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George Herbert Walker BushDuring my career, I have had the rare opportunity to serve on both sides of the coin in the intelligence cycle--producer and consumer. As the Director of Central Intelligence, I advised the President and the National Security Council on foreign intelligence matters, and I have been recipient of that intelligence as President of the United States!I was born in Milton, Massachusetts, and when World War II broke out, I joined the Navy and became a Naval aviator. It was tough and risky business flying off aircraft carriers during the war. I think it strengthened my ability to meet the challenges that lay ahead. I was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross and three Air Medals. I was discharged with the rank of lieutenant (junior grade). I went to Yale University, graduated in 1948, and eventually started (with a partner) an oil company, Zapata Petroleum Corporation. I was director and later president of the Zapata Off Shore Corporation. |
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