EPISODE · May 19, 2021 · 19 MIN
George Shultz
from Now I've Heard Everything · host Bill Thompson
George Shulz served in various positions under three U.S. presidents -- in fact Shultz held four different cabinet-level posts over the years. An economist by training, Shultz came to Washington as Richard Nixon's first Labor Secretary. He became Director of the Office of Management and Budget a year later, and a year after that Nixon appointed him Treasury Secretary. Ronald Reagan was elected president in 1980. and in 1982 chose Shultz as his Secretary of State. Shultz became a key shaper of foreign policy during the Reagan's administration. I met him in the spring of 1993, when he wrote a long memoir of his years at the State Department. So here now, from 1993, George Shultz.
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George Shulz served in various positions under three U.S. presidents -- in fact Shultz held four different cabinet-level posts over the years. An economist by training, Shultz came to Washington as Richard Nixon's first Labor Secretary. He became Director of the Office of Management and Budget a year later, and a year after that Nixon appointed him Treasury Secretary. Ronald Reagan was elected president in 1980. and in 1982 chose Shultz as his Secretary of State. Shultz became a key shaper of foreign policy during the Reagan's administration. I met him in the spring of 1993, when he wrote a long memoir of his years at the State Department. So here now, from 1993, George Shultz.
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