Who proceeded Reince Priebus every president finds out, the hard way, you cannot govern effectively without empowering white house chief first among equals in the white house to execute your agenda. Importantly to tell you what you dont want to hear. Host with those two qualities in mind, who do you think served that role best and how would you apply them to Reince Priebus the current chiefs of staff . Guest almost everybody would agree that james a. Baker iii Ronald Reagan first chiefs of staff he was comfortable in his own skin. He was not only somebody able to execute reagans agenda. He can walk in the oval office a and close the door. Say mr. President , look, you cannot go down this road for the following reasons. Trust me. It wont work. He could tell Ronald Reagan what he didnt want to hear. Host this depends on a president willing to receive that information . Guest thats true. Whats clear so far from the trump white house, is that that donald trump has not empowered his white h
My definition of a historical novel one that makes literary history. Its quite contemporary. And i always operate under the admonition of the poet who said, make anu. Thats what i try to do. Are you exoited to be here tonight . Its fun. Its great fun. Have you attended this dinner before. Yes. I have won a National Book award. For which book . World fair. It was about 25 years ago. Anyway. Some people may not know after you you are named after edgar allen poe. I think its probably true. My father liked him. Thank you for spending a few minutes on booktv. My pleasure. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] nice to meet you. 3 [inaudible conversations] nice to meet you. I spent an hour with bryan in washington. Yes, on q a. We are covering you down in miami this coming weekend. Youll be live on booktv this weekend. But youre one of the finalist in the nonfiction category. Is this a first time you have been nominated . Yes, it is. Its exciting. Its tremendous. Its an honor. T
During my eight years as the chief official White House Photographer for the obama administration, i documented all the important moments of his presidency. The emotion. The tough decisions. The stressful times. The fun times. But also, showing what he was like as a dad, as a husband, just as a human being. To me, that shows how the job of the president should be done. I think its my right, as an american citizen, to speak out when i see wrong. I really come at this from a unique perspective. Not just as a former pho photojournalist. But also, having worked for both the reagan and obama administrations. And seeing what its like on the inside of a presidency. Whether you agree or disagree on a president s policies, how that president should behave. Im going to throw some shade tonight, if thats okay. But i want to tell you, first, how i how i got there. So, if we go back to january 20th, 2017, president obama left his successor a personal note. And stuck it in the drawer of the resolute
During my eight years as the chief official White House Photographer for the obama administration, i documented all the important moments of his presidency. The emotion. The tough decisions. The stressful times. The fun times. But also, showing what he was like as a dad, as a husband, just as a human being. To me, that shows how the job of the president should be done. I think its my right, as an american citizen, to speak out when i see wrong. And i really come at this from a unique perspective. Not just as a former pho photojournalist. But also, having worked for both the obama and reagan administrations, and seeing what its like on the inside of a presidency. Whether you agree or disagree with a president s policies, how that president should behave. Im going to throw some shade tonight, if thats okay. But i want to tell you, first, how i how i got there. So, if we go back to january 20th, 2017, president obama left his successor a personal note. And stuck it in the drawer of the re
Everyone. His fingerprints is on every one of the patients. He has written those chapters of American History. Ferro. N talia next, a discussion on the many changes in the role of first lady from Martha Washington to Michelle Obama. Well hear from women authors, historians and journalists with an introduction by the former Communications Director for first lady, laura bush. This is just under two hours. [applause] hi, everyone. Thanks, anne, it is so good to be back. I have such fond memories of being care. Probably most importantly, learning care. It is great to see all of the teachers. I cannot imagine coming for the position i had a being mrs. Bushs our secretary not to say thank you. Thank you for all you do. From someone who went all across this country visiting all sorts of schools and all kinds of conditions, we really appreciate all you do for children. When i was preparing for todays lecture, i thought of a lot of different stories i could possibly tell, but then i got so wrap