All five living former presidents to attend hurricane relief concert

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All five living former presidents to attend hurricane relief concert
By John Bowden - 10/04/17 05:17 PM EDT



All five living former U.S. presidents are slated to reunite in Texas later this month for a hurricane relief concert featuring major country music stars.

The George H.W. Bush Presidential Library Foundation announced that the five former leaders will appear at the concert Oct. 21 in an effort to raise money for victims of several major hurricanes that have struck Texas and other areas of the U.S. in recent weeks.

The gathering at Texas A&M will include former Presidents Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, George H.W. Bush and Jimmy Carter.

The concert will be emceed by country music star Lee Greenwood and will feature performances from top artists such as The Gatlin Brothers, Lyle Lovett, Cassadee Pope and others.

In a statement, the elder Bush told storm victims around the country that the five former leaders were with them "for the long haul."

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The five former leaders launched the "One America Appeal" last month in the wake of Hurricane Harvey, which made landfall in Texas in late August.

“Hurricane Harvey brought terrible destruction — but it also brought out the best in humanity,” Clinton said in a video announcing the effort.

“As former presidents, we wanted to help our fellow Americans begin to recover,” Obama added.

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1. Why not get Goldman Sachs and The Koch industries as well as Bill Gates to throw a bone?