It's Official: SMU gets Bush library
Southern Methodist University in Dallas will be the home of President Bush's future presidential library and public policy institute, officials announced today, launching a project that could require hundreds of millions of dollars in private donations.
The location of the project has not exactly been a state secret -- representatives of Bush's library foundation have been negotiating with the university for months -- but the announcement means Bush's friends and associates will soon begin raising the money necessary to bring the project to fruitions.
In a letter today to the SMU president released by his foundation, Bush said he looks "forward to the day when both the general public and scholars come and explore the important and challenging issues our Nation has faced during my presidency -- from economic and homeland security to fighting terrorism and promoting freedom and democracy."
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The location of the project has not exactly been a state secret -- representatives of Bush's library foundation have been negotiating with the university for months -- but the announcement means Bush's friends and associates will soon begin raising the money necessary to bring the project to fruitions.
In a letter today to the SMU president released by his foundation, Bush said he looks "forward to the day when both the general public and scholars come and explore the important and challenging issues our Nation has faced during my presidency -- from economic and homeland security to fighting terrorism and promoting freedom and democracy."