乔治·沃克·布什（George Walker Bush，1946年7月6日—）是美国第43任总统，于2001年1月20日就职。因其父亲是美国第41任总统乔治·赫伯特·沃克·布什，所以常被称为“小布什”以区别，而他父亲被尊称为“老布什”。小布什是自本杰明·哈里森在1888年的选举以来第一个输掉普选，但赢得选举人票而胜出的总统。布什于1995年至2000年间担任第46任得克萨斯州州长。2001年1月20日就职总统后，任期内遭遇911事件，他因此发动了多次“反恐战争”。在2001年10月他发动了阿富汗战争以推翻塔利班政权并铲除基地组织势力，接着他在2003年3月发动了伊拉克战争，推翻了萨达姆政权。
Perino was born in Evanston, Wyoming, and grew up in Denver, Colorado. She attended Ponderosa High School in Parker, Colorado, a suburb of Denver. Perino graduated from the University of Southern Colorado (now known as Colorado State University-Pueblo) in 1994 with a bachelor's degree in mass communications and minors in both political science and Spanish. While attending the university, Perino was active on the debate team and with KTSC-TV, the campus-based PBS affiliate where she served as host of Capitol Journal, a weekly summary of Colorado politics, and producer of Standoff, a weekly public affairs program. From there, Perino attended graduate school at the University of Illinois at Springfield (UIS). Perino obtained her masters at UIS in Public Affairs Reporting while also working as a daily reporter covering the Illinois Capitol for WCIA-TV, a CBS affiliate.
