Bush back in the spotlight as memoirs hit the shelves

GEORGE W Bush, all but invisible since he left the White House nearly two years ago, reclaimed the spotlight yesterday with the release of a new memoir defending his “war on terror” and the Iraq invasion.

Decision Points appeared a week after the momentous November 2 US elections saw congressional Republicans make a surprising recovery after falling out of favour with US voters following the eight often tumultuous years of Bush’s administration.

Bush will be as ubiquitous over the next few weeks as he has been scarce since handing over the keys to the White House to Barack Obama in January 2009, with a whirlwind schedule of media appearances to promote his book, which has a print-run of some 1.5 million copies.