Oh my well, ive finished and good afternoon indeed mr. Light and to all of our friends welcome once again here to our house to to monticello mr. Light as you refer, of course to Patriots Day, so we have heard it now referred to our sales in virginia. Nothing could please us more in virginia to be reminded if you will about our initial associations with massachusetts. Yes, Patriots Day is something that we are happy to be reminded of as i know all of our friends and massachusetts continue to be reminded of that occasion in which the Citizen Body there stood staunchly against the further encroachments of the british upon their rights upon their property. If i remember it occurred in tickler Villages Lexington and concord and let it not be forgotten a metatomy. I believe that they now refer to metatome is arlington, and i hope its not forgotten because that is the one of the three where the british actually surrendered. I think they lost about 25 souls that day, but overall amongst the th
Kenan research center. How old were you when you went to vietnam . I was 24. 24. What was your Family Status . I was married to my husband, al, who was also in the military. We went together and at home was my sister, brother, mother and father back in massachusetts. Your hometown . Massachusetts, small town, outside of worcester, massachusetts, about 40 miles from boston. Outside worcester. Uhhuh. What year it was you went to vietnam . I wases in vietnam 68 to 69. What was your sense of the vietnam war before you decided to enter the military . Well, actually, i didnt have much of a sense of it at all. The way i entered the military was that the army nurse corporation and the Navy Nurse Corps came around to different Nursing Schools, and they had formulated the student nurse corps program, which was an rotc program because they needed nurses. I wasnt old enough so i had to take the paper home and only my father could sign the paper. Not my mother, my father. I sat there with my irish
That excerpts his diary his president ial diary. Just take the weekend and read it and tell me no and i read the i read the excerpts from the diary and i couldnt say no. I was fascinating by the man. Did you know much about him before you started in this . You know, he was a tennessee and i knew that his his grave is behind the capitol. There is no marker in nashville except plaque on the side of a dirty motel wall his old home place in columbia is preserved and i had been there many times and have been there since but i knew virtually nothing about him and and almost nothing that was good. I mean his reputation is result result of what was done. To him during his presidency over the mexicanamerican war left him a Bad Reputation reputation as warmonger and and and the attacks on him in congress in the latter latter days of his administration. Reminded me a great deal of the attacks on lyndon johnson. At the end of his administration over the vietnam war similarities there. James k. Pol
Overall transition effort and and jim baker was put in charge of the white house transition. So i came together because i knew i knew him from when he managed the president Ford Campaign effort. I worked in the Ford White House at that time. And i knew the white house. I knew the white house structure. I guess better than anybody else. Who was there at the moment and so i was drafted into this effort. Jim baker stayed away from washington for the majority of the time left at edm used to run the transition, but we had a small team that worked towards the planning and it was just by chance, and i guess i knew knew the structure and new where new the offices that i would be put in charge of the planning for the white house piece of it. About this im sorry. I didnt hear your question stuart. This chris. I was gonna ask chris the same question. Yeah this come to drop in your lab. Well in april of 2008 i was then senator obamas legislative director. He was off on the campaign trail trying to
Reagan had been elected there had been a something occurred which wasnt predicted to happen. Which was he appointed james baker to be the chief of staff ed. Meese was expected to become the chief is staff that didnt happen. But ed was put in charge of the overall transition effort and and jim baker was put in charge of the white house transition. So i came together because i knew i knew him from when he managed the president Ford Campaign effort. I worked in the Ford White House at that time. And i knew the white house. I knew the white house structure. I guess better than anybody else. Who was there at the moment and so i was drafted into this effort. Jim baker stayed away from washington for the majority of the time left at edm used to run the transition, but we had a small team that worked towards the planning and it was just by chance, and i guess i knew knew the structure and new where new the offices that i would be put in charge of the planning for the white house piece of it. A