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Gil Troy “Barack and Michelle: A more perfect union? First Couple-to-be could be relationship role models for nation, experts say”:
MSNBC, 11-29-08
The Obamas have the best of both worlds, said Gil Troy, professor of history at McGill University and author of “Mr. and Mrs. President: From the Trumans to the Clintons.” “The Obama marriage is a [...]
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By Gil Troy, HNN, 1-21-09
Inauguration Day, 2009 in Washington, DC was grueling but inspiring. The minus 8 degree cold was bone-chilling. The crowd of two million plus was frequently suffocating. The 20,000-officer security cordon was smothering. Yet people endured the discomfort good-naturedly. Neither cold nor crowds nor mile-long detours from blocks of blocked off streets [...]
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The challenges ahead
The new president must decide on the size of government, his foreign-policy philosophy and whether to govern from the center
By Gil Troy, Freelance, Montreal Gazette, January 21, 2009
Michael and Laurie McRobbie of Indiana were among the millions at the inauguration ceremony.
Photograph by: JESSICA RINALDI, REUTERS, Freelance
The hoopla surrounding Barack Obama’s inauguration was [...]
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CTV Post-Inauguration Coverage
Barack Obama’s presidency will not only make history because of his ancestry, it also marks a generational gap in the leadership of the United States.
Will history be kind to Obama’s inaugural speech?
SHOW: CANADA AM CTV Television, Inc. 8:18:30 ET January 21, 2009
ANCHORS: BEVERLY THOMSON
GUESTS: GIL TROY, PRESIDENTIAL HISTORIAN
US PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA: And for [...]
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Gil Troy “Religious Figures, Kennedy, Oprah Nab Hot Inauguration Seats Obama Families Seen Alongside Politicians, Celebs at the Hotly Anticipated Event “:
ABC News, 1-20-09
“The simple fact that they give a ticket to one person and not others … becomes tremendously important,” said Gil Troy, professor of history at McGill University in Montreal, and a visiting [...]
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By Gil Troy, HNN, 1-18-09
Americans love a good speech and particularly a great inaugural address. As Barack Obama prepares for his inauguration, the stakes are particularly high. He is competing with ghosts of eloquent presidents past along with his own high rhetorical standards. He is taking office as the country’s first black president, healing centuries [...]
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The Grand American Narrative
As the united States prepares to inaugurate a new president, popular historian simon schama examines the country’s past to find hope in the present
By GIL TROY, Freelance, Canwest Newspapers, January 17, 2009
Many Americans – and friends of the United States worldwide – are greeting the new age of Barack Obama with particular [...]
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By Gil Troy, HNN, 1-12-09
A clever graphic in Sunday’s New York Times Week In Review adds some presidential ghosts to last week’s remarkable Oval Office photo of George H.W. Bush, Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Bill Clinton standing amiably together, with Jimmy Carter characteristically looking awkward and standoffish. In the article “Welcome, 44, From 43, [...]
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Gil Troy “BALLOT BOX BLUES – Votes for sale: Political candy replaces ideas and ideals”
Canwest News, 1-11-09
“If ever there was a moment where we needed a candidate who could come out with a big idea, we just experienced it, in the Canadian and American elections,” says Gil Troy, a political historian at [...]
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