George H. W. Bush

USS George H.W. Bush deploys to Middle East, third US aircraft carrier to join war

The WSJ initially reported in February that the Bush could have been deployed to join the Lincoln in the Middle East, though the Ford was chosen to be sent instead.

The USS George H.W. Bush aircraft carrier sails in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Norfolk, Virginia, on October 4, 2025.
 Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi speaks to the media at the UN headquarters in New York City, US, September 25, 2024

Survival means victory: Preserving honor as a war objective - opinion

Aftermath of an Israeli and the US strike on a police station, amid the US-Israel conflict with Iran, in Tehran, Iran, March 2, 2026.

Will the US-Israel war on Iran reshape the global order? - analysis

US Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-MN, speaks at a forum held by the Democratic Women's Caucus titled "Trump's Report Card: Failing Working Women” on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, US, February 4, 2026.

Fact-checking Ilhan Omar’s Ramadan accusation against the US - opinion


PM praises former U.S. president Bush for effort to achieve Mideast peace

41st president dies at 94 - Former envoy to US recalls challenges in relationship with Israel.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu aboard the USS George H.W. Bush docked in northern Israel's Haifa Port, July 3, 2017

Patriot and humble servant: Rivals and proteges remember president Bush

“The legacy of George H.W. Bush will be forever etched in the history of America and the world."

US President Barack Obama is introduced to speak by former President George H.W. Bush at the Points of Light forum at Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas October 16, 2009

At U.N. and in the White House, Bush's troubled ties with American Jews

The Bush presidency was marked by tensions both with Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir and the American Jewish leadership.

Israelli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and President Bush speak to the press at Bush's seaside retreat in Kennebunkport, August, 10, 1992

How Bush, a single term president, changed the course of American history

Bush's passing came seven months after the April 17, 2018, death of his wife, Barbara, to whom he was married for 73 years.

Former President George Bush walks the gangway as he arrives for the christening ceremony of the USS George H.W. Bush at Northrop-Grumman's shipyard in Newport News, Virginia, October 7, 2006

George H.W. Bush, 41st U.S. president, dead at 94

Bush, the 41st president of the United States, lived longer than any of his predecessors. His death at 10:10 p.m. Central time was announced in a statement issued by longtime spokesman Jim McGrath.

Vice President George H.W. Bush gives his acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention in New Orleans, Louisiana in this August 18, 1988 handout photo obtained by Reuters November 30, 2012