my job this morning is to introduce joe halderman who will read from her remarkable book, in the shadow of the white house, about the wife and times -- life and times with her husband bob. this mostly covers the historic 1968-1974.c years of begins in the fall of 1968 with president idol -- president-elect's and asking bob to be the white house chief of staff. at an end of the fall of 1978, with bob's release from prison. joe, ihe introduced thought it would be a good idea to begin by saying a few words about her husband, bob. the many years have passed, a reviewer wrote just last week in the wall street journal, bob haldeman quote, and then to both the modern president -- --sidential campaign unquote. from his time in the nixon administration quote, for the next two generations, the haldeman system helped one white house after another attain a level of professional excellence and staff work and efficiency and organization amid the growing responsibilities of government and the demands of global leadership. --hat quickly became famous described his job. every president needs and also be

my job this morning is to introduce joe halderman who will read from her remarkable book, in the shadow of the white house, about the wife and times -- about the life and times with her husband bob. mostly covers the historic and dramatic years from 1968 through 1974. it begins in the fall of 1968 president-elect nixon asking bob to come to washington to be the white house chief of staff. at an -- it ends in the fall of 1978 with's release from prison. jo, ii introduce thought it would be good to say a few words about her husband bob. just last week in the wall haldemanurney, "bob invented the modern presidential campaign and the modern white house." jo-- life and times with system helpedn one white house after another attain a level of professional excellence and staff work and organization that met the growing responsibilities of government and the demands of global leadership. bob quickly became famous -- he every president needs and s ob and i am nixon's." at the time everyone took that literally and it didn't help bob when watergate focused a spotlight on him. let me tell you, peop

eastern on the presidency, on the 45th anniversary of the watergate break-in, joe halderman with an insider's view of richard nixon's white house and the scandal that resulted in her husband serving a 18-month prison sentence. >> the white house phone rings. and i instantly assume it's that dreaded call from nixon. the conversation is surprisingly brief. the president wants john and me to chopper up to meet him at camp david at 1:30 today. when the white house phone rings again, i fight to stay composed. that was ron zigler press secretary bob says. he's at camp david, too. the president now feels very strongly that john and i should volunteer to resign. >> for the complete tv schedule, go to c-span.org. >>> sunday on q & a -- >> barack is very deeply committed to presenting his story. and i think that's different from history. >> part 1 of our interview with biographer david garro talking about "rising star: the baking of barack obama" covering president obama's life up to his winning the presidency. >> i think that barack's political aspirations and sense of destiny lead him to push sheila