Her life before being married as well as her public and private life after marriage. Barbara bush, with all the posts that you and the president have held over the years, was there one that best prepared you for the white house . And when you became first lady, did you feel prepared . The answer, did i feel prepared . Yes, i really did. First of all, i wasnt elected, so it didnt make that much difference. I did notice, though, the difference between being the Vice President s wife and the president s wife is huge because the Vice President s wife can say anything. Nobody cares. The minute you say one thing as president s wife, youve made the news. So, that was a lesson i had to learn pretty quickly. But, i felt very prepared because wed lived in washington off and on. Our father my fatherinlaw had been a u. S. Senator. Although we had lived in texas, why, i think probably i think i was very comfortable. I had a wonderful loving family and so did george, and i think we felt comfortable.
I well and welcome the Hudson Institutes dialogue foreignpolicy series. Im walter need your fellow at Hudson Institute is my pleasure to be joined by a Sabrina Carter the chief Foreign Policy advisers for the Vice President and bank and former deputy secretary of state and deputy of National Secretary National Security adviser. During his career mr. Thomas lane has held a number of distinguished government positions. He was National Security adviser to Vice President biden during io bomb administration but also served as the senate staff director for the Senate Foreign Relations Committee from 2002 to 2008 and the National Security Council Staff during the clinton administration. During his time at the state department mr. Blinken played an instrument to world the diplomatic effort to counter ice is pretty worked on the global refugee crisis and rebalance of asia. His a contributing opinion writer for the near times and the Global Affairs analyst for cnn. Its good to see you and thank
Library. Before we start jean will give us a great presentation about george w. Bush. Well have a question and answer afterwards. Because he spent is feeling tonight please use the microphones. Will place one over there, another to the side there. That way your question doesnt get lost on cspan. I want to welcome you and tell you that we appreciate you being here tonight. Especially given that the Democratic Party has done alternative programming. We have the opportunity to get our fill of the 2020 president ial campaign. Were going to take a few moments to commemorate a man who won it in 2028. A man who became more appreciated with time. I was struck like many others i think by the national outpouring of respect and affection in the days leading up to and through the funeral of George Herbert bush in last november. And the funeral of his wife recently, he was the 44th president. Gore said that he served our nation with extraordinary integrity and grace. applause the country seemed anx