乔治·沃克·布什是美国第43任总统，任期为2001-2009年。1946年的7月6日，小布什出生于康涅狄格州他的父亲-乔治·赫伯特·沃克·布什是美国第41任总统。1968年，小布什获得了耶鲁大学学士学位，之后进入了得克萨斯州国民警卫队空军，成为一名战斗机驾驶员。1975年，他获得了哈佛商学院工商管理硕士学位。

George Walker Bush served as the 43rd President of the United States, from 2001 to 2009. He was born on July 6, 1946, in Connecticut, to George H.W. Bush – later the 41st President of the United States. He received a bachelor’s degree in history from Yale in 1968 and then served as a pilot in the Texas Air NationalGuard. He got a Master of Business Administration from Harvard Business School in 1975.

 

Following graduation, Bush began a career in the energy business. After working on his father’s successful 1988 Presidential campaign, President Bush assembled a group of partners that purchased the Texas Rangers¹ baseball franchise² in 1989. He entered politics and was the 46th Governor of Texas, serving from 1995 to2000 - the first Governor in Texas history to be elected to consecutive⁴ 4-year terms.

 

Bush won the Presidency⁵ in 2000. He 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 attempted to raise standards in schools. He also cut taxes for every taxpayer⁶ and implemented⁷ free trade agreements with more than a dozen nations.

 

The most significant event of Bush’s tenure⁸ came on September 11, 2001, when terrorists killed nearly 3,000 people in the 9/11 attacks. He declared a War on Terror and invaded Afghanistan to end the Taliban regime and find Osama bin⁹ Laden¹⁰. He later invaded Iraq over weapons of mass destruction that did not exist. Bush returned to his Texas ranch³ after leaving office and is now a public speaker.

 

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