I called the guy back 15 seconds later, realizing i made a mistake and said can i still interview for it . He said yes. I didnt interview with sam garrison, who was running the republican side of the staff that was not yet fully unified. Some thought it never was. Sam and had ath good interview with him. I was engaged to come in quite shortly thereafter. I reported for duty in december of 1973. Tell us about sam garrison. Give us a picture of him. Man, was a devoted family from the south. From richmond. Worked like a tiger and slept in on sunday mornings. He and i had a good personal relationship. You are there before john was named. Im sure i was there before bert jenner. Maybe it was before john doerr. I remember showing up for work. If i was the first staffer, Hilary Rodham was the second staffer. I remember john doerr calling us into his office and saying bill, hilary, we have a research project. We have to find out what constitutes foreground of impeachment on the president. There
52 americans were held hostage in the u. S. Embassy in tehran. Next, the Wilson Center hosts a panel discussing how the iran hostage crisis has impacted. S. Foreign policy since then. Good morning. Welcome to the Wilson Center. My name is christian osterman, and i have the privilege to direct the history and Public Policy program here at the center. Thank you for joining us today for this Panel Discussion on the 40th anniversary of the iran hostage crisis. On november 4, 1979, 52 american diplomats and citizens were taken hostage by a crowd of iranian students who stormed the u. S. Embassy, the combination of worsening relations between this country and iran in the wake of the iranian revolution in february 1979. Even though the crisis ended with the release of the hostages in 1981, after an incredible ordeal that lasted some 444 days, it has had a lasting influence on the relationship between the two countries. Images of iranian students breaching the u. S. Embassy, shouting antiameri
Acid, some grass. Maybe some speed. We found out there was a lot of shooting up going on. Some people were using heroin to the point they couldnt trust each other anymore, the work wasnt getting done. We began to lie to each other. We took a stand against hard narcotics and called a house meeting. House members agreed we wouldnt have any more heroin in the house. Yet some people found them too groovy to give up, and it sort of destroyed the whole house. Now we build it up again, my fair lady now we build it up again, my fair lady now we build it up again up again up again now we build it up again my fair lady a communal is destroyed by heroin. Its also being destroyed with alarming frequency, the american home. Narcotics and the relatives, amphetamines rip apart family life. Aftermath fills hospitals, prisons, and Rehabilitation Centers across the country. The entire question of drug use is vastly complex, but drugs themselves are many and varied. The precise Information Available to u
Iran hostage crisis. On november 4, 1979, 52 american diplomats and citizens were taken hostage by a crowd of iranian students who stormed the u. S. Embassy, the combination of worsening relations between this country and iran in the wake of the iranian revolution in february 1979. Even though the crisis ended with the release of the 20, 1981,n january after an incredible ordeal that lasted some 444 days, it has had a lasting influence on the relationship between the two countries. Images of iranian students breaching the u. S. Embassy, shouting antiamerican slogans, detaining Embassy Officials and burning the american flag, traumatized a nation and a presidency. They live on in popular consciousness here with such movies as the 2012 movie argo and they continue to weigh on the public discourse. Here today, we want to explore the Lasting Impact of the hostage crisis a bit further, and we have convened a panel of distinguished experts which will be moderated by my colleague. Im very ple
We have a new cast of people to add their voices to the wonderful voices you heard from the scholars who are on the first panel. Once again, we have Miller Center people here. The Miller Center, one of its main fscs is the focus on studying the presidencies in depth, historical depth with objectivity. We are all on the business of doing stuff that in editorial cartoonists is not in the business of doing, which is reacting to events on a daytoday basis. Which pat oliphant did more than 10,000 times in his 60 plus years as a newspaper cartoonist. Whereas we all strive to be as objective as we can, the job of the editorial cartoonist and pat oliphant, as well as anybody who has ever done that, to provide, opinion and something to provoke discussion rather than aspire to settle discussion. The panel today, this afternoon, which will cover the president s from george bush. I dont use the h w. He was george bush when he was president. When John Quincy Adams became president , john adams did