Bush George Herbert Walker


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George H. W. Bush

Bush

, George Herbert Walker Born 1924.
The 41st president of the United States (1989-1993). A former director of the Central Intelligence Agency (1976-1977) and vice president (1981-1989) under Ronald Reagan, as president he initiated the Gulf War (1991) in response to Saddam Hussein's invasion of Kuwait.
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