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Richard A. Arenberg |
Staff to Senators Paul Tsongas, George Mitchell and Carl Levin |
Richard Arenberg came to Washington in 1975 to serve as legislative director for Representative Paul Tsongas. In 1978 he helped Tsongas win an upset election to the Senate, defeating the popular Massachusetts senator Edward Brooke. When Senator Tsongas chose not to run for reelection in 1984, Arenberg joined the staff of Maine senator George Mitchell. In 1987, he became Mitchell's staff member on the Select Senate Iran-Contra Committee. In his spare time, Arenberg helped Senator Mitchell and Senator William Cohen to write their account of the investigation,
Men of Zeal
. Arenberg went on to become Mitchell's chief of staff and special assistant for national security affairs. When Mitchell left the Senate, Arenberg became legislative director and deputy chief of staff to Senator Carl Levin. In this oral history interview, Richard Arenberg shares his memories of the senators for whom he worked and the landmark legislation they struggled to enact.
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Citation:
Scholarly citation: "Richard A. Arenberg: Staff to Senators Paul Tsongas, George Mitchell, and Carl Levin, 1975-2009" Oral History Interviews, Senate Historical Office, Washington, D.C.
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Deed of Gift:
I, Richard A. Arenberg, do hereby give to the Senate Historical Office the recordings and transcripts of my interviews between June 8 and June 10, 2010. I authorize the Senate Historical Office to use the tapes and transcripts in such a manner as may best serve the educational and historical objectives of their oral history program. I also approve the deposit of the transcripts at the Library of Congress, National Archives, the Senate Library, and any other institution which the Senate Historical Office may deem appropriate. In making this gift, I voluntarily convey ownership of the tapes and transcripts to the public domain.
Richard A. Arenberg
June 21, 2011
Accepted on Behalf of the
Senate Historical Office by:
Donald A. Ritchie
July 6, 2011.
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