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    Former President George H.W. Bush celebrated as 'an imperfect man' who 'left us a more perfect union'

    by Noah Bierman and Sarah D. Wire, Los Angeles Times Dec 05, 2018 4 minutes

    WASHINGTON - Cannons fired a 21-gun salute and a military band played "Hail to the Chief" for George H.W. Bush as his flag-draped casket was carried in a solemn procession on a gray winter morning from the U.S. Capitol to the National Cathedral for his state funeral.

    America's five living presidents were among the hundreds of dignitaries and elected leaders, spanning decades of public service, crowded into the pews to celebrate the life and legacy of America's 41st president.

    "He stood in the breach of the Cold War against totalitarianism. He stood in the breach in Washington against unthinking partisanship," said Jon Meacham, his biographer, who delivered the first eulogy. "Under his watch, a wall fell in Berlin, a

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