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Obama, ex-presidents praise 'resolute' Bush

Agence France-PresseApril 25, 2013 17:45

President Barack Obama lauded George W. Bush Thursday as resolute in the face of terrorism, putting ideology aside at the opening of a library which makes his predecessor's case for history. With all living US presidents at his side, Bush admitted some of the choices he made were unpopular, but said he was driven by a mission to spread freedom, in two tumultuous terms marked by the Iraq war and the September 11 attacks.

Gay marriage group regrets Laura Bush balk at TV ad

Agence France-PresseFebruary 21, 2013 20:16

A broad coalition campaigning for marriage equality across the United States said Thursday it's sorry that former first lady Laura Bush is unhappy to appear in one of its ads. In a commercial released this week, the Respect for Marriage Coalition included a clip of Bush telling talk show host Larry King in 2010 that she favored extending the right to marry to all LGBT couples. "When couples are committed to each other and love each other then they ought to have the same sort of rights that everyone has," she said.