President George Bush raises his right hand as he is sworn into office as the 41st president of the United States by Chief Justice William Rehnquist outside the west front of the Capitol on Jan. 20, 1989. First lady Barbara Bush holds the bible for her husband. Former President Reagan is in the background.
Vice President George Bush and his wife Barbara, left, stand with Senator Dan Quayle, R-Ind., and his wife Marilyn, right, on the podium Aug. 18, 1988 at the Republican National Convention in New Orleans.
President George Bush sits at his desk in the Oval Office of the White House, Jan. 21, 1989.
President Bush, left, trades looks with Lee Atwater, chairman of the Republican National Committee, as they accompany a band during a rhythm and blues concert in Washington D.C., on Jan. 21, 1989. Bush was inaugurated one day earlier.
Rep. Dick Cheney, R-Wyo., left, gestures March 11, 1989, during a White House briefing where President George Bush announced Cheney as his choice to become Defense Secretary. A little over 10 years later, George W. Bush would select Cheney to be his running mate.
The president holds up a bag of crack cocaine as he speaks from the Oval Office of the White House in Washington D.C. on Sept. 5, 1989. Mr. Bush called drugs "the gravest domestic threat facing our nation."
President Bush's son George W. Bush steps on his father's stomach while he stretches prior to a run at Fort McNair in Washington on Jan. 27, 1990.
President Bush and his wife, Barbara, pose May 31, 1990 with Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev and his wife, Raisa, as they arrive for the state dinner at the White House in Washington.
President Bush tosses presidential tie clips to U.S. Marines at a desert encampment in eastern Saudi Arabia Nov. 23, 1990 during a Thanksgiving Day visit.
Mr. Bush talks to the media during a news conference Tuesday, Feb. 5, 1991. The president said he would send Defense Secretary Dick Cheney and Gen. Colin L. Powell to the Persian Gulf war zone for a "first hand status report."
Britain's Queen Elizabeth II peers over microphones May 14, 1991, while giving arrival remarks on the South Lawn of the White House as President Bush looks on.
Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman, Gen. Colin Powell, with President Bush at his side, addresses reporters Thursday May 23, 1991 in the White House Rose Garden after the president announced that he was reappointing Powell to a second term as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Bush praised Powell for his advice and leadership in the war against Iraq and the invasion of Panama.
President Bush, accompanied by National Security Adviser Brent Scowcroft, right, arrives back at the White House Aug. 19, 1991, after he interrupted his vacation following the overthrow of Soviet President Gorbachev.
Clarence Thomas is sworn in to the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., October 18, 1991, by Justice Byron White. Looking on from left is First Lady Barbara Bush, President George Bush, behind Thomas, and Thomas' wife, Virginia Lamp Thomas.
Mother Teresa smiles as she meets with President Bush at the White House Oval Office, Dec. 9, 1991. Mother Teresa, the winner of the 1979 Nobel Peace Prize, also attended a mass in Washington, where 27 novices pledged themselves to the Roman Catholic order of nuns she founded in 1949.
Mr. Bush is shown in this Aug. 19, 1992 photo at the Republican Convention in Houston, Texas. He is flanked by son George W. Bush Jr., and his wife, Laura, and his wife Barbara, seen at right.
President and Mrs. Bush walk with Millie across the South Lawn as they return to the White House Aug. 24, 1992. Millie, a springer spaniel, was "first dog" in the Bush White House and namesake of a book that offered a dog's-eye view of the presidency.
President Bush, left, talks with independent candidate Ross Perot as Democratic candidate Bill Clinton stands aside at the end of their presidential debate in Richmond, Va., Oct. 15, 1992.
Chelsea Clinton pets outgoing first dog Millie as President Bush, Barbara Bush and President-elect Clinton look on at the White House Jan. 20, 1993. The Clinton family went to the White House to pick up the Bushes, escorting them to Capitol Hill and Clinton's presidential swearing in ceremony.
Former President Bush and President Clinton embrace after Mr. Clinton was sworn in as the 42nd president of the United States.