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George W. Bush
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My appointees to the [Texas] board of pardons and paroles reflect my no-nonsense approach to crime and punishment.
— From: "George W. Bush on Crime", OnTheIssues, attributed to "A Charge to Keep", p.151-152. Dec 9, 1999.
George W. Bush
President of the United States from 2001 to 2009
- Fame94.9
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- Global rank#59
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- Fame94.9
- Momentum0.5
- Global rank#59
- United States rank#24
- Politicians rank#14
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Born 1946 · age 80United States
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The 43rd president, whose eight years began with the September 11 attacks and ended in the Great Recession. The wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, the fight over a Florida recount, and an approval rating that swung from record high to near-record low.
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Born July 6, 1946, into the Bush family, he flew warplanes in the Texas Air National Guard, graduated from Harvard Business School in 1975, worked in oil, and co-owned the Texas Rangers. He won the Texas governorship in 1994, pushing tort reform and education funding, then took the presidency in 2000 after losing the popular vote but winning a Supreme Court decision that stopped the Florida recount. September 11, 2001, reshaped everything: he ordered the invasion of Afghanistan, signed the Patriot Act, and launched the 2003 Iraq war over weapons claims that proved false. His second term brough…
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George W. Bush
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The protection of America itself will assume a high priority in a new century. Once a strategic afterthought, homeland defense has become an urgent duty.
— Speech at the Citadel, Military College of South Carolina (23 September 1999).
George W. Bush
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Let me be clear. Our first line of defense is a simple message: Every group or nation must know, if they sponsor such attacks, our response will be devastating.
— Speech at the Citadel, Military College of South Carolina (23 September 1999).
George W. Bush
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I will put a high priority on detecting and responding to terrorism on our soil.
— Speech at the Citadel, Military College of South Carolina (23 September 1999).
George W. Bush
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I watched his interview with her, though. He asked her real difficult questions, like 'What would you say to Governor Bush?' 'What was her answer?' I wonder.
— From: "Devil May Care" by Tucker Carlson, Talk Magazine, September 1999, p. 106.
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