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George Herbert Walker Bush
41st President of the United States
Republican
January 20, 1989 to January 20, 1993
World War II veteran of the US Navy serving as a Torpedo Bomber pilot from 1942 through 1945 earning a Distinguished Flying Cross and three Air Medals.
In 1980, President Ronald Reagan selected Mr. Bush to be his running mate for Vice President, and served in the capacity for two terms.
In 1988 Mr. Bush became his Party's nominee and the American peoples choice to be the 41st President of the United States. President Bush was the Commander In Chief during Operation Just Cause (Panama), Desert Shield/Storm (Kuwait, Iraq).
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< CLICK ON SPEAKER 16 January 1991, President George H. W. Bush announces the start of Operation Desert Storm to the nation. |