primaries. But, inthe general election he was beaten by Bill Clinton and AlGore who attacked the Bush administration's performance onthe economy, health care, and the environment. During hislast weeks in office, Bush remained active in foreignpolicy. He sent troops to restore order and feed thestarving in Somalia, ordered new air strikes against Iraq,and signed a wide-ranging arms reduction treaty withRussian President Boris Yeltsin.Today George Bush lives in Kennybunkport, Maine wherehe has a compound there. His oldest son George W. Bush,Jr. is currently in the process of campaigning for the2000 election.President George Bush brought to the White House adedication to traditional American values and adetermination to direct them toward making the United States"a kinder and gentler nation." In his Inaugural Address hepledged in "a moment rich with promise" to use Americanstrength as "a force for good." 4 He strove to keep hispromised and was mostly successful in doing so.Alexander Hamilton Stevens and George Herbert WalkerBush have very little in common. They were born inentirely separate centuries and one had already passed onby the time the other came into this world, so thereforelived very different lives. Both however, were vice presidents at one time intheir lives although for two different governments- theUnited States of America, and the Confederate States ofAmerica. Bush went on to become President of the U.S.,but Stephens did not achieve his hope of becomingPresident of the Confederacy. They both represented theirsouthern states in the U.S. House of Representatives. Bush served in the military and was quite remarkable, butStephens had no noted service with any military. Bush wasnoted for his family-man appearance, but there is barelyany mention of Stephens family. Both men are remembered as great for their individualreasons. They were two of the men who shaped our country-the United States of America- in the past and l...
