HOUSTON
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A makeshift memorial honors the late George H.W. Bush at the foot of his monument on December 2. The 41st president and political patriarch, whose family defined Republican politics for decades, died at age 94 in his home in Texas on November 30. His passing stirred a wellspring of longing in both parties, his presidency now symbolic of a bygone era of bipartisanship. Bush’s single term in the White House, from 1989 to 1993, capped more than 40 years of public service, which included stints as a congressman, diplomat, CIA director and vice president. Perceived as aloof on domestic matters, he lost re-election to Bill Clinton, but his foreign policy legacy stands strong. Bush oversaw the end of the Cold War, the collapse of the Soviet Union and the first Gulf War.