George H.W. Bush: “Engagement in the global marketplace affects the prices we pay for goods and services as well as the strength of a…”

More than 220 years later, Washington's warning feels strikingly relevant.

George W. Bush also focused on the inevitability of history saying 'trade freely with China and time is on our side.'

American officials must heed the lessons of the short-lived coup in 2002, when Bush Administration support for Chavez's ouster undermined America's standing in the region and damaged our credibility as a defender of democracy.

There seems to be a lot of name calling going on. But I want to remind you what our good dad told me one time. Labels are for soup cans.