George Bush - Obama Presidency Oral History Back George Bush Index / People Transcripts Craig Fugate ...the president wants to do—and I saw President Bush , forty-three, do this, I saw Presiden... ...Card, when he was chief of staff for President Bush , said, “Good policy is good politics.... ...brother. I got to meet and work with President Bush on several disasters, to the poin... ...the president gets off Air Force One. President Bush is walking down, shaking hands... ...coming to FEMA for briefings, well, President Bush had established that. That wasn't to... ...I also emphasize that, very much like President Bush would do, after all the trauma o... Show more... Norman Brown ...me, and he had received clemency from President Bush in 2007. So to have him there—becaus... ...codefendant received clemency from President Bush . And that was so unique, because ... Paula Reid ...of the run at the time. You know, President [George W.] Bush , Forty-Three, was a huge runner, an... Brian Mosteller ...been in that office a few times with President Bush , and probably one other visit wit... Barney Frank ...no—look at the difference with when [George Walker] Bush was in power and the Democrati... Jon Carson ...progressives and Democrats, we thought George Bush was the worst thing that eve... Judy and Dennis Shepard ...[of Representatives]. Because of that, [George Walker] Bush and [Richard Bruce] Cheney got in, an... ...Why couldn't it ever break through with President Bush —this most recent administratio... ...notwithstanding—but with someone like President Bush , with certain law enforcemen... Ken Salazar ...to the US Senate. It was a time where President Bush was popular. It was the aftermath o... ...to the White House for the first time. President Bush had been elected—reelected—along wit... ...says, “It's the White House. They say President Bush wants to talk to you.” I said oka... ...also there. Right at seven, on the dot, President Bush comes down the stairs from th... ...hit on the shoulder. And Vitter said to President Bush , “Yes, Mr. President. I did exactl... ...for breakfast, and it was obvious that— President Bush knew the seven Republicans because h... ...the exchange was between Barack and President Bush , but what I do remember was m... ...what I do remember was my exchange with President Bush . I said to him, “You're a borde... ...in the Senate, I worked closely with President Bush on a number of different things... ...my mind; because it was so clear that President Bush , Karl Rove, Dick Cheney, and Andy Car... ...conferences involving social security. President Bush wanted to privatize social security, s... ...continued on during the eight years of President Bush . And President Bush himself, ke... ...the eight years of President Bush. And President Bush himself, key members of his cabinet... ...then the Secretary of Commerce under George Bush , Carlos Gutierrez and others had bee... ...that the prior administration, under President Bush 's secretaries of Interior, ha... ...mean, I have a good relationship with President Bush . And I think President Bush's hear... ...with President Bush. And I think President Bush 's heart probably isn't different tha... ...always there, until Gale Norton, under President Bush , got so, apparently—at least this i... ...productive Congress. That was under President Bush . We'd often meet. I probably me... ...met dozens and dozens of times with President Bush on substantive issues. I worked ver... ...to do it in a more balanced way than President Bush had done it. I mean, our view was... ...coming into the administration, that President Bush and his team had basically taken th... ...for the first time as a senator-elect, President Bush met with the nine senate—ne... ...it up, notwithstanding the fact that President Bush did everything he possibly could to tr... Show more... Load more Transcripts Related Topics go to the Labor Labor go to the Hawaii Hawaii go to the Women and Girls Women and Girls go to the Middle East and North Africa Middle East and North Africa go to the Western Hemisphere Western Hemisphere