TITLE

All the Presidents' Frenemies

PUB. DATE
January 2009
SOURCE
Newsweek;1/19/2009, Vol. 153 Issue 3, p9
SOURCE TYPE
Periodical
DOC. TYPE
Article
ABSTRACT
This article presents quotes from the five U.S. presidents alive in 2008 criticizing one another, including George H.W. Bush calling Jimmy Carter mean-minded, George W. Bush comparing the Iran diplomacy aims of Barack Obama to Nazi appeasement, and Barack Obama questioning the accuracy of statements made by Bill Clinton.
ACCESSION #
36075801

Tags: QUOTATIONS;  PRESIDENTS -- United States;  CARTER, Jimmy, 1924-;  BUSH, George, 1924-;  CLINTON, Bill, 1946-;  BUSH, George W. (George Walker), 1946-;  OBAMA, Barack, 1961-

 

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