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George W. Bush

• In address, Obama pays tribute to George W. Bush (AP)

  AP - President Barack Obama is acknowledging that he and former President George W. Bush disagreed about the Iraq war from the beginning. But in his nationally televised address on the Iraq war, he pays tribute to Bush by calling him "a patriot."

• On day Iraq combat mission ends, Obama phones Bush (AP)

  AP - As he prepares to herald the end of the U.S. combat mission in Iraq, President Barack Obama has spoken by phone to former President George W. Bush.

  
  

• Ex-Republican and Bush campaign head says is gay (AFP)

  AFP - A former head of the Republican National Committee who managed George W. Bush's 2004 re-election campaign announced he is gay in a recently published interview.

  
  

• Former Republican chairman says he's gay (AP)

  AP - Former Republican Party Chairman Ken Mehlman says in a magazine interview that he is gay.

  
  

• First Ladies unite for September 11 memorial (AFP)

  AFP - First Ladies Michelle Obama and Laura Bush are to jointly mark the ninth anniversary of the September 11 attacks at the site where the fourth hijacked plane crashed in a Pennsylvania field.

  
  

• Michelle Obama, Laura Bush, at 9/11 event in Pa. (AP)

  AP - Michelle Obama will join former first lady Laura Bush in ceremonies marking the ninth anniversary of the United Flight 93 crash in Pennsylvania during the Sept. 11 attacks.

  
  

• Iran starts to fuel up first nuclear power plant (Reuters)

  Reuters - Iran began loading fuel into its first nuclear power plant on Saturday, a potent symbol of its growing regional sway and its rejection of international sanctions designed to prevent it building a nuclear bomb.

• Russia says to start up Iran Bushehr plant August 21 (Reuters)

  Reuters - Russia said on Friday it will begin loading nuclear fuel into the reactor of Iran's first atomic power station on August 21, an irreversible step marking the start-up of the Bushehr plant after nearly 40 years of delays.

  
  

• Former President George W. Bush to visit Haiti (Reuters)

  Reuters - Former President George W. Bush, who has stayed out of the limelight since leaving office in early 2009, is to visit Haiti on Tuesday to check up on quake relief efforts.

• AP: Laura Bush to speak at Flight 93 anniversary (AP)

  AP - Former first lady Laura Bush will speak at an event marking the ninth anniversary of the crash of Flight 93 in western Pennsylvania during the Sept. 11 terror attacks.

• Correction: Bush-Boat Aground story (AP)

  AP - In a story July 12 about former President George H.W. Bush's boat running aground, The Associated Press incorrectly reported the name of the beach where the incident occurred. It was Gooch's Beach, not Goose Beach.

• Bush's boat runs aground on beach in Maine (AP)

  AP - Former President George H.W. Bush's fishing boat ended up high and dry on a beach near his Maine home after it ran aground in thick fog.

• Mystery deepens around alleged Bush poisoning incident (The Newsroom)

  The Newsroom - Did former First Lady Laura Bush hype a stomach flu (or some other virus) into a mythical assassination attempt in order to sell books? When Bush's memoir, "Spoken From the Heart," was released last month, dozens of headlines blasted out its most tantalizing tidbit: Bush suspected that a mysterious illness that befell her, her husband and their staff during the 2007 G8 summit in Germany may have been the result of an attempt to kill or incapacitate the 43rd president.

• Laura Bush suspects someone tried to poison her and her husband in 2007 (The Newsroom)

  The Newsroom - Laura Bush suspects that someone tried to poison — yes, poison — her and her husband, then-President George W. Bush, during their 2007 visit to the G8 summit in Heiligendamm, Germany. According to the New York Times, Laura Bush's forthcoming memoir, "Spoken From the Heart," recounts a mysterious illness that befell her, President Bush, and several staffers during the summit:

• Ex-aides hope Bush memoir makes strong case for his legacy (The Newsroom)

  The Newsroom - George W. Bush has kept a pointedly low profile since leaving the White House, saying that his successor, Barack Obama "deserves my silence" while leading the country. So even veterans of the Bush White House are curious about exactly what he'll reveal in his just-announced memoir-cum-political-chronicle, "Decision Points." And they're hoping that the book's November publication will help trigger a positive reappraisal of the 43rd president's accomplishments in office and his legacy.

• Bush memoir to come out in November, highlighting new details of 9/11 attack (The Newsroom)

  The Newsroom - While former Vice President Dick Cheney has been quick to tear apart the Obama administration on television or in interviews, his old boss has kept largely out of the political fray since leaving the White House.

  
  

• Jenna Bush Hager and Bill Clinton share playful 'Today' show interview (The Newsroom)

  The Newsroom - Hager - a teacher by trade whom NBC hired last year as an occasional "Today" contributor - thanked Clinton for engaging in the "rarity" of "a Bush interviewing a Clinton." Clinton joked in response: "I was thinking, you know, if your family fed in questions I'd be cooked."

• Journalism, the new politics? (The Yahoo! Newsroom)

  The Yahoo! Newsroom - Over the weekend, the AP reported that the former first daughter is joining NBC's "Today" show as a correspondent. Jim Bell, the show's executive producer, says Mrs. Bush Hager won't be covering politics, but will focus on stories that are close to her heart, like "education, urban education, women and children's issues and literacy."

• Laura Bush fills in the blanks (Politico)

  Politico - Her staff jokingly called it a “legacy lunch.” About two dozen historians, journalists, White House staffers, and Beltway insiders gathered in the yellow Oval Room to hear Laura Bush’s take on Laura Bush.

• Bush begins writing 'Decision Points' (Politico)

  Politico - Former President George W. Bush has already written about 30,000 words of a memoir tentatively called “Decision Points” that will cover everything from how he found faith to how he quit drinking to how he chose Karl Rove and Dick Cheney for their jobs.