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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

“No, I think you have to earn your way into politics. I don't think that anything is ever given to you.”

[2014-11-09, Television series, Face the Nation, CBS], quoted in [2014-11-09, George W. Bush: ‘You have to earn your way into politics,’ nothing ‘is ever given to you’, David Edwards, Raw Story, http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/11/george-w-bush-you-have-to-earn-your-way-into-politics-nothing-is-ever-given-to-you/, 2014-11-22]
2010s, 2014

“Well, I'm reading about the battle of New Orleans right now. I’ve got an ecolectic [sic] reading list.”

Responding to questions about his current reading, in interview with Brian Williams of NBC News, (August 29, 2006) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNIOmbm3KYg&feature=related
2000s, 2006

“It's more of a theological perspective. I do believe there is an Almighty, and I believe a gift of that Almighty to all is freedom. And I will tell you that is a principle that no one can convince me that doesn't exist.”

Statement on the justification for the Iraq War http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/07/19/AR2007071901957.html (July 20, 2007)
2000s, 2007

“The bill Congress sent me would take away one of the most valuable tools in the war on terror -- the CIA program to detain and question key terrorist leaders and operatives.”

President's Radio Address http://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/news/releases/2008/03/20080308.html, regarding the President's veto of a bill that would have banned waterboarding as an interrogation technique (March 8, 2008)
2000s, 2008

“The best way to help children is to help their mothers live long to raise them.”

2010s, 2014, U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit Spousal Program (August 2014)

“…I believe that we're going to win; I believe that -- and by the way, if I didn't think that, I wouldn't have our troops there. That's what you got to know. We're going to succeed.”

In response to a question concerning Bush stating two months prior "Absolutely we're winning" in Iraq and then saying in the Washington Post "We're not winning, we're not losing." Press Conference http://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/news/releases/2006/12/20061220-1.html from the White House Indian Treaty Room (December 20, 2006)
2000s, 2006

“Brownie, you're doing a heck of a job.”

Speaking to FEMA head Michael D. Brown, following Hurrican Katrina at Mobile Regional Airport in Mobile, Alabama http://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/news/releases/2005/09/20050902-2.html. — September 2, 2005.
2000s, 2005

“"Hello, what's your name?"
"My name is Mr. Fischer, what's your name?"
"Bush. I'm Mr. Bush."”

Source: Dialogue with German foreign minister and Vice Chancellor Joschka Fischer during his visit in Germany, 24. February 2005 http://www.taz.de/pt/2005/02/24/a0197.nf/text

“You know, I think an interesting construct that General [Peter] Pace uses is, "We're not winning, we're not losing."”

In response to the question “Are we winning in Iraq”? Interview with the Washington Post http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/19/AR2006121900886.html (December 20, 2006)
2000s, 2006

“Well, no… He is the wrong father to appeal to for advice. The wrong father to go to, to appeal to in terms of strength. There's a higher Father that I appeal to.”

Response to reporter Bob Woodward's inquiring as to whether, prior to the 2003 Iraq invasion, he had sought any advice from his father, George H. W. Bush. (The latter, during his own presidency, had led a successful invasion of Iraq in the 1991 Gulf War, while also resisting calls to press on to Baghdad and overthrow its leader, Saddam Hussein.) Words quoted are as recalled by Woodward during his one-on-one White House interview with Bush in 2003 or early 2004, and later recounted by Woodward in a 2004 interview with 60 Minutes. http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/04/15/60minutes/main612067.shtml
2000s, 2004

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