Foreign policy of the George H. W. Bush administration Foreign policy of the George H. W. Bush administration The foreign policy of the George H. W. Bush administration was the foreign policy of the United States from 1989 to 1993 while George H. W. Bush was president. Bush's main foreign policy advisors were Secretaries of State James Baker and Lawrence Eagleburger, and National Security Advisor Brent Scowcroft. Substantial geopolitical developments that occurred during Bush's presidency include: On September 13, 1988, Bush announced the appointment of a national security task force, noted for including former Jimmy Carter administration National Security Advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski, who compared Bush's foreign policy views to
George H. W. Bush and experience a wave of enthusiasm. On January 10, 2009, George H. W. and George W. Bush were both present at the commissioning of (CVN-77), the tenth and last supercarrier of the United States Navy. Bush paid a visit to the carrier again on May 26, 2009. In October 2009, Bush joined President Barack Obama onstage at Texas A&M University for a promotion of volunteering. On February 15, 2011, he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom—the highest civilian honor in the United States—by President Barack Obama. Later that year, Bush, an avid golfer, was inducted in the World Golf