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The 43 Presidents
of the
United States of America
George Walker Bush
43rd President
2001 - 2004
| Born |
July 6, 1946 |
| Birthplace |
New Haven, Connecticut |
| College |
Yale and Harvard |
| Religion |
Methodist |
| Ancestry |
English |
| Occupation |
Energy business, baseball
team owner |
| Political Party |
Republican |
| Represented |
Texas |
| Term |
January 20, 2001 - Present |
| Died |
Still Alive |
| Place of Death |
Still Alive |
| Buried |
Still Alive |
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President Bush announces
New Freedom Initiative on
February 1, 2001 to help people with disabilities.
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Ariel
Sharon is elected Prime Minister of Israel on February 6, 2001.
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Two hijacked planes fly into the
Twin Towers of
the World Trade Center in New York City and another hijacked plan flew
into the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., on September 11, 2001.
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The United States military began
strikes
against al Qaeda terrorist training camps and military installations of
the Taliban regime in Afghanistan on October 7, 2001.
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The space shuttle,
Columbia,
broke up over Texas on its way back home on February 1, 2003.
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President Bush tells
Saddam Hussein of Iraq on March 17, 2003 that he has 48 hours to leave.
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The United States and allies begin
Operation Iraqi Freedom
to find Saddam Hussein and remove him from power on March 19, 2003.
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Saddam
Hussein is captured by American forces outside Tikrit, Iraq on December
13, 2003.
 
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