moments of great tragedy and heart break, your job is to bring comfort, your job is to hold hands and to wrap your arms figuratively around the people who have lost so much and not to increase the heartache and increase the politics of the moment, that s some of what s happened in the last 24 hours, what is normally a quiet and private act by presidents like barack obama and george w. bush has now become politicized and out in the public debate. peter, your caution is noted, we repeat, there were no journalists in this vehicle, just this member of congress and members of the family. this member of congress along with one other member from the state of florida is calling for an investigation as to just what american special operators were doing in niger, in africa, that led to this attack on them, and the loss of four of these young americans in ung form.
down, rescued, later sent americans into battle, a note writer as you have written, he ll write a thank you note if you hold the door open for him. you know, the first time you work for bush, wrote a letter like that, he was 20 years old, lost two crew mates. wow. saturday september 2nd, 1944, and he wrote letters to their families, and we have the letters that the family sent back, so he s been doing this for 73 years. his son, who was not in combat, intuitively understood the role and by all accounts was a man of great decorum, the president is a place of moral leadership. it s not of social media pinball machine, but it s about leading the nation asking people to
as long as presidents have sent americans into battle. they have dealt with the burden of losing american blood and treasure on the battlefield. and consoling those left behind. our friend the historian, reminded us this week, of the special presidential role, he pointed to this letter abraham lincoln wrote to the daughter of a fallen union army soldier in 1862. here with us tonight to talk about the special role of american presidents, pulitzer prize winning author, jon meacham who s also an msnbc contributor. you and i are both obligated to quote once a week, so we re off the hook. it s actually in the contract. thank you for being here. is the polite way to ask this question, is president trump s modern era antithesis bush 41, both in is president trump s modern eera, bush 41, both in years of terms in service in the navy, youngest aifuate r shot
quote once a week, so we re off the hook. it s actually in the contract. thank you for being here. is the polite way to ask this question, is president trump s modern era antithesis bush 41, both in is president trump s modern erera, bush 41, both in years of terms in service in the navy, youngest aifuate r shot down, rescued, later sent americans into battle, a note writer as you have written, he ll write a thank you note if you hold the door open for him. you know, the first time you work for bush, wrote a letter like that, he was 20 years old, lost two crew mates. wow. saturday september 2nd, 1944, and he wrote letters to their families, and we have the letters that the family sent back, so he s been doing this
increase the politics of the moment, that s some of what s happened in the last 24 hours, what is normally a quiet and private act by presidents like barack obama and george w. bush has now become politicized and out in the public debate. peter, your caution is noted, we repeat, there were no journalists in this vehicle, just this member of congress and members of the family. this member of congress along with one other member from the state of florida is calling for an investigation as to just what american special operators were doing in niger, in africa, that led to this attack on them, and the loss of four of these young americans in ung form. ashley parker, i m going to read