George W. bush is an American businessman and politician who became known as the 43rd president of the U.S, occupying the position from 2001 to 2009. His government was marked by the attacks of September 11, 2001, which killed nearly three thousand people, and for its war on terror promoted in the Middle East.
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Summary on George W. bush
George Bush was born in 1946 in New Halen, Connecticut.
In the late 1970s, he started his career in the oil industry.
He helped his father get elected president in the 1988 election.
He was governor of Texas from 1995 to 2000.
He was elected president in one of the fiercest elections in American history.
Birth of George Bush
George Walker Bush was born in New Haven, Connecticut, on July 6, 1946. his father was called George Hernert Walker Bush and his mother, BarbarianPierce. Bush's family had ties to American politics, and his paternal grandfather, for example, had been a senator for the state of Connecticut.
Bush's family complemented each other like his brothers, John, Neil, Marvin and Dorothy. Bush's childhood was in Texas, and in that state he lived in the cities of Midland and Houston. The change of state took place because his father decided to invest in the oil sector. During his childhood, he attended some schools in Texas, and then went to study in Massachusetts.
Bush also enrolled in Yale, one of the best universities in the United States. Graduation extended from 1964 to 1968, ending with graduation. Upon completion of the course, Bush received the Bachelor of Arts (academic title) in History. He tried to apply to study law in Texas but was not accepted.
George Bush's Professional Career
In 1968, Bush embarked on a career as a military man, serving in the Air National Guard. His tenure in this air force was from 1968 to 1974, and during that period he piloted jet planes. In 1974, he was discharged from his military career, and was never engaged in war during that period.
After being discharged from the army, he began his private professional career. attended a MBA at Harvard Business School, and then decided to follow in his father's footsteps by starting an oil business. Bush founded, in 1977, the Energy bush, the company that would be responsible for oil exploration in Texas.
Before his company started its activities, he tried to enter politics and applied for the representative of the House of Representatives, however, he did not get elected. Arbusto Energy then started its activities in 1978. In the 1980s, his company was renamed Bush Exploration, and in 1986, it was sold toHarkenEnergy, with Bush on its board of directors.
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Bush enters politics
In 1988, Bush decided to move to Washington to get involved in that year's election campaign. His father, George H. W. Bush, had been the country's vice president during the term of Reagan and decided that he would run for the presidency of the United States. bush was one of those responsible for managing his father's political campaign.
Bush's father won the 1988 election campaign, assuming the presidency in 1989 and holding office for the four-year term. In 1992, George H. W. Bush tried to get himself re-elected president of the country and, again, Bush helped with the election campaign. However, the result was negative, and Bush's father was defeated by Bill Clinton.
In the 1990s, Bush tried again to win a post in American politics and threw himself into the race for the government of Texas. In 1994, he ran for election against Ann Richards and won about 53 percent of the vote. He took over the Texas government in 1995, and in 1998, he was re-elected to the position.
The Bush family's presence in American politics was expanded because his brother John, better known as Jeb Bush, was elected governor of Florida. In 2000, Bush took his great flight in American politics. He had gained prestige during his administration in Texas and decided he would run for president that year.
In the 2000 presidential election, Bush's main opponent was the Democrat al gore. That election was marked as one of the most contested in American history, and Bush defeated his opponent by just five Electoral College votes. Ofinal result was 271 to 266. Bush had about 500,000 fewer votes, but what matters in the US dispute is the number of votes in the Electoral College.
The 2000 election still had a lot of Florida vote counting drama. If he had been defeated in that state, Bush would have lost the election, and the official vote gap was only 537 votes. The vote count in Florida was tense, and the US Supreme Court had to intervene in the situation, which forced Al Gore to acknowledge his defeat.
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Government of George W. bush
George W. Bush was president of the United States for two terms. That's because he won the 2004 election, defeating Democrat John Kerry. throughout their eight years of government, Bush was marked by warto thehorror, the name he gave to the military actions that the United States carried out against terrorists in the Middle East.
that was consequence of the September 11 attacks, in which four commercial planes were hijacked by terrorists from the al-Qaeda. Two of the planes were launched over the two World Trade Center towers, one was launched over the Pentagon, and the other was to be launched over the Capitol, but failed.
As a result of this attack, 2996 people died. US homeland security policy has become extremely rigid, and foreign policy has changed radically. In 2001, the United States initiated a military campaign against the Afghanistan, country that housed osama bin laden, author of the attack.
In 2003, the Iraq became a target of the United States, being invaded. The Iraqi ruler, Saddam Hussein, was eventually arrested and taken to a trial that sentenced him to death. Bush's foreign policy and his interference in the Middle East were harshly criticized for their consequences for the populations of those countries and for the excessive spending they generated.
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By Daniel Neves
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