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Home State
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Born in Connecticut and raised in Texas
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Significant Acts
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Ordered the invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq.
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Proposed and helped enact increased federal spending on education and established a system for annual testing.
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Proposed and helped pass one of the largest tax cuts in U.S. history and lowered tax rates for all income brackets.
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Radically changed U.S. foreign policy to establish a doctrine of preventive war.
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Career
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1977 Ran unsuccessfully for the U.S. House of Representatives.
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1978 Founded Arbusto Energy Inc.
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1989 Purchased a part interest in the Texas Rangers baseball team.
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1995-1999 Served as governor of Texas.
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1999-2001 Served as governor of Texas.
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2001- Served as president of the United States.
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Did You Know
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George W. Bush was the first son to follow his father as president since John Quincy Adams followed John Adams in the early 1800s.
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Bush was the first presidential candidate to win the electoral college vote but lose the popular vote since Benjamin Harrison in 1888.
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