George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) served as the 43rd President of the United States from 2001 to 2009.
He was the 46th Governor of Texas from 1995 to 2000 before being sworn in as President on January 20, 2001. Bush is the eldest son of the 41st U.S. President George H. W. Bush and Barbara Bush. After graduating from Yale University in 1968, and Harvard Business School in 1975, Bush worked in his family's oil businesses. He married Laura Welch in 1977 and unsuccessfully ran for the United States House of Representatives shortly thereafter. He later co-owned the Texas Rangers baseball team before defeating Ann Richards to become Governor of Texas in 1994. In a close and controversial election, Bush was elected President in 2000 as the Republican candidate, receiving a majority of the electoral votes, but losing the popular vote to then Vice President Al Gore.
Eight months into Bush's first term as president, the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks occurred, and Bush announced a global War on Terrorism, ordered an invasion of Afghanistan that same year and an invasion of Iraq in 2003. In addition to national security issues, Bush promoted policies on the economy, health care, education, and social security reform. He signed into law broad tax cuts, the No Child Left Behind Act and Medicare prescription drug benefits for seniors. His tenure saw a national debate on immigration and social security.
Bush successfully ran for re-election against Democratic Senator John Kerry in 2004, garnering 50.7% of the popular vote to his opponent's 48.3%. After his re-election, Bush received increasingly heated criticism from some sources. In 2005, the Bush Administration dealt with widespread criticism over its handling of Hurricane Katrina. In December 2007, the United States entered the longest post-World War II recession, and his administration took more direct control of the economy, enacting multiple economic stimulus packages. Though Bush was a popular president for much of his first term, his popularity declined sharply in his second term
After leaving office, Bush returned to Texas. He is currently a public speaker and is writing a book about his presidency.
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He was the 46th Governor of Texas from 1995 to 2000 before being sworn in as President on January 20, 2001. Bush is the eldest son of the 41st U.S. President George H. W. Bush and Barbara Bush. After graduating from Yale University in 1968, and Harvard Business School in 1975, Bush worked in his family's oil businesses. He married Laura Welch in 1977 and unsuccessfully ran for the United States House of Representatives shortly thereafter. He later co-owned the Texas Rangers baseball team before defeating Ann Richards to become Governor of Texas in 1994. In a close and controversial election, Bush was elected President in 2000 as the Republican candidate, receiving a majority of the electoral votes, but losing the popular vote to then Vice President Al Gore.
Eight months into Bush's first term as president, the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks occurred, and Bush announced a global War on Terrorism, ordered an invasion of Afghanistan that same year and an invasion of Iraq in 2003. In addition to national security issues, Bush promoted policies on the economy, health care, education, and social security reform. He signed into law broad tax cuts, the No Child Left Behind Act and Medicare prescription drug benefits for seniors. His tenure saw a national debate on immigration and social security.
Bush successfully ran for re-election against Democratic Senator John Kerry in 2004, garnering 50.7% of the popular vote to his opponent's 48.3%. After his re-election, Bush received increasingly heated criticism from some sources. In 2005, the Bush Administration dealt with widespread criticism over its handling of Hurricane Katrina. In December 2007, the United States entered the longest post-World War II recession, and his administration took more direct control of the economy, enacting multiple economic stimulus packages. Though Bush was a popular president for much of his first term, his popularity declined sharply in his second term
After leaving office, Bush returned to Texas. He is currently a public speaker and is writing a book about his presidency.
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Ayn Rand
Now put foundations under them.
Henry David Thoreau
If you can imagine it, you can achieve it; if you can dream it, you can become it.
William Arthur Ward
People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing - that's why we recommend it daily.
Zig Ziglar
Throughout the centuries there were men who took first steps, down new roads, armed with nothing but their own vision.
Ayn Rand
If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be.
Now put foundations under them.
Henry David Thoreau
If you can imagine it, you can achieve it; if you can dream it, you can become it.
William Arthur Ward
People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing - that's why we recommend it daily.
Zig Ziglar
Throughout the centuries there were men who took first steps, down new roads, armed with nothing but their own vision.
Ayn Rand
Now put foundations under them.
Henry David Thoreau
If you can imagine it, you can achieve it; if you can dream it, you can become it.
William Arthur Ward
People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing - that's why we recommend it daily.
Zig Ziglar
Throughout the centuries there were men who took first steps, down new roads, armed with nothing but their own vision.
Ayn Rand
If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be.
Now put foundations under them.
Henry David Thoreau
If you can imagine it, you can achieve it; if you can dream it, you can become it.
William Arthur Ward
People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing - that's why we recommend it daily.
Zig Ziglar
Throughout the centuries there were men who took first steps, down new roads, armed with nothing but their own vision.
Ayn Rand
Now put foundations under them.
Henry David Thoreau
If you can imagine it, you can achieve it; if you can dream it, you can become it.
William Arthur Ward
People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing - that's why we recommend it daily.
Zig Ziglar
Throughout the centuries there were men who took first steps, down new roads, armed with nothing but their own vision.
Ayn Rand
If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be.
Now put foundations under them.
Henry David Thoreau
If you can imagine it, you can achieve it; if you can dream it, you can become it.
William Arthur Ward
People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing - that's why we recommend it daily.
Zig Ziglar
Throughout the centuries there were men who took first steps, down new roads, armed with nothing but their own vision.
Ayn Rand
Now put foundations under them.
Henry David Thoreau
If you can imagine it, you can achieve it; if you can dream it, you can become it.
William Arthur Ward
People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing - that's why we recommend it daily.
Zig Ziglar
Throughout the centuries there were men who took first steps, down new roads, armed with nothing but their own vision.
Ayn Rand
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