#149 INSIDE CAMP DAVID, Adm. Mike Giorgione

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🗓️ 15 January 2018

⏱️ 16 minutes

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INSIDE CAMP DAVID, Adm. Mike Giorgione

Smithsonian Associates, Interview Series

Deep in the woods of Maryland's Catoctin Mountains, up miles of unmarked road lined with towering oaks, sits an intensely private and fascinating complex that serves as the presidential family retreat: Camp David. Invitations to this exclusive getaway go only to a select few, while the rest of us have been left to wonder, "What is it really like?"

That's the question retired Rear Admiral Michael Giorgione aims to answer with Inside Camp David: The Private World of the Presidential Retreat (Little, Brown and Company). A former Camp David commander, Giorgione served under both Bill Clinton and George W. Bush, and has a first-hand understanding of the connection between the first family and this notable sanctuary.

Camp David has played a vital role in American history over the past 75 years as a setting for presidents and national and international leaders to converge, converse, and, perhaps most importantly, relax. It was where FDR and Churchill planned D-Day (the porch where they sat still remains); the 1978 Camp David Peace Accords took place; George W. Bush spent the night after 9/11; and Barack Obama taught his daughter Malia how to drive.

Mike Giorgione will be presenting at the Smithsonian Associates series, January 23, 2018. For tickets and more information, please click HERE.

https://smithsonianassociates.org/ticketing/Tickets/Reserve.aspx?id=240851

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0:00.0	Welcome to the not-old-better show. I'm your host of all vocal saying. As part of our Smithsonian
0:12.4	Associates Art of Living series, our guest
0:14.7	today on the Not Old Better show is Rear Admiral Michael Georgillon, who served a
0:19.5	total of 29 years on active duty in the United States Navy. He has served as the
0:25.4	commander of Camp David for President Bill Clinton and President George W Bush
0:29.6	and has written a new book about the Camp David experience titled Inside Camp David,
0:35.6	the private world of the presidential retreat.
0:38.7	Admiral Georgian will be presenting stories from the book
0:41.9	and other Camp David insights at the Ripley Center in Washington, D.C. January 23rd, 2018.
0:48.0	More information is available at our website. Of course the question on everyone's mind is
0:54.5	what's it like? What are the challenges working there and how do you live in the
1:01.6	world of the president at Camp David?
1:04.3	Undoubtedly what I found to be the greatest leadership challenge living and working at
1:08.4	Camp David was the sense that you had to be perfect but natural.
1:13.7	Perfect but natural.
1:15.4	The place always had to be ready to receive the president,
1:18.0	the grounds perfect, the plumbing perfect,
1:20.2	everything well done, but looking natural, so that nature did not have that scrub look but
1:25.6	a natural look and that was one of the greatest challenges and not only living there
1:29.3	but working there and leading the crew.
1:31.5	From doing the research on the book
1:33.0	and knowing and talking with other commanding officers
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