Bush : no regrets about backing the federal bailout.

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http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2010/11/14/president-bush-on-state-of-the-union/

Former President George W. Bush said Sunday he has no regrets about backing the federal bailout.

"I believe that those decisions ... did prevent the economy from heading into a depression," he told CNN's Candy Crowley.

He also said that "not reforming Social Security was a huge disappointment."

The former president defended his administration's handling of the war in Afghanistan, telling CNN that some of the NATO allies who contributed troops to the conflict "turned out not to be willing to fight."