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
Conversation. Call for democrats for democrats 202 7488000, for republicans 202 7488001, for independents 202 7488002. You can also send us a text at 202 7488003, include your name and where you are texting from, you can also tweet us and we are on facebook at facebook. Com cspan. We have a number of posts already with ideas on issues that congress and washington are not focusing on that viewers think they should be. Adam posted that the legalization of cannabis and recreational and medical, stopping vaping deaths and allowing the fda to do its job. When they resized passing the budget in turn limits. Air,or marie, clean quality education, improving infrastructure, and income inequality. On the u. S. Mexico canada trade agreement, some movement on that funds that front. Mexicos president wrote a letter to nancy pelosi, heres a story from the wall street journal. Mexicos president urges quick u. S. Ratification, president of the door has urged House Democrats to ratify the u. S. Mexico
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
Holtzman 9 the irony was i got my Campaign Office was broken into. Is a very ugly incident. What kind of training did they have for new congresspeople . Rep. Holtzman nine. Nine . None . Rep. Holtzman none. What were your assignments . Rep. Holtzman i set around with my advisors. In just to give you a 90 a of how remote the idea of impeachment was not only. Emote nonexistence. We try to figure out the best committee to beyond. Since the agreed that president had been on the House Judiciary Committee for 50 years, 50, it would probably be good to break new ground and try to get on another committee. To lobby washington know to be on the judiciary committee. In those days, freshmen members of congress i remember coming down, and i remember the ways and Means Committee made the decision. The democrats, the republican members of the committee for the newly elected members of congress. I went down to the ways and Means Committee and it did not to me any good. He vacated the seat. The seat w
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