Bush's First Term
Bush's First Term
President George W. Bush began his first term as president on January 20, 2001 and ended on January 20, 2005, which is when his second term began. During his first term George W. Bush faced many challenges such as terrorist, immigration, war, and oil prices. He had at one point the highest approval rating of any president. (Biography of President George W. Bush) Internet.
On September 11, 2001, eight months after Bush had taken office, terrorists hijacked airplanes and flew them into the twin towers of the in New York City and The Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia. On the evening of the day of the attacks, the President declared a war on terror. Soon afterwards, President Bush's approval rating rose to 90%, the highest approval rating recorded for any president by the Gallup Organization, which began the poll during the presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt. (Fahrenheit 9/11) Moore.
Bush's first policy-related response to 9/11 came on October 8, 2001 when, during a speech to Congress, he announced the creation of the Office of Homeland Security and appointed Tom Ridge, former governor of Pennsylvania, as its director. This was the first executive-level office to be created since 1988, when President Ronald Reagan appointed a head to the Department of Veterans Affairs. The stated goal of the Homeland Security office was to develop and coordinate the implementation of a comprehensive national strategy and to secure the United States from terrorist threats or attacks. The department's most public accomplishment came on March 12, 2002 with the unveiling of the Homeland Security Advisory System, a system of color-coded alerts designed to warn the populace of the assessed level of threat, based on the evaluation of credible intelligence reports, currently posed by terrorists. The terror alert level was and continues to be posted on a daily basis. (George W. Bush) Encyclopedia.
In the fall of 2002, during his...
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