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

Following graduation, Bush began a in the energy business. After working on his father’s successful 1988 Presidential , President Bush assembled a group of that purchased the Texas Rangers baseball franchise in 1989. He politics and was the 46th Governor of Texas, serving from 1995 to 2000 - the first Governor in Texas history to be to consecutive 4-year terms.

Bush won the Presidency in 2000. He worked to freedom, opportunity, and security at home and . His first initiative as President was the No Child Left Behind Act, a bipartisan that attempted to raise standards in schools. He also taxes for every taxpayer and implemented free trade agreements with more than a dozen .

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