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The Fighter Pilot American Experience

Premiered May 04, 2020

The Fighter Pilot

To avoid combat in Vietnam, George W. Bush joined the 147th Texas Air National Guard.

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President Bush was criticized for his administration's response to Hurricane Katrina.

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Criticism and Hurricane Katrina

The latest in our award-winning series of presidential biographies, George W. Bush.

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President Bush confronted the most serious financial crisis since the Great Depression.

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Financial Crisis

President Bush shone when he met voters in person, but that was not the case on television

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Media Gaffes

Watch a preview of part one of George W. Bush.

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Chapter 1 | George W. Bush

President Bush was shaken when torture was revealed at Abu Ghraib.

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Enhanced Interrogation Techniques

President Bush assembled a team of rivals to form his cabinet.

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Neocons and Moderates

Within weeks after the U.S. took Baghdad, Iraq ground to a halt and became a free-for-all.

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Occupying Iraq

President Bush was dissatisfied with Bin Laden’s escape and the collapse of the Taliban.

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Saddam Hussein

To avoid combat in Vietnam, George W. Bush joined the 147th Texas Air National Guard.

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The Fighter Pilot

To sell the surge to America, President Bush took a rare step — admit his mistake.

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The Surge of Troops in Iraq

Did the Bush administration mislead the public to go to war?

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The Weapons of Mass Destruction

The latest in our award-winning series of presidential biographies, George W. Bush.

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Learn about the beginning of the environmental justice movement.

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Plague at the Golden Gate (Chinese)

Descubra cómo la peste bubónica desató miedo y sentir antiasiático en San Francisco.

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