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GEORGE
W.
BUSH
2001-2009
George W. Bush, the 43rd President of the United States,
2001-2009
George W. Bush is 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.
Prior to his Presidency, President Bush served for 6 years as the 46th Governor of the State of Texas, where he earned a reputation for bipartisanship and as a compassionate conservative who shaped public policy based on the principles of limited government, personal responsibility, strong families, and local control.
President Bush was born on July 6, 1946, in New Haven, Connecticut, and grew up in Midland and Houston, Texas.
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 – later the 41st President of the
United States
. In 1948, the family moved to
Texas
, where President Bush grew up in
Midland
and
Houston
.
He
received
a
bachelor’s
degree
in
history
from
Yale University in 1968, and then served as an F-102 fighter
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
Harvard
Business
School
in
1975.
Following
graduation,
he
moved
back
to
Midland
Midland
and
began
a
career
in
the
energy
business.
After
working
on
his
father’s
successful
1988
Presidential
campaign,
President
Bush
assembled
the group of partners who
a group of partners that
purchased
the
Texas
Rangers
baseball
franchise
in
1989.
On November 8, 1994, President Bush was elected
On November 8, 1994, George W. Bush was elected the 46th
Governor
of
Texas.
He
became
the
first
Governor
in
Texas
Texas
history
to
be
elected
to
consecutive
4-year
terms
when
he
was
re-elected
on
November
3,
1998.
President Bush worked with the Congress to create an ownership society and build a future of security, prosperity, and opportunity for all Americans. He signed into law tax relief that helped workers keep more of their hard-earned money, as well as the most comprehensive education reforms in a generation, the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001. This legislation ushered in a new era of accountability, flexibility, local control, and more choices for parents, affirming our Nation’s fundamental belief in the promise of every child. President Bush also worked to improve healthcare and modernize Medicare, providing the first-ever prescription drug benefit for seniors; increase homeownership, especially among minorities; conserve our environment; and increase military strength, pay, and benefits. Because President Bush believed the strength of America lies in the hearts and souls of our citizens, he supported programs that encourage individuals to help their neighbors in need.
On the morning of September 11, 2001, terrorists attacked our Nation. President Bush took unprecedented steps to protect our homeland and create a world free from terror. He was grateful for the service and sacrifice of our brave men and women in uniform and their families. The President believed that by helping build free and prosperous societies, our Nation and our friends and allies can succeed in making America more secure and the world more peaceful.
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 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. 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 11, 2001, the
United States
was not attacked again.
President
Bush
is
married
to
Laura
Welch
Bush,
a
former
teacher
and
librarian, and they have twin daughters, Barbara and Jenna.
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, and a cat, Willie.
Beazley.
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