In tribute: George H.W. Bush, 41st president
By Lauren Monsen George Herbert Walker Bush, who served as the 41st president of the United States, died November 30 at the age of 94. He was the longest-lived president in U.S. history and a statesman whose service to his country spanned his entire adult life. Before becoming president, he served in posts ranging from Navy pilot to Central Intelligence Agency director to vice president of the United States. As president, from 1989 to 1993, Bush helped usher in a spread of freedom and free markets. The West prevailed in the Cold War, and the Berlin Wall was dismantled, resulting in a unified Germany. Bush also signed two treaties to drastically reduce the threat of nuclear war. George H.W. Bush is sworn in as president of the United States on January 20, 1989, with his wife, Barbara, at his side. (© Wally McNamee/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images) Bush’s deft handling of foreign affairs was a hallmark of his presidency. After Kuwait was invaded by the forces of Iraq...