and pushman went in to see the president about our fate. and he came out, and he said, well, i'm going to be the national security adviser, and you can go back to the air force. so i grabbed my phone and started to dial the air force to say that the vice president wanted me to go to georgia air force base to fly f100s. and about that time rose got up and stormed into the office, and she came out about three or four minutes later, brushing that red hair back, and she said, put the phone down, sonny. she says donny cox is pregnant. you're the new appointment secretary and military aide. so that's how i got there. >> now don, on those trips during those years what were the conditions you were working under on travel. what kind of aircraft were you on? >> well, in those days the vice president did not have any of those trappings or whatever you want to cull them. if we had a political or something nongovernmental, we would rent an airplane. but if it was official business, the white house would give us an airplane to go do it. and interestingly