James Baker

Events (40)

• November 18, 1980: Cheney Urges Reagan’s Chief of Staff to Push for ‘Restoration’ of Presidential Powers 1980-11-18
• June 6-9, 1981: Israeli Prime Minister Begin Alerts US Televangelist to Impending Strike against Iraqi Nuclear Reactor 1981-06-06
• July 1-October 23, 1987: Bork’s Nomination to Supreme Court Fails 1987-10-23
• March 24, 1989: State Department Ignores Iraq’s Chemical Weapons Industry, Advocates Broadening US-Iraq Ties 1989-03-24
• October 2-6, 1989: Bush Authorizes Closer Ties, More Aid to Iraq 1989-10-02
• October 31, 1989: Baker Demands Billion-Dollar Loan for Iraq 1989-10-31
• July 25, 1990: US Ambassador Gives Seeming ‘Green Light’ for Iraq’s Invasion of Kuwait 1990-07-25
• January 9, 1991: Final Talks between US and Iraq Break Down 1991-01-09
• Mid-Morning, November 8, 2000: Gore, Bush Campaigns Send ‘Quick Response’ Teams to Florida to Handle Election Conflict; Serious Problems Reported 2000-11-08
• 5:00 p.m. November 9, 2000: Florida Recounts Continue; Official Tallies May Not Be Available for Days 2000-11-09
• November 9, 2000: Gore Campaign Asks for Recount of Four Florida Counties, Bush Accuses Gore of ‘Cherry-Picking’ Counties for Recounts 2000-11-09
• November 10, 2000: Post Slams Gore Campaign for Considering Legal Remedies in Florida Recount 2000-11-10
• November 11-13, 2000: Florida Court Rejects Bush Campaign Request to Stop Manual Recounts 2000-11-11
• 11:00 a.m. November 14, 2000: Bush Campaign Recommends that Gore Campaign Accept 5 P.M. Tally 2000-11-14
• 8:00 a.m. November 15, 2000: Florida Secretary of State Asks Court to Halt Manual Recounts; Court Denies Request 2000-11-15
• 10:04 a.m. - 12:45 p.m. November 17, 2000: Florida Judge Rules Secretary of State Has Power to Accept or Reject ‘Late-Filed’ Election Returns 2000-11-17
• 5:00 p.m. November 17, 2000: Florida Supreme Court Stops Secretary of State from Certifying Presidential Winner 2000-11-17
• November 19, 2000: Bush Campaign Welcomes Manual Recounts from Florida Counties that Garnered Hundreds of Votes for Bush 2000-11-19
• November 20-21, 2000: Florida Supreme Court Rules Manual Recounts Can Continue, Results Must Be Accepted 2000-11-20
• 9:00 a.m. and after, November 22, 2000: Florida County Halts Manual Recounts; Election Board Proceedings Disrupted by ‘Brooks Brothers Riot’ 2000-11-22
• December 7-8, 2000: Florida Supreme Court Orders Recounts of ‘Undervotes’ 2000-12-07
• November 12 - December 10, 2000: Media Analyses Show Sunday Morning Talk Show Coverage Heavily Favorable to Bush in Recount Discussions 2000-12-10
• December 28, 2000: Bush Chooses Rumsfeld as Defense Secretary over Objections of Father’s Friends 2000-12-28
• April 12, 2001: Report on Energy Security Argues US Needs to Review Policy on Iraq 2001-04-12
• August 25, 2002: Former Secretary of State Says US Must Build International Coalition for Iraq 2002-08-25
• After October 28, 2005: Libby Retains Lawyers, Creates Powerful Defense Fund 2005-10-28
• November 3, 2005: Libby Pleads Not Guilty 2005-11-03
• November 6-8, 2006: Defense Secretary Rumsfeld Resigns after Midterm Elections; Replaced by Robert Gates 2006-11-06
• January 10, 2007: Troop Surge Said to Be Rebuff to Iraq Study Group 2007-01-10
• June 23-24, 2012: Third-Party Organization Official’s Appearance at Romney Conference ‘Make[s] a Mockery’ of Laws Forbidding Contact between Groups, Campaigns 2012-06-23
• April-May 1999: Bush Deliberately Snubs Father’s Foreign Affairs Advisers
• June 1989: Bush Administration Decides to Cut Off Aid to Pakistan over Nuclear Weapons Program Next Year
• September 1998: Bush, Scowcroft Defend Decision Not to Overthrow Hussein; Younger Bush Disagrees
• October-December 2006: Iraq Study Group Works to Keep Channels Open to White House
• 1976: Neoconservatives, Cold Warriors Revive Committee on the Present Danger; Group Heralds Ideological Split in GOP
• Late March 1989 and After: Defense Secretary Cheney Advocates Enforced Regime Change in Soviet Union
• October 1980: Reagan Advisers Obtain Confidential Documents from Carter Campaign
• April, 1976: Church Committee Reports on Domestic Surveillance and Other Illegal Activities by US Intelligence Agencies
• March 1989: State Department Warns of Iraqi Buildup of Chemical and Biological Weapons
• September 1989: Bush Administration Ignores Reports of Iraqi WMD Development