Kammala wannan jumla: Gration ya zabi George W. Bush a shekara ta 2000. A shekara ta 2006, ya yi tafiya zuwa Afirka a kan kasashe biyar, kwanaki goma sha biyar, yawon shakatawa, tare da Sanata Barack Obama a matsayin "masanin Afirka". Daga baya ya goyi bayan Obama
yakin neman zaben shugaban kasa, yana mai cewa Obama yana da "hukunci, hikima, karfin hali, gogewa, da kuma karfin jagoranci da muke matukar bukata".