Former presidents Bill Clinton and George H.W. Bush will serve as honorary chairmen of a center at the University of Arizona that will focus on civility in political debate, university officials will announce today.
According to a Washington Post report, the National Institute for Civil Discourse will open today in Tucson. It was created in the aftermath of the Jan. 8 shootings in the city where six people were killed and 13 injured, including Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz.
Former Supreme Court justice Sandra Day O’Connor and former Senate majority leader Thomas Daschle, D-S.D., also will serve as honorary co-chairs. Board members will include former secretary of state Madeleine Albright; Kenneth Duberstein, chief of staff to President Ronald Reagan; Fox News anchor Greta Van Susteren; Trey Grayson, director of Harvard University’s Institute of Politics; and former representative Jim Kolbe, R-Ariz.
