George Bush is back. Flying on Air Force One, eating meals prepared by the White House kitchen staff and drawing inspiration from his encounters with US military personnel were among things former President George W. Bush missed since leaving office, he said Thursday. The often-tearful meetings he had with relatives of fallen soldiers were “in some ways... very hard and in some ways, it was very uplifting,” the Texas Republican said in a speech to The Economic Club of Southwestern Michigan. About eight people protested Bush's appearance outside the venue, carrying signs that called him a murderer and a traitor. The speech Thursday was one of the first made by the former president since leaving office in January. “It was a roller coaster of emotions, it really was,” Bush said of the terror attacks. “I think about it now at times but I definitely thought about it every day as president.”
