brian lamb: where did stephen bechtel senior fit in all of the bechtels?ally denton: the company starts with warren bechtel who was an old-fashioned american western. the hoover dam was really his project with his protege. it was called six companies, but there were actually eight companies. this was a huge hoover project, to channel the colorado, the raging colorado river to provide water and irrigation and electricity primarily to southern california. bechtel got the contract with, eight companies but they called themselves, six companies after the chinese family. there was no company in the american west that was big enough to tackle this job. there was arguably not a company in the east. all of these companies came together to put up the money and to get the bid to build this dam. brian lamb: is kaiser the same one that built the car, the hj kaiser automobile? sally denton: i think so and also the panama canal. brian lamb: here is a video of stephen bechtel senior, assuming not alive anymore. sally denton: no. brian lamb: let's watch this. >> we receiv

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brian: where did stephen bechtel sr. fit in all of the bechtels?ally: the company starts with warren bechtel who was an old-fashioned american western. the hoover dam was really his project, his protege. it was called six companies, but there were actually a companies. -- there were actually eight companies. this was a huge hoover project, to channel the colorado, the raging colorado river to provide water and irrigation and electricity, primarily to southern california. bechtel got the contract with, it companies but they called themselves, six companies after the chinese family. there was no company in the american west that was big enough to tackle this job. there was arguably not a company in the east. all of these companies came together to put up the money and to get the bid to build this dam. brian: is kaiser the same one that built the car, the hj kaiser automobile? sally: i think so and also the panama canal. brian: here is a video of stephen bechtel senior, assuming not alive anymore. let's watch this. sally: no. >> we received considerab

where i had been for my previous two books, specifically with the interest of interviewing both stephen bechtelunior and george shultz, an executive and i was denied that fellowship. brian lamb: why? sally denton: they said it was because my project did not relate closely to any of the scholars there, and i could not imagine a book project that was more relevant to the hoover institute which is very supported, long-standing support from the bechtel family and henry kissinger was also there at the time who had been a bechtel consultant. i figured, if this book is not relevant, i will never write a book that is, apparently. brian lamb: is george shultz still attached to hoover? sally denton: yes. brian lamb: let's go back when he was being confirmed in the united states senate, joe biden is in the chair during the confirmation hearing. joe biden: are you going to go back to bechtel? >> i have no plans, no invitation, i have not given any hot to what i will do. joe biden: let me tell you why i asked, there have been a number of questions on my colleagues who have done a lot of research on bechtel