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Im jamie colby, and today im just outside great falls, montana, known for its wide prairies and stunning waterfalls, but its also steeped in native american history. And thats the connection between montana and its native American Culture thats brought me here to learn about a strange inheritance and its unusual odyssey from right here to hollywood and back again. My name is sandi solomon, and, in 2006, my dear friend passed away and left me the entire estate. And the inheritance is an obligation. Sandis talking about a huge collection of paintings, drawings, photographs, and historic artifacts that she inherited from the estate of hollywood Technical Advisor and artist David Humphreys miller. All of these are my people, my relatives, my dearest friends. Millers people and the subject of his artwork are the survivo ....
Iste house chief of staff first famously the gatekeeper, which means giving the president time and space to think. He is the broker of information, he made sure everything is teed up with information on every side. Takinghe heat shield, the incoming artillery for the president , getting all the blame and none of the credit. At the end of the day, the chief of staff is someone the president counts on to execute his agenda. Him importantly, to tell what he does not want to hear. Host you begin the book by writing about what appears to be an extraordinary answering of chiefs of staff from the past. They were meeting with rahm emanuel, who was working for barack obama. Tell us about that meeting. Extraordinary scene that took place in december 2008, when rahm emanuel was about to start is Barack Obamas chief of staff. We were on the verge of the great depression. Two wars, a bloody stalemate. It was a real crisis and former white house ....
Guest then powered white house chief of staff as we know them today is first famously the gatekeeper, which means giving the president time and space to think. Things. Y other he is the honest broker of information, making sure every information is keyed up with information on every side. He is the heat shield, as donald called, keeping the incoming artillery for the president , getting all of the blame and usually none of the credit area at the end of the day, the white house chief of staff is the person who their president counts on to execute his agenda. And most importantly, to tell him what he does not want to hear. That is the shorthand definition. You begin the book was a pretty extraordinary gathering at she said staff from the past. They were meeting with rahm emanuel, who is incoming, to president obama. Tell us more about that meeting and why you decided to leave the book with that story. It is an extraordinary scene. It took place in december 2008, about to emanuel was star ....
Im jamie colby, and today im in tucson, arizona, to meet the family of a man who spent his entire life building beautiful homes, and it led him to amass a collection of what some would say was lessthanfunctional furniture but others insist were works of art. My name is Diane Bennett. I was married to Edmund Bennett for 30 years. He left us an inheritance that had collectors around the world buzzing. Hi, diane. Hi, jamie. Diane was eds third wife. This is the last of eight homes they shared until his death in 2013. Oh, my. This is a history of 33 years of a blended family, eds children, my children, ed, and me. Diane, tell me about edmund. Well, he was a very complex man. He was very pragmatic but a real romantic. Born in washington, dc, in 1920, bennett serves in both world war ii and korea. By 1953, hes ready for peacetime and takes a job at the state department. He and his f ....