It is 10-30 Eastern on Saturday, December 1st.

Hey there, it's the NPR Politics Podcast.

President George H. W. Bush has died at the age of 94.

He was president from 1989 to 1993 that kept a long career in public service.

Bush was vice president, an ambassador, a congressman, many other things.

We'll talk about his life, we'll talk about his legacy.

I'm Scott Tetrou, I cover Congress.

I must my Khaled political reporter.

I'm Scott Horsley, I cover the White House.

And I'm Ron Elving, Editor-Corespondent.

So let's start with this.

When somebody as important as Bush dies,

they're such long, rich obituaries that pop up everywhere.

As you were reading through those, as you were thinking about his career,

what was the thing you were thinking about the most?

Ron, let's start with you.

Generations, not just the difference between the generations of the Bush dynasty,

but the differences between American generations

and certainly George H. W. Bush will be remembered

as one of that generation.

We sometimes call the greatest generation

that survived the Great Depression and fought in one World War II.

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