George W. Bush

==== 2008 Baghdad shoeing ====
{{Main|George W. Bush shoeing incident}}
[[File:POTUS George W. Bush with Prime Minister of Iraq, Part 2.webm|left|thumb|start=03:30|thumbtime=03:38|Shoeing incident in Baghdad, Iraq, December 2008]]

On December 14, 2008, [[Muntadhar al-Zaidi]], an Iraqi journalist, threw both of his shoes at Bush during a press conference in Baghdad. Bush was not injured, having ducked the pair of shoes.<ref name="Karadsheh">{{cite news|last=Karadsheh|first=Jomana|author2=Cal Perry|title=Bush 'shoe thrower' to be freed from Iraqi jail|publisher=CNN|date=September 14, 2009|url=http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/09/14/iraq.shoe.thrower/index.html|access-date=October 20, 2021}}</ref> However, White House press secretary [[Dana Perino]] received a bruise on her face after being hit by a microphone boom knocked over by security.<ref>{{cite news|last=Allen|first=Mike|title=Perino bruised in shoe-hurling melee|website=Politico|date=December 14, 2008|url=https://www.politico.com/story/2008/12/perino-bruised-in-shoe-hurling-melee-016568|access-date=October 20, 2021}}</ref> Al-Zaidi received a three-year prison sentence, which was reduced to one year. On September 15, 2009, he was released early for good behavior.<ref name="Karadsheh" />