George Bush - Obama Presidency Oral History Back George Bush Index / People Transcripts 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... Charles Bolden ...was—sent a letter to the president, to President Bush , saying, “Hey, we got it. W... ...to the White House, the people around President Bush convinced him—I think it was Secretar... John Holdren ...of all time, in my judgment, showed President George W. Bush sitting at his desk looking at a repor... Ta-Nehisi Coates ...from, after nine-eleven—god, I mean, George Bush 's popularity numbers were crazy—wh... Jen Psaki ...to the White House, where he met with President Bush , and President Bush asked him t... ...where he met with President Bush, and President Bush asked him to support TARP [Trouble... ...to see Dana Perino,” who is, of course, President Bush 's press secretary, and we couldn'... ...the perfect candidate to run against George Bush in 2004, and that was the sam... Robert Trapp ...the little guy more take-home. Like George Bush told us, “Go out and buy ... ...see a more stiff, a more uncomfortable George Bush and a more relaxed Barack Obama. “Hey... Richard Trumka ...He was deporting more people than George Bush . It was hard for me to do handstand... Andrew Stern ...an idea about retirement that built on George Bush 's private accounts, but not funded b... ...a lot of work to be done to correct the George Bush presidency. I'm trying to remember. Bu... ...no difference between Al Gore and George Bush people. So I think people just saw Te... Michael Daniel ...Security Initiative in 2007 under President George W. Bush . Mr. Daniel holds degrees in publi... ...now to the Obama administration: President Bush made it a priority to ensure a smoot... 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