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Former President George W. Bush announced in Calgary yesterday that he is planning to write a memoir “so when the history of this administration is written at least there’s an authoritarian voice <\/strong>saying exactly what happened.”<\/p>\n

Bush did not reveal if John Yoo would be the co-author. <\/p>\n

Bush spoke to an “invited audience of Calgary businessmen,” according to a report in the Examiner<\/a>. <\/p>\n

The paper noted that “Bush was full of jokes throughout his speech.”<\/p>\n

Since it was an “invited audience,” there were no awkward questions about torture or whether Bush expects to be indicted as a war criminal.
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