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Former President George H. W. Bush, left, shakes hands with Vice President and Secretary of Harvard University Marc Goodheart, right, as Bush is awarded with an honorary Doctor of Laws degree during Harvard commencement ceremonies, Thursday, May 29, 2014, in Cambridge, Mass. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

George HW Bush, Queen of Soul honored at Harvard

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Former President Bush honored with Kennedy award

By AMY CRAWFORD - Associated Press

**FILE** Former President George H.W. Bush wears pink socks as he is seated in a wheelchair with, from left, first lady Michelle Obama, President Barack Obama, former first lady Barbara Bush, and former President George W. Bush, at the dedication of the George W. Bush presidential library on the campus of Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Thursday, April 25, 2013. (Associated Press)

RNC raises money by selling George H.W. Bush-styled socks

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Michelle Nunn, daughter of former Democratic Sen. Sam Nunn of Georgia and CEO of the Points of Light volunteer organization, formally entered the Georgia Senate race Tuesday.
(Associated Press)

Georgia Democrat touts ties to George H.W. Bush in campaign ads

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

FILE - This Jan. 14, 2014 file photo shows former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush talking about education reform during a forum in Nashville, Tenn. More than five years after governors from both major parties began a mostly quiet effort to set new standards in American schools, the so-called Common Core initiative has morphed into a political tempest that fuels division among Republicans. Bush hails Common Core as a way to improve student performance and, over the long term, competitiveness of American workers. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File)

PHILLIPS: 2016 — Republicans losing before the fight

By Judson Phillips

President George H.W. Bush endorses Sally Atwater

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George H.W. Bush says Strauss a valued adviser

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Beach Boys singer Mike Love serenades the crowd gathered to honor his civic spirit, which also warranted tributes from former President H.W. Bush and Nancy Reagan. (Mike Love)

Inside the Beltway: A Beach Boy, two Bushes and a Reagan

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times

Former President George H.W. Bush and former first lady Barbara Bush listen as, President Bush, accepts the party nomination at the Republican National Convention Thursday, Sept.2, 2004, in New York. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Kuwaiti criticized for naming son after George H.W. Bush

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Bush salutes Temple’s work as actor, ambassador

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FILE - In this Thursday, Aug. 22, 2013 file photo, former first lady Barbara Bush listens to a patient's question during a visit to the Barbara Bush Children's Hospital at Maine Medical Center in Portland, Maine. Former first lady Barbara Bush has been hospitalized in Houston with a respiratory-related issue, Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2013. A statement Tuesday night from the office of her husband, former President George H.W. Bush, said she was admitted to Houston Methodist Hospital on Monday. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)

Barbara Bush hospitalized in Houston

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Illustration by Greg Groesch for The Washington Times

TAUBE: Bill de Blasio and the Obama effect

By Michael Taube

Illustration by Alexander Hunter(after Levine) for The Washington Times

HANSON: The wages of presidential deception

By Victor Davis Hanson

In this Sept. 5, 2013 photo released by Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland, former President Bill Clinton, left, points to western cactus-themed socks worn by former President George H.W. Bush at Bush's home in Kennebunkport, Maine. Bush has donated the socks, an autographed picture of the moment, and a signed letter of authenticity to a silent auction for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland. (AP Photo/Clinton Foundation via the Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland )

George H.W. Bush donates crazy ‘cactus’ socks to charity

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President Ronald Reagan (seated) and Chief of Staff James A. Baker III are pictured in the Oval Office of the White House. (University of Texas)

BAKER: Ending the shutdown and addressing the debt limit

By James A. Baker III

In this Sept. 21, 2013, photo, former President George H.W. Bush, seated center, prepares to sign the marriage license of longtime friends Helen Thorgalsen, right, and Bonnie Clement, left, in Kennebunkport, Maine, as officiant Nancy Sosa, third right, and Helen's daughter Lindsey, rear, look on. Bush was an official witness at the same-sex wedding, his spokesman said Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2013. (AP Photo/Susan Biddle)

George H.W. Bush serves as witness at same-sex ceremony

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Former Vice President Dick Cheney is interviewed in New York on Aug. 31, 2011. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

‘The Presidents’ Gatekeepers’: 20 chiefs of staff reflect on events big and small in TV documentary

By David Bauder - Associated Press

Mandela

Nelson Mandela not dead: Aide for elder Bush apologizes for saying so

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Illustration by Linas Garsys for The washington Times

NORTH: Cruise control

By Oliver North

** FILE ** A clown wears a mask intended to look like President Obama at the Missouri State Fair. The rodeo announcer asked the crowd if anyone wanted to see “Obama run down by a bull,” according to a spectator. “So then everybody screamed. ... They just went wild,” said Perry Beam, who attended the event at the state fair in Sedalia, Mo., on Saturday, Aug. 10, 2013. Fair officials apologized, calling the display inappropriate and disrespectful. (AP Photo/Jameson Hsieh)

Missouri State Fair imposes lifetime ban on Obama mask-wearing rodeo clown

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times