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We heard first from President George H.W. Bush in his 1991 State of the Union Address -- 12 days after leading coalition forces in war against Iraq. He was followed by his successor, Bill Cl…

Co-editors Andrew Natsios and Andrew Card talked about their book, Transforming Our World: President George H.W. Bush and American Foreign Policy. They collected insider accounts from Bush a…

Former U.S. Attorney General William Barr talked about his experiences serving under Presidents George H.W. Bush and Donald Trump. This event was held at the Richard Nixon Library in Yorba L…

In the final days of his presidency, George H.W. Bush visited CIA headquarters in Northern Virginia to say farewell to employees and to thank them for their service. The CIA recently declass…

Journalists Peter Baker and Susan Glasser looked at the life and career of former White House Chief of Staff and Secretary of State James Baker. They spoke at the Miami Book Fair.

After the death of President George H.W. Bush in 2018, his Presidential Library and Museum opened an exhibit honoring the 41st president displaying items from his memorial services. Warren F…

Jean Becker, former chief of staff to President George H.W. Bush, recalled the 41st president’s post-presidential life. This was a virtual event hosted by the National Archives.

Former first lady Barbara Bush kept scrapbooks of every year of the Bush’s life together. Warren Finch, Director of the George H.W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum showed items from one…

Jeffrey Engel talked about his book When the World Seemed New, in which he examines George H.W. Bush’s foreign policy initiatives at the start of the post-Cold War world.

Former Secretary of State James Baker talked about leadership and his career with attorney and historian Talmage Boston. Mr. Baker served as secretary of state for President George H.W. Bush…

Warren Finch, director of the George H.W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum in College Station, Texas, talked about the complex entering a new phase since the deaths of the 41st president…

The presidential library tradition began in 1940 with the completion of the Franklin D. Roosevelt library in Hyde Park, New York.  Since then, former presidents have built libraries to house…

Warren Finch, director of the George H.W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum, showed never-seen film of George and Barbara Bush on their honeymoon at the Cloister Hotel in Sea Island, Geor…

Jean Becker, former President George H.W. Bush’s longtime chief of staff, talked about the man she knew. Ms. Becker worked for Mr. Bush starting shortly after he left the White House up unti…

Former White House Chiefs of Staff John Sununu and Andrew Card offered insights into White House responses to major events, such as the 1991 collapse of the Soviet Union and 9/11. Mr. Sununu…

Warren Finch, director of the George H.W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum, took a walk to the burial site of President George H.W. Bush at his Presidential Library and Museum in College…

President Bush talked about his book All the Best, George Bush, published by Scribner. He read several of the book’s collection of letters, memos, and diary entries to friends and family fro…

Former first lady Barbara Bush talked about her upbringing, meeting and marrying George H.W. Bush, and their life together before the White House as well as her reflections on her time as fi…

Myra Gutin and Jeffrey Engel talked about the life and influence of first lady Barbara Bush and responded to telephone calls and electronic communications. Topics included her behind-the-sce…

James Mann reported on the relationship between Colin Powell and Dick Cheney. The author dicussed that the once close allies in the George H.W. Bush administration were at odds in the George…