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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The speaker the house will be in order. The prayer will be offered by the guest chaplain, rabbi avidseth kirshner, temple emanuel. Closter, new jersey. Rabbi kirshner as we embark on the sacred day of work to better the libes of all americans, we ask that you, god, help instill these leaders of the 115th congress with patience, wisdom, empathy and respect to achieve and exceed our goals for today and for tomorrow. Help us demonstrate our gratitude for our Service People and First Responders who work as our partners and fulfilling our shared mission. God, we ask you today to disseminate your sunlight and shower dawn your rain, which will help us cultivate the seeds of securing our freedoms, celebrating our democracy and championing tolerance for now and forever. May it be your will, that the generations to come that will live within and lead this great nation can enjoy the blooming flowers and sweet fruits of our labors on this sacred day. God, we ask you to bless this congress and thes