George W. Bush Presidential Center
Five for Friday
A Weekly Digest from the George W. Bush Presidential Center
July 25, 2025
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President and Mrs. Bush visited Windhoek Central Hospital in Windhoek, Namibia on April 5, 2017, and toured the maternity ward, where they met mothers with HIV whose babies were born HIV-free thanks to PEPFAR.
Photo by Paul Morse for the George W. Bush Presidential Center.
PEPFAR will continue to save lives from HIV/AIDS

Congress and the Administration agreed last week to preserve funding for the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). This decision should reinvigorate the program to provide the critical treatment and prevention assistance that has already saved more than 26 million lives. Hannah Johnson, Senior Program Manager of Global Policy at the Bush Institute, recently wrote about these latest PEPFAR developments.
  
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Bush Institute’s Anne Wicks testifies on school choice and literacy before Senate subcommittee
Testimony by Anne Wicks, the Don Evans Family Managing Director of Opportunity and Democracy at the Bush Institute
How COVID-19 weakened Kim Jong Un’s grip on power
Article by Joseph Kim, Research Fellow at the Bush Institute
Camp David and beyond: From military to civilian leadership
New Strategerist podcast featuring Rear Admiral Michael Giorgione, CEC, USN (Ret.)

Holidays at the Bush Center events announced 

We’re celebrating Christmas in July by unwrapping our holiday event line-up. It’s never too early to start planning for the most wonderful time of the year!
Countdown to America’s 250th Anniversary

Weekly Quotes from leaders who have shaped our country

“Liberty is for all men and women as a matter of equal and unalienable right. The establishment of justice and peace abroad will in large measure depend upon the peace and justice we create here in our own country, where we still show the way.”

– President Gerald Ford,
America’s Bicentennial Celebration, July 4, 1976

In Case You Missed It
Further News, Analysis, and more from the Bush Center

Intellectual humility can diminish partisan animosity | The Dallas Morning News
Op-ed by William McKenzie, Senior Editorial Advisor of the Bush Institute

The Putin dance (Clinton to Trump) | History as it Happens podcast
Interview with David J. Kramer, Executive Director of the Bush Institute, and Jeffrey Engel, founding director of the Center for Presidential History at SMU

Mark your calendars
Upcoming Engage at the Bush Center events
presented by NexPoint

Also happening at the Bush Center

Free Admission Days to the Bush Museum
Courtesy of Sewell Automotive Companies
Sept. 11 | 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. CT (extended hours)
Nov. 11 | 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. CT (extended hours)

A Shining City on the Hilltop
 A new art exhibit by President Bush now on display in the Bush Museum
Open now through Oct. 19

Moment of Remembrance on September 11th
Sept. 11 | 8:30 a.m. to 9 a.m. CT
 
Pups in the Park
Supported by Susan S. Fischer
Oct. 18 | 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. CT 

Holiday Choir and Musical Performances at the Bush Museum
Nov. 14 – Dec. 14

Holiday Tea at the Bush Center
December 17 & 18 | 2:30 p.m. and 3:30 p.m.

Situation Room Presentations
Fridays | 10 a.m. and 11 a.m. CT
Saturdays | 11 a.m., 12 p.m., 1 p.m., 2 p.m. CT
Sundays | 1 p.m. and 2:30 p.m. CT
Mondays | 10 a.m. and 11 a.m. CT
 

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About the George W. Bush Presidential Center

Located on the SMU campus in Dallas, Texas, the George W. Bush Presidential Center is a nonpartisan institution advancing the timeless values of freedom, opportunity, accountability, and compassion. The Bush Center comprises the George W. Bush Presidential Museum and the George W. Bush Institute, a solution-oriented policy organization focused on ensuring opportunity for all, strengthening democracy, and advancing free societies through policy solutions and public engagement. The Bush Center also houses the George W. Bush Presidential Library, operated by the National Archives and Records Administration, which provides access to official documents and artifacts from the George W. Bush Administration.

 

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2943 SMU Boulevard
Dallas, Texas 75205

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