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George W. Bush
53rd
President of the United States
43rd under the US Constitution
President
George Bush Address to America
September
20, 2001
President
George W. Bush
text and
photo from the White House
En Espaņol
George W. Bush is the 43rd President of the United States. Formerly the 46th
Governor of the State of Texas, President Bush has earned a reputation as a
compassionate conservative who shapes policy based on the principles of limited
government, personal responsibility, strong families and local control.
President Bush was born July 6, 1946, and grew up in Midland and Houston,
Texas. He received a bachelor's degree from Yale University and a Master of
Business Administration from Harvard Business School. He served as an F-102
pilot for the Texas Air National Guard before beginning his career in the oil
and gas business in Midland in 1975, working in the energy industry until 1986.
After working on his father's successful 1988 presidential campaign, he
assembled the group of partners that purchased the Texas Rangers baseball
franchise in 1989.
He served as managing general partner of the Texas Rangers until he was
elected Governor on November 8, 1994, with 53.5 percent of the vote. In an
historic re-election victory, he became the first Texas Governor to be elected
to consecutive four-year terms on November 3, 1998, winning 68.6 percent of the
vote.
President Bush is pursuing the same common-sense approach and bipartisan
spirit that he used in Texas. He has proposed bold initiatives to ensure that
America's prosperity has a purpose. He has also addressed improving our nation's
public schools by strengthening local control and insisting on accountability;
reducing taxes on all taxpayers, especially for those Americans on the fringes
of poverty; strengthening the military with better pay, better planning, and
better equipment; saving and strengthening Social Security and Medicare by
providing seniors with more options; and ushering in the responsibility era in
America.
President Bush is married to Laura Welch Bush, a former teacher and
librarian, and they have 19-year-old twin daughters, Barbara and Jenna. The Bush
family also includes their dogs, Spot and Barney, and a cat, India.
President
Bush's Cabinet
The tradition of the Cabinet dates back to the beginnings of the Presidency
itself. One of the principal purposes of the Cabinet (drawn from Article II,
Section 2 of the Constitution) is to advise the President on any subject he may
require relating to the duties of their respective offices.
The Cabinet includes the Vice President and, by law, the heads of 14
executive departments-the Secretaries of Agriculture, Commerce, Defense,
Education, Energy, Health and Human Services, Housing and Urban Development,
Interior, Labor, State, Transportation, Treasury, and Veterans Affairs, and the
Attorney General. Under President George W. Bush, Cabinet-level rank also has
been accorded to the Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency; Director,
Office of Management and Budget; the Director, National Drug Control Policy; and
the U.S. Trade Representative.
Cabinet
Rank Members
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