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Governor scott walker of wisconsin, a potential contender for the 2016 republican presidential nomination, is collaborating on a book with marc thiessen, a former chief speechwriter for president. I am usually very skeptical about reading memoirs written by former presidents. Jon meacham recounts and celebrates the life of george h. Mar 19, 2009 deciderinchief to write a book on decisionmaking this article is more than 11 years old george bush s tome, decision points, will describe the former presidents thoughts behind key choices in. George bush to write a book on decisionmaking titled. Bush loves his dad so much hes writing a book about him. Through previous administrations, the elder bush had ubiquitously been known as george bush or president bush, but following his sons election the need to distinguish between them has made retronymic forms such as george h. Jan, 2009 bush adds writing a book to his todo list.
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