george h. w. bush
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Presidents club assembles for Bush funeral, Trump on fringes
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WASHINGTON – The nation’s most exclusive fraternity – the presidents club – assembled Wednesday to mourn George H.W. Bush, putting on public display its uneasy relationship with the current occupant of the Oval Office. The uncomfortable reunion brought President Donald Trump together in the same pew with past White House residents who have given him…
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Bush celebrated with praise and humor at cathedral farewell
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WASHINGTON – George H.W. Bush was celebrated with high praise and loving humor Wednesday as the nation bade farewell to the man who was America’s 41st president and the last to fight for the U.S. in wartime. Three former presidents looked on at Washington National Cathedral as a fourth – George W. Bush – eulogized…
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George H.W. Bush dies at 94
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HOUSTON – He was the man who sought a “kinder, and gentler nation,” and the one who sternly invited Americans to read his lips – he would not raise taxes. He was the popular leader of a mighty coalition that dislodged Iraq from Kuwait, and was turned out of the presidency after a single term.…
