Former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld dies at 88
Donald Rumsfeld, the two-time defense secretary and one-time presidential candidate whose reputation as a skilled bureaucrat and visionary of a modern U.S. military was unraveled by the long and costly Iraq war, died Tuesday.
Jonathan Bush, brother of President George H.W. Bush, dies
In a post on Twitter, the George & Barbara Bush Foundation said he was "a fine gentleman and a noble soul." Jonathan Bush worked in finance. He was the last surviving of the family's five siblings.
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Obama wanted to close Gitmo. Will Biden be able to finally do it?
President Biden’s Secretary of Defense, General LLoyd Austin has said he would follow through on President Obama’s efforts to close Guantanamo Bay, the prison for terrorism detainees. Today, its population is down to nearly 40, including six detainees cleared for…
George W. Bush: ‘Our country is more important than the politics of the moment’
Former President George W. Bush says he and his wife, Laura, are sickened and heartbroken over the “mayhem” in Washington and have watched in “disbelief and dismay” as events unfolded.
At a funeral at the Washington National Cathedral, George W. Bush extolled his father not only for his service as president but also as a role model as a loving husband, father and grandfather.
Bush will lie in state in the Capitol for public visitation through Wednesday. An invitation-only funeral service is set for Wednesday at Washington National Cathedral.
He “was a man of the highest character. The entire Bush family is deeply grateful for 41′s life and love, for the compassion of those who have cared and prayed for Dad.” — Former President George W. Bush…
It's not Bush's first move back toward national politics. Bush re-emerged with a message that echoed with politics at the Sept. 1 funeral of Arizona Sen. John McCain in Washington.
Family friends and former staff shared their memories of former first lady Barbara Bush, the wife of the 41st U.S. president, George H.W. Bush, and mother of the 43rd president, George W. Bush.
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