tom brokaw had just written that book the greatest generation.my mom and dad were part -- in fact, the cover of that book could have easily been my mom and dad. there's a soldier starters and a beautiful woman's legs. that was my mom. and i have looked back carefully, not only what was in this book but in a generation. as it influenced as a young person growing up, that's the message i have for you. that is the message of this great firearms museum. the message is that the legacy that has been left for the next generation. that's why this museum is such an important part of who we are as a people in america. and that's why that legacy was handed off to my brothers and me, influenced all of us, everyone of us served in the military. not because we're more patriotic than the next-door neighbor, but it was part of who we are. it was part of who my parents were. every one of my uncles served in world war ii. the media today is full of stories about how desperate the situation is in afghanistan. i had brought with me for a five different newspapers, a

of the same building we are in today in tom brokaw had his written the book the greatest generation and my mom and dad for part of it. in fact the cover of the book could have easily been my mom and dad. there was a soldier's trousers and a beautiful woman is less than that was my mom. i have looked at carefully at not only what was in the book bad that that generation and that influenced me as a young person growing up. that is the message of this great firearms museum, the message is the legacy that has been left for the next generation. that is why this museum is such an important part of who we are as the people in america. and that is why that legacy was handed off to my brothers and me influence everyone of us who served in the military. not because we are more patriotic than the next door neighbor but it was part of who we are and it was part of who my parents were. everyone of my uncle served in world war ii. the media today is full of stories about how desperate the situation is in afghanistan. i brought with me for five different newspapers all of which have a story either

maybe tom brokaw should have said that. no one has ever taken on the media. i'm not a member of the media and if i work for cnn i doubt i would have written about them but i don't work for anyone so i wrote about anyone from the l.a. times writing an article with the headline that said stars want to see sarah palin, of course i open of the l.a. times and i said who went to see her? there was john boyd i think in than two others that i did not. three people in an l.a. times articleç and the headline is stars walk to see sarah palin? when these three people a flock? that is misleading the headline itself. that's the kind of stuff i read about, cox news is in a hard turn. out of love to go on the show and talk to them but that was my sell publishing. if there's anyone out there who wants to self published be ready to do a lot of work because i've been a lot of respect for publishers. the amount of editing. you can find any mistakes in my book please let me know, but there are probably six or seven ending processes. i would encourage anybody out there who has an

bush, just the bush, david broder, tom brokaw, sears, peter and deferred -- all principal players stillagan campaign, the carter white house, the kennedy campaign. i interviewed john anderson and his running mate, the former governor. i tried to talk to as many as possible and gather as much oral history as possible. host: mrs. reagan? guest: no, she has retired from interviews. i will forever be grateful to her that -- the 1985 files are sealed at the library because they have not been culminated yet. there are millions associated with his life there. but she told the library to open them exclusively for me to go through. i had exclusive rights to go through the 1980 campaign document. host: what did you learn from the documents but that surprised you? guest: most of it was pretty straightforward. the one thing which was interesting, all of his inner circle dick allen, and meese, and others -- they were modest men. there were very focused on their conservative philosophy. you did not have campaigns, at least with these men -- it was not about the celebrity consultants. it was very focu