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"In the two years since leaving office, Bush has earned an estimated $15 million at $100,000 to $150,000 per speech, the Center for Public Integrity reported Friday. Bush’s spokesman, David Sherzer, said the former president has delivered about 140 paid speeches. Sherzer did not immediately respond to POLITICO’s request for comment Friday morning.
Earlier this month, Bush turned down an invitation to join President Barack Obama at the World Trade Center for a ceremony marking the killing of Osama bin Laden, with Sherzer telling POLITICO that “President Bush appreciated the invite but has chosen in his post-presidency to remain largely out of the spotlight.” Former President Bill Clinton also turned down an appearance at the event, citing scheduling conflicts.
The next week, though, Bush was on the lecture circuit and weighed in on bin Laden’s death when speaking to a paying audience at a conference for hedge fund managers at a luxurious Las Vegas hotel. He told the crowd there that Obama had made a “good call” in choosing to carry out the raid on bin Laden’s Pakistani compound but said he was “not overjoyed” by the killing. The remarks became public only a few days later when they were reported by ABC News.
Also that week, Bush and Clinton spoke in New York at a meeting held by the Swiss bank UBS, the Center for Public Integrity reported. Bush also spoke that week to a Professional Golfers Association event sponsored by PricewaterhouseCoopers. Based on Hillary Clinton’s financial disclosure forms as a senator and now as secretary of state, her husband earned $65 million in speaking fees from 2001 through 2009, according to a CNN analysis.
Bush has agreed to speak at the World Trade Center ceremony to mark the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks. He won’t be paid for that appearance, Sherzer said."
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0511/55372.html
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