The White House Correspondents’ Dinner: A Postscript
In Washington, D.C. this weekend for the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, I have three experiences to share with you, each of which has been changed by the news of the success of the daring plan to bring down Osama bin Laden.
1. Friday night we met a staff member with a job that puts him in the Situation Room whenever major action is taking place. He was cool, calm, and professional, and never once looked distracted or in any way indicated that it was anything other than a normal weekend around the White House.
He also said something that will stay with me forever. He had been hired for his job under the Bush administration and had clearly survived to work in the Obama White House. When we asked about this, he replied: “I am not political — I don’t align with Republicans or Democrats; I am a patriot. I am here to serve my country.”
