Bush leaves White House for last time

As he left the White House for the last time, President George W. Bush blew a kiss out the window of his presidential limousine, a goodbye gesture at the closing of a two-term administration that confronted the biggest terrorist attack on U.S. soil, war and recession.

Bush and his successor, President-elect Barack Obama, briefly stood inside the White House chatting before walking out of the North Portico and across a red carpet to a waiting presidential limousine that took them to the Capitol.

The unpopular incumbent and Obama, who is facing daunting domestic and international challenges, pulled out onto Pennsylvania Avenue and drove through huge throngs …