George W. Bush: Evaluating the President at Midterm

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Index 283 Abortion 44, 45, 240 Adelphia Communications 75 Afghanistan 25, 74, 77, 130–132, 135, 139, 143–148, 211, 228, 231, 243 Alcoa Corporation 70, 90 Alliance, Def 139 Al Qaeda 130, 143–146, 149, 255, 257 Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 179 Arafat, Yasser 212 Armitage, Richard 143 Arsenic Levels 58 Artic National Wildlife Refuge 57, 58, 60, 63, 74, 75, 239, 241 Articles of War 157–159, 161–163 Arthur Anderson 75 Ashcroft, John 90, 180 Aviation Industry 73, 74 Axis of Evil 93, 130 Baghdad Pact 126 Balance of Power 135, 140, 148 Bandwagon Def 140 Barber James David Views on character 19–21 Critique of 20–21 Benign Hegemon 140 Blair, Tony 78 Bosnia 142 Budget Deficit 7, 8, 73, 77, 79, 241, 258 Buffett, James D.X Bullock, Bob 110 Burns, James MacGregor, On rating Presidents 9 Bush Doctrine 123, 125, 129–134 Bush NSS 124, 129 Bush, Barbara 22, 23, 222, 233, 235 Bush, George H.W. 6–8, 22, 26, 27, 55, 72, 111, 135, 141, 193, 208, 211, 243 Bush, George W Alcohol 23, 24 Ambassadorial Appointments 275–278 Business Interests 25, 75, 240 Character 19 College Years 23–25 Dyslexia 23, 24 Early Years 22, 23, 27, 106 Executive Orders 263–265 Judicial Appointments 271–275 Personality Type 24 Presidential Campaign (2002) 30, 31, 44, 56, 71, 87, 109, 111, 207, 245, 246 Proclamations 267–271 Radio Addresses 265–267 Religion 25, 31, 33, 107 Style 23, 24 Teen 23 Texas Governor 25, 77, 106–108, 116, 245 World View 23 Bush, Laura 25, 106, 198, 221–236 Formula for Success 234, 235 Byrd, Robert 178 Cabinet Confirmations 251 Card, Andrew 70 Cheney, Dick 58, 71, 72, 75, 76, 87, 90, 129, 198, 204, 207–217, 239, 249 Clear Skies and Global Climate Change Initiatives 61 Clinton, William Jefferson 3, 5–8, 13, 31, 35, 45, 49, 55, 58, 59, 70–73, 75, 77, 78, 86, 87, 95, 111, 112, 124, 135, 180, 193, 197, 198, 200–203, 208, 243, 249–251 Coalition Def 139 Problems with 142 Coalition of the Willing Def 141 Afghanistan 142, 143 Reasons for Joining US 143, 144 Compassionate Conservative 29–36, 56, 107, 108 Congressional Advisory Panel to Assess Domestic Response Capabilities for Terrorism Involving Weapons of Mass Destruction (the Gilmore Commission) 178 Congressional Relations 25, 57, 58, 69, 72, 74, 77, 85, 174, 182, 240, 241, 244, 245 Conscientiousness def 48 Constitutional Limitations of President 2 Constrained Balancing 148 Consumer Industries Trade Action Committee 89 Convention on Biodiversity 56 Convention on Climate Change 55 Crawford, Texas 223, 230, 241 Criticisms of Ranking Presidents 11–13 C-Span Historian Poll 12 Communitarianism 33–36 Council on Bioethics 49 Death with Dignity Act 49 Declining Steel Industry 87, 88 Drug Czar 179 Dow Jones and Unemployment 76 Duties of First Lady 229 Dworkin, Ronald Distinctions on how life is sacred 45–47 Eisenhower Doctrine 125–129 Enron 75, 240 Environment Legislative Leader 57, 58 Opinion/Party Leader 56, 57 Chief Executive 58, 59 Chief Diplomat 59, 60 Commander in Chief 60, 61 Environmental Protection Agency 55, 56, 58, 61 European Union 78, 85, 92–94, 141 Evans, Donald 70, 74, 90 Evolving Office of President 2 Executive Order 13288 176, 177, 202 Excerpts on Bush grading 253–258 Ex Parte Quirin (1942) 155, 164–166, 169 Ex Parte Milligan (1866) 159 Faith Based and Community Initiatives 245, 247 Office of 201 Federal Border Agency 177 Female Appointments by President 252 First Lady Projects 223 First Lady Power Base 231 Foreign Economic Policy for Europe 78 Foreign Economic Policy for Latin America 77 Free Trade 69, 73, 86, 89, 97 Freedom Corps Council 201 FTAA 73, 86, 96, 200 Global Communications, Office of 201 284 INDEX Global Warming 59 Grade by Scholars, Bush 253 Greenspan, Alan 71, 73, 91, 245 Haliburton 75, 76, 239 Halon 1301 Fire Suppressant 61 Harding, Warren G. 10–13, 26 Harris-Zogby Poll 259 Hart-Rudman Commission 180 Hart-Rudman Report 182 Health and Human Services, Department of 45 Homeland Security 26 Office of 173–177, 179–182, 201, 211 Organization 175–182 Department of 173, 182, 183, 202 Homeland Security Council 173, 176, 177, 202 Hughes, Karen 70, 197 Hussein, Saddam 7, 78, 133, 135, 212, 217, 255 Illegal Alien Amnesty 73 Income Tax Cut 69, 71–74, 79–81, 241, 245, 246, 248, 255 Institute or...