Tom Brokaw: The Offer From Nixon I Refused
'When Sean Spicer was appointed White House press secretary by President Trump, Mr. Spicer tweeted, Thank you @realDonaldTrump for this amazing honor.
Given the self-inflected wounds of Mr. Spicer since the inauguration, hes in danger of joining Ron Ziegler of Watergate infamy among failed White House press secretaries.
For personal reasons, Ive long been a student of White House press secretaries.
In late 1969 I received a call from the White House chief of staff, H. R. Haldeman, that I would be invited to lunch by a friend of his, and that I should keep an open mind.
As a young political reporter in California in 1967, I often encountered Bob Haldeman in his role as a regent in the state university system and as head of J. Walter Thompson, the advertising agency that handled NBCs West Coast promotion campaigns. (Ron Ziegler supervised the NBC account for him.)'>>>
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