Very well in politics. He reached the highest peak. He was the president of the United States. But we must remember as has been pointed out in this statement that was released he was a texing otexas oil pioneer. He was a very successful businessman. He really gave that up to serve his country in another way outside of the military. Absolutely. There is an expression, you see this at his president ial library, i mean his office, his personal motto, he has two of them. One was faith, family and friends. And the second was to your point, any definition of a successful life must include service to others. So while a lot of people think of him as being raised in
grinwhich, and a new england born and bred welltodo family, he did go out and make his fortune, and he was pretty humble once he started out. Once he made money, he turned back to what he thought was most important, which was Public Service. Lets go onto talk about as well, so he became the 41st president of the United States, survi
states navy during the second word war. later in life he rose to the pinnacle of american politics as a congressman from texas. to china. director of spral intelligence. vice president of a eight years to reagan and finally president of the united states. with sound judgment, common sense and unflappable leadership. president bush guided the nation and the world to a peaceful conclusion. of the cold war. as president he set the stage for decades of prosperity that followed. through all of that he accomplished he remained humble. a clear sense of direction. president trump concludes in the statement tonight, along with the full life of service to country, we will remember president bush for his devotion to family. especially love of his life barbara. his example lives on and will continue to stir future americans to pursue a greater cause. our hearts ache with his loss and with with the american people send prayers to the