Without a uniform and for the last couple of decades our reputation has taken a beating im hoping theyin can get down to what has happened with the service and what can be done to fix it. So now join me to welcome Carol And Evan connected to be with you congratulations on the book. Im so glad to be here. The book is great i learned a lot honestly im embarrassed this is stuff i shouldve known more so how much of this did you know . I have to say i got into this by accident looking at the terrible scandal in 2012 i was shocked almost every time i delved into another presidency and there was something new to learn sometimes it was heroism sometimes a security debacle. Host as an outgrowth of your reporting with the President And South america but what about that story struck a chord . Obviously not everything you write has a book and it. The secret Service Story in 2012 so what we think of the elite but now to bes super fit sunglasses but then to find out there was a lot of seriously conc
And yet over the past couple of decades the reputation of the cervix is to have taken a beating. Im hoping we can get down to what is happened with the service and what can be done to fix it. So now, please join me in welcoming karol and evan. Karol good to be with you, congratulations on the book. Thinking so glad to beer with evan. s direct think of the book is great. Its not only great read but i learned a lot. Honestly im embarrassed as a political Junkie And History buff i feel like i should have known more of this than i did. Let me off the hook, how much of this did you know before researching this book . To have to say i really got into this and beats by accident looking at something in 2012 of a terrible scandal. I was really shocked almost every time i delved into another presidency and theres something new to learn. Sometimes there is heroin assume, it was security debacle. As you say this was an outgrowth of your reporting for the post on the president ial trip to south ame
Of the house of representatives where members are meeting to consider seven of the 12 bills that make up federal spending for 2022. It includes 10 departments and a number of separate programs. Live coverage of the house here on cspan. The speaker pro tempore the house will be in order. The prayer will be offered by chaplain kibben. Chaplain kibben would you pray with me . Heavenly creator, Author And Giver of our lives, we dare to approach you this morning with our prayers, knowing in faith that you are receptive to our requests and in your mercy will attend to our needs. And so we ask that you would answer. We ask for your favor as we bring before you our need for guidance, patience, and direction. Answer us with your voice of clarity, your calming presence, with a sign to lead us forward in the way you would have us go. We seek, we seek your wisdom as we approach delicate and complex issues. May we find our way into the heart of each matter, that prejudices and politics will be left
Discussion go to booktv. Org and search for Colleen Shaddox or Joanne Goldblum in the box at the top of o the page. Welcome. Im elizabeth christian im Ceo Elizabeth christian public relations and a Vice Chair of the Lbj Foundation. On behalf of the Lbj Foundation and the Lbj Library its my pleasure to welcome you here tonight for an evening. Tonight were really lucky to have with us Carol Leonnig who is just written a about the secret service, and our good friend Evan Smith Ceo and founder of the Texas Tribune is going to be interviewing her tonight about this. What we know is that Lady Bird and Lyndon Johnson at the highest possible esteem for the secret service. Dwight eisenhower called them soldiers without a uniform. And yet over the last couple of decades the reputation of the secret service has taken a beating. Im hoping Evan And Carol can really get downn to what is happened with c the service and what can be done to fix it. So now please join me in welcoming Carol Leonnig and e