Number president s at already been assassinated. Why wouldnt the government have protections for him . It wasnt done why would the government have a pension . Theres pensions for Army Officers and everybody else but not for the president. In fact he had very little money. He had to borrow some money quite secretly which dean ebsen cosigned to pay for the move back home. This is not well known at doesnt mean he didnt have money but he needed some cash to cover all of his expenses moving out of the white house. And when he got home in order to provide himself some income he undertook the writing of his autobiography, his memoirs. No other president had ever done except for herbert hoover. But his time in office was much briefer than trumans. And trumans presidency covered far more tumultuous history. To undertake the two volume memoir was a very major, ambitious task. Then he built his library. Now there had been a previous president ial library, Franklin Roosevelts library but it was es
You have written 1450 pages on material open the white house. What was the hardest part . Well, i guess the research was the hardest part. Also, compressing it for that many pages. Compressing the huge story for many things that could be used or had to be dealt with in the senate. I would love to have gone on and on about but i couldnt. Its the process of actually throwing things out. Even with 1400 pages. Ive got this here, two volume set. When did you first write this . The first part of it up to president trumans renditions novations at the white house. This takes the story to the end of the first bush administration. How did you approach the story . The whole story. Who are you writing it for . The central characters of the house and the various people who go there and the various people and their reactions to living there. The development of an institution which president obama will enter a very well organized institution to serve his work. And you have to look at it that way in t
gentlemen, please. welcome to the stage our panelists. miss nancy keegan smith, mr. carl cannon, mr. douglas, brinkley and our moderator miss anita mcbride well, this is terrific five. hey, hello. so wonderful to be together to see the sea of bread to think of mrs. reagan to think of president reagan who think of the joy and pleasure and privilege that we ve had to work in the region administration and thank you to the institute. thank you to the ronald reagan foundation. thank you roger for hosting us for this opportunity to reflect our panel. there s a series of panels coming today and and jim thank you for seeing it up. actually, i think you did also panels. and so what we re going to try and fill in some anecdotes here to capitalize on public gym said about just how smart mrs. reagan was her ambitions or four her husband and her husband s legacy and the role that she may be played in the country. and for the world so our focus will be on the legacy. we have a wonderful pa
thank you to the ronald reagan foundation. thank you roger for hosting us for this opportunity to reflect our panel. there s a series of panels coming today and and jim thank you for seeing it up. actually, i think you did also panels. and so what we re going to try and fill in some anecdotes here to capitalize on public gym said about just how smart mrs. reagan was her ambitions or four her husband and her husband s legacy and the role that she may be played in the country. and for the world so our focus will be on the legacy. we have a wonderful panel convert them introduced and our job is to try and provide a framework of what it s like to serve as a first lady what the role entails. the compacted of them what they ve accomplished how it s viewed over your time in office. and then also when they leave and that s the title of our panel. first lady mrs. reagan adore microphones not work. did you get any of that? did you hear any of that? okay good because i thought it was pr
foundation. thank you roger for hosting us for this opportunity to reflect our panel. there s a series of panels coming today and and jim thank you for seeing it up. actually, i think you did also panels. and so what we re going to try and fill in some anecdotes here to capitalize on public gym said about just how smart mrs. reagan was her ambitions or four her husband and her husband s legacy and the role that she may be played in the country. and for the world so our focus will be on the legacy. we have a wonderful panel convert them introduced and our job is to try and provide a framework of what it s like to serve as a first lady what the role entails. the compacted of them what they ve accomplished how it s viewed over your time in office. and then also when they leave and that s the title of our panel. first lady mrs. reagan adore microphones not work. did you get any of that? did you hear any of that? okay good because i thought it was pretty good. stuff and shattered