of president richard m. nixon. our panelists will discuss how the tenure of the nixon appointed cabinet would shape later generations of cabinets as assistance, geysers and heads of agencies and departments. we want to extend their thanks to barbara hackman franklin and the richard nixon foundation for their roles in making tonight s program possible. ron walker who is chairman of the foundation is with us tonight. where are you, ron? a special thanks to him for making this evening possible also. ron was in the nixon white house and he was the very first director of the white house office of presidential advance and he was responsible for a very important advance, the trip to china. before we begin the program tonight i would like to mention to programs that will take place in the mcgowan theater later this month. on tuesday march 20 at 7:00 p.m. the charles guggenheim center for documentary film presents the film, california state of mind, the legacy of pat around the inside
if you want to get into the middle of a fight, that s your call. don t interfere with operations which meant also do not go up a company commander during a fire fight and ask for an interview. i never had that happen. i think freedom of the press is one of the great freedoms of a democracy. absolute great freedom. along with freedom of speech. we re blessed to have those two freedoms. of course they have to be exercised judicioujudiciously. i m delighted that the pentagon embedded journalists in the iraq war that s been going on for the last couple years. i don t know if you know this or not, but the pentagon before the iraq war went off offered american journalists the opportunity to go to fort buenning, and i believe ft. knox, other military bases to be briefed on battlefield maneuver activities and battlefield activities. they learned about tactics and they learned about fireman ufr and fire support. they were much more qualified to report to the american people what they
berated him in front of his fellow officers. hamilton then resigned as secretary, returned to the army, and later distinguished himself at the battle of yorktown, which brought him back to some degree in washington s good graces. hamilton had then left the army and was a congressman from new york. so hamilton then is given the assignment of addressing washington. i doubt that anyone really expected that general washington would join in any plot, but at the same time they needed to test him out. how did he feel? hamilton warned washington that the army was on the brink of mutiny. he suggested to washington that the general might wish to control direct deterrent was his expression. he also then went on to say something, write something to washington which the general found incredibly insulting, if not hurtful. hamilton told washington that there were rumors in congress as well as in the army that his soldiers were disappointed with him. they accused the commander in chief of no
there were rumors in congress, as well as in the army, that his soldiers were disappointed with him. they accused the commander in chief of not doing enough for them in articulating their demands and their grievances. washington found that particularly hurtful. hamilton then suggested that washington talk with general knox. a very, very dangerous game now was underway. both knox and washington had an inkling of what was going on in philadelphia, and now they were being drawn in. it seems to me entirely likely, probable, that general knox and general washington did, in fact, talk. their headquarters were about 12 miles apart. washington was in newburgh, knox was at west point. i m sure they did. they probably shared letters. the one from knox the one from morris to knox, the one from hamilton to washington. these two men then replied to the men from philadelphia. knox replied first to governor morris. he told governor morris, i consider the reputation of the american army as
he told governor morris i consider the reputation of the american army as one of the most immaculate things on earth. we should even suffer wrongs and injuries to the utmost verge of toler ration rather than sully it in the least degree. i hope to god that the army will never be directed that against the enemies of the liberties of america. a few days later, washington replied to hamilton the fatal tendency to involve the army in political matters would be productive of civil commotions and end in blood. i stand as citizen and soldier. citizen and soldier. well, the nationalists had been rebuffed by knox and washington and so they quite naturally turned to a man with whom they knew they could deal. general gates. general gates at his headquarters at ellison house, very near the encampment was surrounded by a young staff of majors, lieutenant colonels. an interesting sidelight, in talking about the events at newbergh it has been suggested general gates was unaware of what