George W. Bush
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- 1968Graduated from Yale University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in history
- 1975Earned a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Harvard Business School
- 1976Arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol in Kennebunkport, Maine
- 1978Ran for the U.S. House of Representatives in Texas's 19th congressional district
- 1989Assembled a group of partners to purchase the Texas Rangers baseball franchise
- 1990Sold shares in Harken Energy shortly before the company reported significant losses
- 1994Elected as the 46th Governor of Texas
- 1998Re-elected as Governor of Texas with 68% of the vote
- 2000Elected as the 43rd President of the United States
- 2000Involved in a controversial presidential election with disputed vote counts in Florida
- 2001Signed the No Child Left Behind Act, a bipartisan education reform bill
- 2001Withdrew from the Kyoto Protocol, an international treaty to reduce greenhouse gas emissions
- 2003Launched the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)
- 2003Led the United States into the Iraq War based on faulty intelligence about weapons of mass destruction
- 2004Re-elected as President of the United States for a second term
- 2005Criticized for slow federal response to Hurricane Katrina
- 2006Authorized the NSA to conduct warrantless surveillance on American citizens
- 2007Vetoed a bill to expand children's health insurance coverage
- 2008Presided over the beginning of the Great Recession, the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression
- 2008Approved a controversial $700 billion bailout of the financial industry
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