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‘Where Are We Going?’: George Bush's Final Days — BUENOS AIRES — George Bush had been fading in the last few days. He had not gotten out of bed, he had stopped eating and he was mostly sleeping. For a man who had defied death multiple times over the years, it seemed that the moment might finally be arriving.
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George H.W. Bush's Oval Office note to me revealed the heart of who he was — Bill Clinton was the 42nd president of the United States. — On Jan. 20, 1993, I entered the Oval Office for the first time as president. As is the tradition, waiting for me was a note from my predecessor, George Herbert Walker Bush.
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Despite bitter family rivalry, Bush wanted Trump at his funeral — When President Donald Trump didn't attend Barbara Bush's funeral earlier this year, it stoked chatter about a rivalry between the two powerful families who have a history of sniping at each other.
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Is History Being Too Kind to George H.W. Bush? — George Bush, Sr., has died, and our national media have begun the familiar rituals of presidential passings: round-the-clock pieties on cable news, fond tributes from associates, the inevitable softening of the rough edges. This isn't surprising.
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George Bush, 41st President, Dies at 94 — George Bush, the 41st president of the United States and the father of the 43rd, who steered the nation through a tumultuous period in world affairs but was denied a second term after support for his presidency collapsed under the weight …
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Trump to attend George H.W. Bush funeral
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'Wouldn't be prudent': George H.W. Bush's unlikely friendship with Dana Carvey
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Pragmatist vs. pugilist: Bush death highlights Trump's isolation on world stage
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Mattis, other defense leaders salute Bush 41
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Former president George H.W. Bush to lie in state at U.S. Capitol
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Trump to name Dec. 5 a national day of mourning for George H.W. Bush
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It's Now Donald Trump's America. But George Bush's Stamp Endures.
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Statement by President Clinton and Secretary Clinton on the Passing of President George H.W. Bush
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George H.W. Bush was an ‘American great’ committed to unity, diversity and generosity
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Mueller Exposes the Culture of Lying That Surrounds Trump — WASHINGTON — When Michael D. Cohen admitted this past week to lying to Congress about a Russian business deal, he said he had testified falsely out of loyalty to President Trump. When he admitted this summer to lying …
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How Devin Nunes Helped Robert Mueller — Michael Cohen's guilty plea to a single felony count of lying to Senate and House committees will not appreciably add to his criminal liability. As Ken White observed, the panoply of serious felonies to which Cohen previously pleaded guilty carry …
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Trump aides caught in web of deception over Russia contacts — WASHINGTON (AP) — One lied about his knowledge of Russian-hacked emails, another about a Russian real estate deal, a third about dialogue over sanctions with a Russian ambassador. — A pattern of deception by advisers …
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Cohen claims ‘regular contact’ with Trump legal team when crafting false statement to Congress
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Mattis: Putin ‘tried again to muck around in our elections’ — Pompeo: Putin meeting canceled over Ukraine — (CNN)Defense Secretary James Mattis said Saturday that Russia attempted to interfere in the US midterm elections last month. — “(Putin) tried again to muck around in our elections …
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Scent of the Russians — There's a connection between Cohen's …
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Fox Is Investigating Neil DeGrasse Tyson After Allegations Of Sexual Misconduct — Fox Broadcasting Company and National Geographic are investigating astrophysicist and Cosmos host Neil deGrasse Tyson after three women came forward with allegations of sexual misconduct.
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CIA Intercepts Underpin Assessment Saudi Crown Prince Targeted Khashoggi — Conclusion that Mohammad ‘probably ordered’ killing relies in part on 11 messages he sent to adviser who oversaw hit squad around time it killed journalist — WASHINGTON—Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman sent …
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She Thought She Was In Bed With Her Boyfriend, Until She Saw His Face — “I was like, 'I feel violated. This feels wrong. But I don't know if it's illegal.'” This woman's case has exposed a loophole in rape laws. — Reporting From — West Lafayette, Indiana


Eight women say George HW Bush groped them. Their claims deserve to be remembered as we assess his legacy. — Those we entrust with power need to use it for all of us. — George H.W. Bush died at his home in Houston on Friday night, launching a blizzard of long-held obituaries praising …
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North Carolina elections board chairman resigns, says he doesn't want his partisan views to hurt election fraud investigation — TAR HEEL, N.C. — The Democratic chairman of the state elections board in North Carolina resigned Saturday, saying he did not want his partisan views to undermine …
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Trump Fund-Raiser Received Laundered Foreign Money, Prosecutors Say — WASHINGTON — Federal prosecutors cited the involvement of a onetime top fund-raiser to President Trump on Friday in a scheme to launder millions of dollars into the country to help a flamboyant Malaysian financier end a Justice Department investigation.
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This Document Is Some Of The Research Facebook Commissioned On George Soros — Definers' research for Facebook on billionaire George Soros has never been published before. You can read one of those documents here. — Reporting From — BuzzFeed News obtained a document Facebook commissioned …
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