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President George W. Bush
 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.
Read
the president`s letter on Project Safe Neighborhoods.
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