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| Air Force One was on the way to Texas on Sunday, to fly back to Washington the casket of George HW Bush. The 41st president, who died aged 94 on Friday, will lie in state at the US Capitol in Washington from Monday evening to Wednesday morning. | Air Force One was on the way to Texas on Sunday, to fly back to Washington the casket of George HW Bush. The 41st president, who died aged 94 on Friday, will lie in state at the US Capitol in Washington from Monday evening to Wednesday morning. |
| 'A different command': how George HW Bush's war shaped his work for peace | 'A different command': how George HW Bush's war shaped his work for peace |
| There will be a state funeral at the National Cathedral on Wednesday, which the White House said Donald and Melania Trump will attend. Bush will be buried on Thursday in the grounds of his presidential library, at Texas A&M University in College Station. He will lie in a family plot next to his wife, Barbara, who died in April, and daughter Robin, who died in 1953 at the age of three. | |
| Trump returned to Washington early on Sunday, from the G20 summit in Buenos Aires. There, he cancelled a press conference “out of respect for President Bush” and ignored a reporter who asked if he regretted any of his comments about Bush or his family. | Trump returned to Washington early on Sunday, from the G20 summit in Buenos Aires. There, he cancelled a press conference “out of respect for President Bush” and ignored a reporter who asked if he regretted any of his comments about Bush or his family. |
| There is little love lost between the leading Republican families: in a book published last year, George HW Bush called Trump “a blowhard … driven by a certain ego”. Donald Trump was not invited to the funeral of Barbara Bush, which Melania Trump attended. | |
| Trump said he had spoken to Bush’s sons, former president George W Bush and former Florida governor Jeb Bush, both frequent targets of his ire. | Trump said he had spoken to Bush’s sons, former president George W Bush and former Florida governor Jeb Bush, both frequent targets of his ire. |
| “And I expressed deepest sympathies,” he said, adding: “He was a very fine man. I met him on numerous occasions. He was just a high-quality man who truly loved his family. One thing that came through loud and clear, he was very proud of his family and very much loved his family. So he was a terrific guy and he’ll be missed. And he led a full life, and a very exemplary life too, I will say.” | “And I expressed deepest sympathies,” he said, adding: “He was a very fine man. I met him on numerous occasions. He was just a high-quality man who truly loved his family. One thing that came through loud and clear, he was very proud of his family and very much loved his family. So he was a terrific guy and he’ll be missed. And he led a full life, and a very exemplary life too, I will say.” |
| 'Dear Bill': Clinton heralds letter from Bush as source of lasting friendship | 'Dear Bill': Clinton heralds letter from Bush as source of lasting friendship |
| Amidst tributes to Bush, leaders of both parties in Washington praised him in public statements. The Republican House Speaker, Paul Ryan, lauded his “decency and integrity”. The Democratic leader in the House, Nancy Pelosi, said it had been a “privilege to work with him”. | Amidst tributes to Bush, leaders of both parties in Washington praised him in public statements. The Republican House Speaker, Paul Ryan, lauded his “decency and integrity”. The Democratic leader in the House, Nancy Pelosi, said it had been a “privilege to work with him”. |
| On Sunday, former secretary of state James Baker, a close friend who was with Bush in his last hours, told CNN’s State of the Union he hoped “civility in politics” had not died with the former president on Friday. | On Sunday, former secretary of state James Baker, a close friend who was with Bush in his last hours, told CNN’s State of the Union he hoped “civility in politics” had not died with the former president on Friday. |
| Trump ordered flags on the White House and public buildings flown at half-staff – an honour he did not initially accord Senator John McCain – and proclaimed Wednesday a day of national mourning. All executive departments and agencies of the federal government will close. | Trump ordered flags on the White House and public buildings flown at half-staff – an honour he did not initially accord Senator John McCain – and proclaimed Wednesday a day of national mourning. All executive departments and agencies of the federal government will close. |
| After the death of a president, a temporary calm descends on Washington. Though a government shutdown has been looming over Trump’s demands for funding for his border wall, the House of Representatives will meet on Monday only to “consider resolutions pertaining to the lying in state”. It will not hold votes and will not be in session on Tuesday. | After the death of a president, a temporary calm descends on Washington. Though a government shutdown has been looming over Trump’s demands for funding for his border wall, the House of Representatives will meet on Monday only to “consider resolutions pertaining to the lying in state”. It will not hold votes and will not be in session on Tuesday. |
| Speaking to reporters on Air Force One as he left Argentina, Trump said he would “consider and probably get” a two-week government funding extension, to allow for ceremonies for Bush. | Speaking to reporters on Air Force One as he left Argentina, Trump said he would “consider and probably get” a two-week government funding extension, to allow for ceremonies for Bush. |
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