Jon Meacham, author of 'Destiny and Power: The American Odyssey of George Herbert Walker Bush.'

Former Presidents George H.W. Bush (left) and his son George W. Bush wave as they leave a family wedding May 2006 at St. John's Episcopal Church in Washington, DC.
Getty Images 2006
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