think it's funny. They think the trials and tribulations that our people have gone through were stories that were in old history books […]
Coretta Scott King
categories: Interview, Speeches
Excerpts from the National Visionary Leadership Project - Sept. 5, 2002
September 5, 2002
These excerpts are from an interview with Coretta Scott King conducted by Renee Poussaint as part of the National Visionary Leadership Project. More information can be found at http://www.visionaryproject.org/kingcorettascott/. The Nobel Peace Prize KING: I think I would have to say that receiving the Nobel Peace Prize, which was world recognition for the work that we had accomplished and yet we had so far to go. It was '64, and the Civil Rights Act didn't get passed until '64, and we still...you know, we still hadn't achieved so much of […]
Maya Angelou
categories: Interview, Speeches
Excerpts from the National Visionary Leadership Project - March 22, 2002
March 22, 2002
These excerpts are from an interview with Maya Angelou conducted by Renee Poussaint as part of the National Visionary Leadership Project. More information can be found at http://www.visionaryproject.org/angeloumaya. Malcolm X POUSSAINT: What should young people know about Malcolm X? ANGELOU: About Malcolm X? POUSSAINT: Um hmm. That perhaps they don't know, that you have a particular perspective on. ANGELOU: Well, this is going to sound strange and maybe even frivolous, but it isn't. They said know he had an incredible sense of humor. They should know that about Martin, too. […]
Yvonne Burke
categories: Interview, Speeches
Excerpts from the National Visionary Leadership Project - Feb. 19, 2004
February 19, 2004
These excerpts are from an interview with Yvonne Burke conducted by Renee Poussaint as part of the National Visionary Leadership Project. More information can be found at http://www.visionaryproject.org/burkeyvonne. Advice to Young African Americans POUSSAINT: What kind of advice would you give to young African-Americans today? BURKE: The advice that I give is to not be afraid to develop their potential to get the education. Don't be afraid to take a chance. You may not always be good surroundings you may be in hostile surroundings but hostile surroundings can probably bring […]