President George W. Bush announced that he wanted to begin building a missile defense shield for the United States because he might have been informed of upcoming events that were dangerous to the United States. This is purely speculation, however.
Reagan was president from Jan. 29, 1981 until Jan. 20, 1989.
20 January 1981 to 20 January 1989
Yes, they were the second father and son to serve as U.S. President (1989-1993 and 2001-2009). The first were John Adams (1797-1801) and John Quincy Adams (1825-1829). Also, William Henry Harrison (1841) and Benjamin Harrison (1889-1893) were grandfather and grandson.
He liked to Cheerlead when he was in college at an all boy school. He took after his dad and grandpa.
Bush did not often go to church while he was president, not did he move his membership to a Washington church.
George H. W. Bush served for one term, from Jan. 20, 1989 until Jan. 20, 1993.
He was elected in November of 1988.
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George W. Bush campained for his father when George H. W. Bush was running for president.
He and Barbara Bush have 14 grandchildren.
He lived and worked in the oil business in Texas for many years and went on to become a two-term governor of Texas,serving for eight full years. He won re-election with over 69% of the vote and was generally a poplular governor. He signed a popular bill to allow concealed weapons that the previous governor had vetoed. He pushed through the largest Texas tax cut in history of over $2 billion.
He retired to Texas after he was President.
Yes, George Herbert Walker Bush was the President from 1989 January 20 to 1993 January 20, 8 years before George W. Bush took office on 2001 January 20. Bill Clinton was the US President for the 8 years between the 2 Bush presidencies.
Yes. Bill Clinton announced on July 8, 2009 that he supports same-sex marriage. Previously, he did not support it and even signed the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act ("DOMA") into law during his presidency. That law prohibited federal recognition of same-sex marriages.
George W. Bush joined the 147th Fighter Interceptor Group of the Texas Air National Guard on May 27, 1968, during the Vietnam War. He committed to serve until May 26, 1974, with two years on active duty while training to fly and four years on part-time duty.[1]In his 1968 Statement of Intent (undated), he wrote, "I have applied for pilot training with the goal of making flying a lifetime pursuit and I believe I can best accomplish this to my own satisfaction by serving as a member of the Air National Guard as long as possible."
Following his six weeks of basic training, Bush began 53 weeks of flight training at Moody Air Force Base, Georgia.[2]In December 1969, Bush began 21 weeks of fighter interceptor training on the F-102 in Houston at the 147th's Combat Crew Training School, soloing in March 1970 and graduating in June 1970. When he graduated, he had fulfilled his two-year active-duty commitment
The Republican party - he was born a republican !
Both George Bushes are Republicans.
He started out as a Texas Congressman and later, Senator. However, he had not been a member of Congress for almost 20 years when he became President. Prior to his presidency, he had been Ronald Reagan's Vice-President for 8 years.
According to an interview he had with Oprah Winfrey during his first presidential election campaign in 2000, on the Oprah television show, he stated that his favorite song (at that time) is "Wake Up Little Suzie" by The Everly Brothers. The song was written by Felice and Boudleaux Bryant.
George Washington was buried at his estate on Mt. Vernon. Today, you can go and visit the estate as part of a tour.
according to Wikipedia:
"Her father, Hugh Ellsworth Rodham, was a son of Welsh and English immigrants[6] and operated a small but successful business in the textile industry.[7] Her mother, Dorothy Emma Howell, of English, Scottish, French Canadian, and Welsh descent,[8] was a homemaker.[5] She has two younger brothers, Hugh and Tony."
While George H.W. Bush (George W. Bush's dad) is getting older, he is still alive as of 2012.
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He is a president that has a son as a president as well. He is also remembered for raising taxes after he and promised not to and for the Kuwait War.