George P. Bush

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image_size = 150px
name = George P. Bush
caption =
birth_date = birth date and age|1976|4|24
birth_place = Texas
education = undergraduate degree (Rice University)
J.D. (University of Texas School of Law)
occupation =
residence = Ft. Worth, Texas
spouse = Amanda Williams Bush (2004 - present)
children =
parents = Jeb Bush and Columba Bush
religion = Roman Catholic

George Prescott Bush (born April 24 1976 in Texas) [ [http://www.familytreelegends.com/records/20902?SubmitSearch.x=0&SubmitSearch.y=0&11_month=0&first=George%20Prescott&last=Bush&spelling=Exact&c=search&11_day=0&offset=20 Texas Births, 1926-1995] ] is an attorney and real estate developer, who is the eldest of three children of former Florida Governor Jeb Bush and his wife Columba. He is the nephew of the President of the United States George W. Bush and the grandson of former President George H. W. Bush.

He practiced law in Dallas until 2005 before joining N3 Capital, a real estate investment company in Fort Worth, Texas. N3 Capital has since moved its headquarters to Austin, Texas and changed its name to Pennybacker Capital. [http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS104297+18-Aug-2008+BW20080818]

Early life

His mother, Columba Garnica Gallo, was born in Mexico, and his heritage has made him a popular figure with Hispanic voters.

Bush went to high school with popular musical artist Enrique Iglesias at Gulliver Preparatory School in Miami.

Like his grandfather and uncle, Bush was a freshman walk-on to the Rice University team but abandoned the game by his sophomore year. [cite news |url=http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/story?oid=oid%3A78217 | title=Gorgeous George | author=Russell Contreras | publisher=The Austin Chronicle | date=August 11, 2000 |accessdate=2006-10-12] Bush played quarterback for the Jones College intramural football team. Bush earned an undergraduate degree from Rice in 1998, and earned a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Texas School of Law in 2003.

He was featured in "People Magazine"'s top 100 Bachelors in 2000.

Political activity

At the age of 12, Bush spoke before the 1988 Republican National Convention, which nominated his grandfather. He campaigned for his uncle, George W. Bush, during the 2000 and 2004 presidential campaigns. In his speeches he stated support for his uncle's position in favor of comprehensive immigration reform.

He has been outspoken on certain issues. In August 2004, during a trip to Mexico sponsored by the group [http://www.republicansabroad.org Republicans Abroad] , he called Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez a dictator [cite news
url=http://www.ocregister.com/ocr/2004/08/22/sections/news/focus_politics/article_211555.php
author=Mark Stevenson
title=Bush nephew faults policy at Mexican border
publisher=Orange County Register
date=August 22 2004
accessdate=2007-03-22] and criticized the U.S. Border Patrol's use of guns which fire plastic pellets packed with chili powder. Bush was quoted as telling Mexican media, "If there has been American approval for this policy, that is reprehensible. It's kind of barbarous." He attributed the gun usage to "some local INS guy who's trying to be tough, act macho", although it is an agency policy.cite news
url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/uselections2004/story/0,,1293981,00.html
title=He's young, good looking, and Hispanic - could he be the next George Bush in the White House?
author=Dan Glaister
publisher=The Guardian
date=August 31 2004
accessdate=2007-03-22] The Mexico Solidarity Network pointed out that Bush is the grandson of a migrant worker. [cite web
url=http://www.mexicosolidarity.org/News%20and%20Analysis/2004/index8333.html?file=43-AUGUST%2016-22,%202004&path=/News%20and%20Analysis/2004/
title=something
publisher=MexicoSolidarity.org
date=August 16-22, 2004]

When asked in 2003 about whether he planned to run for office himself, Bush replied that his grandmother, Barbara Bush, had advised that anyone thinking about entering politics should distinguish himself in some other field first: "Make a name for yourself, have a family, marry someone great, have some kids, buy a house, pay taxes, and do the things everyone also does instead of just running out and saying, 'Hey, I'm the nephew of or the son of or the grandson of...'." [ [http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,626396,00.html Bachelor Bush to Change His Ways Soon"] June 30, 2003, People (magazine).] Speaking specifically of his father's White House ambitions, he cites "Bush fatigue" as a discouraging factor.cite web | url=http://www.mensvogue.com/business/articles/2006/08/21/bush?currentPage=1 | title=Life Studies: The Heir Apparent | author=Hudson Morgan | publisher=Men's Vogue | date=August 21, 2006 | accessdate=2006-10-11]

Military service

On March 21, 2007 the United States Navy Reserve announced the selection of Bush for training as an intelligence officer. Once commissioned as an Ensign for eight years of reserve service, he will attend officer candidate school, and then undergo a year of intelligence training, initially assigned to duty near his home.cite news
url=http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0307/3251.html
title=George P. Bush Joins Navy Reserve
author=Mike Allen
publisher=The Politico
date=March 21 2007
accessdate=2007-03-22] [http://www.topix.net/content/kri/1303892271236255326710001674493421040073]

Bush told "The Politico" that attending the October 2006 launch of the aircraft carrier named for his grandfather -- the USS George H.W. Bush -- inspired him to join the service. He also called the death of Pat Tillman, the NFL player and Army Ranger who was killed in a friendly fire incident in Afghanistan in 2004, "a wake-up call." When asked to comment, Bush's senior assistant, Kyle Hoskinson, said "The Pat Tillman case is one of the saddest in U.S. Army history."

Personal life

Bush married a law school classmate, Amanda "Mandi" Williams, on August 7 2004 in Kennebunkport, Maine. [ [http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A48725-2004Aug7?language=printer washingtonpost.com: In Maine, One Bush Wedding and A Fish Story ] ] [ [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5634889 Bush's daughter reels in a big fish - Politics - MSNBC.com ] ] Williams is a media law attorney at the Jackson Walker LLP in Fort Worth. [ [http://www.fwbusinesspress.com/display.php?id=5683 Media savvy Attorney Amanda Bush sharpens her focus on law – and on Fort Worth - Fort Worth Business Press ] ] [ [http://www.jw.com/site/jsp/attyinfo.jsp?id=339 Jackson Walker LLP Profile] ] They currently live in Fort Worth, Texas.

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