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Biography:

George Herbert Walker Bush was born into a wealthy family with a tradition of public service. He joined the Navy after high school, becoming the youngest pilot in the Navy. He flew 58 combat missions during World War II. On one mission over the Pacific he was shot down by Japanese antiaircraft fire and was rescued from the water by a U. S. submarine. After graduation from Yale, Bush embarked on a career in the oil industry of West Texas. He later entered politics, becoming a Congressman. He served as Vice President under Ronald Reagan before being elected President in 1988.

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In contrast to Ronald Reagan's idealism, President Bush was solidly pragmatic. For example, he advocated a policy of restraint toward the group of new nations that grew from the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Bush also used military force rather than diplomacy. He sent troops into Panama to overthrow the corrupt regime of General Manuel Noriega, who was threatening the security of the canal. When Iraq invaded Kuwait in 1990, Bush assembled and led the military coalition that forced Iraq out of Kuwait.

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