Bush Center Young Professionals members are invited to join us for a book exchange and networking reception prior to the Engage at the Bush Center program presented by NexPoint. 📚

Meet your next favorite book at our book exchange where members can bring a gently used book to

Today is #EARTHDAY 🌎

Celebrate with us by visiting the Laura W. Bush Native Texas Park!

“Many years ago this site would have been a breathtaking Texas prairie. Today the park is planted once again with native habitat for birds, butterflies and other wildlife. Visitors can

'Supporting others abroad confronts extremism that could ultimately threaten our shores. If we retreat from the world's stage, we will be less secure here at home.' — Ken Hersh, President and CEO of the George W. Bush Presidential Center

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'I hope a lesson from [today's] conversations is that if the United States withdraws, the world gets worse. And if we expect to be secure at home, we better worry about the lives of others abroad.' — President George W. Bush

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'If we're not complacent about our network of allies and partners, not only in the Indo-Pacific but in Europe and other parts of the world, that's a huge asset that should enable us to compete very effectively with the People's Republic of China over the next couple of decades.'

'The Ukrainians are not running out of courage and tenacity; they are running out of ammunition, and we're running out of time to help them.'

– William J. Burns, Director of CIA

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KEYNOTE CONVERSATION: CHALLENGES FACING A WORLD TRANSFORMED

William J. Burns, Director of the CIA

Moderated by Bush Institute’s David J. Kramer

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'In 2022 I had the opportunity to join the [Presidential Leadership Scholars]... As a new immigrant to the U.S. The program provided me with a deeper understanding of America, from politics to community structure, from the education system to history. The program brought 60 leaders from diverse

“Pluralism is a much richer, more rewarding, and more uplifting path for us to walk.” – Jonathan Greenblatt (Jonathan Greenblatt), CEO and National Director, ADL

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'When you're dealing with a conflict between peoples with very deep, profound beliefs with eternal implications, any attempt of one religious people group to dominate or suppress another religious people group leads to war. It leads to some of the most vicious conflicts we've

CONVERSATION THREE: PROTECTING RELIGIOUS LIBERTIES

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'Be aspirational. Talk about where it is that we all want to go, and talk about the universalities of these principles and values. We need to be a force for good. We need to be aspirational in the way that we talk about the world and America's role in the world.'

– Ambassador

“The more countries that are turning autocratic that are willing to close the space for their own citizens, the less safe we are. Those are not countries that we are eager to trade with, to go into military or security agreements with. Those are the countries that are less likely

For those of us with freedom also comes an awesome responsibility that in addition to the words on the founding documents, we need to feel the truth of what's at stake.

– Indra Nooyi, Former Chairman and CEO, PepsiCo

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CONVERSATION TWO: HUMAN RIGHTS AND THE NEW GLOBAL ORDER

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“Support, share, and uplift organizations that are working on educating girls in Afghanistan. That is the first issue that anyone should be tackling from a security point of view but also from a human rights point of view.” – Pashtana Durrani (Pashtana Zalmai Khan Durrani پښتنه درانی), Founder and

“I have not only studied different forms of governance, but I have also grown up in a dictatorship and a democracy. And I believe that it is impossible to achieve credible and sustainable national security without respect for its citizens human rights and dignity.” – Joseph Kim,

'Supporting others abroad confronts extremism that could ultimately threaten our shores. If we retreat from the world's stage, we will be less secure here at home.' – Ken Hersh, President and CEO of the George W. Bush Presidential Center

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Watch the 2024 Forum on Leadership LIVE at 9:00 AM CT. #ForumOnLeadership

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