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Abshire, David Manker was born on April 11, 1926 in Chattanooga. Son of James Ernest and Phyllis (Patten) Abshire.
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In early 2000, the Center for the Study of the Presidency organized a group of eminent scholars to examine key cases of Presidential success and failure and the lessons learned. Leading presidential researchers and writers provided 76 case studies organized in nine broad subject areas. After surveying the broad sweep of presidential concerns, the scholars examine the First One Hundred Days of an Administration from FDR onward. They then review Executive-Legislative Relations, Domestic Policy, Fiscal Policy and International Economics, National Security Institutions and Decision Making, Foreign Interventions and Interactions, Managing the Executive Branch, Presidential Continuity: The Use of Individuals Across Administrations; and Presidential Crises: Watergate, Iran-Contra, and Impeachment. Must reading for executive branch figures and scholars, researchers, and the interested public concerned with presidential issues and American political history.
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. . . required reading for all presidents and White House aides to come . . . ”from the foreword by Richard E. Neustadt What did the president know, and when did he know it? Once again, only a dozen years after Watergate, the nation faced these troubling questions. Would we see another president forced to resign or be impeached? Could our democracy survive another presidential scandal so soon? As the Iran-Contra affair unfolded, the nation waited tensely for answers. At this crucial moment, advisors to President Ronald Reagan called home the Ambassador to NATO, David Abshire, to serve in the cabinet as Special Counselor. His charge: to assure that a full investigation of the sale of arms to Iran in exchange for freeing American hostages and the subsequent channeling of those funds to Nicaraguan rebels be conducted expeditiously and transparently, to restore the confidence of the nation in the shaken Reagan presidency. Two decades later, David Abshire for the first time reveals the full behind-the-scenes story of his private meetings with the president, how he and his team conducted this crucial process, his alliance with Nancy Reagan, the role of the Tower Board, and how the Reagan presidency was saved. Abshire’s efforts helped Reagan fill the credibility gap created by revelation of the Iran-Contra scandal and thus restored the president’s power to lead the nation and its allies toward the end of the Cold War. His unique recollections show the inner workings of the Reagan White House in this critical period: the conflicts with the powerful Chief of Staff Donald Regan, the politically astute First Lady, the involvement of CIA Director William Casey, and Reagan’s triumph of personal character to overcome his indiscretion, a feat unmatched by Clinton or Nixon. Abshire’s story casts new light on the episode and draws important lessons about how presidents should respond to unfolding scandals to limit the threat not only to their own reputations but also to national confidence in democratic institutions.
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Abshire, David Manker was born on April 11, 1926 in Chattanooga. Son of James Ernest and Phyllis (Patten) Abshire.
Student, University Chattanooga, 1945. Bachelor of Science, United States Military Academy, 1951. Doctor of Philosophy, Georgetown University, 1959.
Doctor of Humane Letters, Virginia Theological Seminary, 1992. Data Control Language (honorary), University of the South, 1994. Doctor of Humane Letters, Georgetown University, Washington.
Member minority staff, United States House Representatives, 1958-1960;
director special projects, American Enterprise Institute, Washington, 1961-1962;
executive director, Center Strategic and International Studies, Georgetown University, 1962-1970;
chairman, Center Strategic and International Studies, Georgetown University, 1973-1982;
president, Center Strategic and International Studies, Georgetown University, 1982-1983;
chancellor, Center Strategic and International Studies, Georgetown University, 1987-1988;
president, Center Strategic and International Studies, Georgetown University, since 1988;
ambassador, United States permanent representative, North Atlantic Council, 1983-1987;
special counsellor to president, White House, 1987. Assistant secretary state for congressional relations, 1970-1973. Presidential appointee Congressional Commision on Organisation of Government for Conduct of Foreign Policy, 1973-1975.
Chairman United States Board for International Broadcasting, 1974-1977. Director national security groupTransition Office of President-Elect Reagan, 1980-1981. Director Ogden Corporation, 1987-1996.
Member of advisory board BP American, President's Task Force on United States Government International Broadcasting, 1991, board Procter and Gamble. Adjunct Professor Georgetown University, 1973-1983.
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Member advisory board Naval War College, 1975-1979. Vice-chairman board Youth for Understanding, 1979-1980. Trustee Baylor School, since 1980.
Member President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board, 1981-1983. Board directors Spaak Foundation, Brussels. Trustee George W. Marshall Foundation With Army of the United States, 1945-1946.
1st lieutenant 1951-1956. Captain Reserve retired. Member Council American Ambassadors, Council on Competitiveness, Council Foreign Relations, Institute Strategic Studies, Trinity National Leadership Roundtable (co-founder), Gold Key Society, Alfalfa Club, Metropolitan Club, Cosmos Club, Alibi Club, Phi Alpha Theta.
Married Carolyn Lamar Sample, September 7, 1957. Children: Lupton Patten, Anna Lamra Abshire Bowman, Mary Lee Sample Abshire Jensvold, Phyllis Anderson Abshire d'Hoop, Carolyn Abshire Hall.