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former United States President George W. Bush
George Walker Bush
Web site: www.georgewbush.com.
Age: 56 (born July 6, 1946).
Highest grade completed: Business school.
Political experience: Governor, Texas (1995-2001); president, United States (2001-present).
Asserted achievements: Imposed accountability on schools; delivered two major tax cuts; won wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Previous jobs: Owner, oil and gas business (1978-1989); managing partner, Texas Rangers baseball team (1989-1994).
Spouse: Laura Welch Bush.
Children: Two college-aged daughters.
Previous marriages: None.
Military history: Texas Air National Guard, 1969-1973.
Medical history: None reported.
Parents' jobs: Father was president of the United States. Mother was first lady and author.
Net worth: $9,634,088-$26,593,000.
Religion: Methodist.
Campaign song: "Hail to the Chief" (Various).
George Walker Bush
Web site: www.georgewbush.com.
Age: 56 (born July 6, 1946).
Highest grade completed: Business school.
Political experience: Governor, Texas (1995-2001); president, United States (2001-present).
Asserted achievements: Imposed accountability on schools; delivered two major tax cuts; won wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Previous jobs: Owner, oil and gas business (1978-1989); managing partner, Texas Rangers baseball team (1989-1994).
Spouse: Laura Welch Bush.
Children: Two college-aged daughters.
Previous marriages: None.
Military history: Texas Air National Guard, 1969-1973.
Medical history: None reported.
Parents' jobs: Father was president of the United States. Mother was first lady and author.
Net worth: $9,634,088-$26,593,000.
Religion: Methodist.
Campaign song: " Hail to the Chief" (Various).
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PEOPLE.com
April 24, 2018
On Tuesday morning, hours after news broke that former President George H.W. Bush had been hospitalized in intensive care following his wife Barbara's funeral, Twitter user @stringbeans15 shared the poignant 2016 photo, which shows former President Obama grasping George W. Bush's hand at a ...
CNN
April 18, 2018
In his first interview since the death of his mother, Barbara Bush, George W. Bush told Fox Business Network about a joke she made to the doctor on his last visit before she died. Source: CNN. CNN Original Series on CNNgo. Watch Full episode on. Anthony Bourdain Parts Unknown. HFR SEPTEMBER 13 ...
TIME
April 17, 2018
Barbara Bush, the wife of President George H.W. Bush and mother to President George W. Bush, died at the age of 92 on Tuesday. The beloved Bush family matriarch was remembered by her husband, children and grandchildren following her death. George H.W. Bush was “broken-hearted” to lose his wife ...
Express.co.uk
April 13, 2018
World War 3: 'We are coming after you' George W Bush aide warns Syria as tensions SOAR. THE former speechwriter for US President George W. Bush has called on Donald Trump to send a stern warning to Assad with a strategic airstrike that would also work as a deterrent aimed at North Korean dictator ...
KY3
April 13, 2018
George W. Bush's 'Portraits of Courage' on display at Wonders of Wildlife. Posted: Fri 4:45 PM, Apr 13, 2018. SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- A gallery honoring veterans, painted by a former President George W. Bush is now open to the public in Springfield. 'Portraits of Courage' is a traveling exhibit created in recognition of ...
TIME
April 13, 2018
President Donald Trump on Friday pardoned former Vice President Dick Cheney's onetime Chief of Staff Lewis “Scooter” Libby, who was convicted in 2007 of perjury and obstruction of justice in the investigation of the 2003 leak of CIA operative Valerie Plame's identity. President George W. Bush had ...
TIME
April 13, 2018
Editor's note: The following is an excerpt from the Aug. 3, 2009 TIME cover story “The Final Days of Bush and Cheney.” On Friday, President Donald Trump granted a full pardon for I. Lewis (Scooter) Libby, saying “for years I have heard that he has been treated unfairly.” Hours before they were to leave ...
wpgtalkradio.com
April 12, 2018
If you blinked, you missed it -- and, chances are, you didn't even know about it, but President George W. Bush was in Atlantic City Thursday morning. No, he wasn't in town to gamble or to check out the new Observation Wheel at Steel Pier. President Bush paid a very quick visit to Borgata to make a speech ...
Fort Worth Star Telegram
April 12, 2018
"The George W. Bush Presidential Center has made an impressionable impact on the Dallas community during the last five years," said Mark Flagg, president of the Northern Trust Dallas Region that is helping cover the cost of this celebration. "Northern Trust is proud of our affiliation with this living ...
Business Insider
April 11, 2018
Some former staffers from President George W. Bush's administration are trying to build up a new political party. The group behind the effort is referring to itself as the Serve America Movement, or SAM. On Wednesday, SAM ran a full-page ad in The New York Times announcing its intentions to build a political party.
CNN
April 3, 2018
President George W. Bush and President Barack Obama both did it, in two operations that cost a total of more than $1.3 billion. Critics called those deployments costly and inefficient. Supporters said they helped US Customs and Border Protection fill in gaps and step up enforcement. Read More. Here's a ...
Chron.com
March 29, 2018
A prominent Houston pastor and spiritual adviser to President George W. Bush has been indicted on federal charges that he sold millions of dollars in worthless Chinese bonds to elderly and vulnerable investors, according to federal authorities. Kirbyjon H. Caldwell, 64, and Shreveport financial planner ...
Business Insider
March 27, 2018
A video of former President George W. Bush dancing at his nephew's wedding has gone viral on Tuesday. Bush broke out the dance moves this weekend at his nephew Pierce Bush's wedding to Sarahbeth Melton. The 32-year-old Bush is Neil Bush's son and former President George H.W. Bush's grandson ...
Philly.com
March 27, 2018
How else can we explain the near-total rehabilitation of George W. Bush himself, who left the White House in January 2009 — less than a decade ago — with a below-Nixonian approval rating of 22 percent, thanks to an electorate that was still livid over both the boondoggle in Iraq and the anything-goes ...
PEOPLE.com
March 27, 2018
George W. Bush proved he can still boogie with the best of them when he hit the dance floor at his nephew Pierce Bush's wedding over the weekend. The former president, 71, was on hand to celebrate Pierce's nuptials to Sarahbeth Meltonn at the Garden of the Gods park in Colorado Springs, Colorado, on ...
TMZ
March 26, 2018
George W. Bush doesn't spin himself right round when he's getting down on the dance floor, but the ex-President's definitely got moves ... just ask his nephew's new bride. Dubya attended Pierce Bush and Sarahbeth Melton's wedding this weekend in Colorado Springs, where 43 was seen dancing up a ...
Dallas Observer
March 16, 2018
Every Saturday from Saturday to June 2, flower fans can enjoy a docent-guided Bluebonnet Tour at the George W. Bush Presidential Center. The tours, which start at 10 and 11 a.m., wind through a network of walking trails on the grounds, but bluebonnets won't be the only botanical beauty visitors will ...
New Republic
March 16, 2018
John Bolton, the hawk who was George W. Bush's ambassador to the United Nations, is rumored to be McMaster's replacement. In major respects, Trump's presidency is following outlines chalked out by Bush, the cowboy-in-chief whose populist appeal was enhanced by his belligerent foreign policy.
The Conversation US
March 8, 2018
In early 2002, then-President George W. Bush imposed steel tariffs of up to 30 percent on imports of steel in an effort to shore up domestic producers against low-cost imports. These tariffs were controversial both at home and abroad because, even as they helped steelmakers, they squeezed steel users, ...
Salt Lake Tribune
March 7, 2018
Former President George W. Bush apparently jokes that Donald Trump makes him “look pretty good” by comparison. Building contractors in Utah worry that Trump's proposed tariffs on steel and aluminum would slow growth. Gov. Gary Herbert is less than enthusiastic about naming a Utah highway after ...
HuffPost
March 5, 2018
Former President George W. Bush is reportedly pleased by at least one element of the Donald Trump presidency: It's making him look better. While Bush doesn't often address Trump or his policies directly, he does have a zinger he likes to deliver when the issue comes up. Tom DeFrank, a contributing ...
WFAA
March 2, 2018
Man's dream comes true meeting President George W. Bush in 'Dubya' shirt, sign. "Secret Service was definitely not fond of me," he laughed. ... His tank top bearing the face of President George W. Bush on the front and back quickly tells you that. "I love his overall attitude and love of country. I don't know, ...
The Hill
February 27, 2018
In the wake of the death of Rev. Billy Graham at age 99 last week, Fox News anchor Eboni K. Williams asked me which presidents Graham had most influenced. That's a hard question to gauge because he'd met with all of the presidents since Harry Truman at least once. Graham was born within seven ...
Charlotte Observer
February 26, 2018
Former President George W. Bush left with a simple message Monday after honoring a man he credits with changing his life. “God bless Billy Graham,” Bush told reporters. Accompanied by Franklin Graham, Bush and his wife, Laura, viewed the casket inside Billy Graham's childhood home near the library ...
WSOC Charlotte
February 23, 2018
CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Former President George W. Bush and his wife, Laura Bush, came to Charlotte on Monday to pay their respects to Rev. Billy Graham. A spokesperson for the Bush family said the two would not be able to make Graham's funeral on Friday because they were unable to break a ...
The Hill
February 15, 2018
“Our democracy is only as good as people trust the results,” former President George W. Bush declared in a presumably well-paid speech last week in the United Arab Emirates, a notorious Arab dictatorship. Bush is being exalted as if he is the second coming of George Washington thanks to his implied ...
PBS NewsHour
December 31, 1999
Former President George W. Bush said Thursday that his mother remained feisty and high-spirited the last time he saw her in person, a week before the former first lady passed away. Barbara Bush died Wednesday at age 92. In an interview for the PBS show In Principle, Bush told Amy Holmes and Michael ...
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