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Significant Acts
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Formulated a plan to bail out the savings and loan industry, when many savings and loans faced severe financial problems.
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Sent troops to Panama in December 1989 to assist in overthrowing dictator Manuel Noriega.
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Signed the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, which prohibits discrimination against people with disabilities.
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Launched the Persian Gulf War in 1991, which united international forces in driving Iraq out of Kuwait.
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Proposed the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) in 1991 between the United States, Mexico, and Canada.
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Career
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1942-1945 Served as a Navy pilot in World War II.
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1968-1971 Represented Texas in the U.S. House of Representatives.
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1971-1972 Served as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations.
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1973-1974 Served as Chairman of the Republican National Committee.
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1976-1977 Served as director of the Central Intelligence Agency.
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1981-1988 Vice president of the United States under Ronald Reagan.
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1989-1993 President of the United States.
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Did You Know
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Bush became the first vice president ever to serve as acting president when Ronald Reagan underwent surgery for three hours in 1985.
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As a navy pilot in World War II, Bush was shot down over the Pacific Ocean and was rescued by a submarine.
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