Coverage of the development and dedication of the George W. Bush Presidential Center on the SMU campus.

George W. Bush Presidential Center Groundbreaking

From left, David Ferriero, national archivist; Ray Hunt, board trustee; Caren Prothro, SMU Board of Trustees; Alan Lowe, director of the President George W. Bush Library; Robert Stern, architect of the George W. Bush Center; Gerald Turner, president of Southern Methodist University; Condolezza Rice, former secretary of state; former President George W. Busht; former first lady Laura Bush; Dick Cheney, former vice president; Mark Langdale, president of the George W. Bush Foundation; Don Evans, former secretary of commerce; Michael Van Valkenburgh, landscape architect of the George W. Bush Center; Mark Craig, pastor of Highland Park United Methodist Church; and Jake Torres, Southern Methodist University student body president break ground on the George W. Bush Presidential Center. The George W. Bush Presidential Center is a state-of-the-art $250 million complex that will include Bush's presidential library and museum, the George W. Bush Policy Institute and the offices of the George W. Bush Foundation.

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George W. Bush Presidential Center Groundbreaking

Former President George W. Bush, former first lady Laura Bush and his former advisers break ground on his presidential center at Southern Methodist University in Dallas.

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