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It's a place few have been to and many don't even know exactly where it is:  the presidential retreat known as Camp David. 
Giving Morning Extra a rare look inside is the former commanding officer of Damp David. 
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Retired Navy Rear Admiral Michael Giorgione has a new book called "Inside Camp David, The Private World of the Presidential Retreat."  

UNION TRIBUNE BY JOHN WILKENS

Retired Navy Rear Adm. Michael Giorgione spent two years as the commander at Camp David, the exclusive retreat in Maryland where U.S. presidents have been getting away from it all (or at least some of it) for more than seven decades.
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His new book, “Inside Camp David,” shares moments that are both historic (Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill planning the D-Day invasion) and personal (Barack Obama teaching his daughter Malia to drive). It pulls the curtain back on a place that many Americans have heard of but know little about...

RICHMOND TIMES BY JAY STRAFFORD
The most powerful — and most burdened — person in the world, the president of the United States, sometimes needs to get away from it all.
Forget the boat to Bermuda, the train to St. Paul and the kayak to Quincy or Nyack. Camp David in Maryland’s Catoctin Mountains beckons. And Michael Giorgione, a retired rear admiral in the Navy and a former commanding officer of the presidential retreat, tells its story in “Inside Camp David.”...

Answer by Michael Giorgione, author of Inside Camp David, on Quora:

During my time at Camp David from 1999 to 2001, the crew and I had the privilege of serving President Bill Clinton and President George W. Bush, plus their families, friends and administration officials. My family and I also had the great fortune to meet President Jimmy Carter and his family and President George H.W. Bush and his family, the Bushes on several occasions.
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While I observed many fascinating, insightful, and humbling things, I will share one life and one leadership lesson that resonated with me the most: (1) Everyone needs down time, and (2) Build relationships before you need them.

Answer by Michael Giorgione, author of Inside Camp David, on Quora:
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Originally called “Shangri-La” by President Roosevelt, U.S. Navy Sailors from the presidential yacht were used to staff the camp during FDR’s visits. The sailors came from the presidential yacht and because the yacht could not be used for security purposes during the war years. President Roosevelt saw fit to employ them in this manner...

TOWN&COUNTRY BY KATIE GLUECK
For Ronald Reagan, the Camp David presidential retreat was a refuge, a secluded enclave that offered the first family “a sense of liberation” far from the Washington spotlight. Franklin Delano Roosevelt called it his Shangri-La. But for Donald Trump—well, it’s no Bedminster, New Jersey...