[Nfbv-potomac-announce] FW: Better Questions: Discussion : Questions The Residence

John Halverson johnh50 at verizon.net
Mon Oct 31 10:49:31 UTC 2016


Thank you Joe and Nancy.

 

The book club will meet tomorrow evening at 7:00 pm at our house 810 22nd
Street South, Arlington.       

 

We will order dinner from Paisanos.  Please send your orders by phone or
email by 5:00 pm tomorrow evening.

 

I will order at about 5:45 pm.

 

The Menu is attached.

 

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Email: johnh50 at verizon.net

 

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From: Joe Hobson [mailto:joewhobson at gmail.com] 
Sent: Monday, October 31, 2016 1:01 AM
To: johnh50 at verizon.net
Subject: Better Questions: Discussion : Questions The Residence

 

John

 

Here are better questions per   our  thanks to Nancy Yeager for the
Residence.

This  should   fulfil  need  for more concise  questioning than the
previously summarized provision. 

Discussion Questions The Residence 1

1.        there anything that surprised you in this book - staff, first
families, etc?  If so, what and why?

2.       The author mentioned the love Jackie Kennedy showed for Chef Usher
J. B. West at his passing. "She called and asked first lady Nancy Reagan if
he could be buried at Arlington Cemetery. Even though it was reserved for
career military personnel and their families -- Reagan agreed."  What do you
think about someone who is not career military being permitted burial in
Arlington Cemetery?

3.       If you had been a child growing up in the White House, how do you
think you would have felt about the constant Secret Service in your life and
activities.  Would you try to ditch them?  How?

4.       ""When Chelsea Clinton moved into the White House in 1993, Steve
Ford sent her a letter.  His advice - "Make friends with the Secret Service
as they might become your only link to the outside world."" Given events
that White House children have had to endure,  What are your thoughts on
this advice?

5.            The author discussed the personalities and quirks of
Presidents and First Ladies whom they served.  Did anything surprise you?  

6.       How would you feel about shifting gears every four years as did the
White House staff?

7.       What are your thoughts on the next first family who will inhabit
the White House?

8.       Chapter 10, "heartbreak and Hope", offers insights from the staff's
perspective on tragedies in the White House - from Kennedy's assassination
to 911.  When Kennedy was assassinated in 1963, Most of us in this room were
pre-teens or teens.  Our information concerning this event came from the
media and from adults.  What are your thoughts as you read about this  event
from the perspective of the staff who served the Kennedy family?

9.       As the events of 911 unfolded, the author states "Even as people
were evacuating the White House, Walters knew that he would be staying."  As
Walters put it, "As far as I was concerned my responsibility was there at
the White House."  How does that statement reflect the work of White House
staff over the years?    

10.   Would you recommend "the Residence" to a friend?  Why or why not?

 

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