Who is George W. Bush? Childhood & Early Life Major Works
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Awards & Achievements Personal Life & Legacy Conclusion
01 Who is George W. Bush? George Walker Bush is an American businessman and politician who served as the 43rd president of the United States. He served as the president for two consecutive terms, from 2001 to 2009. He is the son of George Herbert Walker Bush, the 41st president of the United States. 02 Childhood & Early Life George W. Bush was born on July 6, 1946, in New Haven, Connecticut, USA. He had five younger siblings – Jeb, Neil, Marvin, Dorothy, and Robin. His sister Robin passed away at the age of three due to leukemia.
He received his schooling from ‘Kinkaid
School’ in Houston and ‘Phillips Academy’ in Massachusetts.
While on his guard duty, he started attending
‘Harvard Business School’ in 1973 and graduated in 1975 with a master’s of business administration degree. 03 Major Works Before the completion of George W. Bush’s first year as president In 2003, he ordered the U.S at the White House, America was military forces to invade Iraq as devastated by the September 11, the U.S. believed that the then 2001 attacks. Bush promised the Iraqi ruler Saddam Hussein was people that justice would be done developing weapons of mass to the victims who lost their destruction. The U.S forces lives. He launched a scathing deposed Saddam Hussein and in attack called the ‘War on Terror’ 2005, free democratic elections to dismantle the ‘Taliban’ and were held in Iraq for the first capture/kill Osama Bin Laden. time in 50 years. Subsequently, the US military invaded Afghanistan in 2001. 04 Awards & Achievements George W. Bush was named the ‘Person of the Year’ by ‘Time’ magazine in 2000 and 2004.
In 2005, Latvian President Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga awarded him
the ‘Order of the Three Stars.’ In 2012, Estonian President Toomas Hendrik Ilves bestowed him with the ‘Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana.’ 05 Personal Life & Legacy George W. Bush married Laura Welch, a school teacher and librarian, in 1977. Four years later, Laura gave birth to fraternal twin daughters, Barbara Pierce Bush and Jenna Welch Bush.
After reading Winston Churchill's essay, ‘Painting
as a Pastime,’ Bush began painting as a hobby. 06 Conclusion I chose George W. Bush for my presentation, as I became interested in something new about this president. THANKS
The Fall of the House of Bush: The Untold Story of How a Band of True Believers Seized the Executive Branch, Started the Iraq War, and Still Imperils America's Future
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