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We communicate the level of scrutiny involved in communication today. How we communicate, and the level of scrutiny in our communication today. It probably changed the perception of the United States around the world. Initially, i think there was tremendous sympathy for the United States. I think in part because of actions that we chose to take including go to war. A lot of that sympathy dissipated. I think there is a profound admiration and respect for all of those people who put their lives on the line for the rescue operation. That certainly was evident from the very first day. I have respect for and gratitude for the way congressional leadership responded. Its interesting. Today, we talk about polling numbers and congress having perhaps the lowest Approval Ratings at any time in history. Something in the teens, i rec ....
Service, and then i was an usher to 1986. Later, i was appointed as the chief usher by president reagan. Steve what were your responsibilities as a chief usher . Gary walters they were threefold. First was to protect the family. Second was to maintain the office of the presidency. Third was to maintain the house of the president for the american people. We would have a million and a half people that would come through the house. Those were the three main activities. The main responsibility is to take care of the first family and see to their needs in the house. Steve what were your Biggest Challenges . Gary walters trying to make sure we took care of the every day, mundane things for the president and the first lady. You can think of it as a home. Many people do not, but it is where the president and first lady live. It is one of our jobs to ease some of the burdens of the family. We went to make sure the house was taking care ....
How fun and festive is this . It is great to show the holidays with all of you. I am sure that all of you are wondering, what is tim gunn doing here . You will find out later, and it may surprise you. We have a lot of visual information for you. We have a lot of historical information. We have a preview of things to come. And it is going to be a very exciting night. So welcome. And we should get going with, we have our first slide, which is quite spectacular looking. And the white house looks fabulous, does it not . And this could not happen with how many volunteers are the . Depending on the year. A little over 100 this year. A lot of christmas elves. I feel like that there years where there were almost 300. They come from all it was swarming. It is a beehive. And your experience as chief usher, do you have to conduct the volunteers as well . I was very fortunate to have a young woman to work for me for a number of years. Her name was nancy clark and she was both right brain and left ....
Robb, daughter of president johnsonm and former white house chief usher gary walter. The white house archives hosted this event. It is about 90 minutes. Wow, we have a packed house. Thank you for coming, everyone. How fun and festive is this . It is great to show the holidays with all of you. I am sure that all of you are wondering, what is tim gunn doing here . You will find out later, and it may surprise you. We have a lot of visual information for you. We have a lot of historical information. We have a preview of things to come. And it is going to be a very exciting night. So welcome. And we should get going with, we have our first slide, which is quite spectacular looking. And the white house looks fabulous, does it not . And this could not happen with how many volunteers are the . Depending on the year. A little over 100 this year. A lot of christmas elves. I feel like that there years where there were almost 300. They come from all it was swarming. It is a beehive. And your exper ....
Dr. Oshaughnessy is a Vice President of monticello, the saunders director of the robert h. Smith International Center for jefferson studies, and Thomas Jefferson foundation, which supports Ongoing International study of Thomas Jefferson and his world. The professor of history at the university of virginia. He is a dual citizen of britain and the United States and after completing his undergraduate and doctorate degrees at oxford university, he taught at eton college before becoming a visiting professor at southern mestas University Methodist university. He is the author of an emp ....