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Rear Admiral Michael Giorgione (Ret.) provided a history of Camp David and reflected on his tenure as commanding officer of the presidential retreat.

BY JOEL ROSE

​It's a holiday tradition for the president to spend Christmas at Camp David, the rustic presidential retreat in the Maryland woods. President Trump seems to prefer more familiar comforts.

BY DANIELLE E. GAINES
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From re-smoothing rumpled snow to dressing walkways with perfectly imperfect fallen leaves, much goes into creating a soothing — and orderly and secure — rustic mountain retreat for U.S. presidents.
“Everything looks so natural, but it’s kind of perfect,” retired Rear Admiral Michael Giorgione, a former Camp David commanding officer, said in a recent interview.

BY DANIELLE E. GAINES

From re-smoothing rumpled snow to dressing walkways with perfectly imperfect fallen leaves, much goes into creating a soothing — and orderly and secure — rustic mountain retreat for U.S. presidents.
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"Everything looks so natural, but it's kind of perfect," retired Rear Admiral Michael Giorgione, a former Camp David commanding officer, said in a recent interview.

BY DANIELLE E. GAINES

From re-smoothing rumpled snow to dressing walkways with perfectly imperfect fallen leaves, much goes into creating a soothing — and orderly and secure — rustic mountain retreat for U.S. presidents.

"Everything looks so natural, but it's kind of perfect," retired Rear Admiral Michael Giorgione, a former Camp David commanding officer, said in a recent interview.

THE FREDERICK NEWS-POST
BY DANIELLE E. GAINES

From re-smoothing rumpled snow to dressing walkways with perfectly imperfect fallen leaves, much goes into creating a soothing — and orderly and secure — rustic mountain retreat for U.S. presidents.
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“Everything looks so natural, but it’s kind of perfect,” retired Rear Admiral Michael Giorgione, a former Camp David commanding officer, said in a recent interview.

PEOPLE MAGAZINE 
​BY SAM GILLETTE
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Before Twitter free-for-alls, American presidents rarely found spaces in which to let loose — which is one reason why Camp David is so exceptional.
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In his new book, Inside Camp David: The Private World of the Presidential Retreat, rear admiral and former camp commander Michael Giorgione reflects on the 75-year history of the retreat, and how former presidential families like the Obamas, Bushes, and Clintons used it to relax...

GOOD MORNING SAN DIEGO (KUSI) 
​BY MILO LOFTIN

SAN DIEGO (KUSI) - It isn't oft-photographed like the White House. It's not the site of celebrity-filled black-tie state dinners. It's not the backdrop for our selfies. Yet Camp David plays a crucial, and often unheralded role in the modern presidency, one that hasn't been examined closely, until now. INSIDE CAMP DAVID: The Private World of the Presidential Retreat, by Rear Admiral Michael Giorgioni, takes readers inside the gates of the private retreat atop Maryland's Catoctin Mountains.