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Wives which included my wife. and we were reminiscing about that visit tonight. my wife sue was recalling how down to earth and earthy, both, barbara bush was during that visit and how completely captivating she was and how she captured everyone that she came in contact with. and i think that is emblematic of many other comments. and by the way, anderson, compliments to a wonderful tribute to her by cnn. >> it was such an important time, president bush was only in office for one term but it was a really important time in american history. i mean, there was so much, the collapse of the soviet u...

Collapse of the soviet union, the fall of the berlin wall had taken place in 1989. obviously the first gulf war. i mean, it was a very different time, but a monumental time. >> it was exactly that. and certainly from my personal perspective, and my history, looking back at the momentous events that occurred that were so significant just from my vantage, through my lens as a senior intelligence officer. it was really a profound historical time for this country. >> and also, obviously george bush had been head of cia in prior administrations. so he came from an intelligence background. >> he did...