"A New World Order"
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 Clinton, with a 1995…
3,335 viewsWe 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 Clinton, with a 1995…
3,335 viewsCo-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…
289 viewsFormer 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…
1,642 viewsIn 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 declassified…
639 viewsJournalists 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.
517 viewsAfter 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…
494 viewsJean 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.
260 viewsFormer 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 of…
699 viewsJeffrey 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.
990 viewsFormer 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, and…
1,968 viewsWarren 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 and his…
95 viewsThe 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…
135 viewsWarren 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,…
1,897 viewsJean 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…
1,079 viewsFormer 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.…
1,198 viewsWarren 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…
3,430 viewsPresident 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…
436 viewsFormer 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 first lady,…
11,414 viewsMyra 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-scenes…
7,314 viewsJames 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…
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