It is interesting to note that of these five presidents, only Eisenhower had a normal run as president- elected by the people and serving two full terms. Kennedy was elected in 1960 by the slimmest of margins, and his term lasted just one thousand days, cut short by an assassin. Suddenly, the vice president became president. Johnson was reelected the following year, but when the demands of the office and the causalities of the Vietnam War became more than he could bear, he chose not […]
Agent Dazzle and Lace
It hit me then that perhaps I had been looking at my assignment all wrong. I was serving the president, and the country, with an important task. I was responsible for protecting the things that were most important to him, personally- his wife and his children. Special Agent Clint Hill had been in the Secret Service a little over a year before he was transferred from exiting President Eisenhower’s detail to entering First Lady Jackie Kennedy’s detail in November of 1960. He was upset at first, viewing […]