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...future wife, Laura Ann Bush, at Hawaii; they were married in 1968. After graduating, Parsons went on to the Union University's Albany Law School in New York, finishing first in his class after having worked part-time as a janitor and, later, as an aide in the New York State Assembly. The couple have three children...
...Parsons, a moderate Republican who campaigned for former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani in 1989 (and worked alongside him at his law firm), has served every Republican president since Richard M. Nixon in some way: under George W. Bush, he was a member of the presidential task force that studied the possibility of making major changes to Social Security. In 2008 he joined the Obama transition team's Economic Advisory Board before being named Citigroup chairman...
...Defense of George W. Bush Michael Kinsley's essay on Bush's failures fails to take into account legitimate concerns over growing terrorism before the Bush Administration [Jan. 12]. He dismisses the 1993 World Trade Center attack and the 2000 U.S.S. Cole bombing - which killed 17 U.S. sailors - to create the image of a fear-mongering President. Kinsley scolds Bush for not keeping his promises, but Kinsley must realize that these circumstances call for extreme measures. Raza Syed Hoda, ITHACA...
...that the culture is changing with President Obama's election is not to say that he has made it change. That may be a taller order for a President than rescuing an auto industry. Cultural trends have a life span, and some of the Bush era's--reality TV, say, or terrorism dramas or slasher movies--may just be tired out. Bush didn't create them, but they helped set and capture a tone in the country after 9/11: wary, on edge, in your face...
...fellow citizens: I stand here today humbled by the task before us, grateful for the trust you have bestowed, mindful of the sacrifices borne by our ancestors. I thank President Bush for his service to our nation, as well as the generosity and cooperation he has shown throughout this transition...