President said at the time was he had as a new president thought if i just have one congressman disagrees with me , im the president of the united states. Thats no big deal. Then he found out that one congressman was jack brooks and that was a big deal. But it talks about how president and Congress Work together and i think at this time, it is very important that we hear that message about how they Work Together and were especially pleased to not to have harassment jack brooks son jeff here with us. Jeffhas worked in the financial industry. And all all size companies for more than three decades. He started his career at citibank in taiwan, rose to Vice President of citigroups International Securities in london. Currently the managing partner of pinewood trading fund and is the chairman of the Jack Brooks Foundation which provided the wonderful reception for us tonight so please join me in welcoming and thanking jeff brooks. [applause] thank you so much tony for that kind introduction.
Important. [applause] all right. This ride is one that many of our guests can see the bottom of the mountain to get the idea of how big the mountain is. Announcer the carving was started in the late 1940s. Today, the work is carried on by daughters. We have been able to get the itll pieces at a time. Mounting the mountain carving has been going on since june 3, 1948. Based that off of a description of those survivors. We are right in the middle of the black hills, which is all of the black hills considered sacred people. The people. This is where they came to hunt for food. This is a place where they came to pray. Very private things have been happen here for them. They still do, just in different ways, more modern ways, but when dad got that letter in 1939 inviting him to start the mountain carving, dad decided to come out and go to pine ridge reservation. When he did, he realized he didnt know much about the native culture, so he was very inquisitive and looked at things differently,
Here. I have really been looking forward to this talk tonight because Rufus Youngblood, ive known the name, ive known who he is for a very long time. And im just delighted that we can have his family here. Weve got members of Rufus Youngbloods family here. We appreciate that. We also have tom johnson who was an aide to Lyndon Johnson who is the man that Rufus Youngblood protected and we are really glad you are here as well, tom. He knew Rufus Youngblood very well. Rufus was a secret service agent. Hes known for his actions on november 22, 1963, when shots rang out in dallas, texas, and he leaped over the seat and protected Lyndon Johnson. And continued to protect him. Johnson was one of five president s that Rufus Johnson helped protect. After graduating from georgia tech here in atlanta with a degree in Industrial Engineering, he joined the secret service back in 1951, and he protected president s truman, eisenhower, kennedy, johnson, and nixon, during his 20 year tenure with the secr
And im just delighted that we can have his family here. Weve got members of Rufus Youngbloods family here. We appreciate that. We also have tom johnson who was an aide to Lyndon Johnson who is the man that Rufus Youngblood protected and we are really glad you are here as well, tom. He knew Rufus Youngblood very well. Rufus was a secret service agent. Hes known for his actions on november 22, 1963, when shots rang out in dallas, texas, and he leaped over the seat and protected Lyndon Johnson. And continued to protect him. Johnson was one of five president s that Rufus Johnson helped protect. After graduating from georgia tech here in atlanta with a degree in Industrial Engineering, he joined the secret service back in 1951, and he protected president s truman, eisenhower, kennedy, johnson, and nixon, during his 20 year tenure with the secret service. He retired in 1971 as the agencys Deputy Director. At that time, he wrote his memoir, 20 years with the secret service. It didnt get the a
Of books focus on one singular question. Who shot jfk . Of ahis part militaryindustrial complex because of initiatives that kennedy had taken . These issues are fascinating and they have inspired what is and remains and will remain a passionate debate among people on all different sides of this issue. Thats not what this book is about. I am not writing a book about who shot j. F. K. I have no new theories to offer about where the bullets came from or who shot j. F. K. This is actually a very different book. What im interested in is not who shot j. F. K. , im interested in the transfer of political power that takes place in the hours after the assassination, and i want to move the focus away from the tragedy thats unfolding in the president ial limousine and move it back about 60 feet to the car carrying Lyndon Johnson, follow Lyndon Johnson over the course of the day, as he goes to Parkland Hospital and then to air force one and back to washington, d. C. , to give people a sense of the