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U.S Presidents — George W. Bush

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U.S Presidents — George W. Bush

OVERVIEW
Name: George W. Bush
President: # 43
Term Number(s): 54, 55
Term Length: 8
Took Office: January 20, 2001
Left Office: January 20, 2009
Age when Elected: 55
Party: Republican
Also Known As: "Dubya, 43"

BIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION
George W. Bush
Education: Yale University (B.A.), Harvard Business School (M.B.A.)
Occupation: Businessman (oil, baseball)
Other Governmental Position: 46th Governor of Texas.
Military Service: First Lieutenant, Texas Air National Guard, Alabama Air National Guard
Religion: Episcopalian (before 1977), United Methodist (after 1977)
Spouse(s): Laura Welch Bush (November 5, 1977)
Children: Barbara Pierce Bush, Jenna Welch Hager
Birthdate: July 6, 1946
Birthplace: New Haven, Connecticut
Deathdate: Alive
Deathplace: N/A
Age at Death: Still living
Cause of Death: Still living
Place of Internment: N/A
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FIRST ELECTION
Election Year: 2000
Main Opponent: Al Gore
Voter Participation: 51.00%
 ElectoralPopularStates2000 Election
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Winner271 (50.50%)50,456,002 (47.90%)30
Main Opponent266 (49.44%)50,999,897 (48.40%)20+DC
total538105,405,10050+DC

SECOND ELECTION
Election Year: 2004
Main Opponent: John Kerry
Voter Participation: N/A
 ElectoralPopularStates2004 Election
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Winner286 (53.15%)62,040,610 (50.70%)31
Main Opponent251 (46.65%)59,028,444 (48.30%)19+DC
total538122,267,55350+DC

CABINET AND COURT APPOINTMENTS
Vice President: Richard "Dick" Cheney
Secretary of State: Colin Powell (2001–2005), Condoleezza Rice (2005–2009)
Secretary of the Treasury: Paul O'Neill (2001–2002), John Snow (2003–2006), Henry Paulson (2006–2009)
Secretary of Defense: Donald Rumsfeld (2001–2006), Robert Gates (2006–2009)
Secretary of the Interior: Gale Norton (2001–2006), Dirk Kempthorne (2006–2009)
Secretary of Agriculture: Ann Veneman (2001–2005), Mike Johanns (2005–2007), Ed Schafer (2008–2009)
Secretary of Commerce: Donald Evans (2001–2005), Carlos Gutierrez (2005–2009)
Secretary of Labor: Elaine Chao (2001–2009)
Secretary of Health & Human Services: Tommy Thompson (2001–2005), Mike Leavitt (2005–2009)
Secretary of Housing & Urban Development: Mel Martinez (2001–2003), Alphonso Jackson (2003–2008), Steve Preston (2008–2009)
Secretary of Transportation: Norman Mineta (2001–2006), Mary Peters (2006–2009)
Attorney General: John Ashcroft (2001–2005), Alberto Gonzales (2005–2007), Michael Mukasey (2007–2009)
Supreme Court Assignments: John Roberts (2005), Samuel Alito (2005)

PRESIDENT'S BIOGRAPHY
George W. Bush
George W. Bush was the 43rd president of the United States. He was sworn into office on January 20, 2001, re-elected on November 2, 2004, and sworn in for a second term on January 20, 2005. Before his presidency, he served for 6 years as governor of the state of Texas.

President Bush was born July 6, 1946, in New Haven, Connecticut, to Barbara and George H.W. Bush, who later became the 41st president of the United States. In 1948, the family moved to Midland, where George W. Bush grew up. 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, Bush assembled a group of partners that purchased the Texas Rangers baseball franchise in 1989.

On November 8, 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 reelected on November 3, 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.

After his election to the presidency in 2000, President Bush 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 aimed to raise standards in schools, to insist on accountability in return for federal dollars, and to lead 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.

George W. Bush
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; 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 11, 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. Bush built global coalitions to remove violent regimes in Afghanistan and Iraq through military invasion. These wars are part of the global War on Terrorism campaign, launched by the U.S., U.K., and other NATO nations.

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.

FIRST LADY'S BIOGRAPHY
Laura Welch Bush
Laura Welch Bush
During her eight years in the White House, Laura Bush was a champion of President Bush's ambitious agenda and a gracious representative of the American people. A former teacher and librarian, she has dedicated herself to advancing education and promoting the well-being of women and families worldwide.

Mrs. Bush was a key advocate of the president's historic education reform—the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act—and a staunch supporter of NCLB's Reading First program, which is the largest early reading initiative in American history. Early in the president's first term, she launched "Ready to Read, Ready to Learn," an education initiative that promoted best practices in early childhood education and raised awareness of innovative teacher training programs. Inspired by her success with the Texas Book Festival, Mrs. Bush founded the National Book Festival to introduce tens of thousands of Americans to their favorite authors each year.

In 2003, Mrs. Bush took her education agenda global, as honorary ambassador for the United Nations Literacy Decade. In this role, she has worked with the U.N. Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization to promote global literacy programs with measurable outcomes. She convened world leaders for annual summits that inspired successful practices, beginning with the first-ever White House Conference on Global Literacy in 2006. Mrs. Bush has visited schools and met with students in nations from Afghanistan to Zambia, with a particular focus on encouraging girls and women to pursue their education.

As the leader of President Bush's Helping America's Youth initiative, Mrs. Bush oversaw 10 federal agencies in a groundbreaking partnership that realized the vision of President Bush's management agenda. Through a national conference in Washington and six regional conferences, Helping America's Youth taught more than 1,000 community members new strategies to address the needs of at-risk youth.

Since the attacks of September 11, Mrs. Bush has been an outspoken supporter of the women of Afghanistan. In November 2001, she became the first First Lady to give the president's weekly radio address, speaking out against the Taliban's oppression of women and children. She has traveled to Afghanistan three times and served as honorary chair of the U.S.-Afghan Women's Council.

Mrs. Bush has been a leading advocate for the cause of human rights in Burma. She drew global attention to the ruling junta's oppression with a 2006 roundtable at the U.N. headquarters. After Cyclone Nargis devastated Burma in May 2008, Mrs. Bush held an unprecedented press conference in the White House Press Briefing Room and urged the regime to accept international aid. Mrs. Bush also traveled to the Thai-Burma border and met with refugees who fled the abuses of Burma's military regime.

Mrs. Bush has traveled to all 50 states and more than 75 countries. She has made five trips to Africa in support of President Bush's life-saving global health initiatives, including the President's Malaria Initiative (PMI) and the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). In visits to 10 of the 15 countries targeted by the PMI and 12 of the 15 PEPFAR countries in Africa, Asia, and the Americas, she witnessed first-hand the success of these historic commitments. In 2006, Mrs. Bush joined President Bush to co-host the first-ever White House Summit on Malaria, which helped raise awareness of malaria and support grassroots efforts to eradicate the disease.

Mrs. Bush has helped thousands of women take charge of their health by raising awareness of breast cancer and heart disease. As Ambassador for the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute's Heart Truth campaign, Mrs. Bush traveled the country to educate women about the symptoms of heart disease, which is the number one killer of American women. In addition, Mrs. Bush helped launch the U.S.-Middle East Partnership for Breast Cancer Awareness and Research and the Partnership for Breast Cancer Awareness and Research of the Americas, which unite the resources of researchers and advocates in the United States and around the world.

Mrs. Laura Bush was born on November 4, 1946, in Midland, Texas. She earned degrees in education and library science and worked for several years as an elementary school teacher and children's librarian before marrying George Walker Bush. They have twin daughters, Jenna and Barbara. The Bush family also includes two dogs, Barney and Miss Beazley. Prior to becoming first lady of the United States, Mrs. Bush served as the first lady of Texas.

MAJOR EVENTS
2000: Close election between Bush and Gore. Gore requests a vote recount in Florida to verify.
2001: September 11th World Trade Center and Pentagon Terrorist Attacks.
2001: War in Afghanistan begins in response to the September 11th Attacks.
2003: Iraq War (or the Second Persian Gulf War). U.S. leads a multinational invasion of Iraq due to security concerns related to Iraq's reported possession of weapons of mass destruction.
2005: Hurricane Katrina causes major damage to New Orleans and the southern coast of the United States. Thousands die and billions of dollars in damage.
2007–2009: Economic meltdown leads to severe recession.

TRIVIA
1. George W. Bush was the first son of a president to become president since John Quincy Adams, son of John Adams.
2. Bush was a pilot in the Texas Air National Guard from 1968 until 1973.
3. Bush was the first managing general partner of a Major League Baseball team (Texas Rangers) to become president.

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