Former U.S. President George W Bush has raised more than 5 million yuan for his presidential library is set to open later this month.
"It is our goal when George W Bush Presidential Center, is committed to raising $ 500 million, and we achieve this goal," Mark Langdale, President George W Bush, center, told "Time" magazine the Zeke Miller.
That always mean Bush fund-raising has emerged as one of the most successful postpresidency. In contrast, former President Bill Clinton has just raised $ 165 million to pay for his presidential library in 2004, although he has raised millions of dollars in his foundation in recent years opened in Little Rock .
Bush library will be dedicated to open to the public on April 25 and May 1, cost an estimated $ 250 million. According to officials, President Bush has proposed the construction and operation costs of the money to the library, which is located on the campus of Southern Methodist University (Southern Methodist University). The rest will go to the George W. Bush Institute, the basis for public policy.
Bush Library will disclose the identity of the donor is still unclear. A spokeswoman did not immediately respond Yahoo News request for comment.
By law, the Presidential Library usually does not have its financial supporters, the public although some of the former president provided some information, the name in the past.
Former U.S. President George H. W Bush library in College Station, Texas, the number of donors listed on the wall near the gate, but their contributions were not disclosed. In 2004, found some deleted after the name of the Clinton Library donors to list on a public computer to access the list of reporters in Little Rock. Clinton later his complete list of supporters of the public, his wife Hillary, the verge of being appointed Secretary of State of the United States President Barack Obama.
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