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Former president proud of sons
©Associated Press
January 10, 2002
GAINESVILLE -- Former President George Bush spoke proudly of his sons and touched on subjects from the Sept. 11 attacks to the spirit of the American people in a speech Wednesday night at the University of Florida.
"You are looking at the proudest father on the face of the planet," Bush said, mentioning his sons, President George W. Bush and Florida Gov. Jeb Bush. "They are serving with honor."
Bush, who received $80,000 for the speech, compared the Sept. 11 attacks to the 1941 bombing of Pearl Harbor. He said the country is uniting as it did at the start of World War II.
"My optimism . . . rests in the enduring propensity of the American people to respond to adversity and act in the spirit of good will when duty calls," said Bush, 77.
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