Event Holiday Book Sale
The White House Historical Association is hosting a Holiday Book Sale the week of December 9th. Twenty of our titles...
White House Military Aides: Sandra V. Richardson
About this video
Sandra V. Richardson is the Director of Resource Issues at the U.S. Army. She was a White House Military Aide from 1993 to 1995 during the Clinton Administration and a U.S. Army officer from 1978 to 2007.
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