sheila tate. [applause] >> i was so late

sheila tate was press secretary for nancy reagan from 1981 to 1985. "lady in red" is a memoir of her time in the spring of the white house biography of nancy reagan and a collection of interviews with friends of the first lady. she talked about her book at the reagan library in simi valley california. this is an hour. >> ladies and gentlemen please welcome mrs. sheila tate. [applause] >> i was so late i thought i had better get here. [laughter] good evening, again. for those of you that i have not met my name is joanne drake and the ice surface achievement as -- administrator for their ronald reagan is the data i want to welcome you here. her condition here in honor of our men and women who wear the uniform of this country and around the world we ask that you us in the pledge of the flag and i will ask you to remain standing for a moment of silence in honor of our former first lady barbara bush. i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible with liberty andnd

ladies and gentlemen it is my pleasure to welcome sheila tate to our stage this evening. [applause] >> lordy lordy. [laughter] i did bring my back. i read the book i finished it last weekend on a flight from washington d.c. it was fun and memorable with a lot of personal stories that i remember backstage behind the scenes information that i hadn't known about but all of it was centered toward publication so i'm wondering if you can tell us first how do you become a press secretary to the first lady of the united states? and give us your first impression of nancy reagan. >> i carefully planned the whole thing. [laughter] i was working at the time my boss was bob gray well-known in republican circles he had taken a leave to go to the campaign as the communications director and he called me one day mid-december and said i need your resume and i need it right away there is a white house job that i thank you would qualify for. i just want to put your name in. i did robo calling for john conley remember he had one delegate? left. [laughter] but i sent him the resume and he call

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tate on a new biography of first lady nancy reagan. we can't conclude the night without presenting our guest ryan with the famous national press club coffee mug. peter thiel also as one. it is our traditional gift so thank you so much for being tonight. let's give ryan a hand. [applause] >> for those of you who bought books to make, ryan will be signing books at this table right over here. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> coming up like to see the senate foreign relations committee will get an update on the u.s. relationship with russia. at 10 a.m. eastern on c-span. in the afternoon official testified on cyber threats before a senate judiciary subcommittee at 2:30 p.m. on c-span2 the senate will continue work on 2019 federal spending bills. on c-span3 the treasury undersecretary for terrorism and financial crimes will take questions on u.s. sanctions against russia from members of the senate banking committee starting at 10 a.m. eastern. on american history tv a look at the presidency and legacy of andrew jackson