This house was built in 1931 by a local man named scotty taylor. Would have been on the outskirts of town at that time in the middle of the ozarks in the depression. So this would have seemed like pretty fancy house for that. The clintons actually bought this house in 1975 and did a little of remodeling, but for the most part, the house is entirely original to 1931. The house, a National Historic register property. In 2010, and the street became clinton avenue. And in 2010 as well. This is the living room this is the famous room where bill clinton, Hillary Rodham, were married here in of this big window on october 11th, 1975. Bill bought this house while hillary was out of town, actually, and surprised her with it. She came back from visiting Friends Family for six weeks and he said, i bought that house you thought was pretty and now you have to marry me. I cant live there alone. And she said, yes on the third try, that was his third try that he did that the house again is original 193
Prize. Books, i pledge allegiance, it was turned into a great miniseries on cbs. Perhaps some of you watched it in the past. Gangland, how the fbi broke 1993. B, in the eve of destruction, the of the war in to 2003. American lightning terror, mystery, the birth of hollywood, century,ime of the truefloor of heaven a tale of the last frontier and the yukon gold rush. I should also mention that Warner Brothers is preparing a film of dark invasion, starring Bradley Cooper as the the book. Please welcome howard blum [applause] pick up a newspaper and just headlines. He check out the internet and read post. Any theres news about terrorism anywhere, and its all very frightening. At night. Ep you up one day, theyre saying new york city is a target. Chicago. Day, its then las vegas. Even the air force academy. The president tells us that we have to worry, isis is not going to attack the homeland yet. Then a republican president ial candidate comes out and says, do have to worry. Our borders are
Minutes. Good evening and welcome. I am pleased to welcome howard blum, an investigative journalist and author of the new york city times best seller dark invasion as well as many other great books. He is currently a contributing editor at vanity fair. While at the New York Times he was twice nominated for a Pulitzer Prize for investigative reporting. Several of his books were nonfiction best sellers including, among others i pledge allegiance, the true story of the walkers, an american spy family that was turned into a great mini series on cbs, perhaps some of you watched it in the past. Gang land how the fbi broke the mob in 1993. The eve of destruction. The untold story of the yam kiper war in 2003. American lightning terror of mystery and the birth of hollywood and the crime of the centuryo 2008. A floor of heaven, a true tale of the last frontier and the uconn gold rush in 2011. I should also mention that Warner Brothers is preparing ax film of dark invasion starring Bradley Coope
The eve of destruction. The untold story of the yam kiper war in 2003. American lightning terror of mystery and the birth of hollywood and the crime of the centuryo 2008. A floor of heaven, a true tale of the last frontier and the uconn gold rush in 2011. I should also mention that Warner Brothers is preparing ax film of dark invasion starring Bradley Cooper as tom, the hero of the book. Please welcome, howard blum. [ applause ]. Pick up a newspaper and just glance at the headline. Check out the internet and read almost any post. Theres news about terrorism anywhere and its all very frightening. It will keep you up at night. One day theyre saying new york city is a target. The next day is chicago. Then las vegas, even the air force academy. The president tells us that we dont have to worry. Isis is not going to attack the homeland yet. Then a republican president ial candidate comes out and says, well, maybe we do have to worry. Our borders are very pourus, but theres no doubt about it
Through this entrance, every knew agent so i officer takes their oath of office here in this lobby in front of 107 of our fallen officers commemorated on the wall of honor, they have walked across the agency, sealed out morning to take their place in the lobby and the father of Central Intelligence is watching over their shoulder as they begin their career for the Central Intelligence agency in our nation. Were standing close to a sculpture of wild bill donovan, the father of Central Intelligence, donovan was tapped by president roosevelt in 1942 to head the office of Strategic Services. Established by president roosevelt to coordinate information intelligence with the war growing overseas. The single star behind us commemorates the loss of 116 ossers who the cia seal is something everyone sees as they come into the office, some people dont want to cross it, some want to walk around it. But you have seen movies filmed here in the lobby. It was designed by the crew that designed the tom