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Source: Transcript from This Week (ABC News) with George Stephanopoulos
Historians in the News
10-22-06

Andrew Roberts: Bush is reading his history of the English-speaking peoples

GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS (ABC NEWS)

(Off-camera) What was the last book you read?

PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH (UNITED STATES)

I'm reading history of the English speaking peoples from 1990 on - 1900 on. It's a great book. [Editor: The book, History of the English-Speaking Peoples since 1900, by Andrew Roberts, will be published by HarperCollins in Feb. 2007.]

GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS (ABC NEWS)

(Off-camera) What are you taking from it?

PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH (UNITED STATES)

I'm taking that - I'm taking that sometimes history gets distorted.

GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS (ABC NEWS)

(Off-camera) And you have to take the long view.

PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH (UNITED STATES)

Yes you do.