Card was suddenly alone with George H. W. Bush. “And the president was left with a great burden. He went behind his desk, sat down in the chair, and I was folding up the easel when I watched the president fold his hands. I honestly believe that he was praying. And he looked right at me, but the truth is he was looking through me. And he said, ‘I’m making a decision that will cost young men their lives.’ And he got up from the chair and he walked out the door to the Rose Garden. I folded up the easel, walked out of the Oval Office, and I was shaking.”
