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Barack Obama: “President Bush was the first president to create a White…”

Featuring: Barack Obama, Democratic | 44th President of the United States | National

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President's Speech on Service and Volunteerism at Texas A&M Honoring George H.W. Bush

Published | Video Starts at 05:10

What you all are doing right here is precisely what he was talking about when he called for those thousand points of light and became the first President Bush was the first president to create a White House office devoted solely to promoting volunteerism. It's a vision that's changed lives across this country, including that of a young woman who went to work for an organization called Public Allies to prepare young people for public service Careers, an organization initially funded by the Bush administration. (05:10–05:26)

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Asserts that President Bush created the first White House office focused on volunteerism.

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