United Methodists: Laura Bush, Beyonce Knowles, George W. Bush, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Dick Cheney, Bill White, James W. Holsinger

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 76. Chapters: Laura Bush, Beyonce Knowles, George W. Bush, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Dick Cheney, Bill White, James W. Holsinger, Chesley Sullenberger, Harold Hotelling, Bennie Thompson, Helena Moreno, John L. Crain, Emanuel Cleaver, Preston Smith, Ella Koblo Gulama, Boris Kodjoe, Lois Herr, Dean M. Kelley, Rich Gordon, Juan Flavier, John Karefa-Smart, Darrel Peterson, Robert Hamerton-Kelly, Claud E. Cleeton, Amelita Ramos, Phil Bryant, Jack Yost. Excerpt: George Walker Bush (; born July 6, 1946) is an American politician who served as the 43rd President of the United States from 2001 to 2009. Before that, he was the 46th Governor of Texas, serving from 1995 to 2000. Bush is the eldest son of President George H. W. Bush, who served as the 41st President, and Barbara Bush, making him one of only two American presidents to be the son of a preceding president, after John Quincy Adams. He is also the brother of Jeb Bush, former Governor of Florida. After graduating from Yale University in 1968 and Harvard Business School in 1975, Bush worked in oil businesses. He married Laura Welch in 1977 and ran unsuccessfully for the House of Representatives shortly thereafter. He later co-owned the Texas Rangers baseball team before defeating Ann Richards in the 1994 Texas gubernatorial election. In a close and controversial election, Bush was elected President in 2000 as the Republican candidate, defeating Vice President Al Gore in the Electoral College. He was named Time Person of the Year 2000 and 2004. Early on, the Bush administration withdrew from a number of international treaty processes, notably the Kyoto Protocol on global warming. A series of terrorist attacks occurred eight months into Bush's first term as president on September 11, 2001. In response, Bush announced a global War on Terror, ordered an invasion of Afghanistan that same ...