George H. W. Bush

George Herbert Walker Bush (born June 12, 1924) was the 41st President of the United States (1989–1993). Previously, he had served as U.S. congressman from Texas (1967–1971), ambassador to the United Nations (1971–1973), Republican National Committee chairman (1973–1974), Director of Central Intelligence (1976–1977), and the 43rd Vice President of the United States under President Ronald Reagan (1981–1989). He is the father of the 43rd and current president, George Walker Bush.

Post-presidency

Since his final election campaign, Bush has largely retired from public life and still hates broccoli, an old joke from his days in the Oval Office. The Bushes live in Houston, Texas and their summer home in Kennebunkport, Maine. He holds his own fishing tournament in Islamorada, an island in the Florida Keys.

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Houston, Texas - Kennebunkport, Maine - Islamorada - Florida Keys

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Bush has never written a memoir of his political life, and says he does not plan to. He has, however, published a book containing a series of collected letters (All The Best, George Bush, 1999), and co-authored a book on recent foreign policy issues with his former National Security Advisor, Brent Scowcroft (A World Transformed, 1998). He has given a number of paid speeches and participated in business ventures with the Carlyle Group.

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Memoir - 1999 - Brent Scowcroft - 1998 - Carlyle Group

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The George Bush Presidential Library and Museum is located on the Southwest corner of the campus of Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas.

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George Bush Presidential Library and Museum - Texas A&M University - College Station, Texas

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George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston, Texas was renamed after the former president in 1997. The tenth Nimitz-class aircraft carrier will be named USS George H. W. Bush when it is launched in 2009.

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George Bush Intercontinental Airport - Houston, Texas - ''Nimitz''-class aircraft carrier - USS ''George H. W. Bush'' - Launched - 2009

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In 2000, he became the first president since John Adams to be father of another president when George W. Bush, his son, then Texas governor, was elected president of the United States. During his term of office, George H. W. Bush was simply known as President George Bush, since his son had never held elective office and was not especially well-known to the public. He is now referred to by various nicknames and titles, including "Former President Bush," "Bush the Elder," "the first President Bush," "Bush 41," "Papa Bush," or simply "41" in order avoid confusion between his presidency and that of his son. Although the names of the two men are similar, they are not identical?George W. Bush lacks his father's middle name Herbert?so they are not known as "senior" and "junior."

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John Adams - George W. Bush - Texas governor

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• On June 12, 2004, he went skydiving in honor of his 80th birthday, his first skydive since World War II. The day before, he and his son both took part in eulogizing his predecessor, Ronald Reagan, at the latter's state funeral.
• On November 22, 2004, New York Republican Governor George Pataki named Bush and the other living former presidents (Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, and Bill Clinton) as honorary members of the board rebuilding the World Trade Center.

Humanitarian efforts

On January 3, 2005, President George W. Bush named him and Bill Clinton to lead a nationwide campaign to help the victims of Asian tsunamis. They both appeared on the Super Bowl XXXIX pregame show on Fox in support of their effort to raise money for relief of the 2004 tsunami in southeast Asia through the USA Freedom Corps, an action which Bush described as "transcending politics." Thirteen days later, they both traveled to the affected areas to see how the relief efforts were going. Despite their history as political opponents in the 1992 United States Presidential Election, the two former presidents have become friends. In June 2005 Bush had Clinton over as a guest, and the two even spent a weekend together in Maine boating. http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/06/27/bush.clinton.ap/index.html This new friendship has garned much media attention and many pundits and journalists have commended them for putting partisanship behind him.

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January 3 - 2005 - George W. Bush - Bill Clinton - Asian tsunamis - Super Bowl XXXIX - Fox - USA Freedom Corps - 1992 United States Presidential Election - Pundit - Journalist - Partisanship

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In the wake of Hurricane Katrina and the devastation it wrought over the Gulf coast, Bush and Clinton have again teamed up to respond to this disaster.

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