but when did you do the gerald ford book? >> i did that for the arthur/centre jr sign me up for that series. that came out about that time. -- arthur schlesinger signed me up for that series. gerald ford is a small but. >> that theories, all of them were about 200 pages. >> yes. this book was for me, the book i would live and die by. i was putting everything i had from my childhood experience and national parks to my knowledge of their roosevelt. many women have written incredible books on him like dr. patricia o'toole and kathleen dalton. there's great literature out there. we have all got to know each other. i've been going to roosevelt conferences since the 1980's where i would speak with scholars and collecting as. my hobby was less roosevelt than the sites he saved. >> the reagan diaries, when did you do that? >> that came out -- what happened with that is i was not expecting it. i had written one book about our u.s. army guys at d-day and reflected back to reagan's famous speeches that he gave. then i took an opportunit

. >> when did you the gerald ford book? >> i did it for a series that came out around that time. when you write a lot like i do, there are big books and small books. there is a book like that, gerald ford is a very small book mainly for the general reared. >> all that series was about 200 pages. >> yeah. this book was for me, the book i was going to live and die by, i was putting everything i had as from my childhood experience in national parks to my knowledge of theodore roosevelt . many women recently have written incredible books on t.r. like pa tricia o'toole and kathleen dalton. there is great literature out there and we have known each other. i have been going to t.r. conferences really since the 1980's where i visited and talked to scholars and collect things. because my hobby was t.r. and the sites that he saved. >> and certainly i want to go back to how you did this, the reagan diaries you edited. what year was that? >> reagan came out -- well, what happened with the reagan diaries was i wasn't expecting it. i had written a little book that was about our u.s. army range

gerald ford is a very small book. this book was the book i was going to live and die by. i was putting everything i had as for my childhood experience at national parks to my knowledge of theodore roosevelt. many women have written great books recently on t.r. kathleen dalton. there's great literature out there. i've been going to t.r. conferences really since the 1980s. my hobby was less t.r. than the sites that he saved. when happened with the reagan diaries is i wasn't expecting it. about our rangers and d. day. peat wilson, the former governor of california. there was a stiplation. one with mrs. reagan that ended it up quickly. i had been working on rose velt. this is such an important thing to do. you were living in new orleans? >> yes. i was professor at tulane. i named my study center. the theodore roosevelt study center. >> at rice university nourks i teach a class on theodore roosevelt and conservation. meaning, i have been informing myself lady bird johnson. up until the present time viewing in the warming. i wanted to see all that. when did dot reagan diaries?

is generated and then return to the oval office, the inside was the staff of the regime, under gerald ford to say that they were not neocons at the beginning of the era is ridiculous. secondly, in terms of the directive he was trying to enforce or accomplish from george w. bush with regard to military was what? i heard he was trying to install privatization which he did wonderfully in the army and pentagon. guest: i was not saying that wolfowitz, pearl, fife were not neconocons, but rumsfeld was noa car-carrying trouble. he found it useful to be associated with them some. . to have them in his upper ranks at the pentagon was also useful. but he was not a card-carrying neo-conservative. as for transformation, there is a lot to be included under what he intended. part of the problem was that by the time he left it was a buzzword that the meeting seemed to encompass almost anything anyone wanted it to was trying to affect change at the pentagon. host: he was an eagle scout. but you wrote that he almost quit? guest: he did almost quit. he was very involved in scouting throughout his high schoo

there was watergate, there was the fall of vietnam, there was an energy crisis, there was gerald ford'sbut bumbling intentions, jimmy carter's unionists, cubans were patrolling africa, soviets were occupying afghanistan. was an awful time that ended with ronald reagan. i am not saying every disaster ends with ronald reagan. they don't. sometimes they just keep getting worse and worse. but it is important for conservatives to remember we have been through a very bad patches before. i hope that is another thing this book can remind people of. the third movement of the book is a portrait of the relationship, a relationship between an older man and young demand. i was a boy when i started. i would have been called youth, i became a younger man. in a longer ways it was love at first light on both our parts. as often happens with love at first sight, mistakes are made. as i realized, as i was writing this book, bill was looking for an air and i was looking for an idle. neither of those quests can ever really worked, and it will inevitably produce frustration and misunderstanding. in our case,

there was watergate, the fall of vietnam, stagflation, an energy crisis, there was gerald ford good but bumbling intentions and jimmy carter humaneness and they were patrolling africa, africa. soviets were occupying afghanistan, it is an awful time. and it ended with ronald reagan. i am not saying every disaster and with ronald reagan the. [laughter] they don't. sometimes they keep getting worse and worse but sometimes it is important for conservatives to remember we have been through a very, very bad patches be four. i hope that is another thing that this book can remind people of. and the third movement of the book is a portrait of a relationship in relationship between an older man and a younger man. i was a boy when it started. i was the youth if that word even existed anymore but i would have been called a youth than a younger man. and in a lot of ways i think it was love at first sight on both of our parts but as often happens with low that first sight, mistakes are made. and as i realized as i was reading this book that bill was looking for an error and i was looking for an idle.

gerald ford was a bright guy. i could not resist.e house and the senate are obviously differently constructed. the house as your responsibilities in terms of across the board. we have collaborated on a mortgage foreclosure and funds in a way that, given the nature of it, a number of these things can be done by general agreement. we get to a point where there are some specifics that have to be dealt with. if you look at the pattern, and has worked very well. the house gets an earlier start because of the nature of the institution. we then get to a point where the number of things -- consensus forms and the society. the number of issues that have to be decided narrows some. there is a joint process for the senate and house does it. you'll see the same thing. but the with a credit card bill came. but the way we did some of the mortgage " -- a mortgage foreclosure things. you'll see a similar process. >> doesn't go far enough and appease the community? >> as i understand, it goes as far as it can legislatively or legally. the president h

there was gerald ford's good but bumbling intentions. there was jimmy carter's puniness.s were patrolling africa. africa? soviets were occupying afghanistan. it was an awful, awful time. and it ended with ronald reagan. i'm not saying every disaster ends with ronald reagan. [laughter] sometimes they just keep getting worse and worse. [laughter] >> but it's important for conservatives to remember that that we have been through very bad patches before and i hope that's one another thing that this book can remind people of. and the third movement of the book is a portrait of a relationship. a relationship between an older man and a younger man. i was a boy when it started. i was a youth. i guess that word doesn't exist anymore. but i would have been called a youth, then became a younger man. and in a lot of ways i think it was love at first sight on both our parts. but as often happens with love at first sight, mistakes are made. and as i realized, as i was writing this book, that bill was looking for an heir and i was looking for an idol. and neither of those quests can eve

bush, jimmy carter, bill clinton, and gerald ford. president ford often described the impact of scouting on his career stating that, quote, without hesitation because of scouting principles, i know i was a better athlete, i was a better naval officer, i was a better congressman, and i was a better prepared president, end quote. in 2008 alone, the boy scouts of america provided educational community service and recreational programs to over 2.8 million young people. with the support of over 1.1 million volunteers in nearly 130,000 community-based organizations. as noted by the boy scouts of america most recent annual report to the nation, two events in 2008 exemplified the promise and value of scouting. first throughout the course of five weeks in the summer of 2008, approximately 3,600 scouts and volunteers in coordination with u.s. forest service prartiss pated in arrow -- participated in arrow corps five. the program resulted in the completion of more than $5.6 of national forest improvements. additionally, june 11 of 2008, witnesse