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After graduating from Yale in 1948 he entered the oil industry starting at dresser industries. After that he and his business partner started company called Bush - Overby Oil Development which he later sold earning him a great profit. Bush freed Kuwait from Saddam Hussein's army in the Persian Gulf WarAlso he tried to persuade Congress to act on the budget

He and his Secretary of State, James Baker, guided the unification of Germany

Finally he helped the unemployed and reestablished authority to the Clean Air ActIn 1964 George H.W. Bush ran for senator of Texas but was unsuccessful

However in 1966 he was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives and served 2 years

In 1971 he was appointed to be a U.S ambassador to China

In addition in 1976 he was appointed to be the Director of the C.I.A.

In the presidential race of 1980 he failed to win his party's nomination but he served as Ronald Reagan's running mate for both of Reagan's terms (1980-1988)

Then George won the presidential election in 1988

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