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wrote this about the man with us today. there is no finer man, american, or friend. and we also love his wife, alma. the former secretary of state colin powell is with us. welcome. thank you very much. i want to start at the very beginning. you write in your book about your first conversation with barbara bush. you were a general then. he was vice president. barbara bush and you were at a reception at the french embassy. we were at the french embassy. it was shortly after i became deputy national security adviser. she s sitting next to me at the head table. i m very moved by this. i said very pleased to be with you today, mrs. bush. she said don t call me mrs. bush. ma am? don t call me ma am. call me barbara. i said ma am, i can t do that. whatever your name is, i can t do that. it s not appropriate. she said, call me barbara! i said, if i did that, my mother would kill me.

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