George W. Bush on what he misses most: ‘Saluting those who … put themselves in harm’s way’

Former President George W. Bush said he is always asked what he misses most about being the leader of the free world — and his response, first joking, then turned serious: “I miss saluting” the ones who pledge to defend at all costs, he said.

“I miss … the Air Force accommodating me with a shower on the airplane that flew me around,” he first said at a recent Military Service Initiative Summit, The Blaze reported.

And he added: “I don’t get irritated, but I do have to stop at stoplights now,” The Blaze reported.

But then he turned serious.

“I miss saluting those who volunteer to put themselves in harm’s way,” he said. “And I have vowed for the remainder of my life that I will do all I can do to help our vets.”