Why George Bush will be missed: Last US Prez with prior foreign policy grip

Strikingly, George H.W. Bush was also the last person elected president of the United States with any prior foreign policy experience

There are many reasons to miss George H.W. Bush, the 41st president of the United States. A World War II hero, he later served his country with great distinction in a number of important positions before becoming vice president and then president.

The outpouring of warm feelings first for his wife, Barbara Bush, who passed away earlier this year, and now for him, reflects not only the role President and Mrs. Bush played in American history but also the decency they represented in a political system that now has become full of indecency.

Strikingly, George H.W.