The new Atlanta Press club. Today it is the secondlargest press club in the usa, second only to the national is club and it is the number one press club and america. This is a joint meeting of the leaders. , myself ands ago another thought it would be a good idea to have dinner with the Atlantic Community to bring them into this and have speakers that would tell the message we thought was important to this community as well as the nation. Weve had speakers like general generals like petraeus. Absolutely nobody on the stuff in 1965. No political connections. Not a part of the president ial family even though my last name it is johnson. [laughter] mr. Johnson the agent in charge of president johnsons protection at the time was a man named Rufus Youngblood from my hometown. We became good friends. It was rufus who hurled president johnson to the floor board of a limousine and dallas and placed his own body on top of lbj after the shots, including the fatal shots were kennedy onsident that
Service operations. This is just under one hour. Secretary good afternoon. Is tom johnson. I am proud to say that i am a cofounder of what we think is the new Atlanta Press club. Today it is the secondlargest press club in the usa, second only to the national is club and it is the number one press club and america. This is a joint meeting of the leaders. , myself ands ago another thought it would be a good idea to have dinner with the Atlantic Community to bring them into this and have speakers that would tell the message we thought was important to this community as well as the nation. Weve had speakers like general generals like petraeus. Absolutely nobody on the stuff in 1965. No political connections. Not a part of the president ial family even though my last name it is johnson. [laughter] mr. Johnson the agent in charge of president johnsons protection at the time was a man named Rufus Youngblood from my hometown. We became good friends. It was rufus who hurled president johnson t
History of the secret service. The Atlanta Press club posted this earlier this month. Good afternoon. Name is tom johnson. I am proud to say that i am a cofounder of what we think is the new Atlanta Press club. It is second only to the National Press club. In quality it is the number one press club in america. This is a joint meeting read several years ago pete and i peak was then, i guess at that time he was chairman of the board for the Woodruff Foundation and later the Commerce Club we thought it would be a real good thing to bring together the strengths of the atlanta media and the atlanta Business Community into this, and particularly at time to time to have speakers with a message that we felt was important to this community, as well as to the nation. We have had speakers like general betray us general petreaus. We can go down the list. I knew absolutely no one on Lyndon Johnsons staff in 65. I had no political connections. I was not part of the president ial family, even though
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Hearts to you. Lord, please shower your mercy on our nation, as we seek to deal with the las vegas mass shooting. Please show mercy to the victims and their families. Lord, in spite of this horrific act, give us faith to believe that evil will not ultimately prevail in our world. May this tragedy motivate us to plant and water seeds of peace, as we cultivate a greater respect for the laws of seed time and harvest. Cut in pieces the cords of wickedness that seek to bind us. Today, guide our senators and use them as ambassadors of reconciliation in our nation and world. Eternal god, though we walk in the midst of trouble, stretch forth your hands and revive us with your might. We pray in your merciful name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to our flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Mr. Mcconnell