George w bush biography childhood cancer
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George W. Bush: Life After the Presidency
George W. Bush was 62 years old when his presidential term ended. He left office with a dismal 33 percent approval rating and with 60 percent of the American public believing that he would be considered below average as President in the annals of history. When confronted with this situation, Bush wittily replied, “I was also the most popular president,” which he was following his response to the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. Upon leaving office, Bush returned to Midland, Texas, and promptly took up residence at his beloved Prairie Chapel Ranch in Crawford, Texas. No typical politician, he seemed to enjoy the relaxation and time away from power.
Bush read several books about George Washington during the final year of his presidency and said that if historians were still analyzing the first President, then the 43rd would never fully discover how history viewed his own administration. Political adviser Karl Rove stated that desp
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For Immediate Release
Office of Mrs. Bush
January 1, 2001
Mrs. Bush's Introduction of President Bush at Breast Cancer Awareness Event
As Delivered
Thank you very much and welcome to the White House. I am glad to see all of you here today - sister warriors and supporters in the winning battle against breast cancer.and participants in the Komen National Race for the Cure.
This sea of pink stirs mixed emotions: I feel a twinge of sadness because of what this color has come to represent: lives lost, and lives changed because of cancer. But I also feel joy and pride, because every speck of pink represents a victory and hope for the future.
Technology, science, medical breakthroughs, and each of you give us hope that we will find a cure and put an end to breast cancer. Until that day comes, we shall hold steady on our course to save lives.
All of us here today know someone who has breast cancer or has survived it.
I'd like to introduce my mother, Jenna Welch, a
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Barbara Pierce Bush (June 8, 1925 – April 17, 2018), former First Lady of the United States, was a tireless family literacy advocate, supporter of cancer research following the death of their three year-old daughter, Robin, from leukemia, and a devoted wife and mother of five children.
Mrs. Bush used her bully pulpit to try to do something to help others every day. During her time as First Lady, she went to soup kitchens, homeless shelters, hospitals, and senior centers. Barbara Bush ultimately chose literacy as her signature cause. She believed if more people could read, write, and comprehend, we could be much closer to solving so many other problems that our country faces.
In 1989, Mrs. Bush launched the Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy to support parents with unmet literacy needs so they could learn alongside their children. Since inception, the Foundation has provided more than $110 million in support to literacy programs in all 50 states and the District of Columbi