Mr Bush met in the Oval Office with executives of Cisco Systems Inc, Intel Corp, Occidental Petroleum Corp, and GHAFARI Inc, who have created the US-Lebanon Partnership Fund to aid reconstruction efforts.
They’re already made a pledge of $10 million to help young people in southern Lebanon create or find work.
The US Overseas Private Investment Corp and Citibank have formed a joint venture to provide US$160 million in private capital through Lebanese banks to finance small and medium businesses and provide loans to families.
The US government has committed US$250 million to Lebanon’s recovery.
Mr Bush says that helping with the country’s reconstruction would show "we strongly support the young democracies in the Middle East".