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Theres plenty to choose from here. The folks from Huffington Post have this headline about one of the top stories of the year. International womens day was the most talked about moment on facebook this year. 2017 was quite a year for women. It kicked off with the inauguration of President Trump, who was elected despite being accused of more than a dozen women of sexual assault. Millions of people took to the streets for the womens march in cities worldwide. As the year unfolded large numbers of women indicated interest in running for office. The final months have been marked by dozens of women courageously coming forward to call out sexual abuse by powerful men. As the year unfolded large numbers of women indicated interest in running for office. Earlier this year as we saw live on cspan. Part of the story takes us to capitol hill as well. A series of Sexual Harassment charges on the hill. The household hearing earlier this year. One of the people who testified at this hearing was jack
Guest then powered white house chief of staff as we know them today is first famously the gatekeeper, which means giving the president time and space to think. Things. Y other he is the honest broker of information, making sure every information is keyed up with information on every side. He is the heat shield, as donald called, keeping the incoming artillery for the president , getting all of the blame and usually none of the credit area at the end of the day, the white house chief of staff is the person who their president counts on to execute his agenda. And most importantly, to tell him what he does not want to hear. That is the shorthand definition. You begin the book was a pretty extraordinary gathering at she said staff from the past. They were meeting with rahm emanuel, who is incoming, to president obama. Tell us more about that meeting and why you decided to leave the book with that story. It is an extraordinary scene. It took place in december 2008, about to emanuel was star
Short one. We conclude with andy card, jack watson and john podesta, three former white house chief of staff. They join Chris Whipple to talk about his new book the gatekeepers how the white house chiefs of staff define every presidency. One of the roles of the chief of staff is the president is hearing all the voices that he needs to hear. Rose to be an honest broker. To be a very honest broker and also, as part of that role, honestly, to tell the president no when he needs to be told no and thats not easy. Historian David Mccullough and a look into the job of white house chief chief of staff whene continue. Rose funding for charlie rose has been provided by the following and by bloomberg, a provider of multimedia news and Information Services worldwide. Captioning sponsored by Rose Communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. Rose im pleased to have David Mccullough back at this table, welcome. Thank you, charlie, grad to be back. Rose very good to see you.
Short one. We conclude with andy card, jack watson and john podesta, three former white house chief of staff. They join Chris Whipple to talk about his new book the gatekeepers how the white house chiefs of staff define every presidency. One of the roles of the chief of staff is the president is hearing all the voices that he needs to hear. Rose to be an honest broker. To be a very honest broker and also, as part of that role, honestly, to tell the president no when he needs to be told no and thats not easy. Historian David Mccullough and a look into the job of white house chief chief of staff whene continue. Rose funding for charlie rose has been provided by the following and by bloomberg, a provider of multimedia news and Information Services worldwide. Captioning sponsored by Rose Communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. Rose im pleased to have David Mccullough back at this table, welcome. Thank you, charlie, grad to be back. Rose very good to see you.