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Bush's Post-Presidency to Include More Than a Library

 

Published 1/18/2009 by Post at Wash Post Obama Administration

Many former presidents rise to a second act. Jimmy Carter founded a human rights center and won the Nobel Peace Prize. Bill Clinton established a charity and traveled the world making speeches. Even the disgraced Richard Nixon opened a foreign-policy think tank shortly before his death. (link)

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