George Bush, 'the worst president' says goodbye to Americans
George W Bush has said farewell to Americans, asking the nation that elected him twice, but now regards him as the worst US president of the modern era, to understand that he had always tried to do the right thing.
In a nationwide television address, he said that though he may have made mistakes, he never shirked a tough decision and had always put the country's interests first.
Underlining how thoroughly the September 11, 2001 attacks had shaped his thinking, he said: "As the years passed, most Americans were able to return to life much as it had been before 9/11. But I never did.
He had rich praise for his successor, Barack Obama, whose inauguration next Tuesday he described as a "moment of hope and pride for our whole nation".
From Tuesday, Mr Bush and his wife Laura will live in two Texan homes, their ranch in Crawford and a house in Dallas. He plans to write a book and work on his presidential library and freedom centre at the Southern Methodist University.
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In a nationwide television address, he said that though he may have made mistakes, he never shirked a tough decision and had always put the country's interests first.
Underlining how thoroughly the September 11, 2001 attacks had shaped his thinking, he said: "As the years passed, most Americans were able to return to life much as it had been before 9/11. But I never did.
He had rich praise for his successor, Barack Obama, whose inauguration next Tuesday he described as a "moment of hope and pride for our whole nation".
From Tuesday, Mr Bush and his wife Laura will live in two Texan homes, their ranch in Crawford and a house in Dallas. He plans to write a book and work on his presidential library and freedom centre at the Southern Methodist University.