George Herbert Walker Bush Biography and Timeline

Birth of Charles Kingsley

Birth of Charles Kingsley

Election

Elected to the House of Representatives

Diplomatic Mission to Beijing

Heads a diplomatic mission to Beijing

Role range: 1968-1974

Director of Central Intelligence

Appointed Director of the CIA

Role range: 1975-1977

President of United States of America

Loses the Republican nomination to Reagan, later becomes Vice President

President of USA

Appointed Republican Party presidential nominee

US Navy F-14s shoot down 2 Libyan jet fighters over Mediterranean

The US Navy F-14s shoot down 2 Libyan jet fighters over Mediterranean

Role range: 1989-1993 – 1989-1993

Diplomatic Mission

The United States presented photographic evidence to the United Nations Security Council to justify its shootdown of two Libyan jet fighters as self-defense, evidence the Libyan ambassador said was faked

Role range: 1989-1993 – 1989-1993

UN Security Council

The United States presented photographic evidence to the United Nations Security Council to justify its shootdown of two Libyan jet fighters as self-defense, evidence the Libyan ambassador said was faked

Role range: 1989-1993 – 1989-1993

Election

President of elect Bush completes the selection of his Cabinet, naming retired Adm. James D. Watkins secretary of energy and former education secretary William J. Bennett drug Czar

Role range: 1989-1993 – 1989-1993

President of USA

President of elect Bush completes the selection of his Cabinet, naming retired Adm. James D. Watkins secretary of energy and former education secretary William J. Bennett drug Czar

Role range: 1989-1993 – 1989-1993

Inauguration

Inaugurated President of the USA

Role range: 1989-1993 – 1989-1993

Meeting with The Japanese Prime Minister Noboru Takeshita

President Bush meets the Japanese Prime Minister Noboru Takeshita, after which both leaders sounded upbeat about U.Sese relations

Role range: 1989-1993 – 1989-1993

Economy of USA

President Bush, in his first major speech to Congress, proposes a $1.16 trillion "common sense" budget for fiscal 1990

Role range: 1989-1993 – 1989-1993

Invention of Stealth-Bomber

1st Test flight of US stealth-bomber

Role range: 1989-1993 – 1989-1993

Financial Institutions Reform Act

The Act restructures thrift regulation and funds resolution of failed savings institutions.

Role range: 1989-1993

Bush Issues a National Security Directive to resume normal relations with Iraq

Bush Issues a National Security Directive to resume normal relations with Iraq

Role range: 1989-1993 – 1989-1993

National Security Directive

Bush Issues a National Security Directive to resume normal relations with Iraq

Role range: 1989-1993 – 1989-1993

President of USA

Appointed President of the USA, 41st President

Role range: 1989-1993 – 1989-1993

Threshold Test Ban Verification Protocol

Signs verification protocols strengthening implementation of the Threshold Test Ban and Peaceful Nuclear Explosions treaties.

Role range: 1989-1993

US Soviet Chemical Weapons Destruction Accord

Signs a bilateral agreement with Mikhail Gorbachev providing for destruction and non-production of chemical weapons.

Role range: 1989-1993

Invasion Condemned

Supports an emergency Security Council response to the attack.

Role range: 1989-1993

Operation Desert Shield

Orders major US forces to deploy to Saudi Arabia.

Role range: 1989-1993

Invasion of Saudi Arabia

Sends US forces to Saudi Arabia to prevent an Iraqi invasion

Role range: 1990-1991 – 1989-1993

Operation Desert Shield Ordered

Orders US forces to deploy to Saudi Arabia.

Role range: 1990-1991 – 1989-1993

Saudi Defence Deployment

The deployment deters further Iraqi expansion after Kuwait's invasion.

Role range: 1990-1991 – 1989-1993

During a speech in a special joint session of the US Congress

During a speech in a special joint session of the US Congress given on 11 September 1990, US President George H.

Role range: 1990-1991 – 1989-1993

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Role range: 1990-1991 – 1989-1993

It was then that I decided to act to check that aggression

It was then that I decided to act to check that aggression.".

Role range: 1990-1991 – 1989-1993

Visit to To Saudi Arabia where King Fahd requested

US Defense Secretary Dick Cheney made the first of several visits to Saudi Arabia where King Fahd requested US military assistance.

Role range: 1990-1991 – 1989-1993

Joint Session Gulf Address

Addresses Congress on the international response to Iraq.

Role range: 1990-1991 – 1989-1993

Joint Session Gulf Speech

Explains coalition objectives to a joint session of Congress.

Role range: 1990-1991 – 1989-1993

Kuwait Liberation Objectives

Insists Iraq must withdraw and Kuwait's government be restored.

Role range: 1990-1991 – 1989-1993

Additional Forces Ordered

Orders a major increase in US forces deployed to the Gulf.

Role range: 1990-1991 – 1989-1993

Offensive Coalition Buildup

The buildup creates an offensive capability to liberate Kuwait.

Role range: 1990-1991 – 1989-1993

United States Rejects Iraqi Annexation

George H W Bush condemns Iraq's seizure of Kuwait and organizes international opposition.

Use of Force Authorization

Receives congressional authorization to use force against Iraq.

Role range: 1989-1993

Congressional Authorisation for Force

Bush receives congressional authority to use force to implement United Nations resolutions.

Role range: 1990-1991 – 1989-1993

Declaration of War

Congress agrees the go-ahead for the war

Role range: 1990-1991 – 1989-1993

Bombing of Iraq

The Gulf War began with an extensive aerial bombing campaign on 16 January 1991. For forty-two consecutive days and nights, the coalition forces subjected Iraq to the most intensive air bombardment in military history. The coalition flew over 100,000 sorties, dropping 88,500 tons of bombs, and widely destroying military and civilian infrastructure

Role range: 1990-1991 – 1989-1993