Joseph diGenova on interviewing President George H.W. Bush during Clinton passport file investigation ~ ". . .at the end of the meeting he said "Come on, let's have a drink." So I went into his office and we started talking about our families and my daughter at that time was having very serious medical problems, and he said bring her down here, I'll get her into the Houston Center, we'll have her taken care of, it won't cost you a dime, let me know, give me the phone, I'll call her, I'll talk to her. I said, Mr. President that's very nice of you, but we've got everything taken care of." A Ockershausen: This is Our Town, this is Andy Ockershausen. And I'm so pleased to have a special guest who's really a WMAL personality, but he's part of what we are here and that is a major, major market radio station. And people listen to this man. We'll spend the next half hour or so talking to him about his life in Our Town, which we consider so important, his friendship with Supreme Court Justice Scalia, his law partner and lovely wife Victoria. I got that right, Joe, I didn't say "Vicky". And the passion he has for the law. He's my friend, a local treasure, and a special guest, Joe diGenova, welcome to Our Town. Joseph diGenova: Great to be here with you, Andy. A Ockershausen: Back on WMAL, which you never left. I did, but you stayed. Joseph diGenova: That's right. Every Monday morning, 7:05. A Ockershausen: My wife just lives for that Monday morning. I thought she lived for me, but she lives for the radio show. Joseph diGenova: It's all right. A Ockershausen: But Joe, you've had a spectacular career in Our Town and yet you are not from Our Town, you're a Wilmington boy. Wilmington, Delaware Joseph diGenova: I'm from Wilmington, Delaware, the hotbed of eastern radicalism, home of the DuPonts. Where nothing ever happens except people sit around and make money and go to private clubs. It's a lovely little town. Went to a nice little Catholic boys' school. A Ockershausen: Fabulous. Christina River? Joseph diGenova: Yeah, yeah, yeah. Beautiful. A Ockershausen: I went through basic training up there in Delaware for the Air Force. And one of the highlights of my life was having my first submarine. Well, they called it a hoagie. The best bread I ever had was Wilmington, Delaware. Joseph diGenova: Absolutely. I remember- A Ockershausen: That's what I remember the most. Joseph diGenova: Yeah, I remember being drafted and then going to the US Post Office in Wilmington, getting on a bus and going to Philadelphia for my physical. A Ockershausen: The hospital? Joseph diGenova: Yeah. A Ockershausen: The naval hospital? Joseph diGenova: Oh my God, it just ... Awful experience. That was in the middle of the Vietnam War, baby. A Ockershausen: Well, I was in the middle of the Korean War, and thank God I was at the end of it. Because I was reminding, we saw something of a tool company called Thule and I was one time on order to go to Thule, Greenland, and I quickly used all my friends to get out of that, I'm not going to Greenland. But Joe, and then you went to high school in Wilmington? Joseph diGenova: Salesianum School for Boys, Oblates of St. Francis de Sales. Great school. I had a great time there and then went to- A Ockershausen: Great, great school. Joseph diGenova: Yeah. Great. A Ockershausen: We're involved with his Don Bosco effort, Christo Rey, Janice and I are and- Joseph diGenova: I'm a great believer in Catholic schools for boys and girls. I think it's a great thing to have kids separated, educated separately. A Ockershausen: Great education for our kids. Joseph diGenova: I think it's a wonderful thing. The boys and girls all grow up differently and it's very exciting. It's really fun. A Ockershausen: Ain't that a wonderful thing? Joseph diGenova: Yeah, we didn't have to worry about transgender bathrooms back in the 1960s, let me tell you. A Ockershausen: But,
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