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George Walker Bush , né le 6 juillet 1946 à New Haven , fils de George H. W. Bush et de sa femme, née Barbara Pierce, est un homme d'État américain, 43e président des États-Unis, en fonction du 20 janvier 2001 au 20 janvier 2009.

Membre du Parti républicain, il est élu à deux reprises gouverneur de l’État du Texas entre 1994 et 1998 puis entre 1998 et 2000, date à laquelle il quitte son poste de gouverneur à la suite de sa victoire, fortement disputée, à l'élection présidentielle. Il est élu président pour un second mandat le 2 novembre 2004.

Sa présidence est notamment marquée par les attentats terroristes du 11 septembre 2001, par la politique internationale dite de « guerre contre le terrorisme », par les Guerres d'Afghanistan et d'Irak, par l'adoption par le Congrès des États-Unis de l'USA Patriot Act et la création du département de la sécurité intérieure, puis par la crise des subprimes et le plan Paulson mis en place pour faire face à la crise financière de 2008 à la fin de son mandat.

✵ 6. juillet 1946   •   Autres noms George Walker Bush, Джордж Буш
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George W. Bush citations célèbres

“Après tout, cet homme a tenté de tuer mon père à un moment.”

After all, this is a guy that tried to kill my dad at one time.
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À propos de Saddam Hussein

“Il y a un vieux dicton dans le Tennessee - je sais que ça se dit au Texas, probablement dans le Tennessee - qui dit : trompe moi une fois, honte sur… honte sur toi. Trompe moi - tu ne peux pas me tromper à nouveau.”

There's an old saying in Tennessee — I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee — that says, fool me once, shame on — shame on you. Fool me — I can't get fooled again.
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George W. Bush: Citations en anglais

“You know, I could run for governor and all this but I'm basically a media creation. I've never really done anything. I've worked for my dad. I worked in the oil industry. But that's not the kind of profile you have to have to get elected to public office.”

In an interview with the Midland Reporter Telegram on 4 July 1989, quoted in Bush's Brain: How Karl Rove Made George W. Bush Presidential (John Wiley and Sons, 2003) by James Moore and Wayne Slater, p. 161.
1980s

“A political candidate who jumps to conclusions without knowing the facts is not a person you want as your commander in chief.”

Bush to supporters at an airport rally, October 27, 2004 http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=6631109
2000s, 2004

“I believe in justice, not revenge.”

Interview with Matt Lauer http://www.nbcnews.com/video/nbc-news/40073863#40074234 (2010), aired 8 November 2010.
2010s, 2010, Interview with Matt Lauer (November 2010)

“We did not ask for this mission, but we will fulfill it.”

2000s, 2001, Invasion of Afghanistan (October 2001)

“Yes, Peter. Are you going to ask that question with shades on?… I'm interested in the shade look, seriously…. For the viewers, there’s no sun.”

Teasing Los Angeles Times reporter Peter Wallsten during a White House press conference, unaware that Wallsten suffers from Stargardt’s disease and is partly blind.
"Bush shows his sensitive side, telling blind journalist: 'I'm interested in the shade look'" http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/article1089264.ece, The Independent, June 16, 2006.
2000s, 2006

“Those weapons of mass destruction have got to be somewhere… Nope, no weapons over there… Maybe under here.”

Narrating a humorous slide show at the Radio and Television News Correspondents Association, with a series of photos depicting himself searching through the Oval Office of the White House for the weapons of mass destruction which his administration had claimed to exist, but ultimately failed to find, in Iraq. http://www.wherearethewmd.org/evolutionary_rhetoric.php, March 25, 2004
2000s, 2004

“Every Iraqi atrocity has confirmed the justice and the urgency of our cause. [applause] Against this enemy we will accept no outcome except complete victory.”

The East Room of the White House, March 28, 2003 http://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/news/releases/2003/03/20030328-6.html
2000s, 2003

“I've heard he's been called Bush's poodle. He's bigger than that.”

speaking with the Sun on former British Prime Minister Tony Blair http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6243858.stm(June 27, 2007)
2000s, 2007

“Because free peoples believe in the future, free peoples will own the future.”

2000s, 2005, Address to the National Endowment for Democracy (October 2005)

“I believe that a prosperous, democratic Pakistan will be a steadfast partner for America, a peaceful neighbor for India and a force for freedom and moderation in the Arab world.”

Televised speech in India, March 3, 2006; According to one news report, "White House spokesman Scott McClellan later had to explain aboard Air Force One en route to Pakistan that Bush meant to say 'Muslim world' — uncomfortably noting that Pakistan is not an Arab nation."
"Bush's Pakistan visit not 'risk-free'" Chicago Tribune, March 3, 2006
2000s, 2006

“I don't know of anybody in my administration who leaked classified information. If somebody did leak classified information, I'd like to know it.”

2000s, 2003
Source: October 1, 2003, Suntimes.com http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cst-nws-bush01.html (see also July 18, 2005)

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