So, all of you, thank you for your support and to the kids for just saying no. Thank you. [ applause ] my hope is that the women of the future will feel truly free to follow whatever paths their talents and their Natures Point to. I think they thought that the white house was so glamorous and your role was so what you did was so glamorous, your life was so glamorous, and all they saw were the parties and the meeting people and, you know and ive got to tell you, i never worked harder in my life. Nancy reagan served as longtime political partner, fiercest protector, and ultimately as the caretaker for president Ronald Reagan. An involved first lady, she was active in key staff decisions and policymaking and in campaigning. She made drug use her signature white house issue with her just say no campaign. Good evening, and welcome to cspan series first ladies influence and image. Tonight, were going to tell you the story of anne frances robbins, known to us all as nancy reagan, the wife of
Cherryh you remember her blossoms, that is not what she focused on. She wanted to build a band show near washington so that people could, and listen to find music. She has a young woman had attended the 25th Wedding Anniversary Party to the white house of rutherford and lucy hayes. She decided she would like to come back one day and spend more time. [laughter] , we talke tragedies about the string of tragedies of helen taft, who really wanted to be first lady. Today she would be president. About three months after taft became president , she suffered a stroke. With characteristic determination, she had to relearn speech. And she did. But it contributed to the general melancholy of the single taft term, over which hung this cloud called theodore roosevelt. Susan dempsey, although she had lobbied to support her husband for the presidency, she had a much better political mind. As far astrusted tr she could throw him. She kept telling her husband not to trust theodore. In the end, in 1912,
Time is not a luxury for state and local law enforcement. Crime victims or communities cant afford it. Our laws require speedy trials. Criminals have to be held accountable, but victims are as we speak and we know in this audience asking for justice. Rep. Goodlatte thank you, mr. Vance. We will now proceed with questioning of the witnesses under the five minute rule. I will begin by recognizing myself. Director komi created a dichotomy between this being a Technology Problem or a Business Model problem and said that apple was addressing this as a Business Model problem. Is that a fair contrast or is this Something Else . Mr. Sewell it is by no means a fair contrast, mr. Chairman. Ive heard this phrase before. In sanbeen raised bernardino and every time i hear this, my blood boils. This is not a marketing issue. That is a way of demeaning the other side of the argument. We dont put up billboards that market our security. We are doing this because we think protecting the security and the
I talk to people. They tell me things. And if something is going to be a problem, i am not above calling a staff person. I make no apologies for looking out for his personal and political welfare. Your thoughts on the partnership . She said she was the personnel director. In september of 1980, when they started to hit a rocky road, and the campaign was in a little bit of trouble, it was nancy who said where stu spencer . He was only back in the campaign because nancy had helped bring about. There was one person he asked, is it ok . And that was nancy. Nancy said it was her idea. We will have more time to talk about the white house years. We are going to go back and talk about the nancy reagan biography. Before that we will talk about how you can be involved. Your questions make it so much more interesting for us so we can take the conversation in the direction of your interest. You can see us on facebook and find cspans page. There is already a discussion going. You can also tweet is a
Thank you for your support and the kids for just saying no. Thank you. My hope is that the women of the future will feel truly free to follow whatever path their talents and their natures offer them. I think they thought that the white house was so glamorous, and that what you did was so glamorous, and your life was so glamorous. All they saw were the parties and the greeting people. I have got to tell you, i have never worked harder in my life. Nancy reagan was Ronald Reagans fiercest protector. She was active in key staff decisions and in campaigning. She had a signature white house issue with her just say no campaign. Welcome to first ladies influence and image. Let me introduce our two guests. Judith woodruff is the coanchor of cbs news hour. She coproduced a documentary about the first lady. Thank you for being with us. He is the Washington Bureau chief. He is a californian who has been covering National Politics since 1984 and cowrote a book with his father, a reagan biography. L