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Statement of James A. Baker, III, honorary chair of the Baker Institute: 

Susan and I are deeply saddened to lose a beloved friend who was a passionate voice for volunteerism and the view that everyone should believe in something larger than self. Barbara Bush challenged each of us to build a better world by empowering people through literacy. As only one of two women in American history who can be called First Lady and First Mother, she was matriarch of a family that remains as dedicated to public service as it was to politics. We Americans were fortunate to have had Barbara and George Bush as one of the best First Couples of all time. We send our deepest love and affection to President Bush and to his entire family.

 

Former Secretary of State James A. Baker, III, the honorary chair of the Baker Institute, was the keynote speaker at President Ronald Regan's 107th birthday celebration at the Reagan Library in Simi Valley, Calif., on Feb. 6.

Former Secretary of State James A. Baker, III, appeared on CNN's Fareed Zakaria GPS for a discussion that ranged from NAFTA, the Arab-Israeli conflict and U.S.-Russia relations to the reduction of elephant poaching worldwide, a cause that Secretary Baker strongly supports.

A year-long impasse involving the construction of the Dwight D. Eisenhower memorial in Washington, D.C., recently came to an end with the help of James A. Baker, III. Questions about the design of the memorial had stalled the project, which Congress authorized in 1999. Mr. Baker joined the memorial’s advisory committee last year, and the agreement to move forward with the plan he negotiated was announced Monday (9/19). Sen. Pat Roberts, R-Kan., chair of the Eisenhower Memorial Commission, praised Mr. Baker "for his work with the Eisenhower family in creating a compromise that makes all parties pleased with the outcome.” Read more in the Washington Post: http://wapo.st/2dbW2Rd A press release announcing the compromise is here: http://bit.ly/2cM3v9P

Had former Secretary of State James A. Baker, III, heeded the advice of his grandfather, his legacy of nearly 40 years as Texas' most prominent contemporary international statesman never would have happened.