George W. Bush

Some of the key events about George W. Bush

• 1968

  Graduated from Yale University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in history
• 1975

  Earned a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Harvard Business School
• 1976

  Arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol in Kennebunkport, Maine
• 1978

  Ran for the U.S. House of Representatives in Texas's 19th congressional district
• 1989

  Assembled a group of partners to purchase the Texas Rangers baseball franchise
• 1990

  Sold shares in Harken Energy shortly before the company reported significant losses
• 1994

  Elected as the 46th Governor of Texas
• 1998

  Re-elected as Governor of Texas with 68% of the vote
• 2000

  Elected as the 43rd President of the United States
• 2000

  Involved in a controversial presidential election with disputed vote counts in Florida
• 2001

  Signed the No Child Left Behind Act, a bipartisan education reform bill
• 2001

  Withdrew from the Kyoto Protocol, an international treaty to reduce greenhouse gas emissions
• 2003

  Launched the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)
• 2003

  Led the United States into the Iraq War based on faulty intelligence about weapons of mass destruction
• 2004

  Re-elected as President of the United States for a second term
• 2005

  Criticized for slow federal response to Hurricane Katrina
• 2006

  Authorized the NSA to conduct warrantless surveillance on American citizens
• 2007

  Vetoed a bill to expand children's health insurance coverage
• 2008

  Presided over the beginning of the Great Recession, the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression
• 2008

  Approved a controversial $700 billion bailout of the financial industry

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