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Bush family bids second sad farewell to White House

 

Published 1/20/2009 by rsinderbrand at CNN Political Ticker

WASHINGTON (CNN) — One night before their son turns the White House over to Barack Obama, a melancholy former President George Herbert Walker Bush and his wife Barbara made an impromptu visit to the press briefing room on Monday and chatted with reporters about how much they will miss the building they have called home [...] (link)

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