President Bush’s memoir, Decision Points, was published in November 2010. In January 2010, he united with former President Bill Clinton to lead a major fundraising relief effort for the victims of the devastating Haitian earthquake. Bush returned to Texas as a private citizen. Bush and Bill Clinton surveyed damage en route to Palace West Camp during a visit to Haiti on March 22, 2010. Following the surge, total violence in Iraq was drastically reduced and the United States established a new embassy in Baghdad in January 2009. troops in the Iraq War to combat the insurgency.

In January 2007, President Bush announced his plan for a “surge” of U.S. He also designated nearly 195,000 square miles of the central Pacific Ocean as national monuments and preserved an additional one million square miles of fish habitats. Bush worked together to establish the Preserve America Initiative and the National Parks Centennial Initiative, and the President asked Congress to provide more than $6.5 billion to repair and improve the National Park System. President Bush also led efforts to provide more than $3.3 billion to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria. Bush continued the development of humanitarian aid programs including the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) and the President’s Malaria Initiative, to assist those suffering around the world. Bush signed a proclamation to create the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Marine National Monument at a ceremony on Jat the White House.ĭuring his second administration, President George W. Laura Bush and guests looking on, President George W. Iraq also held its elections – the first free elections in the country – in January 2005. President Bush was re-elected for a second term, and inaugurated January 20, 2005. Bush faced Senator John Kerry of Massachusetts. In the 2004 election, President George W. The USA Freedom Corps, also created following September 11th, aimed to inspire American citizens to serve humanitarian causes greater than themselves. President Bush initiated a reorganization of the federal government established the National Counterterrorism Center, the Department of Homeland Security, and the Homeland Security Council and created the position of Director of National Intelligence. As part of this effort, the War in Afghanistan began in October 2001 and the War in Iraq in March 2003. In response to the September 11th terrorist attacks, President Bush declared a War on Terror, which became a wide-ranging assault on terrorists and those entities that support terrorism around the globe. Bush visited troops and served Thanksgiving Dinner at the Bob Hope Dining Facility, Baghdad International Airport, Iraq on November 27, 2003. (P36047-34) The fourth plane crashed in Shanksville, Pennsylvania after its passengers attempted to overtake the hijackers. In the deadliest attack ever on American soil, terrorists hijacked four airplanes, crashing two into the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York City and one into the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia. The Bush Presidency changed dramatically with the events of September 11, 2001. Economically, President Bush created a tax relief package, which reduced individual income tax rates and doubled the child tax credit, in addition to other reforms. Bush to help adults connect with at-risk children. President Bush increased the size of Pell Grants available to college students to an all-time high and also created the Helping America’s Youth Initiative. President Bush’s first major initiative, the No Child Left Behind Act of 2002, created reforms that raised standards and improved test scores in the public education system. Bush Administration focused on public education. Bush placed calls to the families of the crew of the space shuttle Columbia on Februfrom the Oval Office of the White House.Įarly decisions in the George W. Bush was inaugurated as the 43rd President of the United States on January 20, 2001. Gore certified Florida’s electoral votes. Though the Presidential election was held November 7, 2000, the final outcome was not known until December 12, 2000, when the Supreme Court decision Bush v. His opponent in the 2000 election was Vice President Albert Gore. Bush announced his candidacy for the Presidency of the United States. Governor Bush won re-election in 1998 with nearly 69 percent of the vote, becoming the first Governor in Texas history to be elected to two consecutive four-year terms. In 1994, Bush once again ran for public office and was elected the 46th Governor of Texas. Representative of the 19th District in Texas. Bush made his first run for political office to be U.S. In 1978, following his family’s distinguished tradition of public service, George W. Bush embraced victims of Hurricane Katrina on Septemduring a tour of the Biloxi, Mississippi area.

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