Come the Bush administration, Swindle "was not invited to stay, " he recalls with a chuckle - perhaps because he favored Rep. Jack Kemp as Reagan's VP over George Bush.

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But there was a hint of a chuckle as he advised the chamber, en passant, that he was off the hook.

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Ask BillGatesBill Gates what advice he'd offer the next U.S. president to improve American competitiveness and innovation, and he gives a wry chuckle.

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