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>> AS IMPORTANT AS YOUR
OBLIGATIONS AS A DOCTOR, A
LAWYER, A BUSINESS LEADER WILL
BE, YOU ARE A HUMAN BEING FIRST
AND THOSE HUMAN CONNECTIONS WITH
SPOUSES, WITH CHILDREN, WITH
FRIENDS ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT
INVESTMENT YOU WILL EVER MAKE.
[APPLAUSE]
AT THE END OF YOUR LIFE YOU WILL
NEVER REGRET NOT HAVING PASSES
ONE MORE TEST, WINNING ONE MORE
VERDICT OR NOT CLOSING ONE MORE
DEAL.
YOU WILL REGRET TIME NOT SPENT
WITH A HUSBAND, A CHILD, A
FRIEND, OR A PARENT.
HONORING A LIFE WELL LIVED,
BARBARA BUSH DIED AT HER HOME
YESTERDAY IN HOUSTON TEXAS, AT
AGE 92.
GEORGE W. BUSH AND LAURA BUSH
REMEMBERING.
>> SHE WAS WONDERFUL TO YOU
UNTIL YOU GOT OUT OF LINE.
THEN SHE WASN'T TOO WARM AND
WONDERFUL.
>> SHE WAS FIERCE AND SAID HER
MIND.
A GREAT ROLE MODEL FOR ME FOR
SURE.
I LEARNED HOW TO BE A FIRST
LADY.
DAVID: JOINING ME KRISTIN
NEGATIVE VINCE, FORMER AIDE AND
CHIEF OF STAFF TO FIRST LADY
BARBARA BUSH.
OUR CONDOLENCES TO YOU AND
EVERYBODY NO THE ONLY IN THE
IMMEDIATE FAMILY AND HER FRIENDS
AND CIRCLE OF OF ACQUAINTANCES.
EVEN THOUGH WHO DIDN'T KNOW HER,
I HAD A GRANDMOTHER WHO WAS
TOUGH AS NAILS AND HAD A FUN
SIDE, HUMOROUS SIDE I HEAR SO
MUCH FROM FOLKS I SPEAK TO.
GEE, I HAD A GRANDMOTHER AND
AUNT JUST LIKE HER.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
SHE WAS ONE-OF-A-KIND.
AND --
DAVID: GO AHEAD.
>> SHE WAS CERTAINLY ONE AFTER
KIND.
SHE WAS.
WHAT YOU SAW ON THE OUTSIDE WAS
EXACTLY WHAT SHE WAS ON THE
INSIDE.
SHE DIDN'T PUT AIRS ON, SHE
DIDN'T MINCE WORDS.
SHE CAME FROM A GENERATION THAT
SAW A LOT OF CHANGE IN THIS
COUNTRY AND SHE WAS ALWAYS UP
FRONT AND HONEST WITH HER
THOUGHTS.
SOMETIMES WHEN YOU DIDN'T
NECESSARILY WELCOME THEM.
BUT SHE CERTAINLY ALWAYS
EXPRESSED THOSE THOUGHTS WITH
LOVE FULL SUPPORT, WANT TO BE
HONEST WITH YOU, SO YOU CAN MAKE
THE BEST DECISIONS FOR YOURSELF.
DAVID: SOUNDS LIKE YOU'RE
SPEAKING FROM EXPERIENCE.
CAN YOU THINK OF AN EXAMPLE,
MAYBE SHE TOLD YOU SOMETHING YOU
DIDN'T WANT TO HEAR?
>> MORE THAN ONCE, ACTUALLY.
THERE WERE PLENTY OF TIMES WHEN
I WAS WEIGHING PROFESSIONAL
DECISIONS AFTER I ACTUALLY LEFT
HER EMPLOYMENT THE FIRST THINGS
SHE WOULD ALWAYS IS ME, I WAS
MARRIED AT TIME, WHEN WILL YOU
START A FAMILY?
THE MOST IMPORTANT THING YOU CAN
DO IS RAISE A FAMILY.
NEEDLESS TO SAY THE FIRST TIME I
WAS EXPECTING SHE WAS ONE OF THE
FIRST PHONE CALLS I MADE.
I KNEW HOW EXCITED SHE WOULD BE
FOR MY HUSBAND AND I.
DAVID: I ASSUME SHE WAS, RIGHT?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
DAVID: SHE REALLY FOCUSED ON
THAT AS HEART OF ANYBODY'S LIFE,
WHETHER A MAN OR WOMAN, THE
FAMILY IS AT HEART.
SHE HAD THIS WONDERFUL WRY SENSE
OF HUMOR.
FORMER PRESIDENT GW BUSH SPOKE
OF THAT TODAY.
LET'S PLAY THE TAPE.
>> WE HAD A WONDERFUL VISIT.
SHE WAS STRONG, LUCID.
>> FUNNY.
>> FUNNY STYLESTILL.
SHE AND I WERE NEEDLING EACH
OTHER.
THE DOCTOR CAME IN AND SHE
TURNED TO HIM, AND YOU WANT TO
KNOW WHY GW IS THE WAY HE IS.
THE DOCTOR LOOKED SURPRISED AND
SHE SAID, BECAUSE I DRANK AND
SMOKE UP UNTIL I HAD HIM.
DAVID: RIGHT TO THE END.
DID SHE USE THAT RELATIONSHIP TO
YOU?
>> PLENTY OF TIMES.
SHE WOULD LOVE TO GET YOUR GOAT
AS I WOULD LIKE TO SAY.
SOMETIMES IT WAS IN PUBLIC
SETTINGS.
I CAN REMEMBER ONE SUCH OCCASION
SHE WAS GIVING A SPEECH IN
BRANSON, MISSOURI.
THERE WAS WHILE HER SON WAS IN
OFFICE, THERE WAS A SCANDAL
GOING AT THE WHITE HOUSE I WAS
WORRIED SHE WOULD GET A QUESTION
ABOUT DURING THE Q AND A.
SO I TOOK THE AUDIENCE QUESTIONS
AND WENT THROUGH THEM TO MAKE
SURE THERE WASN'T ANYTHING THAT,
YOU KNOW, WAS GOING TO BE TOO
CONTROVERSIAL.
AT THE END OF THE Q&A TURNED TO
THE AUDIENCE, COME ON, I KNOW
YOU WANT TO ASK ME ABOUT THIS
LATEST TOPIC TAKING PLACE AT THE
WHITE HOUSE?
I KNOW THAT KRISTIN'S BACKSTAGE
AND PROBABLY REMOVED ANY
QUESTION ON THIS TOPIC.
SO WHY DON'T YOU GO AHEAD AND
ASK IT.
DAVID: THERE WAS FRANKNESS ABOUT
HER.
SHE SPOKE, BY THE WAY, SHE SAID,
SHE WASN'T ALWAYS CRAZY ABOUT
CAMPAIGNING BUT SHE WOULD DO
WHAT SHE NEEDED TO DO FOR HER
HUSBAND AND HER SONS, WHETHER IT
WAS GW.
FOR A WHILE JEB WAS RUNNING.