This was from the president ial ideas festival hosted by the university of virginias miller center. We appreciate you coming, we have some other panels going on at the same time, we will try to make it worth your while. Today we are really lucky, i am a former speechwriter for president obama. We are also really lucky to have sarah and john. Jeff who works for resident click and was supposed to be here but he had a conflict that kept him in d. C. We have some questions for these two, and then we will take any questions you have. If theres anything we hope you take away from this session, being a president ial speechwriter is exactly like you think it would be on the west wing. [laughter] im just kidding, it is much cooler. [laughter] i will start with questions about the relationship between ideas and speeches. Sometimes what starts as an idea and ends up as in a speech, sometimes the process starts before you have the idea. Im curious him how does an idea become a speech . In a weird
Those guys know how to tell a story. It is a rare treat to have the curtain pulled back from those who were on the front lines of protecting the president and the first family. We are honored to be joined tonight by three secret Service Agents Whose Service almost approached 82 years. Lary, 22 year veteran of the secret service. Larry was honored with the u. S. Secret Service Valor Award for his role in stopping an assassination attempt on president gerald ford in september of 1975 in sacramento. Later larry served 25 years as the security chief of the United States olympic committee. Joe clancy is with us tonight. Joe served on the protective details of residence, including president bush, or trailblazers as he wouldve called them. President bush with strobe laser. Joes nearly 30 year career culminated in 2015 when president obama named joe the 24th director of the u. S. Secret service. He was in charge. Today joe is the chief Security Officer at comcast corporation. Nick is with us t
Program that is informative and highly entertaining. These guys know how to tell a story, and it is a rare treat to have the curtain pulled back by the people that protect the president and the first lady. There is three former secret Service Agents. His role in stopping an assassination attempt. It was the security chief with the United States olympic committee. Joe clancy is with us tonight. He served for president bush, or trailblazer, mrs. Bush was tempo. His nearly 30 year career culminated in 2015 when president obama named joe the 24th director of the u. S. Secret service. So he was in charge. Today he is the chief Security Officer at comcast corporation. Nick trotta is here. They worked on large scale events like leader summits. Post 9 11 travel including trips to iraq and afghanistan that you will hear about tonight. He was in Yankee Stadium as president bush through out the first pitch before game three in the world series. Also tonight, spencer geissinger. He was under advan
The president making an announcement or there is a press conference that is interesting or something. And you listen to bush and i think a lot of people thought well he is very well informed and well spoken and this is not what i was expecting because most people are busy with their lives. Is he funny. There was a. Kind out who your audience is. And things of that natch. However, it is the president speaking and therefore as he always told us, everybody is important. We were not to think of a small rose garden event for teacher of the year as not important. It was part of the full jol yum of statements that he made at president of the United States. He was always after us to never skip a step in making a case. Even if youre speaking to the people that an audience of people likely to be in agreement of what youre saying, he always has a broader audience. And if he is making his case for Social Security reform and he skips the hard part, a person who disagrees and maybe even a person who
We are honored to be joined tonight by three former secret Service Agents, and the combined services are 32 years, and larry was honored with a role in stopping assassination attempt on president gerald ford in 1972 in sacramento, and then larry served 25 years as the security chief with the United States olympic committee. Joe clancy is with us, and he served on the protective details of four president s, including president bush and trail blazer as he would have called them by the secret service code name, and he was tempo, and mrs. Bush was trail blazer. The 32 Years Experience culminated in 2014 when joe was named the director of the secret service and he was in charge from the obama administration. And today, he is the chief Security Officer at comcast corporation. And Nicholas Trotta is with us, and helped to protect five president s, including president bush. Worked on large scale events such as world leader summits and a lot of the post 9 11 trips and even trips to afghanistan