2001-Now George W. Bush

George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is the 43rd and current President of the United States and former governor of Texas. He is the son of the 41st president, George H.W. Bush, brother of the current governor of Florida, Jeb Bush, and grandson of former U.S. Senator Prescott Bush. more...

He is the second son of a former United States president to become president himself, the other being John Quincy Adams.

He is a member of the Republican Party, and was elected to become the 46th governor of Texas in 1994, then re-elected in 1998 to occupy the same post. From there, he moved on to win the nomination of the Republican Party for the 2000 presidential race and ultimately defeated Democratic Vice President Al Gore in a particularly close and controversial general election ending in the Supreme Court decision Bush v. Gore In 2004, Bush was elected to a second presidential term, defeating Democratic Senator John Kerry. His term will expire on January 20, 2009.

Bush's presidency has been defined by the ongoing War on Terror following the September 11, 2001 attacks. After the attacks, Bush and the United States Congress created the Department of Homeland Security and increased the powers of law enforcement agencies with the passage of the USA PATRIOT Act. Bush has also attempted to increase the power of the president in response to 9/11, claiming the executive branch can indefinitely suspend habeas corpus rights of U.S. citizens declared "enemy combatants," and authorizing a controversial domestic surveillance program. In 2003, the United States and a multinational force took military action in Iraq, overthrowing and eventually capturing Iraqi President Saddam Hussein. The war continues against the Iraqi insurgency and has been controversial both in the U.S. and abroad.

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