Photo: #Presidents Thomas Jefferson and Abraham Lincoln are considered to be among the country's best presidents. In his new book, "The Leaders We Deserved (and a Few We Didn't): Rethinking the Presidential Rating Game," historian Alvin Felzenberg develops a new system for evaluating a president's performance.
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Presidents Thomas Jefferson and Abraham Lincoln are considered to be among the country's best presidents. In his new book, "The Leaders We Deserved (and a Few We Didn't): Rethinking the Presidential Rating Game," historian Alvin Felzenberg develops a new system for evaluating a president's performance. (Courtesy of whitehouse.gov and the Smithsonian)

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Alvin Felzenberg, who was the principal spokesman for the 9/11 Commission and an advisor to the U.S. Departments of Defense and State, is out with a new book, "The Leaders We Deserved (and a Few We Didn't): Rethinking the Presidential Rating Game." He recently discussed his new book at the National Press Club.

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