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Born on July 6th, 1946, George W.
Bush was the 43rd President of the
United States of America and
served from January 20th, 2001 to
January 20th, 2009. George W.
Bush is the sone of the United
States 41st President, George H. W.
Bush and was the 16th Governor of
Texas.
In 1948, the family moved to,
where President Bush grew up in
Midland. He received a bachelor’s
degree in history from Yale
University in 1968 and then served
as a pilot in the Texas Air National
Guard. President Bush received a
Bush was the 43rd President of the
United States of America and
served from January 20th, 2001 to
January 20th, 2009. George W.
Bush is the sone of the United
States 41st President, George H. W.
Bush and was the 16th Governor of
Texas.
In 1948, the family moved to,
where President Bush grew up in
Midland. He received a bachelor’s
degree in history from Yale
University in 1968 and then served
as a pilot in the Texas Air National
Guard. President Bush received a
Master of Business Administration from;Harvard Business School in 1975. Following
graduation, he moved back to Midland and began a career in the energy business. After
working on his father’s successful 1988 Presidential campaign, President Bush assembled a
group of partners that purchased the Texas Rangers baseball franchise in 1989.
On November 8th, 1994, George W. Bush was elected the 46th Governor of Texas. He became
the first Governor in Texas history to be elected to consecutive 4-year terms when he was re-
elected on November 3rd, 1998. In Austin, he earned a reputation for his bipartisan governing
approach and his compassionate conservative philosophy, which was based on limited
government, personal responsibility, strong families, and local control.
Since his election to the Presidency in 2000, President Bush has worked to extend freedom,
opportunity, and security at home and abroad. His first initiative as President was the No
Child Left Behind Act, a bipartisan measure that raised standards in schools, insisted on
accountability in return for federal dollars, and led to measurable gains in achievement -
especially among minority students. Faced with a recession when he took office, President
Bush cut taxes for every federal income taxpayer, which helped set off an unprecedented 52
straight months of job creation. And President Bush modernized Medicare by adding a
prescription drug benefit, a reform that provided access to needed medicine for 40 million
seniors and other beneficiaries.
President Bush also implemented free trade agreements with more than a dozen nations;
empowered America’s armies of compassion by creating a new Faith-based and Community
Initiative; promoted a culture of life; improved air quality and made America’s energy supply
more secure; set aside more ocean resources for environmental protection than any
predecessor; transformed the military and nearly doubled government support for veterans;
pioneered a new model of partnership in development that tied American foreign aid to reform
and good governance; launched a global HIV/AIDS initiative that has spared millions of lives;
expanded the NATO alliance; forged a historic new partnership with India; and appointed
Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Samuel Alito to the U.S. Supreme Court.
The most significant event of President Bush’s tenure came on September 11th, 2001, when
terrorists killed nearly 3,000 people on American soil. President Bush responded with a
comprehensive strategy to protect the American people. He led the most dramatic
reorganization of the federal government since the beginning of the Cold War, reforming the
intelligence community and establishing new institutions like the Department of Homeland
Security. He built global coalitions to remove violent regimes in Afghanistan and Iraq that
threatened America; liberating more than 50 million people from tyranny. He recognized that
freedom and hope are the best alternative to the extremist ideology of the terrorists, so he
provided unprecedented American support for young democracies and dissidents in the Middle
East and beyond. In the more than seven years after September 11th, 2001, the United
States was not attacked again.
President Bush is married to Laura Welch Bush, a former teacher and librarian whom he met
at a friend’s backyard barbeque. The President and Mrs. Bush have twin daughters, Barbara
and Jenna, and a son-in-law, Henry Hager. The Bush family also includes two dogs, Barney
and Miss Beazley.
graduation, he moved back to Midland and began a career in the energy business. After
working on his father’s successful 1988 Presidential campaign, President Bush assembled a
group of partners that purchased the Texas Rangers baseball franchise in 1989.
On November 8th, 1994, George W. Bush was elected the 46th Governor of Texas. He became
the first Governor in Texas history to be elected to consecutive 4-year terms when he was re-
elected on November 3rd, 1998. In Austin, he earned a reputation for his bipartisan governing
approach and his compassionate conservative philosophy, which was based on limited
government, personal responsibility, strong families, and local control.
Since his election to the Presidency in 2000, President Bush has worked to extend freedom,
opportunity, and security at home and abroad. His first initiative as President was the No
Child Left Behind Act, a bipartisan measure that raised standards in schools, insisted on
accountability in return for federal dollars, and led to measurable gains in achievement -
especially among minority students. Faced with a recession when he took office, President
Bush cut taxes for every federal income taxpayer, which helped set off an unprecedented 52
straight months of job creation. And President Bush modernized Medicare by adding a
prescription drug benefit, a reform that provided access to needed medicine for 40 million
seniors and other beneficiaries.
President Bush also implemented free trade agreements with more than a dozen nations;
empowered America’s armies of compassion by creating a new Faith-based and Community
Initiative; promoted a culture of life; improved air quality and made America’s energy supply
more secure; set aside more ocean resources for environmental protection than any
predecessor; transformed the military and nearly doubled government support for veterans;
pioneered a new model of partnership in development that tied American foreign aid to reform
and good governance; launched a global HIV/AIDS initiative that has spared millions of lives;
expanded the NATO alliance; forged a historic new partnership with India; and appointed
Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Samuel Alito to the U.S. Supreme Court.
The most significant event of President Bush’s tenure came on September 11th, 2001, when
terrorists killed nearly 3,000 people on American soil. President Bush responded with a
comprehensive strategy to protect the American people. He led the most dramatic
reorganization of the federal government since the beginning of the Cold War, reforming the
intelligence community and establishing new institutions like the Department of Homeland
Security. He built global coalitions to remove violent regimes in Afghanistan and Iraq that
threatened America; liberating more than 50 million people from tyranny. He recognized that
freedom and hope are the best alternative to the extremist ideology of the terrorists, so he
provided unprecedented American support for young democracies and dissidents in the Middle
East and beyond. In the more than seven years after September 11th, 2001, the United
States was not attacked again.
President Bush is married to Laura Welch Bush, a former teacher and librarian whom he met
at a friend’s backyard barbeque. The President and Mrs. Bush have twin daughters, Barbara
and Jenna, and a son-in-law, Henry Hager. The Bush family also includes two dogs, Barney
and Miss Beazley.