<p class="title">George H W Bush enjoyed a relaxing birthday today as he became the first former US president to turn 94.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The nation's 41st president was receiving calls and taking it easy at his seaside home eight days after being released from a hospital where he was treated for low blood pressure, said Chief of Staff Jean Becker.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Bush's office shared a letter from the president in which he said, "My heart is full on the first day of my 95th year."</p>.<p class="bodytext">"As many of you know, for years I have said the three most important things in life are faith, family and friends. My faith has never been stronger," the former president wrote in the letter.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Several of his children were in town, including former President George W. Bush, who posted a smiling photo of the two of them on Instagram.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I'm a lucky man to be named for George Bush and to be with '41' on his 94th birthday," wrote Bush, the nation's 43rd president.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Another son, Neil Bush, called on people in a newspaper opinion piece to volunteer and "to become a point of light." As president, Bush encouraged others to be "points of light," reflecting his belief that people need to help out in their communities.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Bush became the oldest US president months ago and is the first to celebrate the 94th birthday, said spokesman Jim McGrath.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Former Democratic President Jimmy Carter isn't far behind, at age 93, and he'll celebrate his 94th on Oct. 1. Two other former US presidents made it to 93: deceased Republicans Ronald Reagan and Gerald Ford.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Central Intelligence Agency marked Bush's birthday by releasing declassified material related to his tenure as the agency's director from January 1976 to January 1977.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The items include a video about his path to becoming CIA director and another about his farewell visit to the agency employees in January 1993, the final month of his presidency.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Related to that visit is a copy of a schedule for a briefing over lunch to discuss Iraq, Bosnia, Somalia, counter-intelligence, counter-narcotics and "CIS Ops," an apparent reference to former Soviet states.</p>.<p class="bodytext">After dessert, the briefs included presentations on Russia, North Korea and "Clansig Operations," an agency acronym for clandestine signals intelligence.</p>
<p class="title">George H W Bush enjoyed a relaxing birthday today as he became the first former US president to turn 94.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The nation's 41st president was receiving calls and taking it easy at his seaside home eight days after being released from a hospital where he was treated for low blood pressure, said Chief of Staff Jean Becker.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Bush's office shared a letter from the president in which he said, "My heart is full on the first day of my 95th year."</p>.<p class="bodytext">"As many of you know, for years I have said the three most important things in life are faith, family and friends. My faith has never been stronger," the former president wrote in the letter.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Several of his children were in town, including former President George W. Bush, who posted a smiling photo of the two of them on Instagram.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I'm a lucky man to be named for George Bush and to be with '41' on his 94th birthday," wrote Bush, the nation's 43rd president.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Another son, Neil Bush, called on people in a newspaper opinion piece to volunteer and "to become a point of light." As president, Bush encouraged others to be "points of light," reflecting his belief that people need to help out in their communities.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Bush became the oldest US president months ago and is the first to celebrate the 94th birthday, said spokesman Jim McGrath.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Former Democratic President Jimmy Carter isn't far behind, at age 93, and he'll celebrate his 94th on Oct. 1. Two other former US presidents made it to 93: deceased Republicans Ronald Reagan and Gerald Ford.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Central Intelligence Agency marked Bush's birthday by releasing declassified material related to his tenure as the agency's director from January 1976 to January 1977.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The items include a video about his path to becoming CIA director and another about his farewell visit to the agency employees in January 1993, the final month of his presidency.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Related to that visit is a copy of a schedule for a briefing over lunch to discuss Iraq, Bosnia, Somalia, counter-intelligence, counter-narcotics and "CIS Ops," an apparent reference to former Soviet states.</p>.<p class="bodytext">After dessert, the briefs included presentations on Russia, North Korea and "Clansig Operations," an agency acronym for clandestine signals intelligence.</p>