George HW Bush honoured Kennedy Award

Boston (US): United State’s Ex-President George HW Bush has been honoured with a Kennedy ‘courage’ award for agreeing during his presidential term to raise taxes to confront a spiraling budget deficit.
The John F Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum in Boston honoured Bush on Saturday with a 2014 John F Kennedy Profile in Courage Award.
Conservatives denounced Bush for raising taxes, breaking a key promise in his 1988 White House campaign. He lost his 1992 re-election bid to Bill Clinton.

The award is named for Kennedy’s 1957 book, ‘Profiles in Courage,’ which tells the stories of eight US senators who took unpopular stands.