The press operations, they were pretty much stable through all of them. I do think that marlin fitzwater, who was a particularly good press secretary under the George Herbert walker bush administration, tended to have less good number twos and threes. The best press operation was pretty even. When barack obama became the president , they reorganized it. When you walk in from the press room where we were to the lower office, there were twice as many people and people who specialized in each issue. If i had a health question, i knew exactly where to go. If i had an immigration or National Security question, the division of labor meant there were more people to reach out to and email made that almost instantaneous in getting answers back. Which administration was the hardest to get information from . Each administration had times in which it was difficult to get information. Towards the end of the carter administration, we did not have email. It was handed in paper or announced over louds
Ropes and defensive. It got hard to get routine things from them. The best time for any of the administrations george bush and barack obama. When they walked in, they had an agenda and the transition was so orchestrated. President bush had an issue a week planned. Points of light. Education. There were paths to get to the information they wanted out. For every administration, during a time of war, being able to get their foreignpolicy and National Security Council People has been really a top priority. I have to give high marks to most of the administrations. Administrations. You could reach a real human being. Why did you quit . Because i felt it was the right time. There is honor in being able to stand up and walk away from something you have really enjoyed that may not still deliver the same satisfaction. It has come to something of a pausing moment. It is not a president ial campaign year. I never would have left during one. It is coming up on the market where i would have finished
Carrying out the massacre. Then to iraq. We are now in the position to go on offense. The airstrikes have been effective integrating isils test capability in the advanced or making. Now we need Ground Troops, iraqi Ground Troops that can start pushing them back. As president obama deploys 1500 more troops to iraq, we will speak with matthew hoh, the former marine and state Department Official who once served in iraq. In 2009 he became the first known u. S. Official to resign in protest over the afghan war. And we will speak to a yale graduate student in Public Health who just completed 21 days in quarantine after returning from liberia. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now, democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. President obama has authorized the deployment of an additional 1,500 troops to iraq, more than doubling the current u. S. Force in iraq. Pentagon press secretary rear admiral john kirby unveiled the plan on friday. The commanderinchief ha
Killings is the worst atrocity mexico has seen in years. On friday, the Mexican Government accused a gang of carrying out the massacre. Then to iraq. We are now in the position to go on offense. The airstrikes have been effective integrating isils test capability in the advanced or making. Now we need Ground Troops, iraqi Ground Troops that can start pushing them back. As president obama deploys 1500 more troops to iraq, we will speak with matthew hoh, the former marine and state Department Official who once served in iraq. In 2009 he became the first known u. S. Official to resign in protest over the afghan war. And we will speak to a yale graduate student in Public Health who just completed 21 days in quarantine after returning from liberia. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now, democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. President obama has authorized the deployment of an additional 1,500 troops to iraq, more than doubling the current u. S. Force i
Killings is the worst atrocity mexico has seen in years. On friday, the Mexican Government accused a gang of carrying out the massacre. Then to iraq. We are now in the position to go on offense. The airstrikes have been effective integrating isils test capability in the advanced or making. Now we need Ground Troops, iraqi Ground Troops that can start pushing them back. As president obama deploys 1500 more troops to iraq, we will speak with matthew hoh, the former marine and state Department Official who once served in iraq. In 2009 he became the first known u. S. Official to resign in protest over the afghan war. And we will speak to a yale graduate student in Public Health who just completed 21 days in quarantine after returning from liberia. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now, democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. President obama has authorized the deployment of an additional 1,500 troops to iraq, more than doubling the current u. S. Force i