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A Weekly Digest from the Bush Center

February 26, 2021

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Announcing a New Engage Event: A Conversation with Dana Perino

Former White House Press Secretary Dana Perino headlines a special edition of Engage at the Bush Center, presented by Highland Capital Management at 6 p.m. CT on March 11. In a livestream conversation moderated by former U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings , Dana will talk about her upcoming book, Everything Will Be Okay: Life Lessons for Young Women (from a Former Young Woman) , along with her thoughts on current events and reflections on her time at the White House.
Ticket holders for the online event will receive a signed copy of Dana’s new book, to be shipped after its March 9 release.
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NEW EDITION | Democracy Talks
Check out the latest round of conversations in our Democracy Talks series, which explores the challenges and opportunities facing democracies around the world. Leaders such as Niall Ferguson, the Milbank Family Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, and Nury Turkel from the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom discuss the intersection of democracy, identity, and immigration.
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IN THE NEWS | El Paso Times Highlights New Bush Institute Report on Smart Border Policy
Bush Institute-SMU Economic Growth Initiative experts Matthew Rooney <[link removed]> and Laura Collins <[link removed]> sat down with the El Paso Times to discuss their newly released white paper on smart border policy. <[link removed]>
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HUMAN FREEDOM | The U.S. Must Continue to Support Democracy Abroad
Jan. 6 put American democratic weaknesses on display, and some critics claimed that the U.S. should no longer advocate for democracy abroad. In response, the Bush Institute’s Kelly and David Pfeil Fellow, Nicole Bibbins Sedaca, wrote an op-ed for The Hill <[link removed]> urging the U.S. to continue to support democracy despite our imperfections.
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THE CATALYST | Paul Ryan on the State of the American Dream
In the latest issue of The Catalyst: A Journal of Ideas from the Bush Institute , former Speaker of the House Paul Ryan offers advice for Washington and discusses why he believes outside-the-Beltway solutions are making a greater impact in the lives of many.
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