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| Five  for Friday A Weekly Digest from the Bush Center February 21, 2020 |  |  
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| Tickets On Sale Now — A Conversation with Jay Leno Jay Leno headlines a special edition of Engage at the Bush Center, presented by Highland Capital Management on March 10 to launch the new special exhibit, Liberty & Laughter: The Lighter Side of the White House. In a moderated conversation, Leno will show video clips and tell stories of interviewing past candidates and sitting presidents on The Tonight Show. Buy tickets now    |  
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|  | PRESIDENTIAL LEADERSHIP SCHOLARS | What Makes A Great Leader Class of 2016 Scholar Jay Bhatt thought he knew what made a great leader, but then he met Presidents George W. Bush and Bill Clinton.Read his take
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|  | THE CATALYST | Tackling the National Debt Bush Institute Executive Director Holly Kuzmich’s Winter Catalyst essay on what polling data says about Americans’ interest in the debt appeared in a recent op-ed for the Dallas Morning News Sunday Opinion section. Her piece delves into what we think about this $23 trillion problem.Our attitudes toward the debt
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|  | GLOBAL EXCELLENCE | Conversations about Democracy Last week, the Bush Institute’s Human Freedom team and Freedom House President Mike Abramowitz had a conversation with students in Dallas about democracy and the importance of continued U.S. democracy support around the world.Explore why we must support democracy
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|  | PORTRAITS OF COURAGE | Exhibit Visits Houston Portraits of Courage, a vibrant collection of paintings and stories by President Bush honoring the sacrifice and courage of America’s military veterans, is at the Houston Public Library's Julia Ideson Building February 20-April 25, 2020, presented by ConocoPhillips and The William Stamps Farish Fund.Plan your visit
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