Read more former presidents stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/29080/former-presidents.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 14:02:07 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73982/bush-warns-of-too-much-government.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagGeorge Bush has promised to steer clear of criticizing his successor's policies, but he seemed to come awfully close yesterday during a speech at SMU. "As the world recovers, we will face a temptation to replace the risk-and-reward model of the private sector with the blunt instruments of government spending...http://www.newser.com/story/73982/bush-warns-of-too-much-government.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 13 Nov 2009 8:05:42 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72349/bush-as-motivational-speaker-its-not-that-funny.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagGeorge W. Bush's upcoming gig as a motivational speaker in Fort Worth has wags weighing in: Jason Zengerle, New Republic: A bit "undignified," for sure, but remember that Bill Clinton and others make buckets of cash from speaking gigs. "At least Bush's buckraking is sort of populist. If you want...http://www.newser.com/story/72349/bush-as-motivational-speaker-its-not-that-funny.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 22 Oct 2009 13:52:04 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/68884/forget-gop-full-speed-ahead-on-health-reform-clinton.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBill Clinton has a hopeful exhortation for Congressional Democrats trying to push through health care reform. “The president's doing the right thing. It is both morally and politically right,” Clinton tells Esquire . “I wouldn't even worry about the Republicans,” who are just “sitting around waiting for us to mess up,...http://www.newser.com/story/68884/forget-gop-full-speed-ahead-on-health-reform-clinton.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 08 Sep 2009 13:17:27 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/67945/all-living-presidents-will-attend-kennedys-funeral.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAll four living former presidents will attend Ted Kennedy’s invitation-only funeral, the Boston Herald reports. President Obama will also be there, breaking off his Martha’s Vineyard vacation to deliver a eulogy. Gordon Brown also plans to attend, as will Irish PM Brian Cowen. “Sen. Kennedy is being honored as though...http://www.newser.com/story/67945/all-living-presidents-will-attend-kennedys-funeral.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 27 Aug 2009 12:19:48 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/66939/kim-jong-il-was-fully-engaged-during-clinton-visit.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagLongtime Bill Clinton aide John Podesta, who accompanied the former president on his recent rescue mission to North Korea, says leader Kim Jong-Il was "fully engaged" during the visit, Reuters reports. “I would basically say that the discussions were pretty straightforward and he was fully engaged,” Podesta told reporters, though...http://www.newser.com/story/66939/kim-jong-il-was-fully-engaged-during-clinton-visit.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 14 Aug 2009 15:04:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/65681/ny-times-video-obits-give-the-departed-the-last-word.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagObituaries are a newspaper standby, but the New York Times has removed the journalistic middleman with its series of video obits, Editor & Publisher reports. After starting 2 years ago with humorist Art Buchwald’s greeting of “Hi, I’m Art Buchwald and I just died,” the Times has added 30 more...http://www.newser.com/story/65681/ny-times-video-obits-give-the-departed-the-last-word.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 30 Jul 2009 13:20:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/61743/skydiving-bush-sr-turns-85.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagGeorge H.W. Bush celebrated his 85th birthday by skydiving over the coast of Maine today. The 41st president made a tandem jump with a member of the Army's Golden Knights parachute team onto a landing zone near a church in Kennebunkport, where the family has a summer home. "I...http://www.newser.com/story/61743/skydiving-bush-sr-turns-85.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 12 Jun 2009 14:15:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/60900/reagan-statue-unveiled-on-hill.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAn overjoyed and teary-eyed Nancy Reagan watched with delight as a bronze statue of her beloved late husband Ronald Reagan was unveiled at the US Capitol today. Reagan-era policymakers also looked on in the Capitol's Rotunda as blue cloth was pulled to reveal a 7-foot statue that casts the 40th...http://www.newser.com/story/60900/reagan-statue-unveiled-on-hill.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 03 Jun 2009 12:52:21 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/60518/bush-says-clinton-is-like-a-brother-to-him.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe audience probably expected a throw-down. What they got was a sewing circle. Bill Clinton and George W. Bush sat down for a friendly chat yesterday in Toronto, emphasis on the friendly. The ex-presidents went out of their way to be agreeable, at times almost seeming like a support group,...http://www.newser.com/story/60518/bush-says-clinton-is-like-a-brother-to-him.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 30 May 2009 9:43:41 CDT