Myself. When you think back about the last three years, whats the first thing that comes to your mind. The last three years of the Bush Administration. When you were chief of staff. Whats the thing that flashes in front of you . Boy, a lot of things flash in front of me. Theres a trauma and a recency effect to the financial crisis. That was the last thing that happened on the way out the door. For the Bush Administration. You remember we went through 7 1 2 very difficult tumultuous years, hugely consequential, dramatic changes in the world and in the united states. You know, wed had a recession. We had a crisis of confidence in american business. We had the 9 11 attacks, the war in afghanistan, the war in iraq, hurricane katrina. All of these things. So when we approached the last year of the Bush Administration, as we got to 7 1 2 years in, most of us thought lets try to wrap this up in a responsible and effective way and for whoever wins the presidency, leave the country and the whit
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