] He had turned to God at the age of 40 as a way of kicking
] alcoholism, and his faith had kept him on the straight
] and narrow ever since, giving him the drive to reach the
] White House.
]
] But all that changed on the day of the attacks on the
] Pentagon and World Trade Center.
]
] Those close to Mr Bush say that day he discovered his
] life's mission.
]
] He became convinced that God was calling him to engage
] the forces of evil in battle, and this one time
] baseball-team owner from Texas did not shrink from the
] task.

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