For more than 200 years, a small office is operated on the state floor of the White House executive residence known as the Usher's office.

Its mission is to accommodate the personal needs of the first family.

He or she is the individual who spends an enormous amount of time not just around the president's family, but the president, him or herself.

My guest today is Christopher Emory, the former White House Usher for president Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush, and Bill Clinton.

He served 29 years in the federal government, maintaining a top secret clearance while working for the White House, U.S. Congress, Department of Homeland Security, and the Department of Justice.

Today, he's a published author of two books, his memoir, White House Usher's Stories from the Inside, which details his time managing the White House and his latest, wonderful mystery novel entitled White House Usher, Who Kill the President?

Chris is going to join us and boy, is that going to be a fun conversation coming up next on the Michael Still podcast?

Well, you know, every once in a while folks, you get that blast from the past and you go down them relaying and you remember old friendships and the battles and the drinks after the battles.

And it's really one of those moments for me to welcome an old friend to the podcast, Chris Emory, noted author, former White House Usher, all around just a good guy. Welcome, man.

Michael, great to see you.

It's so good seeing you. You speak of battles. I don't know that we lost any.

No, we didn't. That's so true. We did not. We won governerships and legislative races and we did all kinds of good things and a lot of fun and it's so nice to see you and it's nice to be able to

talk about your success as someone who's been inside the room where it happened and and be a part of America's story and history in the way that you served both presidents and the country.

And I just find that very, very compelling. You've got a new book out which we're going to get into White House Usher story story. I mean, sorry White House Usher is who killed the president stories from the inside is the first book.

But the latest is who killed the president. But let's start at the beginning because that's always a good place to sort of give people a feel for Chris Emory and your narrative.

You were White House Usher, which is a job that a lot of people don't know exists. Right.

Tell us about that part of your story, how you became an usher, what is a White House Usher?

You know, and how does it all kind of weave itself in and out of the story of presidents?

Well, absolutely. And Michael, I, you know, I realized this the other day. And I don't know what made me think of it. But I am a real White House insider.

Yes, you are more so than anybody else that says they are, which hopefully after this, you'll everyone will understand why.

But the Usher's office is a very unique rare office that's in the inside the White House. It's been around for almost 200 years. And it is actually the management office for the White House, the home of the first family.

And the 18 acres of grounds that surround the house. And the Usher's are there to primarily make that that building feel like a home to the first family.

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