George W. Bush
US President
1946 –
Who is George W. Bush?
George Walker Bush is an American politician and businessman who was the 43rd President of the United States of America from 2001 to 2009 and the 46th Governor of Texas from 1995 to 2000. The eldest son of Barbara and George H. W. Bush, he was born in New Haven, Connecticut. After graduating from Yale University in 1968 and Harvard Business School in 1975, Bush worked in oil businesses. He married Laura Welch in 1977 and ran unsuccessfully for the House of Representatives shortly thereafter. He later co-owned the Texas Rangers baseball team before defeating Ann Richards in the 1994 Texas gubernatorial election. Bush was elected president in 2000 after a close and controversial election, becoming the fourth president to be elected while receiving fewer popular votes nationwide than his opponent. Bush is the second president to have been the son of a former president, the first being John Quincy Adams. He is also the brother of Jeb Bush, former Governor of Florida.
Eight months into Bush's first term as president, the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks occurred. In response, Bush announced the War on Terror, an international military campaign which included the war in Afghanistan launched in 2001 and the war in Iraq launched in 2003. In addition to national security issues, Bush also promoted policies on the economy, health care, education, social security reform, and amending the Constitution to disallow same-sex marriage. He signed into law broad tax cuts, the PATRIOT Act, the No Child Left Behind Act, the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act, Medicare prescription drug benefits for seniors, and funding for the AIDS relief program known as PEPFAR. His tenure saw national debates on immigration, Social Security, electronic surveillance, and enhanced interrogation techniques. He announced the U.S. would not implement the Kyoto Protocol on global warming, which had been signed by the previous administration but never ratified by the Senate.
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- Iraq had WMDs in 2003
- America has never been united by blood or birth or soil. We are bound by ideals that move us beyond our backgrounds, lift us above our interests and teach us what it means to be citizens.
- So it is the policy of the United States to seek and support the growth of democratic movements and institutions in every nation and culture, with the ultimate goal of ending tyranny in our world
- Americans are generous and strong and decent, not because we believe in ourselves, but because we hold beliefs beyond ourselves.
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- Born
- Jul 6, 1946
New Haven - Also known as
- Dubya
- Bush Jr.
- Tumbler
- President George W. Bush
- Bush, George W.
- Pres. George W. Bush
- G.W. Bush
- President George Bush
- Former President George W. Bush
- President Bush
- Parents
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Laura Bush
(1977/11/05 - )
- Laura Bush
- Children
- Religion
- United Methodist Church
- Episcopal Church
- Ethnicity
- Scotch-Irish American
- Caucasian race
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- The Kinkaid School
- Phillips Academy
- Bachelor of Arts, Yale University
History
( - 1968) - MBA, Harvard Business School
Business Administration
( - 1975)
- Employment
- Chief Executive Officer, Spectrum 7
(1984 - 1986) - Managing Partner, Texas Rangers
(1989/04 - )
- Chief Executive Officer, Spectrum 7
- Lived in
- Washington, D.C.
- Midland
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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