[laughter] please welcome my friend, jean becker. [applause] jean: it is sort of odd after that wonderful introduction. i feel bad but the first thing i will say is when steve picked me up at the airport yesterday we weren't even out of the parking garage when he said don't you dare tell them that time we -- [laughter] i do know stuff about him. his coworkers who are here, i can be bought. [laughter] mi my already in trouble? this is one of my favorite pictures of president bush and me. oddly, we are at a duke basketball game. probably seven or eight years ago when president bush had been diagnosed with parkinson's and was in a wheelchair, his health was declining. coach k wrote him a letter and said it is on my bucket list for you to attend a home game of duke. would you come? i showed the letter to president bush and i said coach k thinks you will fly to north carolina. there we are. i love starting with that photo. it is a good photo of me and i don't take very many. working for president bush was one of the great privileges of my

jean becker worked with mr. bush starting shortly after he left the white house and up until his 2018 death. the kansas city public library hosted this program. >> good evening. i'm steve, with the public affairs staff of the library. first of all, before we start, jean will give us a wonderful presentation about george h w bush. we will have a question and answer afterwards. because c-span is filming

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jean becker worked with mr. bush up until his 2018 death. the kansas city public library hosted this program. >> good evening. i'm steve, with the public affairs staff of the library. first of all, before we start, a wonderfulve us presentation about george h w bush. we will have a question and answer afterwards. because c-span is filming tonight, please use the microphones that we will place, one there and one to the side. that