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George H. W. Bush
George Herbert Walker Bush was the 41st president of the United States, serving from 1989 to 1993. A member of the Republican Party, he also served as the 43rd vice president under President Ronald Reagan from 1981 to 1989 and previously in various other positions. Bush was the father of George W. Bush, the 43rd president of the United States.
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Born 12 June 1924 · Died 30 November 2018 · Q23505
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“I have very mixed emotions. Proud father, is the way I would sum it all up.”
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“s powers, but he was privately uncomfortable with the racial politics of opposing the act. He lost the election 56% to 44%, though he did run well ahead of Barry Goldwater, the Republican presidential nominee. Despite the loss, The New York Times reported that Bush was”
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Crypto Briefing: US enforces Iran blockade with F/A-18 launch from USS George H.W. Bush
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NewsBreak: Local News & Alerts: Michael Jackson at the White House — April 5, 1990 🇺🇸 Rare footage of Michael arriving at the White House with President George H. W. Bush and First Lady Barbara Bush, where he was honored as Artist of the Decade
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DVIDS: USS George H.W. Bush Conducts Night Flight Ops [Image 1 of 2]
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DVIDS: USS George H.W. Bush Conducts Night Flight Ops [Image 3 of 4]
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Kyiv Post: From Bush to Trump: 35 Years of Western Doubt About Ukraine
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fact checker rated the claim “USS George H.W. Bush (CVN-77) transiting the Strait of Gibraltar.” misleading.
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Snopes rated the claim “In January 2026, former President George W. Bush said he was celebrating "no longer having started the dumbest war in U.S. history."” Originated as Satire.
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20252 items
Lead Stories rated the claim “Trump's mobilization of National Guard to Los Angeles in 2025 is just like George HW Bush mobilization in 1992.” Gov. Requested.
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KEYT: George H.W. Bush Fast Facts
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Check Your Fact rated the claim “A post shared on X claims former President George HW Bush pardoned his son, Neil Bush, white former President Jimmy Carter pardoned his brother.” False.
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USA Today rated the claim “Jimmy Carter, George H.W. Bush pardoned relatives” False.
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Snopes rated the claim “The list of U.S. presidents before Biden who pardoned family members includes George H.W. Bush, Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton, Donald Trump and Woodrow Wilson.” Mixture.
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Lead Stories rated the claim “Presidents Jimmy Carter and George H.W. Bush pardoned their brothers.” No Clemency.
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FactCheck.org rated the claim “Jimmy Carter pardoned his brother Billy Carter who took over $200,000 from Libya as its foreign agent. George H.W. Bush pardoned his son Neil Bush for his role in the S&L scandals of the 1980s.” False.
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The National Interest: USS George H.W. Bush: The Navy’s Final Nimitz-Class Carrier Packs a Punch
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The Hill: George H.W. Bush at 100: The last WASP president
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USA Today rated the claim “George W. Bush 'agreed to be executed'; Biden, Obama and Clintons jailed” False.
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Snopes.com rated the claim “An authentic photograph shows Osama bin Laden seated with former U.S. President George W. Bush or his father, the late President George H.W. Bush, in a Pentagon meeting that included other U.S. officials.” Fake.
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20202 items
India Today rated the claim “Video shows the daughter of former United States President George W Bush converting to Islam.” False.
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It was replaced entirely by the United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement (USMCA)
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Snopes.com rated the claim “Former president George H.W. Bush has passed away at age 94.” True.
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Died 2018-11-30.
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Bush went to the polls to vote early in the midterm elections
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Barbara Bush died at the age of 92 at her home in Houston, Texas
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“No creo que los ateos deban ser considerados ciudadanos ni tampoco patriotas, esta es una nación bajo Dios.”
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“It just isn't going to work, and it's very interesting that the man who invented this type of what I call a voodoo economic policy is Art Laffer, a California economist.”
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“Original: «The American way of life is not up for negotiation.”
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“The demise of communism wasn't a sure thing. It took the strong leadership of Presidents from both parties, including Republicans like Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford and Ronald Reagan. Without their vision and the support of the American people, the Soviet Union would be a strong superpower today, and we'd be facing a nuclear threat tonight.”
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Career landmark: death.
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“My dog Millie knows more about foreign affairs than these two bozos.”
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“Even though I'm a tranquil guy now at this stage of my life, I have nothing but contempt and anger for those who betray the trust by exposing the identity of our sources. They are, in my view, the most insidious of traitors.”
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Vox highlighted Bush for his "pragmatism" as a moderate Republican president by working across the aisle
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20143 items
Awarded Profile in Courage Award (2014).
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Won Robert Schuman Medal (2014).
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Awarded honorary doctor of Harvard University (2014).
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Won Presidential Medal of Freedom (2011).
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He progressively developed problems walking, initially needing a walking stick for mobility aid before he eventually came to rely on a wheelchair from 2011 onwards.
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Was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame
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Obama awarded Bush with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian honor in the United States
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Awarded Osgar (2009).
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The Points of Light Foundation merged with the Hands On Network to create a new organization, Points of Light
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Awarded Point Alpha Prize (2005).
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Awarded Freedom Award (2005).
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Awarded Eric M. Warburg Award (2002).
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Bush had two separate hip replacement surgeries in 2000 and 2007.
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19993 items
Awarded Franz Josef Strauss Award (1999).
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Awarded Order of the White Lion (1999).
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The headquarters of the Central Intelligence Agency in Langley, Virginia, was renamed the George Bush Center for Intelligence
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19983 items
Awarded honorary doctor of the University of Miami (1998).
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Awarded Honorary doctor at the Nanjing University (1998).
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And win at the same time that his brother George W
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19972 items
Awarded honorary citizen of Gdańsk (1997).
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Houston Intercontinental Airport was renamed in his honor
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19951 item
Bush was a member of the National Rifle Association until he left the organization on 3 May 1995.
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Awarded honorary citizen of Kraków (1994).
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Awarded Grand Cross Special Class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (1993).
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Bush was active in humanitarian activities, often working alongside Clinton
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Awarded Doublespeak Award (1992).
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19913 items
Bush sought fast track authority, which grants the president the power to submit an international trade agreement to Congress without the possibility of amendment
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Bush nominated conservative federal judge Clarence Thomas to succeed Thurgood Marshall, a long-time liberal stalwart
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In May 1991, The New York Times revealed that Bush had developed Graves' disease, a non-contagious thyroid condition that his wife Barbara also had.
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19907 items
Dropped much of the gasoline tax increase in favor of higher income taxes on top earners
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Awarded Doublespeak Award for Read my lips: no new taxes (1990).
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And was quickly transported to a prison in the United States
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The Points of Light Foundation was created as a nonprofit organization in Washington to promote this spirit of volunteerism
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Time named Bush its Man of the Year
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Bush appointed a largely unknown state appellate judge, David Souter, to replace liberal icon William J
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The Americans with Disabilities Act, the Immigration Act and the Clean Air Act Amendments
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19894 items
All the Communist governments collapsed in Eastern Europe
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Career landmark: President of the United States (1989–1993).
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To $220 billion for 1990; the $220 billion deficit represented a threefold increase since 1980
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“I have spoken of a thousand points of light, of all the community organizations that are spread like stars throughout the Nation, doing good.”
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19885 items
The guided missile cruiser USS Vincennes accidentally shot down Iran Air Flight 655, killing 290 passengers
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“I'm not an apologize-for-America kind of guy.”
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The Nation published an article alleging that Bush worked as an operative of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) during the 1960s; Bush denied this claim
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“And I'll be honest with you, it's a joy to serve with a president who does not apologize for the United States of America.”
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Career landmark: President-elect of the United States (1988–1989).
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19862 items
Awarded Theodore Roosevelt Award (1986).
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The Reagan administration was shaken by a scandal when it was revealed that administration officials had secretly arranged weapon sales to Iran during the Iran–Iraq War
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19851 item
Bush became the first vice president to serve as acting president when Reagan underwent surgery to remove polyps from his colon; Bush served as the acting president for approximately eight hours
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Bush toured Western Europe as part of the Reagan administration's ultimately successful efforts to convince skeptical NATO allies to support the deployment of Pershing II missiles
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19812 items
While Bush was in Texas, Reagan was shot and seriously wounded by John Hinckley Jr
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Career landmark: Vice President of the United States (1981–1989).
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19802 items
But was defeated in the Republican presidential primaries by Reagan, who then selected Bush as his vice presidential running mate
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Bush reorganized his staff and concentrated on the New Hampshire primary
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19761 item
Career landmark: Director of Central Intelligence (1976–1977).
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Bush noted in his diary that "There was an aura of sadness, like somebody died
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And as the director of central intelligence in 1976
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Career landmark: United States Ambassador to China (1974–1975).
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19731 item
For a scandal unrelated to Watergate, Bush was considered for the position of vice president, but the appointment instead went to Gerald Ford
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During a controversy over whether the United States was intentionally bombing civilian hydrological infrastructure in Vietnam, Bush was sent by Nixon to convince Kurt Waldheim of the United States' position
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And as chairman of the Republican National Committee in 1973
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Career landmark: United States Ambassador to the United Nations (1971–1973).
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With President Nixon's support, Bush gave up his seat in the House to run for the Senate against Yarborough
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19681 item
Bush joined several other Republicans in issuing the party's Response to the State of the Union address; Bush's part of the address focused on a call for fiscal responsibility
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19671 item
Career landmark: United States representative (1967–1971).
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19661 item
Bush ran for the United States House of Representatives in Texas's 7th congressional district, a newly redistricted seat in the Greater Houston area
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“Immigration is not just a link to our past but it”
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19642 items
Bush sought to unseat liberal Democrat Ralph W
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Was elected to represent Texas's 7th congressional district in 1966
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Bush moved the company and his family from Midland to Houston
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Was named president of the Zapata Offshore Company, a subsidiary which specialized in offshore drilling
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19532 items
Their oldest daughter, Robin, died of leukemia in 1953.
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Co-founded the Zapata Petroleum Corporation, an oil company that drilled in the Permian Basin in Texas
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Volunteered for the successful presidential campaign of Republican candidate Dwight D
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19482 items
Studied at Yale University, Bachelor of Arts (1945–1948).
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With a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics
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They had six children: George W. (b. 1946), Robin (1949–1953), Jeb (b. 1953), Neil (b. 1955), Marvin (b. 1956), and Dorothy (b. 1959).
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Before any invasion took place, Japan formally surrendered following the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
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While Bush was on leave from the Navy, they married in Rye, New York, on January 6, 1945.
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Career landmark: wedding.
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19443 items
Bush served in the Pacific theater, where he flew a Grumman TBM Avenger, a torpedo bomber capable of taking off from aircraft carriers
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And the death of his three-year-old daughter Robin in 1953
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He cited various moments in his life on the deepening of his faith, including his escape from Japanese forces in 1944, and the death of his three-year-old daughter Robin in 1953.
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Becoming one of the youngest pilots in the Navy
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Studied at Phillips Academy (1936–1942).
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Bush met Barbara Pierce at a Christmas dance in Greenwich in December 1941, and, after a period of courtship, they became engaged in December 1943.
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Studied at Greenwich Country Day School (1936).
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Born 1924-06-12.
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190026 items
Awarded Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit.
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Awarded Order of the Bath.
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Won Air Medal.
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Awarded Order pro Merito Melitensi.
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Awarded honorary doctor of the Bar-Ilan University.
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Awarded honorary doctor of the Hofstra University.
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Awarded World Golf Hall of Fame.
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Won Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal.
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Won American Campaign Medal.
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Awarded honorary citizen of Berlin.
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Won Jubilee Medal "60 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945".
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Won Ellis Island Medal of Honor.
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Won World War II Victory Medal.
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Awarded Hungarian Order of Merit.
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Awarded Ronald Reagan Freedom Award.
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Awarded Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath.
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Awarded Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland.
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Won Philadelphia Liberty Medal.
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Awarded Dostyk Order of grade I.
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Awarded Order of the British Empire.
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Awarded Distinguished Flying Cross.
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Awarded honorary doctor of the Ohio State University.
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Career landmark: state funeral.
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Studied at Robert A. Taft Information Technology High School.
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Studied at Davenport College.
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Played for Yale Bulldogs baseball.
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And the first person to succeed a president from his own party via election since Herbert Hoover in 1929
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