Recognized by a native israel many years after his death as a hero. He was really a good human being operating in circumstances that most of us cant even imagine. Thank you very much for your time. Appreciate it. Thank you. Host welcome sharyl attkisson. Its sharyl attkisson. Its great to have you here today to talk about your book stonewalled in the subtitle here is my fight for truth against the forces of obstruction, intimidation and harassment in obamas washington washington. Why did you want to write this book . Guest a couple of people approach me with an idea which was something i would like to write about and as it happens i have been thinking for a long time about the state of journalism in things that were happening in the industry some of it because much of my experiences at cbs but some of it not at all because of cbs. I attended investigative reporting conferences and compared with local News Reporters and it seemed as though there were some common themes that signaled tro
Those are some of the things that the Contingency Fund is about. It is a fund we have submitted for because we want to make sure there is a block that the funding will not be used only as needed, but we want to plan for things we cant exactly predict right now. Youve asked for some money for fda for vaccines. Would you speed it up, bring more people into the process, are there steps in an emergency situation like this that there is a way to go through them more quickly or go around them to get to the end product quicker . Yes, sir. We have seen that in process right now. The Congress Gave us emergency use authorization that would allow us to approve diagnostics quickly. Weve used that authorization six times. Fda has used it six times. We approved from start to finish in 36 hours. One of those diagnostics. With regard to other emergency authorities that fda has, we have approved drugs. What happens is when a drug is not approved, if a clinician asks fda for approval for that individual
Of them. I do think that marlin was ater, who particularly good press secretary under the George Herbert walker bush administration, tended to have less good number twos ands threes. The best press operation was pretty even. When barack obama became the president , they reorganized it. When you walk in from the press to the lower were office, there were twice as many people and people who specialized in each issue. If i had a health question, i knew exactly where to go. If i had an immigration or National Security question, the division of labor meant there were more people to reach out to and email made that almost instantaneous in getting answers back. Which administration was the hardest to get information from . Each administration had times in which it was difficult to get information. The end of the carter administration, we did not have email. It was handed in paper or announced over loudspeaker. The administration was on the ropes and defensive. It got hard to get routine thing
The press operations, they were pretty much stable through all of them. I do think that marlin fitzwater, who was a particularly good press secretary under the George Herbert walker bush administration, tended to have less good number twos and threes. The best press operation was pretty even. When barack obama became the president , they reorganized it. When you walk in from the press room where we were to the lower office, there were twice as many people and people who specialized in each issue. If i had a health question, i knew exactly where to go. If i had an immigration or National Security question, the division of labor meant there were more people to reach out to and email made that almost instantaneous in getting answers back. Which administration was the hardest to get information from . Each administration had times in which it was difficult to get information. Towards the end of the carter administration, we did not have email. It was handed in paper or announced over louds
Ropes and defensive. It got hard to get routine things from them. The best time for any of the administrations george bush and barack obama. When they walked in, they had an agenda and the transition was so orchestrated. President bush had an issue a week planned. Points of light. Education. There were paths to get to the information they wanted out. For every administration, during a time of war, being able to get their foreignpolicy and National Security Council People has been really a top priority. I have to give high marks to most of the administrations. Administrations. You could reach a real human being. Why did you quit . Because i felt it was the right time. There is honor in being able to stand up and walk away from something you have really enjoyed that may not still deliver the same satisfaction. It has come to something of a pausing moment. It is not a president ial campaign year. I never would have left during one. It is coming up on the market where i would have finished