Bush bids goodbye at Capitol, begins trip to Texas

Tuesday, January 20, 2009

WASHINGTON (AP) -- With one last handshake to President Barack Obama, George W. Bush boarded a helicopter on Tuesday at the Capitol and began his post-presidential life, closing a two-term administration marked by war, recession and the biggest terrorist attack on U.S. soil.

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