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BOAO, China — Former President George W. Bush cracked jokes about how he scoops up after his dog on neighborhood walks and then turned to more serious subjects such as terrorism and the financial crisis Saturday during his first overseas trip since leaving office.
Bush’s stories drew laughter and applause in a huge banquet hall at the Boao Forum, an annual conference where executives hobnob with global leaders at a resort on China’s southern tropical island province of Hainan. Security was tight and there were no protests.
The former president said that after he left the presidency in January, he plopped down on the couch and said, “Free at last.”
But his wife, Laura, piped in: “You’re free to do the dishes,” he said.
