100 Things AmericansMay Not Know About theBush Administration Record
THE ADMINISTRATION OFPRESIDENT
George W Bush
2001 – 2009
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100 things americans may not know
100 HINGS AMERICANS MAY NO KNOW ABOUHE BUSH ADMINISRAION RECORD
KEP AMERICA SAFE
For more than seven years ater September 11, 2001, prevented another
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attack on our homeland.
Waged the Global War on error
Removed threatening regimes in Iraq and Aghanistan, which reed
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50 million people.Weakened the al-Qaeda network and its aliates.
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Disrupted terrorist plots and built a coalition o more than 90 nations to
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ght terrorism.
ransormed Our Approach to Combating errorism Ater the9/11 Attacks
ransormed the United States military and retooled the Department o
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Deense to meet 21st century challenges.Established the Director o National Intelligence, the National
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Counterterrorism Center, the Department o Homeland Security, and theHomeland Security Council. Shited the FBI’s ocus rom investigatingterrorist attacks to preventing them.Advocated or and signed the Patriot Act, the Intelligence Reorm and
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errorism Prevention Act, and a modernization o the Foreign IntelligenceSurveillance Act.
Protected the United States Homeland
Arrested and convicted terrorists in the United States and captured and
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isolated key nanciers and acilitators o terrorism.Expanded the Border Patrol and improved border security.
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Created the ransportation Security Administration, built a consolidated
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watchlist program, and strengthened programs or screening individualsentering the United States.Provided approximately $27 billion in homeland security grants, increased
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national preparedness, protected key inrastructure, and strengthened thecapabilities o all levels o government.
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Improved cargo screening and security at U.S. ports and increased
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containerized cargo screening overseas.Invested more than $38 billion in public health and medical systems, created
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a biothreat air monitoring system, and developed a national strategy andinternational partnership on avian and pandemic u.
Advanced Missile Deense and Counterprolieration Eorts, andPrevented our Enemies rom Treatening America and our Allies withWeapons o Mass Destruction (WMD)
Secured a commitment rom North Korea to end its nuclear weapons
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program.Persuaded Libya to disclose and dismantle all aspects o its WMD and
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advanced missile programs and renounce terrorism.Withdrew rom the Anti-Ballistic Missile reaty and operationalized
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missile deense.Dismantled the A.Q. Khan nuclear prolieration network.
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Established the Prolieration Security Initiative and multilateral coalitions
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to stop WMD prolieration and strengthen our ability to locate and securenuclear and radiological materials around the world.Halved the U.S. nuclear weapons stockpile ve years ahead o schedule.
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PROMOED LIBERY ABROAD
Removed otalitarian Regimes in Aghanistan and Iraq and Helpedransorm Both Nations into Emerging Democracies and Allies in theWar on error
Helped establish an emerging democratic Aghan government and helped
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improve the lives o the Aghan people, especially women and children.Helped establish an emerging democratic Iraqi government and the Iraqi
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Army, and ordered the surge o U.S. orces, which dramatically reducedviolence and created the conditions or political and economic progress.Established innovative programs, such as Provincial Reconstruction eams,
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to help create the conditions or peace and security in Iraq and Aghanistan.
Created Institutions to Propel the Spread o Democracy Worldwide,Helped Oppressed People Secure their Freedom, and StrengthenedSupport or Dissidents and Democracy Activists
Created international organizations to promote the spread o reedom
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abroad and more than doubled unding to promote democracy worldwide.
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