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Bush's Rose-Colored Glasses

In his first major domestic speech since leaving office, George W. Bush sounded many of the themes he campaigned on in 2000. Richard Wolffe on the things he didn't say.

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The man standing on stage in a Dallas auditorium Thursday was a lot grayer than the one who left the governor’s mansion in Austin under somewhat controversial circumstances nine years earlier.

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