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=George W. Bush=

==Overview/Introduction== George W Bush was born on July 6, 1946 in New Haven, Connecticut. He is the son of former president George Bush, his mother is Barbara Bush. He got his bachelor's degree from Yale. He joined the Texas National Air Guard in 1973 as a fighter pilot. He returned to Texas after he studied at Harvard for a Master of Business degree. He became the president of Spectrum Corporation in 1984. He was elected governor of Texas in 1994 and became the first governor of Texas to be elected four consecutive times. During one of the most controversial elections for president ever Florida was forced to recount its votes. At the time of the election George W. Bush's brother Jeb Bush was governor of Florida. A month after the election the Supreme Court orders the recounts in Florida to stop, and George W. Bush was finally recognized as the winner in the election race. George W. bush did not get the majority vote by the people, but got more electoral college votes. On January 20, 2001 George W. Bush became the 43rd president of the United States. He ran for re-election in 2004 and was re-elected over John Kerry and John Edwards.

==Accomplishments== As president George W. Bush cut taxes and increased standards of America's educational system. In his first 100 days in office President Bush he pulled the U.S. back from negotiations with North Korea, he managed to weather a spy scandal in Moscow, and he did not adopt the Kyoto accord on green house gases. He pushed for greater medical help for the elderly. Nearly 10 million Americans are receiving health care at little to no cost, because of President Bush's push for the pass of Medicare Part D. The average reading scores for fourth graders are up thanks to No Child Left Behind an education reform. He also passed an AIDS relief plan benefiting 4.2 million people including orphans caused by AIDS. He expanded the aid to Africa in order to combat disease and poverty. In response to the housing crisis George W. Bush partially nationalized US banks.

Issues Affecting his Presidency
During George W. Bush's first 100 days as president a US spy plane was shot down over China. This increased tension between the US and China as China threatened to attack Taiwan. He was in office less than a year when Al-Qaeda attacked the Twin Towers on 9/11. On October 7, 2001 US troops were deployed to Afghanistan to launch Operation Enduring Freedom. On March 20, 2003 US troops prepared to go to war in Operation Iraqi Freedom. Both wars are part of the war on terror. In 2008 it was officially announced that the US was in a recession, when he left office the US was still in a recession. President George W. Bush added an estimated 4 trillion dollars to the national debt.

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George W. Bush believes that he will be remembered as a president that was dealt a bad hand and did his best to take problems head on. He thinks he will be like Harry Truman, a president that was not popular in his time, but later on was remembered as one of the best presidents in the 20th Century. His approval rating when he left office was about 34 percent. His supporters credit him with aid for elderly medicare, increasing the US educational system standards, and tax cuts, which Bush claims helped spur economic growth. People who don't support bush argue that he is responsible for the wars on terror, he raised the national debt 4 trillion dollars, and he left us in a recession. Some people are comparing him to Herbert Hoover, a president that is responsible for letting the US fall into the Great Depression. George W. Bush was a very controversial president who was elected during a very controversial election.

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