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Bush Center, Civil Society, Diplomacy, Freedom Initiative, Human Rights, Isolationism, Medal of Freedom, Velvet Revolution.
In summer 2013, former Ambassador to the Czech Republic, Craig Stapleton, spoke with Presidents George H. W. Bush, George W. Bush and General Scowcroft. “When you’re the president, you get to meet interesting people, and there was no more interesting person than Václav Havel,” recalled George W. Bush, adding that Havel “was a true leader, had a sweet heart [and]… a vision that speaks to the world today.” His father, George H. W. Bush, meanwhile, remembered Havel as “a wonderful man” and stressed the former Czechoslovak president’s humble nature. In this Havel Conversations interview, participants also reflected upon Václav Havel’s foreign policy, his transition from dissident to president, and his legacy - as preserved in the Bush Center’s ‘Freedom Collection’ and elsewhere.
In summer 2013, former Ambassador to the Czech Republic, Craig Stapleton, spoke with Presidents George H. W. Bush, George W. Bush and General Scowcroft. “When you’re the president, you get to meet interesting people, and there was no more interesting person than Václav Havel,” recalled George W. Bush, adding that Havel “was a true leader, had a sweet heart [and]… a vision that speaks to the world today.” His father, George H. W. Bush, meanwhile, remembered Havel as “a wonderful man” and stressed the former Czechoslovak president’s humble nature. In this Havel Conversations interview, participants also reflected upon Václav Havel’s foreign policy, his transition from dissident to president, and his legacy - as preserved in the Bush Center’s ‘Freedom Collection’ and elsewhere.