U.S. President George W. Bush hugs his wife First Lady Laura Bush after addressing executive office employees about the transition to an Obama administration at the White House in Washington, DC on 06 November 2008. It was Bush's first address as a lame-duck President and the first of many farewells. George W. Bush, the forty-third President of the United States of America, was sworn in 20 January 2001. His term ends 20 January 2009. EPA/MATTHEW CAVANAUGH