George H.W. Bush: “This will be seen as an enormous move forward towards the relaxation of tension and towards the friendship that we feel…”

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.

The detention facility had become a propaganda tool for our enemies and a distraction for our allies.

This means that people of every race, religion, ethnicity can be fully and equally American. It means that bigotry or white supremacy in any form is blasphemy against the American creed.

We do not need someone in the Oval Office who mirrors and inflames our anger and frustration.