May 29th, 2009 - Reuters
* Cordial conversation, refuse to criticize Obama
* Cleaning up after Barney
TORONTO, May 29 (Reuters) - Former U.S. Presidents George W. Bush and Bill Clinton traded jokes about life after the Oval Office and took turns defending each other as they shared a stage in Toronto on Friday to discuss global affairs.
In a sold-out event billed as their first conversation on stage since they left office, Bush and Clinton disagreed politely about a couple of issues, backed each other on others and refused to criticize anything current President Barack Obama was doing.
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