News Conferences Are The Only

Well, I Was Born In El Paso, Texas, It Was In The Nearest Hospital To The Family Farm.

I Didn't Come East Of The Mississippi For The First Time In My Life Until I Was 26 Years Of Age, But I Knew. I Read Magazines, I Listened To Radio, I Watched Television. I Knew There Was Something Out There, And I Wanted A Part Of It.

So When I Cover The President, I Try To Remember Two Things: First, If You Don't Ask, You Don't Find Out; And Second, The Questions Don't Do The Damage. Only The Answers Do.

But In 1941, On December 8th, After The Japanese Attacked Pearl Harbor, My Mother Bought A Radio And We Listened To The War News. We'd Not Had A Radio Up To That Time. I Was Born In 1934, So I Was Seven Years Of Age.

My Mother Gave Me A Push. If I Hadn't Had Her, Maybe I Wouldn't Have Had The Push. If I Hadn't Gone To Military School, Maybe I Wouldn't Have Decided To Get With The Program. Maybe I'd Be Running A Bulldozer, Rather Than Going On And Doing Something More.