Task: Text Simplification
Input (English): george walker bush -lrb- ; born july 6 , 1946 -rrb- served as the 43rd president of the united states from 2001 to 2009.
Output (English): george walker bush -lrb- ; born july 6 , 1946 -rrb- was the 43rd president of the united states from 2001 to 2009.