The inscription under the portrait of George W. Bush changed at the request of American politics
December 19, at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington held a «premier» portraits yet of U.S. President George W. Bush and his wife, Laura. Bush wrote his university friend Robert Anderson (Robert Anderson), and Laura - Russian artist Alexander Titovets. Both paintings, as opposed to the museum recently acquired portrait of Barack Obama (Barack Obama) , implemented in the style of realism.
Recently, the State Senator from Vermont Bernie Sanders (Bernie Sanders) wrote the Director of the National Portrait Gallery of the letter, which stated his dissatisfaction signed a portrait of Bush. It says that Bush's presidency was overshadowed by the «terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001, which led to wars in Afghanistan and Iraq». Sanders made the call it «led»: in his words, the main reason for military conflict in the Middle East has become not only revenge for September 11, as rumors that the Iraqis are hiding weapons of mass destruction.
museum director Martin Sullivan (Martin Sullivan) has agreed with the arguments of Senator. Soon, an explanatory text will be changed, but unfortunate word «led» - Deleted.
Material prepared Yulia Maksimova
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