Douglas Brinkley
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"Douglas Brinkley" is an United States/American author, professor of history at Rice University and a fellow at the Baker Institute/James Baker Institute for Public Policy. Brinkley is the history commentator for CBS News and a contributing editor to the magazines Vanity Fair (magazine)/Vanity Fair and American Heritage (magazine)/American Heritage. A public spokesperson on conservation issues, Brinkley serves as an editor at Audubon Magazine. He joined the faculty of Rice University as a professor of history in 2007.

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A lot of professionals won't come back.

I witnessed him rescuing up to 40 people, ... He was up to his waist in toxic muck.... I'm not going to comment on Sean's trips to Iraq or Iran, but in this case, he was an American hero.

(It) was overloaded with people.

With Nixon, you see the right way to do it and the wrong way to do it.

You live your life as a biography and you have chapters and how you handle yourself in time of adversity and crises defines you.

My wife and kids were born in New Orleans.

I witnessed him rescuing up to 40 people. He was up to his waist in toxic muck.

It's too little too late. He's still going to get the blame.

The Boys of Pointe du Hoc: Ronald Reagan , D-Day, and the U.S. Army 2nd Ranger Battalion.