Melania Trump to attend Bush’s funeral

HOUSTON (AP) – The White House says Melania Trump will attend the funeral for former first lady Barbara Bush.

Stephanie Grisham, a spokeswoman for the current first lady, says Mrs. Trump will pay her respects to the entire Bush family at the ceremony Saturday in Houston.

In a statement following Bush’s death Tuesday, Melania Trump praised her 92-year-old predecessor for putting her “family and country above all else.”

Trump says Bush was a woman of strength who will always be remembered for her roles as wife, mother and first lady.

The White House says U.S. flags at the president’s home and private golf club in Florida have been lowered to half-staff in honor of the former first lady.

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