page_title: George W. Bush
section_title: Early life
hierarchical_section_title: George W. Bush / Early life
caption_attribution_description: English&#58; George and Barbara Bush with their first born child George W. Bush, while Bush was a student at YaleTiếng Việt&#58; Ảnh chụp hai vợ chồng George H. W. Bush năm 1947, lúc còn là sinh viên tạ̣i Đại học Yale, và con trẻ mới sinh, George W. Bush, mà sau này cả cha và con đều trở thành Tổng thống Hoa Kỳ.Türkçe&#58; George ve Barbara Bush'un ilk çocuğu George W. Bush.
context_page_description: George Walker Bush is an American politician and businessman who was the 43rd President of the United States from 2001 to 2009. He is a Republican. He has a ranch in Crawford, Texas, which is near Waco. He is the son of former U.S. President George H. W. Bush and former U.S. First Lady Barbara Bush. He was Governor of Texas from 1995 to 2000.
  Although he originally planned to focus his presidency on programs like education and stay out of foreign wars, the 9/11 terrorist attacks resulted in him changing his perspective. Since then, Bush created the Department of Homeland Security and sent the military to invade countries like Afghanistan and Iraq. In his opinion, the best way to deal with terrorism was to strike before the terrorists could.
context_section_description: Bush was born at Yale New Haven Hospital in New Haven, Connecticut. Bush grew up in Midland, Texas. He went to a high school called Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts, and graduated in 1964. He went to school at Yale University from 1964 until he graduated in 1968, with a bachelor's degree in history.  He joined the Texas Air National Guard in 1968 (part of the United States National Guard) during the Vietnam War and became a fighter pilot but did not fight in the war.  He left the Texas Air National Guard in 1973. In 1975 Bush earned an MBA from Harvard University.
  On November 5, 1977, Bush married Laura Welch. In 1978, Bush tried to get elected to Congress in West Texas, but lost. After that, he ran some oil companies and was one of the owners of the Texas Rangers baseball team. He thought about trying to become the commissioner of Major League Baseball, but went into politics instead. Bush is a Methodist. In 1994, he was elected to be Governor of Texas, defeating incumbent Democratic Governor Ann Richards.
caption: Bush as an infant with his parents, 1947
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