George W. Bush served as President of the United States from 2001-2009. During his presidency, he oversaw the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq following the 9/11 terrorist attacks. His domestic policies included tax cuts, education reform with No Child Left Behind, and a prescription drug program for seniors. Major events during his presidency included Hurricane Katrina and the Virginia Tech shooting. On the international stage, he dealt with North Korea's nuclear program and sought peace between Israel and Palestine.

1. 2001-2009

2. Born in New Haven, CT
Moved to Texas in 1948
Philips Academy in Andover,
Mass
 Baseball and Cheerleading?
Attended Yale (History) (1964)
Denied to Texas Law
Texas Air National Guard
Arrested for DUI in 1970
Harvard Business School
MBA-Harvard University

3. Bush During his
Time in the
Texas Air Natl.
Guard

4. • Joins Arbusto Energy w/
$10,000 investment
• Sells that for $650,000
• Invests in Texas Rangers
• Sells for $15 million
• Political Career
– Ran for Texas House in 1978
(lost)
– Governor of Texas (1995-2000)
• Executed a record 152 prisoners
in 1998

6. VP-Dick Cheney
State-Colin Powell (1st
Term)
Condoleeza Rice (2nd
Term)
Defense-Donald Rumsfeld
Labor-Elaine Chao
Transportation-Norman
Mineta
Homeland Security-Tom
Ridge

7. • “Peace is Earned
Through Strength”
– Increased Military
Budget
• Global War on Terror
• Bush Doctrine
– Authored by Cheney &
Paul Wolfowitz
– Actions that will protect
the security and
democracy of
Americans are justified

8. New President-Hu Jintao
April 1-US Spy Plane collides
w/Chinese fighter
Emergency Landing on
Hainan Island
Held for 12 Days,
US paid $34, 567.89
Plane returned 2 months
later
 In over 100 boxes!

9. • 8:45am-American
Airlines 11 from Boston
hits WTC (North)
• 9:08am-United 175 from
Boston hits WTC
(South)
• 9:43am-American 77
from Dulles hits
Pentagon
• 10:10am-United 93 from
Newark crash lands into
Somerset, PA

10. 2,999 people died, 24 are still missing
246 on the 4 Planes, 2603 in NYC, 125 at Pentagon
All Civilian International air traffic was banned from
landing for 3 days
“Terrorism can shake the foundations of our tallest
buildings but it can’t shake the resolve of the
American people.
Approval Rating hit 86%, highest ever

11. • October 7- US invasion of
Afghanistan
– Destruction of Terrorist
training camps
– Capture of Al-Qaeda
Leaders (bin Laden)
• Nov. 21-Battle of Tora
Bora-remove Taliban from
Kabul
• President Hamid Karzai
• Operation Mountain
Thrust (2006)-renew
attacks against the Taliban

12. Iran
Iraq
North Korea
Cuba
Libya
Syria

13. President Vladimir Putin
Consolidation of
Democratic Power? Next
Tsar of Russia
SORT Treaty signed May
24, 2002
Limits Nuclear arsenals
to 1700 by 2012
No longer recognizes
ABM Treaty

14. UN Resolution 1441-No tolerance or defiance of
international law (WMD)
Reasons for War-WMD and ties to 9/11
CIA was continuing to investigate “allegations of
yellow-cake uranium sales in Niger”
Thomas Wilson and Valerie Plame (CIA)
No real connection was ever found…
Hans Blix was never aware of any indications of a
nuclear program that could attack the US

15. • Invasion began on March
20, 2003
• Led by General Tommy
Franks
• Baghdad falls on April 9
• Successes
– Operations over May 1, 2003
– Uday & Qusay killed,
Saddam Executed (Dec. 30,
2006)
– Iraq becomes a democracy
in 2004
– Current leader-Prime
Minister Nouri Al-Maliki

17. Rumsfeld Doctrine
Lighter, Faster Military
w/supporting air strikes
Lack of Ground Forces to
Secure Borders & Cities
Debaathification
Removal of Saddam’s
personal army & anyone
involved within his former
government
Abu Ghraib Prison Scandal

18. • Troops-680,000 invasion
• 540,000 US
• 148 US Dead (36 Friendly
Fire)
• 30 Supporting Nations
– 52,000 Saudi Arabia
– 43,000 United Kingdom
– 33,600 Egypt
• Cost $61 Billion ($7
Billion to US)
• 6 Weeks of Combat
• Troops-300,000 invasion
• 165,000 Pre-Surge
• 4400US Soldiers Dead
• 17 Supporting Nations
– South Korea 933
– Romania 397
– El Salvador 280
• Cost $400 Billion to US
• 3 Months of Active
Combat

19.  Kim Jong –Il
 Walked away from 1994
Agreement
 $4 Billion, Oil, Light-water
reactors
 Oct. 6, 2006-Detonated Nuclear
Device (Underground)
 May 7, 2007-Agreed to shut down
reactors for release of frozen bank
funds
 US, China, North Korean Deal
 September 2, 2007-Agreed to
dismantle nuclear program by the
end of 2007.

20. Bush’s Desire for a
Palestinian State by 2005
Denounced Arafat (Died
in 2003)
Israel PM-Ehud Olmert
Palestinian President-
Mahmoud Abbas
Israel must halt West Bank
activity
Palestinian must halt and
dismantle all terrorist
activities

21. Colonel Muhammar
Quadhafi
Agreed in 2003 to disarm
all of their WMD
Allowed weapons
inspectors in (UN)
In 2006, agreed to full
diplomatic ties with the
US (off Axis of Evil…)

22. President Mahmoud
Ahmadinejad
US calls for a stop to
production of all nuclear
weapons
In 2003, Iran stopped
making a bomb
Continued enrichment
of uranium
Continued long range
missile system

23. Tax Cuts-3 major cuts so far…
In 2001, he cut taxes by $1.35 trillion
In 2003, he cut taxes by $350 billion
Tax cuts were set to expire in December 31, 2010
Spending
Federal Spending up 28%
2006-Budget was $2.4 trillion, defense was $480 Billion
2007 Deficit-Approximately $400 Billion
National Debt as of today-$17.2Trillion
What does it all mean?

24. US Patriot Act
Act greatly increased the authority
of US intelligence agencies
Search Emails, telephone calls,
medical, financial records
Loss of civil liberties???
Dept. of Homeland Security
Secretary Tom Ridge (R, PA)
Cabinet level position that secures
America from terrorist attacks and
natural disasters
Director of National Intelligence
John Michael McConnell
Currently collects information from
16 agencies and reports directly to
the President

25. Jan 2002-No Child Left
Behind Act Passed
All students will take tests to
prove that they are proficient
in math, science, and reading
Has it been adequately
funded? Funding has gone up
14%
Parents in school districts
that are failing can send their
kids to other schools
By the year 2014, all children
are supposed to be advanced
or proficient
Sex Education & Intelligent
Design???

26. November 2003
Bans abortions during
the 2nd
Trimester of a
Pregnancy
Polls
Available-39%
Available w/stricter
limits-38%
Not available-23%
Poll-CBS(2006)

27. November 2003
$534 billion over the
next 10 years
Benefits were given to
companies to not
eliminate prescription
drug coverage
Government will not
negotiate discounts with
drug companies

28. Appointed July 19, 2005
Replaced Sandra Day
O’Connor
3rd
Youngest ever to be
Chief Justice
Has turned the court
into a 5-4 balance
towards the
conservatives

29. Demanded a “Guest-
Worker” Program
would allow 12 million
illegal immigrants to
obtain legal status
Deployed 6000 National
Guards to border
700 Mile Fence created
along US/Mexico
Border

30. Withdrew from Kyoto Protocols
Worldwide Pollution standards that would lower the
amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere
To date, 170 countries signed, US & Afghanistan have
not
Bush did not sign because of China and India’s level of
commitment
Social Security Reforms
Privatization means that individuals would be free to
invest their FICA taxes into secured investments
Up to $1000/year could be invested

31. Destroyed February 1,
2003
Broke up over Texas at a
altitude of 39 miles
All 7 Crew Members
were killed

32. Hurricane
Katrina
August 23-28, 2005
1836 Killed
$81.2 Billion in Damages
Criticisms-Michael
Brown as director of
FEMA, also President of
Arabian Horse
Association
Iraq War had stretched
response to thin…
Bush denied that he
received warnings about
the levee system

33. Virginia Tech
Shooting
April 16,2007
Seung Hi-Cho killed 32
people and wounded 25
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