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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 H. W. Bush
Bush, along with former presidents Barack Obama, George W....
- Barack Obama
Barack Hussein Obama II (/ b ə ˈ r ɑː k h uː ˈ s eɪ n oʊ ˈ b...
- George W. Bush Military Service Controversy
Timeline. George W. Bush joined the 147th...
- Presidency
George W. Bush's tenure as the 43rd president of the United...
- George H. W. Bush
- Early Life
- Governor of Texas, 1995–2000
- 2000 Presidential Election
- Presidency
- Post-Presidency
Bush was born at Yale-New Haven Hospital in New Haven, Connecticut. Bush grew up in Midland, Texas. He went to a high school called Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts, and graduated in 1964. He went to school at Yale University from 1964 until he graduated in 1968, with a bachelor's degree in history. He joined the Texas Air National Guard ...
Bush announced he was running for governor in the 1994 Texas gubernatorial election. His campaign focused on four themes: changing welfare, changing torts, crime reduction, and making education better. He easily won the Republican primary. His opponent was popular Democratic incumbent Governor Ann Richards. During the campaign, he said that if he w...
Bush ran against then-Vice President Al Gore in the 2000 United States presidential election. More than 100 million people voted on November 7, 2000. But the election was very close. When they began counting the votes, it became clear that whoever got the most votes in the state of Florida would win the election. But there were many issues with the...
First term, 2001–05
While he was president, George W. Bush signed the No Child Left Behind Act into law.It was an education reform bill. Bush was the second President of the United States to deliver a speech in both Spanish and in English. He added Part D to Medicare, which gives older people free medicineif they can not afford it. He also signed very large tax cuts (many of them were for the middle and lower class) during his presidency. Bush did not approve of abortion. In 2004, he signed the Unborn Victims Of...
2004 presidential election
In the 2004 presidential election, Bush won again with a majority of votes. His opponent was Massachusetts Senator John Kerry, a Democrat.
Second term, 2005–09
In 2005, Hurricane Katrina (the most destructive hurricane in American history) happened.It caused over 1800 deaths and caused billions of dollars of destruction. George W. Bush signed several acts into law which would help Hurricane Katrina victims. In the Iraq War, no weapons of mass destruction were found, and the Bush Administration was criticized for being wrong about Iraq having weapons of mass destruction. Bush added more American troops to Iraq (which was called "the surge") to speed...
After his presidency, Bush stayed away from the spotlight and did not want much attention. He said that he was not going to criticize President Obama. He began to build his presidential library in 2010.It was open to the public in 2013. After over a year and a half of saying little in public, in November 2010, Bush appeared on several television in...
- Bob Bullock, Rick Perry
- Barack Obama
4 days ago · George W. Bush, 43rd president of the United States (2001–09), who led his country’s response to the September 11 terrorist attacks in 2001 and initiated the Iraq War in 2003. He won the presidency in 2000 over Vice President Al Gore in one of the closest and most-controversial elections in American history.
- George W. Bush: Education, Family and Early Political Career. Bush, the oldest of six children of George H.W. Bush (1924-2018) and Barbara Bush (1925-2018), was born on July 6, 1946, in New Haven Connecticut, when his father, a former World War II naval aviator, was a student at Yale University.
- George W. Bush: 2000 Presidential Election. How the U.S. Supreme Court Decided the Presidential Election of 2000. In the 2000 election, Bush and running mate Dick Cheney (1941-), a former congressman and U.S. defense secretary under George H.W.
- George W. Bush: First Presidential Term: 2001-2005. Bush’s first term in the White House was dominated by the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks against America, in which nearly 3,000 people were killed, and their aftermath.
- George W. Bush: Second Presidential Term: 2005-2009. Bush enjoyed strong public approval ratings throughout much of his first term; however, during his second term his popularity plummeted.
George W. Bush, (born July 6, 1946, New Haven, Conn., U.S.), Governor of Texas (1995–2000) and 43rd president of the U.S. (2001–09). 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.
George W. Bush, a Republican from Texas, was elected President of the United States on December 12, 2000 (following the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Bush v. Gore) and was inaugurated as the nation's 43rd president on January 20, 2001.
