Spence Geissinger -- Behind the Scenes at the 2008 Beijing Olympics
Jul 30, 2021•33 min•Season 4Ep. 19
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In 2008, President George W. Bush traveled to Beijing, China to support the athletes representing the United States at the 2008 Olympic Games. Spence Geissinger headed up the operations and logistics planning for that trip. Spence takes us behind the scenes of the extensive planning, negotiating, and improvising that goes into essentially picking up the White House and placing it in a foreign country -- and shares memories from that remarkable trip.
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