George W. Bush administration

The Bush administration is a group of people that includes President George W. Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney, Bush's Cabinet, and other select officials and advisors. The Bush administration took office in January 2001, and continues through to the present day.

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President - George W. Bush - Vice President - Dick Cheney - Cabinet - January 2001

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Bush's cabinet included the largest number of minorities of any U.S. federal cabinet to date, including the first Asian-American female cabinet secretary (Chao). This gives it the distinction of being both the most racially diverse, and, according to the Guinness Book of Records, the wealthiest cabinet ever.

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There is one non-Republican present in Bush's cabinet: Secretary of Transportation Norman Mineta, the first Asian-American cabinet secretary, who had previously served as Secretary of Commerce under Bill Clinton, is a Democrat.

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Secretary of Transportation - Norman Mineta - Secretary of Commerce - Bill Clinton

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His cabinet included figures prominent in past administrations, notably former Secretary of State Colin Powell, who had served as United States National Security Advisor under Ronald Reagan, until his resignation and the subsequent appointment of Condoleezza Rice, and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff under George H. W. Bush and Clinton, and Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, who had served as White House Chief of Staff and Secretary of Defense under Gerald Ford.

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Colin Powell - United States National Security Advisor - Ronald Reagan - Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff - Secretary of Defense - Donald Rumsfeld - White House Chief of Staff - Gerald Ford

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Also, Vice President Richard Cheney served as Secretary of Defense under George H. W. Bush.

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Richard Cheney - Secretary of Defense

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