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- HE SERVED AS THE 46TH GOVERNOR OF TEXAS. George W. Bush attended Yale University and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in history in 1968. After graduating, he worked in the oil industry.
- HE MADE TEXAS THE LEADING PRODUCER OF WIND-POWERED ELECTRICITY IN U.S. As governor of Texas, Bush was successful in bringing forth new legislative measures to reform the criminal justice system and was instrumental in increasing funding for elementary and secondary education.
- HE SERVED AS 43RD PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. In June 1999, Bush announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination for president. He was already known at the national level after his successful stint as the Governor of Texas.
- HE STRENGTHENED NATIONAL SECURITY THROUGH THE PATRIOTIC ACT. On September 11, 2001, Al-Qaeda terrorists hijacked four airliners and flew two of them into the twin towers of the World Trade Center while another one crashed into Pentagon.
e. George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is an American politician and businessman who served as the 43rd president of the United States from 2001 to 2009. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as the 46th governor of Texas from 1995 to 2000.
- George Walker Bush, July 6, 1946 (age 77), New Haven, Connecticut, U.S.
- Barack Obama
- George Bush's Childhood and Education
- Family Ties
- Career Before The Presidency
- Becoming The President
- 2004 Election
- Events and Accomplishments of George Bush’s Presidency
- Career After The Presidency
Born on July 6, 1946 in New Haven, Connecticut, George W. Bush is the oldest son of George H. W. and Barbara Pierce Bush. He grew up in Texas from the age of two. He came from a familial political tradition as his grandfather, Prescott Bush, was a U.S. Senator, and his father was the forty-first president. Bush attended Phillips Academy in Massachu...
Bush has three brothers and one sister: Jeb, Neil, Marvin, and Dorothy respectively. On November 5, 1977, Bush married Laura Welch. Together they had twin daughters, Jenna and Barbara.
After graduating from Yale, Bush spent a little less than six years in the Texas Air National Guard. He left the military to go to Harvard Business School. After getting his MBA, he started working in the oil industry in Texas. He helped his father campaign for the presidency in 1988. Then in 1989, he purchased part of the Texas Rangers baseball te...
The 2000 election was highly contentious. Bush ran against Democratic President Bill Clinton's vice president, Al Gore. The popular vote was won by Gore-Lieberman who carried 543,816 votes. However, the electoral vote was won by Bush-Cheney by 5 votes. In the end, they carried 371 electoral votes, one more than is necessary to win the election. The...
George Bush ran for reelection against Senator John Kerry. The election centered on how each would deal with terrorism and the war in Iraq. In the end, Bush won a little over 50% of the popular vote and 286 out of 538 electoral votes.
Bush took office in March 2001 and by September 11, 2001, the whole world was focused on New York City and the Pentagon with the attacks by Al-Qaeda operatives that resulted in the deaths of over 2,900 people. This event changed Bush's presidency forever. Bush ordered the invasion of Afghanistan and the overthrow of the Taliban which had been harbo...
Since leaving the presidency George W. Bush withdrew from a time from public life, focusing on painting. He avoided partisan politics, making sure not to comment on President Barack Obama's decisions. He has written a memoir. He has also teamed up with President BIll Clinton to help victims of Haiti after the Haitian earthquake in 2010.
At the beginning of his Administration, George W. Bush focused on public education reform. His first major initiative, the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act of 2002, created reforms that raised standards and improved test scores in the public education system.
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One of his major domestic accomplishments in his first term was garnering congressional support for $1.35 trillion in tax cuts but only at the expense of making them temporary rather than permanent in the tax code.
The eldest child of George Bush, the 41st president of the U.S. (1989–93), George W. Bush attended Yale University and Harvard Business School. After a decade in the oil business, he served as managing general partner of the Texas Rangers professional baseball franchise.
The Accomplishments. Requiring Accountability. President Bush, working closely with Republicans and Democrats, achieved significant and historic education reform with the No Child Left Behind Act, which promotes student achievement, accountability, and greater choices for parents.
