what job did george w bush have?
President of the United States Governor of Texas
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 He became involved in politics soon after founding his own oil company , serving as a member of the House of Representatives and Director of Central Intelligence , among other positions . He failed to win the Republican nomination for President in 1980 , but was chosen by party nominee Ronald Reagan to be his running mate , and the two were elected . During his tenure , Bush headed administration task forces on deregulation and fighting the " War on Drugs " . 

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 In December 1991 , Bush was one of seven people named by his father to run his father 's 1992 Presidential re @-@ election campaign as " campaign advisor " . The previous month , his father asked him to tell White House chief of staff John H. Sununu that he should resign . 

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 Bush 's method of management at the OSRD was to direct overall policy , while delegating supervision of divisions to qualified colleagues and letting them do their jobs without interference . He attempted to interpret the mandate of the OSRD as narrowly as possible to avoid overtaxing his office and to prevent duplicating the efforts of other agencies . Bush would often ask : " Will it help to win a war ; this war ? " Other challenges involved obtaining adequate funds from the president and Congress and determining apportionment of research among government , academic , and industrial facilities . His most difficult problems , and also greatest successes , were keeping the confidence of the military , which distrusted the ability of civilians to observe security regulations and devise practical solutions , and opposing conscription of young scientists into the armed forces . This became especially difficult as the army 's manpower crisis really began to bite in 1944 . In all , the OSRD requested deferments for some 9 @,@ 725 employees of OSRD contractors , of which all but 63 were granted . In his obituary , The New York Times described Bush as " a master craftsman at steering around obstacles , whether they were technical or political or bull @-@ headed generals and admirals . " 

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 In 1976 Ford brought Bush back to Washington to become Director of Central Intelligence ( DCI ) , replacing William Colby . He served in this role for 357 days , from January 30 , 1976 , to January 20 , 1977 . The CIA had been rocked by a series of revelations , including those based on investigations by the Church Committee regarding illegal and unauthorized activities by the CIA , and Bush was credited with helping to restore the agency 's morale . In his capacity as DCI , Bush gave national security briefings to Jimmy Carter both as a Presidential candidate and as President @-@ elect , and discussed the possibility of remaining in that position in a Carter administration , but did not do so . He was succeeded by Deputy Director of Central Intelligence E. Henry Knoche , who served as acting Director of Central Intelligence until Stansfield Turner was confirmed . 

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 In May 1968 , Bush was commissioned into the Texas Air National Guard . After two years of active @-@ duty service while training , he was assigned to Houston , flying Convair F @-@ 102s with the 147th Reconnaissance Wing out of the Ellington Field Joint Reserve Base . Critics , including former Democratic National Committee Chairman Terry McAuliffe , have alleged that Bush was favorably treated due to his father 's political standing as a member of the House of Representatives , citing his selection as a pilot despite his low pilot aptitude test scores and his irregular attendance . In June 2005 , the United States Department of Defense released all the records of Bush 's Texas Air National Guard service , which remain in its official archives . 
