Bush, George W |
Name: George Walker Bush
Born: July 6, 1946, New Haven, Connecticut
Profession: Businessman
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Excellent biography page on Bush by The Center for Torture Accountabililty. More Information:
George Walker Bush 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 41st U.S. President George H. W. Bush and Barbara Bush. After graduating from Yale University, 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 became 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 his 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 his second term, Bush received increasingly heated criticism. In 2005, the Bush administration was forced to deal with widespread criticism of its handling of Hurricane Katrina. In December 2007, the United States entered the second-longest post-World War II recession, and his administration took more direct control of the economy, enacting multiple economic stimulus packages. Note: Serving G. W. Bush with a Supoena for War Crimes "I dont care what the international lawyers say, we are going to kick some ass."1 1 According to Richard Clarke, said on Sept. 11, 2001, to Donald Rumsfeld. 2 Sept. 17, 2001 From Officials of Torture, website of Sandra Koponen.
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