George Herbert Walker Bush was an American politician,diplomat,and businessman who served as the 41st president of the United States from 1989 to 1993. A member of the Republican Party,he also served as the 43rd vice president from 1981 to 1989 under Ronald Reagan and previously in various other federal positions.
Andrew Hill Card Jr. is an American politician and academic administrator who was White House Chief of Staff under President George W. Bush from 2001 to 2006,as well as head of Bush's White House Iraq Group. Card served as United States Secretary of Transportation under President George H. W. Bush from 1992 to 1993.
The Bush family is an American political family that has played a prominent role in American politics since the 1950s,foremost as the first family of the United States from 1989 to 1993 and again from 2001 to 2009,during the respective presidencies of George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush. They also played prominent roles in areas of American news,sports,entertainment,and business. They were also the second family of the United States from 1981 to 1989,when George H. W. Bush was vice president. The Bush family is one of four families to have produced two presidents of the United States by the same surname;the others were the Adams,Roosevelt,and Harrison families.
Brent Scowcroft was a United States Air Force officer who was a two-time United States National Security Advisor,first under U.S. President Gerald Ford and then under George H. W. Bush. He served as Military Assistant to President Richard Nixon and as Deputy Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs in the Nixon and Ford administrations. He served as Chairman of the President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board under President George W. Bush from 2001 to 2005,and advised President Barack Obama on choosing his national security team.
The 1988 Republican National Convention was held in the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans,Louisiana,from August 15 to August 18,1988. It was the second time that a major party held its convention in one of the five states known as the Deep South,coming on the heels of the 1988 Democratic National Convention,which was held in Atlanta,Georgia.
Richard Gordon Darman was an American businessman and government official who served in senior positions during the presidencies of Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush.
Joseph Whitehouse Hagin II is an American political aide who served as White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations under President Donald Trump from 2017 to 2018,a role he also served in for President George W. Bush from 2001 until July 2008. In September 2008,he was interim CEO of Jet Support Services Inc. Joe Hagin co-founded Command Consulting Group in April 2009.
Counselor to the President is a title used by high-ranking political advisors to the president of the United States and senior members of the White House Office.
On December 26,2006,Gerald Ford,the 38th president of the United States,died at his home in Rancho Mirage,California at 6:45 p.m. local time. At 8:49 p.m. local time,his wife of 58 years,Betty Ford,issued a statement announcing his death. The causes of death listed on the death certificate were arteriosclerotic cerebrovascular disease and diffuse arteriosclerosis.
Membership in the Council on Foreign Relations comes in two types:Individual and Corporate. Individual memberships are further subdivided into two types:Life Membership and Term Membership,the latter of which is for a single period of five years and is available to those between the ages of 30 and 36 at the time of their application. Only U.S. citizens and permanent residents who have applied for U.S. citizenship are eligible. A candidate for life membership must be nominated in writing by one Council member and seconded by a minimum of three others.
John Francis William Rogers is an American businessman,serving as executive vice president,chief of staff,and secretary to the board of Goldman Sachs.
The vice president-elect of the United States is the candidate who has won election to the office of vice president of the United States in a United States presidential election,but is awaiting inauguration to assume the office.
The physician to the president is the formal and official title of the physician who the president of the United States chooses to be their personal physician. Often,the physician to the president also serves as the director of the White House Medical Unit,a unit of the White House Military Office responsible for the medical needs of the president of the United States,vice president,White House staff,and visitors. The physician to the president is also the chief White House physician.
The C&O desk is one of six desks ever used in the Oval Office by a sitting President of the United States. The C&O Desk was used in the executive office by only George H. W. Bush,making it one of two Oval Office desks to be used by only one president there. Prior to its use in the Oval Office by Bush,the desk had been in use elsewhere in the White House. It is the shortest-serving Oval Office desk to date,having been used for one four-year term.
The 1988 United States presidential election in Oklahoma took place on November 8,1988. All fifty states and the District of Columbia,were part of the 1988 United States presidential election. Oklahoma voters chose eight electors to the Electoral College,which selected the president and vice president.
The presidential transition of George W. Bush took place following the 2000 United States presidential election. It started after Bush was declared the victor of the election on December 12,2000,when the Bush v. Gore decision by the Supreme Court halted the election recount in Florida,making Bush the victor in that state. The decision delivered him the state's 25 electoral votes,thus giving him a total of 271 electoral votes. This was one more vote than the 270 needed to win the presidency outright,making him president-elect.
The 1984 United States presidential election debates were held during the 1984 presidential election. Three debates were held between Republican candidate,incumbent president Ronald Reagan and Democratic vice president Walter Mondale under Jimmy Carter,the major candidates. One debate was held with their vice presidential running mates,incumbent vice president George H. W. Bush and congresswoman Geraldine Ferraro.
The presidential transition of Bill Clinton began when he won the United States presidential election on November 3,1992,and became the president-elect. Clinton was formally elected by the Electoral College on December 14,1992. The results were certified by a joint session of Congress on January 8,1993,and the transition ended when Clinton was inaugurated on January 20,1993.
The presidential transition of George H. W. Bush began when then-Vice President Bush won the United States 1988 United States presidential election,becoming the president-elect,and ended when Bush was inaugurated on January 20,1989.
The presidential transition of Ronald Reagan began when he won the 1980 United States presidential election,becoming the president-elect,and ended when Reagan was inaugurated on January 20,1981.
