President bush at the Invictus Games where it was clear how committed he is to this. And Burt Reynolds when is amazing and out there winning everything and i had a chance to talk to president bush about what he is doing. President obama of course is deeply committed to this. I just talked to mrs. Obama and i had a chance to see him in laos and one topic was what he thought about vietnam. And we have a lot of undetonated bombs there. He is two weeks older than me and we asked about what was going on and looked at wars differently in the 1960s and 1970s because there were drafts and we were not attacked on our turf. I said those veterans that did serve in laos and vietnam do you call them heroes . And he said absolutely call them heroes. This isnt something reserved for the more recent or voluntary wars. As my experience here, we have experienced a lot of not diminishing attention but now that the war has really came to an endish as i say there is not as much attention being given to tho
Well, also she was a very oldfashioned lady. The teacup wasnt unfamiliar to her and she knew how to do everything of that kind and in a way it created a nice transition between her and everybody because you can respect her for that but thats who she was and interest in other things, made her an interesting character and everybody was found of her. Roosevelt was bound. Right. We talked about Elanor Roosevelt was tie today navy and was so tragic about world war i that she saw soldiers bodies stacked up and was so deeply affected by this that this was a lifelong interest for elenor, first of all, i dont know that the president didnt mind her being out of washington. [laughter] she was quite controversial as you know, she took three major trips to combat zones during the war and the second one to the South Pacific and traveled for many hours in uninsulated military aircraft and shattered her eardrum and when she got to the bases, she walked 50 miles to see and shake almost every hand that
Journalists on the presidency and the press. It is hosted by the Marlon Fitzwater center for communications at Franklin Pierce university in new hampshire. It is about 50 minutes. Were going to look at the presidency through the lens of david valdez, who is one of only nine president ial photographers in u. S. History. When he was not much older than you, the draft sidelined his plans for college. While in the air force, he trained as a photographer, and he found himself taking photos of fourstar generals by the age of 19. After his honorable discharge, he took those skills to the university of maryland at college park, where he completed his degree in journalism while also working at the u. S. Departments of agriculture and housing and human development. He later left and worked at the u. S. Chamber of commerce. In 1983, Vice President george h. W. Bush tapped him as his personal photographer, and later appointed him director of the White House Photo offices and personal photographer
Presidency through the lens of david valdez, who is one of only nine president ial photographers in u. S. History. When he was not much older than you, the draft sidelined his plans for college. While in the air force, he trained as a photographer, and he found himself taking photos of fourstar generals by the age of 19. After his honorable discharge, he took those skills to the university of maryland at college park, where he completed his degree in journalism while also working at the u. S. Departments of agriculture and housing and human development. He later left and worked at the u. S. Chamber of commerce. In 1983, Vice President george h. W. Bush tapped him as his personal photographer, and later appointed him director of the White House Photo offices and personal photographer to the president. In his decade at the white house, he shot 65,000 rolls of film in 75 countries and in all 50 states. After president bush left the white house, valdez joined walt disney attractions, but r
Plans for college. While in the air force, he trained as a photographer, and he found himself taking photos of fourstar generals by the age of 19. His honorable discharge, he took those skills to the university of maryland at college park, where he completed his degree in journalism while also working at the u. S. Department of agriculture and housing and human development. He later left and worked at the how the u. S. Chamber of commerce. In 1983, Vice President george h. W. Bush tapped him as his , and laterotographer appointed him director of the White House Photo offices and personal photographer to the president. In his decade at the white house, he shot 65,000 rolls of in 75 countries and in all 50 states. After president bush left the joined walt valdez disney attractions, but returned in 2001 to Government Service in the u. S. Department of housing and urban development. You have seen his photos here and can bee iconic found in the worlds top magazines and newspapers life, news