A foreign policy specialist, she was politically savvy and well versed in global issues, and traveled widely with her husband, Henry A. Kissinger, on his diplomatic missions.
Nancy Kissinger, then Nancy Maginnes, with her future husband, Henry A. Kissinger, in Jerusalem in 1970. She was a fierce defender of Mr. Kissinger, a polarizing figure with a hotly disputed reputation.
Serving for 30 years, he eventually wrote virtually all tax laws considered by the House and was a major influence on budget bills as Ways and Means chairman.
Bill Archer in 1998. As chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, he played a key role in writing legislation on taxes and spending. “We must stop measuring compassion by the amount of money the government spends,” he said in 1995.
Clarence B. Jones in 2023. A brilliant organizer, he planned protest campaigns, raised funds and coordinated legal strategies during the civil rights movement of the 1960s.
A veteran community activist, he believed self-reliance — rather than affirmative action or government help — was the way to fight racism, poverty and crime.
Robert Woodson in an undated photo. As the founding president of the National Center for Neighborhood Enterprise (now the Woodson Center), he created hundreds of programs in blighted areas across the United States.
A Democrat, he served three terms as Hawaii’s governor (1974-86), rising out of a tough district of Honolulu. He tried to diversify an economy heavily dependent on tourism.
George R. Ariyoshi speaking in Honolulu in 1977, during his first term as Hawaii’s governor. His election upended a tradition of white and Republican control in the state.
“There is tape in the Oval Office,” said Mr. Butterfield, a former White House aide, in testimony that rocked the Watergate hearings and led to the president’s resignation.
Alexander P. Butterfield testifying before the Senate Watergate Committee in July 1973. He revealed to the American public the existence of a secret recording system that President Richard M. Nixon had authorized and that had picked up virtually all of his meetings and telephone conversations.
A moderate Democrat from Indiana for 34 years, he chaired the House Foreign Affairs and Intelligence committees and helped investigate the Iran-contra scandal and the Sept. 11 attacks.
A Brookings Institution scholar, he advised presidents and wrote books on the media (assessing reporters in one) and government (including a study of beleaguered press officers).
He took part in White House machinations to stop leaks of classified information by overseeing an investigative unit that resorted to burglary. He then cooperated with Watergate investigators.
A Colorado Democrat turned Republican, he was the only Native American during three terms in the House and 12 years in the Senate. He was also a judo expert and an Olympian.
The first Black person to hold that cabinet position, he resigned amid discord over George W. Bush’s major legislative effort to improve public education nationwide.
Rod Paige, the education secretary, in 2004. He had embraced President George W. Bush’s top legislative priority, the No Child Left Behind Act, which aimed to close the educational gap between poor and rich children.
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