A public service. My name is Kathleen Johnson and today i am with the healths historian matt when you ski. The date is 2016. We are in the house are turning studio and we are pleased we spoke speaking with for a presented from new york. Thank you very much for coming today. Very excited to be a part of this project. So this project that we are working on is to recognize and to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the election of Jeannette Rankin to congress. The first woman. So we have a bunch of questions that we wanted to ask you today. First, of when you are young did you have any role models . No. I had never thought about that question but i dont think so. I mean, you ask her grandmother mother and father to sign it my notion of what women could be. And so it never occurred to me, certainly never to enter into politics to be front and center. I cannot think of too many role models when i was really young that were female that change along the way it gratefully. How did you first bec
That is hard for me to tell. I dont think there was a clear distinction in the briefing we have had. There is no question he was debilitated. There is no question he was under stress. He was blinking rapidly, probably held in dark surroundings for long periods of time. I dont know. He will receive very good care and recover. I think that is what is important. This leave aside the question of legal requirements, the president didnt even call you hours or a day beforehand or any Intelligence Committee members. Was that because there was a credible threat from the taliban, that they would kill him . Or did they just not want to hear your response . I dont think there was a credible threat, but i dont know. I dont have any information that there was. This was a little different than most things, because there was a history to it. We were brought in in november 2011 when this was part of a bigger effort. That bigger effort was a reconciliation with the taliban. This was proposed as a confid
That is hard for me to tell. I dont think there was a clear distinction in the briefing we have had. There is no question he was debilitated. There is no question he was under stress. He was blinking rapidly, probably held in dark surroundings for long periods of time. I dont know. He will receive very good care and recover. I think that is what is important. This leave aside the question of legal requirements, the president didnt even call you hours or a day beforehand or any Intelligence Committee members. Was that because there was a credible threat from the taliban, that they would kill him . Or did they just not want to hear your response . I dont think there was a credible threat, but i dont know. I dont have any information that there was. This was a little different than most things, because there was a history to it. We were brought in in november 2011 when this was part of a bigger effort. That bigger effort was a reconciliation with the taliban. This was proposed as a confid
Release . That is hard for me to tell. I dont think there was a clear distinction in the briefing we have had. There is no question he was debilitated. There is no question he was under stress. He was blinking rapidly, probably held in dark surroundings for long periods of time. I dont know. He will receive very good care and recover. I think that is what is important. Lets leave aside the question of legal requirements, the president didnt even call you hours or a day beforehand or any Intelligence Committee members. Was that because there was a credible threat from the taliban, that they would kill him . Or did they just not want to hear your response . I dont think there was a credible threat, but i dont know. I dont have any information that there was. This was a little different than most things, because there was a history to it. We were brought in in november 2011 when this was part of a bigger effort. That bigger effort was a reconciliation with the taliban. This was proposed a
Distinction in the briefing we have had. There is no question he was debilitated. There is no question he was under stress. He was blinking rapidly, probably held in dark surroundings for long periods of time. I dont know. He will receive very good care and recover. I think that is what is important. This leave aside the question of legal requirements, the president didnt even call you hours or a day beforehand or any Intelligence Committee members. Was that because there was a credible threat from the taliban, that they would kill him . Or did they just not want to hear your response . I dont think there was a credible threat, but i dont know. I dont have any information that there was. This was a little different than most things, because there was a history to it. We were brought in in november 2011 when this was part of a bigger effort. That bigger effort was a reconciliation with the taliban. This was proposed as a confidence building measure. The five would be kept under house ar