Clinton Calls George W. Bush ‘Disarmingly Direct’

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Former President Clinton complemented former President George W. Bush at the dedication of Bush’s presidential library Thursday, calling him “disarmingly direct” during disagreements.

“I like President Bush. We do a lot of speeches together and I like it when we have this agreement,” Clinton said. “He is disarmingly direct. We were having an argument over health care in one of these speeches and I went on about the German health care system and he said I don’t know a thing about the German health care system. He probably won the argument.”

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