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100 HINGS AMERICANS MAY NO KNOW ABOUHE BUSH ADMINISRAION RECORD

KEP AMERICA SAFE

For more than seven years ater September 11, 2001, prevented anotherattack on our homeland.

Waged the Global War on error

Removed threatening regimes in Iraq and Aghanistan, which reed50 million people.

Weakened the al-Qaeda network and its aliates.Disrupted terrorist plots and built a coalition o more than 90 nations toght terrorism.

ransormed Our Approach to Combating errorism Ater the9/11 Attacks

ransormed the United States military and retooled the Department oDeense to meet 21st century challenges.

Established the Director o National Intelligence, the NationalCounterterrorism Center, the Department o Homeland Security, and theHomeland Security Council. Shited the FBIs ocus rom investigatingterrorist attacks to preventing them.Advocated or and signed the Patriot Act, the Intelligence Reorm anderrorism Prevention Act, and a modernization o the Foreign IntelligenceSurveillance Act.

Protected the United States HomelandArrested and convicted terrorists in the United States and captured andisolated key nanciers and acilitators o terrorism.Expanded the Border Patrol and improved border security.Created the ransportation Security Administration, built a consolidatedwatchlist program, and strengthened programs or screening individualsentering the United States.Provided approximately $27 billion in homeland security grants, increased

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 increasedcontainerized cargo screening overseas.Invested more than $38 billion in public health and medical systems, createda 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

program.Persuaded Libya to disclose and dismantle all aspects o its WMD andadvanced missile programs and renounce terrorism.Withdrew rom the Anti-Ballistic Missile reaty and operationalizedmissile deense.Dismantled the A.Q. Khan nuclear prolieration network.Established the Prolieration Security Initiative and multilateral coalitionsto 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.

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 helpedimprove the lives o the Aghan people, especially women and children.Helped establish an emerging democratic Iraqi government and the IraqiArmy, 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,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 reedomabroad and more than doubled unding to promote democracy worldwide.


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Generated international pressure to end the Syrian occupation o Lebanonand helped restore democracy and civilian rule in Pakistan.Supported the development o democracy in Ukraine and Georgia andhelped establish Kosovo as an independent, multi-ethnic democracy.Focused international attention and applied tough sanctions on oppressiveregimes in Burma, Belarus, Zimbabwe, and other nations, and bolsteredcivil society activists in countries such as Cuba and Venezuela.

Conronted Treats and Helped Deuse Regional Conicts

Worked with our international partners to conront Irans destructivepolicies and to pressure Iran to suspend nuclear enrichment.Laid the oundation or a uture Israeli-Palestinian peace agreement anda democratic Palestinian state by launching direct negotiations betweenIsrael and the Palestinian Authority (PA) at the Annapolis Conerence andworking with the PA to build accountable institutions.Led the international response to the genocide in Darur and worked to endmajor conicts in Arica.

HELPED MILLIONS OF PEOPLE AROUND HE WORLD

HROUGH A NEW APPROACH O DEVELOPMEN

Doubled oreign assistance worldwide and transormed our oreignassistance programs to increase transparency and hold governmentsaccountable or making democratic and economic reorms.Helped save millions o lives through the Presidents Emergency Plan orAIDS Relie and the Presidents Malaria Initiative.Committed $350 million over ve years to treat more than 300 million

people sufering rom seven neglected tropical diseases and became the rst,and largest, contributor to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, uberculosis,and Malaria.Created the Millennium Challenge Corporation, which holds recipientcountries o oreign aid accountable to make political and economic reorms,expanded the Arican Growth and Opportunity Act, and provided debtrelie to impoverished nations.Created programs that will help educate more than 65 million children inthe developing world.Provided more than $16 billion or global ood aid and more than$10 billion or disaster relie and other humanitarian eforts worldwidesince 2001.


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SRENGHENED AMERICAS INERESS ANDALLIANCES ABROAD

ransormed the State Department and our approach to diplomacy tohelp spread democracy worldwide and combat the conditions that breedterrorism.ransormed the NAO Alliance by inviting new members, launchingoperations around the globe, and developing 21st century capabilities.Improved our relationship with China, while encouraging democraticchange, transormed our alliances with democracies in East Asia, andstrengthened our partnership with the European Union to advance reedom

around the world.Signed an historic civil nuclear agreement with India, worked with Brazilto develop and promote alternative uels, and developed broad strategicpartnerships with both countries.Worked with Mexico and Central American nations to combat drugcartels and gangs and helped Colombia ght narco-terrorism and restoredemocratic governance.

LOWERED AXES, INSIUED PRO-GROWH POLICIES,AND ADDRESSED ECONOMIC CHALLENGES

Provided tax relie to every American who pays income taxes, which helpeduel more than six years o uninterrupted economic growth and52 consecutive months o job growth.Helped businesses grow and add workers by reducing the tax burden.Led the response to the 2008 nancial crisis.

REDUCED WASEFUL SPENDING AND IMPROVEDGOVERNMEN EFFECIVENESS AND ACCOUNABILIY

Reduced the growth o non-security discretionary spending rom a rate o16 percent to below the rate o ination.Saved taxpayers nearly $40 billion over ve years through sensibleentitlement reorm and by terminating and reducing inefective Federalprograms.Delivered transparency to the earmark process.Increased the accountability, transparency, and efectiveness o the FederalGovernment, which improved the Governments perormance and helpedsave billions o dollars.


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IMPROVED EDUCAION FOR EVERY AMERICAN CHILD

Held public schools accountable, through the No Child Let Behind Act,

or producing results or all students and required highly-qualied teachersin every classroom.Raised reading and math scores and narrowed the achievement gap betweenwhite and minority students.Provided parents with more inormation about school perormance andchoices or students stuck in low-perorming schools, and created the rstFederal school-choice program.Increased the size o college Pell Grants to an all-time high and nearly

doubled support or the Pell Grant program.Established the Helping Americas Youth Initiative, led by First Lady LauraBush, to help adults connect with at-risk children.

REFORMED MEDICARE AND ADDED A PRESCRIPION DRUGBENEFI

Provided more than 40 million Americans with better access to prescriptiondrugs through the market-based Medicare Prescription Drug Benet.

Added preventive screening programs to Medicare.Increased competition and choices by stabilizing and expanding PrivatePlan Options through the Medicare Advantage program, and increasedenrollment to nearly 10 million Americans.

SRENGHENED AMERICAS HEALH CARE SYSEM

Empowered Americans to take charge o their health care decision-makingby establishing tax-ree Health Savings Accounts.Inused transparency about price and quality into the health care systemand launched an initiative to make electronic health records available tomost Americans within 10 years.Helped provide treatment to nearly 17 million people by establishing orexpanding 1,200 community health centers ocused in high-poverty areas.Bolstered unding or medical research, which contributed to medicalbreakthroughs and new discoveries, including the HPV cancer vaccine.


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IMPROVED LIVES BY ENGAGING FAIH-BASEDORGANIZAIONS AND PROMOING VOLUNEERISM

Helped millions in need by expanding partnerships with nonprots andleveling the playing eld or aith-based and community organizations.Created USA Freedom Corps ollowing 9/11 to help Americans volunteerto serve causes greater than themselves.

PROVIDED UNPRECEDENED RESOURCES FOR VEERANS

Increased total unding or the Department o Veterans Afairs more than98 percent since 2001 and helped millions o veterans receive expedited and

improved care.Instituted reorms or the care o wounded warriors, many o which werebased on the recommendations o the Dole-Shalala Commission, anddramatically expanded resources or mental health services.Expanded education benets or service members and veterans, increasedplacement and career counseling or returning veterans, and signicantlyreduced the processing time or disability claims.Reduced the number o homeless veterans by nearly 40 percent rom 2001

to 2007.

SUPPORED AMERICAN WORKERS BY INCREASING RADE,JOB RAINING, AND COMPEIIVENESS

Expanded and Enorced rade Agreements to Open New Markets orAmerican Products

Leveled the playing eld or American workers by increasing the number o

countries partnered with the U.S. on ree trade agreements rom threeto 14.Negotiated and signed a trade agreement that helped increase U.S. exportsto Central America by nearly $8 billion rom 2005 to 2008.

Helped American Workers and Businesses Remain Competitive

Created the American Competitiveness Initiative to help Americans

compete in the global economy and increased research and developmentunding.Invested nearly $1 billion in new job training initiatives to prepare workersor 21st century jobs and ensured air pay or American workers.


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Helped make broadband access available in 99 percent o Americas zipcodes.

Created a new National Space Policy to ensure the continued ree access anduse o space or peaceul purposes and to help advance Americas economiccompetitiveness.

SE A BRIGH COURSE FOR AMERICAS FUURE

ook Unparalleled Action to Advance Cooperative Conservation andProtect the Environment

Created the worlds largest ully protected marine area and protected ouroceans by taking action to end overshing and conserve habitats.Improved and protected the health o more than 27 million acres o Federalorest and grasslands and protected, restored, and improved more than threemillion acres o wetlands.Instituted policies that helped reduce air pollution by 12 percent rom 2001to 2007 and adopted new policies that will produce even deeper reductions.Provided more than $6.5 billion to repair and improve our national parks,

launched the National Parks Centennial Initiative, and established thePreserve America Initiative with First Lady Laura Bush to protect ourcultural and natural heritage.

Advanced Americas Energy Security and ook Steps to DevelopCleaner, More Ecient Sources o Energy

Called or and signed legislation to reduce U.S. gasoline consumption bytens o billions o gallons o uel and signicantly improve energy eciency.

Instituted policies that helped quadruple ethanol production to more thansix billion gallons.Removed the executive prohibition on ofshore exploration or oil and gas.Provided nearly $18 billion to research, develop, and promote alternativeand more ecient energy technologies such as biouels, solar, wind, cleancoal, nuclear, and hydrogen.Encouraged the deployment o new nuclear reactors in the United States,which resulted in the rst license applications to construct and operate new

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Reduced Crime, Lowered een Drug Use, Protected VulnerableChildren, and Helped Make America a More Equitable Country

Launched innovative strategies that contributed to the lowest overallincidence o reported crime in three decades.Convicted nearly 1,300 individuals o corporate raud and corruption.Reduced drug use among teens by 25 percent.Rescued more than 575 children rom sexual exploitation, arrested andconvicted thousands o suspects, and helped recover nearly 400 missingchildren since 2002 by strengthening the AMBER Alert program.Protected the right to vote or generations to come by reauthorizing the

Voting Rights Act and advanced civil rights.

Reduced Homelessness and Aided Struggling Homeowners

Reduced the number o chronically homeless people by approximately30 percent between 2005 and 2007.Helped more than two million individuals and amilies keep their homes bylaunching FHA Secure and helping to acilitate the HOPE NOW Alliance.

Improved ransportation and Import Saety and Protected AmericanConsumers

Implemented congestion relie and saety measures that have made ourhighways and airways saer and more ecient.Increased import saety or American consumers.Enacted the Do Not Call List, which 145 million Americans have utilizedto reduce unwanted telemarketing calls.

SOOD ON PRINCIPLE, REFUSED O PU OFF OUGHDECISIONS, AND SHOWED HE WAY AHEAD

Advanced a Culture o Lie

Outlawed partial birth abortion, ensured that every inant born alive isprotected, established consequences or violence toward unborn children,and took steps to protect the rights o health care providers to act according

to their conscience.Provided government unding or stem cell research while reusing tosanction the destruction o human lie.Prohibited oreign nongovernmental organizations that receive U.S. taxdollars or amily planning rom perorming or actively promoting abortion.


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Appointed Judges Committed to Ruling by the Letter o the Law

Appointed Supreme Court Chie Justice John Roberts, Associate Justice

Samuel Alito, and more than one-third o all active Federal judges, who willnot legislate rom the bench.

Conronted Climate Change through Innovation and without Harmingour Economy

Set the country on course to stop the growth o greenhouse gas emissionsbelow projected levels by 2025 and invested more than $44 billion in climatechange-related programs.

Worked to build international consensus on practical actions to addressclimate change as a global issue.

Demonstrated Leadership on Reorming Entitlement Programs, theImmigration System, and Government Sponsored Enterprises

Proposed initiatives to x Social Security and address the greatest threat toAmericas scal uturethe uncontrolled growth o Federal entitlements.Laid out a comprehensive plan to reorm and x our broken immigration

system.Warned o the risk that government-sponsored enterprises Fannie Mae andFreddie Mac posed to Americas nancial security beginning in 2001.

Directed Unprecedented Preparations or a Smooth Presidentialransition

Led the most comprehensive and orward-leaning efort in modern historyto acilitate a smooth and efective transition.


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100 HINGS AMERICANS MAY NO KNOW ABOUHE BUSH ADMINISRAION RECORD

KEP AMERICA SAFE

Following the attacks o September 11, 2001 recognizing that terrorismrepresented an ongoing threat to our Nation President Bush took the ghtto the enemy to deeat the terrorists and protect America. Te Presidentdeployed all elements o national power to combat terrorism, which hadpreviously been considered primarily a law enorcement issue, andestablished the principle that the use o violence against civilians cannot

be justied by any cause. He transormed our military and strengthenedour national security institutions to wage the War on error and secureour homeland. Te President also made missile deense operational andadvanced counterprolieration eorts to help prevent our enemies romthreatening us, and our allies, with weapons o mass destruction. Tere havebeen no attacks on American soil since 9/11, and because o the actions takenby President Bush, America is saer and more secure.

For more than seven years ater September 11, 2001, prevented anotherattack on our homeland. Protected our Nation and prevented anotherattack on U.S. soil or more than seven years, modernized our nationalsecurity institutions and tools o war, and bolstered our homeland security.

Waged the Global War on error

Removed threatening regimes in Iraq and Aghanistan, which reed 50million people. Removed the aliban rom power and brought reedom tothe people o Aghanistan. Freed Iraqis rom the rule o Saddam Hussein,a dictator who murdered his own people, invaded his neighbors, andrepeatedly deed United Nations resolutions. Weakened the alQaeda network and its aliates. Captured or killedhundreds o al-Qaeda leaders and operatives in more than two dozencountries with the help o partner nations. September 11 mastermindKhalid Sheikh Mohammed is in U.S. custody and Abu Musab al-Zarqawi,the ormer leader o al-Qaeda in Iraq, was killed in 2006. Removed al-Qaedas sae-haven in Aghanistan and crippled al-Qaeda in Iraq, includingdeeating al-Qaeda in its ormer stronghold o Anbar Province.


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Disrupted terrorist plots and built a coalition o more than 90 nations tofght terrorism. Partnered with nations in Europe, the Middle East, Asia,Arica, and Latin America on intelligence sharing and law enorcementcoordination to break up terrorist networks and bring terrorists to justice.Successully disrupted terrorist plots such as the 2006 plan to blow upairplanes ying rom the United Kingdom to the United States and Canada.

ransormed Our Approach to Combating errorism Ater the9/11 Attacks

ransormed the United States military and retooled the Departmento Deense to meet 21st century challenges. Provided our military withthe tools, equipment, and resources to combat terrorism and other emergingthreats and started moving American orces rom Cold War garrisons inEurope and Asia so they can deploy more quickly to any region o the world.Increased the size o our ground orces and number o unmanned aerialvehicles and strengthened special operations orces by increasing resources,manpower, and capabilities. Modernized and transormed the NationalGuard rom a strategic reserve to an operational reserve. Reshaped ourmilitary command structure by establishing Northern Command andArica Command, creating a new strategic command responsible orprotecting America against long-range attacks, and doubling unding orSpecial Operations Command, which is now the lead command or the Waron error. Increased the Deense Departments base budget more than 70percent since 2001, including increased unding or military pay and benetsand research and development.Established the Director o National Intelligence (DNI), the NationalCounterterrorism Center (NCC), the Department o Homeland

Security, and the Homeland Security Council (HSC). Shited theFBIs ocus rom investigating terrorist attacks to preventing them.Established a unied, collaborative intelligence community, led by theDNI, to ensure inormation is shared among all intelligence and lawenorcement proessionals so they have the inormation they need to protectthe American people. Established the NCC to break down barriersthat restricted the sharing o inormation between the law enorcementand intelligence communities. Created an additional 66 usion centers

to help Federal, State, and local authorities coordinate and collaboratemore efectively in combating terrorism. Consolidated 22 agencies and180,000 employees under one agency, the Department o HomelandSecurity, to oster a comprehensive, coordinated approach to protectingour country. Established the HSC at the White House to ensure the


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efective coordination and implementation o all homeland security-relatedactivities among executive departments and agencies. Combined thecounterterrorism, counterintelligence, and intelligence elements o the FBIunder the leadership o a senior FBI ocial. Created the errorist ScreeningCenter and a National Security Division at the Department o Justice.

Advocated or and signed the Patriot Act, the Intelligence Reormand errorism Prevention Act, and a modernization o the ForeignIntelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). Updated FISA to adapt to newadvances in technology and give our law enorcement proessionals anduture administrations the tools they need to monitor what the terrorists areplanning, while respecting the liberties o the American people. Enactedvital legislation such as the Patriot Act and the Intelligence Reormand errorism Prevention Act to close dangerous gaps between our lawenorcement and intelligence communities and enable them to work closelyand collaboratively to identiy and disrupt terrorist plots and protectAmerican lives.

Protected the United States Homeland

Arrested and convicted terrorists in the United States and captured

and isolated key fnanciers and acilitators o terrorism. Arrested andconvicted more than two dozen terrorists and their supporters in Americasince 9/11. Froze the nancial assets in the United States o hundreds oindividuals and entities linked to terrorism.Expanded the Border Patrol and improved border security . Doubledthe Border Patrol to more than 18,000 agents, equipped the Border Patrolwith better technology and new inrastructure, and efectively endedthe process o catch and release at the border. Increased border security

and immigration enorcement unding by more than 160 percent andconstructed hundreds o miles o encing and vehicle barriers.

Created the ransportation Security Administration, built aconsolidated watchlist program, and strengthened programs orscreening individuals entering the United States. Instituted a process toscreen every commercial air passenger in the country, launched credentialinginitiatives to better identiy passengers, and expanded the Federal airmarshal program. Replaced the multiple watchlists that were in place prior

to 9/11 with a single, consolidated watchlist, and incorporated biometricsin screening and identiying individuals entering our country. CreatedUS-VISI to screen oreign travelers and prevent terrorists rom enteringAmerica. Required secure identication at our ports o entry to bettermonitor individuals entering the United States.


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Provided approximately $27 billion in homeland security grants,increased national preparedness, protected key inrastructure, andstrengthened the capabilities o all levels o government. Developeda comprehensive plan that clearly denes roles and responsibilities orprotecting critical inrastructure, such as chemical acilities, dams,and nuclear plants or all levels o government, private industry, non-governmental agencies, and tribal partners. Forged a new, comprehensivecybersecurity policy to improve the security o government and militarycomputer systems and made protecting these systems a national priority.Developed the National Response Framework and the National Strategy orHomeland Security, which strengthened homeland security eforts acrossall levels o government.

Improved cargo screening and security at U.S. ports and increasedcontainerized cargo screening overseas. Increased scanning o cargocontainers or potential radiological and nuclear threats to more than98 percent o all containers entering the supply chain via U.S. seaports.Created the ransportation Workers Identication Credential, a FederalID or port employees to ensure that workers who have access to our portsdo not pose a threat to our Nation. Implemented the National Strategy

or Maritime Security, a coordinated Federal response to threats, andworked with Federal, State, local, and industry partners to secure our ports.Worked with international partners to employ the Container SecurityInitiative in 58 oreign seaports, which resulted in 86 percent o all U.S.-destined containerized cargo being screened overseas beore entering theU.S. supply chain. Invested more than $38 billion in public health and medical systems,created a biothreat air monitoring system, and developed a national

strategy and international partnership on avian and pandemic u.Built programs to ensure early warning and rapid response to a biologicalattack or any event that threatens the health and saety o Americans.Increased the Strategic National Stockpile o vaccines, antibiotics, andantidotes to prepare or chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclearincidents or attacks, including enough smallpox vaccine or everyAmerican and 60 million courses o antibiotics or anthrax. Implementeda groundbreaking air monitoring system in 30 cities that could help save

lives in the event o a biological attack. Developed mitigation strategiesand guidelines or controlling inuenza outbreaks in communities, andmade signicant investments in vaccines, antiviral medications, andresearch to respond to a potential outbreak o avian or pandemic u. Betterprotected our agriculture and ood sectors through increased education,


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training, surveillance systems, and inspection capabilities. Worked withinternational partners such as Australia, Canada, the European Union, and

Japan to ensure a coordinated response to a possible outbreak.

Advanced Missile Deense and Counterprolieration Eorts, and Prevented our Enemies rom Treatening America and Our Allies withWeapons o Mass Destruction (WMD)

Secured a commitment rom North Korea to end its nuclear weaponsprogram. Created a multi-lateral ramework, the Six-Party alks, whichsecured a commitment rom North Korea to abandon all nuclear weapons

and existing nuclear programs. Persuaded Libya to disclose and dismantle all aspects o its WMD andadvanced missile programs and renounce terrorism. Worked with theUnited Kingdom to persuade Libya to veriably dismantle its chemicalweapons, nuclear weapons, and Missile echnology Control Regime-classmissile programs. Removed 1.8 metric tons o uranium hexauoride andmore than 500 metric tons o centriuge components and related materials.Persuaded Libya to renounce terrorism and accept responsibility or prioracts o terror, and normalized our relations with Libya as a result o itsactions.

Withdrew rom the AntiBallistic Missile reaty and operationalizedmissile deense. Signed agreements or missile deense sites in the CzechRepublic and Poland to help protect America and its allies rom the threato WMD delivered by ballistic missiles. Obtained NAO endorsement oplans to deploy missile deense assets in Europe. Dismantled the A.Q. Khan nuclear prolieration network. Dismantledand prevented the reconstitution o this extensive, international networkthat had spread sensitive nuclear technology and capability to Iran andNorth Korea.Established the Prolieration Security Initiative (PSI) and multilateralcoalitions to stop WMD prolieration and strengthen our ability tolocate and secure nuclear and radiological materials around the world.United more than 90 nations under the PSI to take cooperative action tostop the spread o weapons o mass destruction, their delivery systems,and related materials. Established the 22-country G-8 Global Partnership

Against the Spread o Weapons and Materials o Mass Destruction and the75-member Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear errorism to reduce thethreat o a nuclear terrorist attack. Secured the passage o United NationsSecurity Council Resolution 1540, which required all United Nations


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members to take and enorce actions against the prolieration o WMD andrelated materials. Created the Domestic Nuclear Detection Oce and theNuclear Materials Inormation Program, which have bolstered our ability todetect the illicit movement o nuclear and radiological materials and identiytheir sources. Halved the U.S. nuclear weapons stockpile fve years ahead o schedule.Set a new goal o an additional 15 percent reduction by 2012.

PROMOED LIBERY ABROAD

President Bush has promoted the spread o reedom as the great alternative

to the terrorists ideology o hatred, because expanding liberty and democracyis the best way to deeat the extremists and protect the American people.President Bush also acted quickly and decisively to help end internationalcrises that arose during his term in oce and to conront regimes thatthreatened our Nation and world security. By working to spread liberty inthese volatile regions, the President has helped make the American peoplesaer by combating the conditions that breed extremism.

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 andhelped improve the lives o the Aghan people, especially women andchildren. Supported the creation o an Aghan government that is electedby its people, respects the rule o law, and guarantees women the rightto vote. Helped stand up the Aghan National Army and police orce.Provided humanitarian, development, and security assistance to helpAghanistan rebuild its economy, civil society, and vital institutions such ashospitals and schools. More than six million children, approximately twomillion o whom are girls, are now in Aghan schools, compared to ewerthan one million in 2001. Created the U.S.-Aghan Womens Council topromote public-private partnerships between U.S. and Aghan institutionsand to mobilize private sector resources to support Aghan women.

Helped establish an emerging democratic Iraqi government and theIraqi Army, and ordered the surge o U.S. orces, which dramaticallyreduced violence and created the conditions or political and economicprogress. Supported the creation o a democratic Iraqi government thatis operating under one o the most progressive constitutions in the Arab


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world, and helped train and equip more than hal a million Iraqi Armyand police orces. Helped Iraqs young democracy build its civil societyand economy, including eforts to build a unctional judicial system andimplement economic reorms that led to a dramatic reduction in inationand an increase in economic growth and business registrations. Ordered thesurge in Iraq and helped create the conditions that allowed Iraqs leaders topass vital legislation, work towards national unity, and implement economicreorms. Since the surge was implemented, total security incidents andethno-sectarian violence have been drastically reduced, Iraqi security orcesare now responsible or security in 13 o 18 provinces, including al-Qaedain Iraqs ormer stronghold o Anbar Province, budgets and numerouslegislative measures - including a Provincial Election Law - have been passedand reconciliation is moving orward. Successully negotiated a StrategicFramework Agreement and a Security Agreement with Iraq, which willurther strengthen the relationship between our nations, provide the UnitedStates with vital protections and authorities to continue our mission to helpstabilize Iraq, and establish a path or U.S. orces to reduce their presence inIraq and return home on success. Established innovative programs, such as Provincial Reconstruction

eams (PRs), to help create the conditions or peace and security inIraq and Aghanistan. Deployed PRs comprised o military and civilianexperts to ensure security gains are ollowed by real improvements in dailylie. Helped local communities strengthen their economies and create jobs,deliver basic services, improve governance and ght corruption, and buildor repair key inrastructure such as roads, bridges, hospitals, and schools.Supported grassroots eforts, such as the Sons o Iraq movement, to help theIraqi people improve security and drive extremists rom their communities.

Created Agricultural Development eams in Aghanistan to help armerseed their people and become more sel-sucient.

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 reedomabroad and more than doubled unding to promote democracy

worldwide. Proposed and initiated the U.N. Democracy Fund, whichconsists o nearly $100 million in contributions rom more than 30member nations, to nance projects that build and strengthen democraticinstitutions, promote human rights, and ensure the participation o all


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groups in democratic processes. Created the Asia-Pacic DemocracyPartnership, which has begun to provide election observation in the Asia-Pacic region. Secured approval o the Inter-American Democratic Charter,which obligates governments to promote and deend democracy among andin the 34 members o the Organization o American States. Set up theMiddle East Partnership Initiative, which has provided nearly $500 millionto advance womens rights, educational reorm, economic opportunity, anddemocratic governance. Increased the budget or the National Endowmentor Democracy by more than 150 percent since 2001. Doubled democracyunding rom Fiscal Year 2001 to Fiscal Year 2008 to promote the spreado liberty abroad and protect the American people by addressing theconditions that breed terrorism. Generated international pressure to end the Syrian occupation oLebanon and helped restore democracy and civilian rule in Pakistan.Strengthened our relationship with and support to a democratic Lebanon.Called or and supported parliamentary elections in Pakistan that reectedthe will o the people and ended more than eight years o military rule. Supported the development o democracy in Ukraine and Georgia andhelped establish Kosovo as an independent, multiethnic democracy.

Supported civil society and democratic activists during the successulOrange Revolution in Ukraine and Rose Revolution in Georgia, andostered the development o civil societies in both countries. SupportedGeorgias sovereignty, territorial integrity, and economic recovery in thewake o Russias August 2008 invasion, including a $1 billion economic andhumanitarian support package. Recognized Kosovo as an independent andsovereign state in February 2008.Focused international attention and applied tough sanctions on

oppressive regimes in Burma, Belarus, Zimbabwe, and other nations,and bolstered civil society activists in countries such as Cuba andVenezuela. Met with activists rom more than 35 countries and helpeduniy democracy advocates and boost the international standing o theopposition in countries run by totalitarian and oppressive regimes. Imposedtravel and nancial sanctions on repressive regimes, select individuals, andthose who provide them with material support. First Lady Laura Bushhosted an event at the United Nations headquarters to draw international

attention to human rights abuses in Burma, and has been a leading advocateor human rights in Burma. Established the Commission or Assistance


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to a Free Cuba to reassure the Cuban people that the United States standsready to help them transition toward democracy and provided $400 millionto promote democratic change in Cuba. Supported pro-democracy orcesin Venezuela, Bolivia, and Nicaragua, and supported election observationmissions in Guatemala, Bolivia, Honduras, Venezuela, and Haiti.

Conronted Treats and Helped Deuse Regional Conicts

Worked with our international partners to conront Irans destructivepolicies and to pressure Iran to suspend nuclear enrichment. Workedwith European partners to limit Irans ability to procure weapons andnance terrorism, and initiated targeted sanctions against Irans QudsForce. Gathered support or and won passage o three United NationsSecurity Council resolutions that impose sanctions on Iran and require Iranto suspend its uranium enrichment and other prolieration-sensitive nuclearactivities.

Laid the oundation or a uture IsraeliPalestinian peace agreement anda democratic Palestinian state by launching direct negotiations betweenIsrael and the Palestinian Authority (PA) at the Annapolis Conerenceand working with the PA to build accountable institutions. Became the

rst U.S. Administration to call or a two-state solution, worked to secureIsraeli, Palestinian, and international support, and committed the UnitedStates to help create the conditions where two democratic states can live sideby side in peace and security. Led the international response to the genocide in Darur and worked toend major conicts in Arica. Issued sanctions against the Bashir regime,provided unding and support or peacekeepers, including $1.5 billion innew unding since 2004 or Arican peacekeepers destined or Darur,

and led the humanitarian response to the crisis through more than $2billion in ood and medical assistance. Helped end conicts in Angola, theDemocratic Republic o Congo, Burundi, Sierra Leone, and Liberia, as wellas Sudans north-south civil war, by using diplomacy and providing historiclevels o resources. Led the international efort to maintain peace and securea National Unity Government in Kenya ollowing the political crisis anddisputed election in December 2007.


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HELPED MILLIONS OF PEOPLE AROUND HEWORLD HROUGH A NEW APPROACH

O DEVELOPMENPresident Bush established a new paradigm or development assistance thattreats recipient nations as ull partners while insisting that our joint eortsachieve measurable results. Te key to this success is partner countries thatgovern justly, invest in the health and education o their people, and usethe power o ree trade and ree markets to lit people out o poverty. TePresident believes that every human lie has matchless value, that to whommuch is given, much is required, and that it is the responsibility o America

to help people in need across the world. In addition to improving the lives omillions around the globe, these programs also help combat the conditions thatenable terrorists and extremists to recruit new members.

Doubled oreign assistance worldwide and transormed our oreignassistance programs to increase transparency and hold governmentsaccountable or making democratic and economic reorms. Doubledoreign assistance worldwide rom 2000 to 2007 through new programs

that are centered on the principles o country ownership, good governanceand the rule o law, accountability, and economic reorm. Doubled oreignassistance to Sub-Saharan Arica and put the United States on track todouble assistance again by 2010, and doubled bilateral assistance to LatinAmerica. Helped save millions o lives through the Presidents Emergency Planor AIDS Relie (PEPFAR) and the Presidents Malaria Initiative (PMI).Supported lie-saving treatment or more than 2.1 million people and care

or more than 10 million people (including more than our million orphansand vulnerable children) around the world through PEPFAR. More than237,000 babies have been born HIV-ree due to PEPFARs programs toprevent mothers rom passing the virus to their children. ReauthorizedPEPFAR, which will support treatment or a total o at least three millionpeople, help prevent 12 million new inections, provide care or 12 millionpeople (including ve million orphans and vulnerable children), and commitbillions o dollars to ght malaria and tuberculosis. Committed $1.2 billionin unding through the PMI over a ve-year period, which is on track tohelp reduce malaria deaths by 50 percent in 15 targeted countries in Sub-


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Saharan Arica. Te President and First Lady Laura Bush hosted the 2006White House Summit on Malaria to establish a united efort to combat thedisease, and in 2007, more than six million insecticide-treated mosquito netswere distributed through PMI aliates. Committed $350 million over fve years to treat more than 300 millionpeople suering rom seven neglected tropical diseases and becamethe frst, and largest, contributor to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS,uberculosis, and Malaria. Pledged $350 million over ve years to targetseven major neglected tropical diseases and provide treatment or more than300 million people in Arica, Asia, and Latin America. Contributed morethan $3.3 billion to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, uberculosis, andMalaria.

Created the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), which holdsrecipient countries o oreign aid accountable to make political andeconomic reorms, expanded the Arican Growth and Opportunity Act(AGOA), and provided debt relie to impoverished nations. Establisheda new paradigm or oreign assistance through the MCC by investing incountries that govern justly, invest in their people, and encourage economicreedom. Te MCC has signed agreements, which seek transormational

change in the development o recipient countries, or $6.7 billion in grantunding or 35 countries. Expanded AGOA to provide trade assistanceand benets to nations that have instituted economic reorms to help theirpeople. Helped nations in Sub-Saharan Arica develop their economies andarming capabilities and created new markets or U.S. goods and services.Secured debt cancellation agreements or impoverished nations by workingwith the IMF, World Bank, Arican Development Bank, and the Inter-American Development Bank. Expanded the use o microloans to spur

investment and improve the lives o people in the developing world and toght the conditions that breed extremism and terrorism. Created programs that will help educate more than 65 million childrenin the developing world. Launched the Arica Education Initiative, whichcommitted $600 million over eight years to increase access to educationopportunities or tens o millions o children in Arica. In 2007, thePresident and First Lady announced the Initiative or Expanding Education,which committed an additional $525 million to provide greater access to

quality education. Established the Partnership or Latin American Youth,a three year, $75 million initiative to help disadvantaged youth learn Englishand improve their ability to nd jobs.


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Provided more than $16 billion or global ood aid and more than $10billion or disaster relie and other humanitarian eorts worldwide since2001. Led the world in providing ood aid to alleviate worldwide hungerand ood assistance to people in oppressed nations. Led the relie efortin response to the Indian Ocean tsunami in 2004 and provided criticalsupport to the relie efort or Cyclone Nargis that devastated Burma andor earthquake relie in Pakistan. Provided vital resources to respond totropical storms in the Caribbean and Central America, among others.Worked with 24 other nations to create an operational global tsunamiwarning system that provides warnings in the Atlantic, Pacic, and IndianOceans. Carried out hospital ship missions to provide medical care andtreatment to people in Latin America, the Caribbean, and the Asia-Pacicregion.

SRENGHENED AMERICAS INERESS ANDALLIANCES ABROAD

President Bush used diplomacy to strengthen our relationships with othernations and bolster our standing in the world community. Trough his work

to invigorate international alliances and partnerships, the President has madeAmerica and the world saer and more secure.

ransormed the State Department and our approach to diplomacyto help spread democracy worldwide and combat the conditionsthat breed terrorism. Focused U.S. diplomatic eforts to promotedemocratic, well-governed states that respond to the needs o their people,reduce poverty, and conduct themselves responsibly in the internationalsystem. Repositioned Department staf to higher priority locations andtransormational missions, constructed new overseas diplomatic acilities,created an active response corps to deploy quickly to respond to crises, andimproved our ability to operate in post-conict areas. Increased the basebudget or the Department o State and international programs by morethan 70 percent since 2001.

ransormed the NAO Alliance by inviting new members, launchingoperations around the globe, and developing 21st century capabilities.Helped secure several new democracies with the expansion o NAO to

include Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Slovenia, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Romania,Croatia, and Albania. Led the push or NAO to undertake out-o-area


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security missions in Aghanistan, Iraq, and Darur. Helped improveNAOs military capacity by establishing a NAO Response Force.Expanded NAOs political dialogue and partnerships with non-memberstates.

Improved our relationship with China, while encouraging democraticchange, transormed our alliances with democracies in East Asia, andstrengthened our partnership with the European Union to advancereedom around the world. Expanded economic cooperation with Chinaby establishing regular, high-level economic engagement between U.S. andChinese ocials. Called on China to adopt democratic changes and becomea responsible international stakeholder, and worked to improve relationsbetween China and aiwan. Strengthened alliances with countries such as

Japan and South Korea through a major orce realignment and relocationprogram and by strengthening multilateral, regional institutions such asthe Asia Pacic Economic Cooperation summits. Signed a new StrategicDeense rade reaty with Australia and a new Strategic FrameworkAgreement with Singapore. Collaborated with our European allies onissues o common interest such as combating terrorism, Middle East peace,Aghanistan and Iraq reconstruction, HIV/AIDS and global health issues,

the economy, and energy security. Signed an historic civil nuclear agreement with India, worked with

Brazil to develop and promote alternative uels, and developed broadstrategic partnerships with both countries. Completed the U.S.-IndiaCivil Nuclear Cooperation Initiative and worked to expand cooperationwith India on a broad range o issues including deense, science, technology,and the promotion o democracy. Increased cooperation with Brazil in theresearch and development o ethanol and other biouels and supported the

expansion o the international market or biouels. Established the Brazil-United States CEO Forum to strengthen the economic and commercial tiesbetween Brazil and the United States. Worked with Mexico and Central American nations to combat drugcartels and gangs and helped Colombia fght narcoterrorism and restoredemocratic governance. Established the Merida Initiative with Mexico andCentral American nations to break the power and impunity o drug cartelsand criminal gangs. Provided resources and assistance to help Colombia

combat narco-terrorist organizations. Kidnappings, terrorist attacks, andmurders have dropped signicantly in Colombia since 2002.


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LOWERED AXES, INSIUEDPRO-GROWH POLICIES, AND ADDRESSED

ECONOMIC CHALLENGESPresident Bush provided the largest tax relie in a generation and reducedthe tax rate or every American who pays income taxes. Americans wouldhave paid an additional $1.3 trillion in taxes by the end o 2007 had it notbeen or the Presidents tax relie packages, which ueled more than six yearso uninterrupted economic growth and 52 consecutive months o job growth.Tis unprecedented growth was ended by the turbulence in the housing andcredit markets, which the President responded to with bold action.

Provided tax relie to every American who pays income taxes, whichhelped uel more than six years o uninterrupted economic growth and52 consecutive months o job growth. Reduced individual income taxrates, doubled the child tax credit, created a new 10 percent bracket rate,provided marriage penalty relie, eliminated income taxes or 13 millionAmerican taxpayers, and began a phase-out o the estate tax. Helped businesses grow and add workers by reducing the tax burden.

Reduced tax rates on dividends and long-term capital gains, which helpedlead to an increase in capital gains realizations o approximately 150 percentand an increase in dividend income growth rom an average annual rate oapproximately 8.5 percent in the 20 years beore the tax cut to an averagerate o more than 14 percent ater the tax cut. Provided increased expensingor small businesses, which made it cheaper or them to invest in newequipment. Led the response to the 2008 fnancial crisis. Addressed the weakness in

the economy early in 2008 by leading the bipartisan passage o an economicgrowth package that boosted consumer spending and encouraged businessesto expand. Responded with bold action when the nancial crisis intensiedby leading the passage and implementation o a rescue plan that helpedaddress the root o the nancial crisis, protected the deposits o individualsand small businesses, and helped ensure credit would remain available toindividuals and amilies. Convened a summit with the leaders o the G-20nations to discuss eforts to strengthen economic growth, deal with thenancial crisis, rearm a commitment to ree market principles, and lay theoundation or reorm to help ensure that a similar crisis does not happenagain.


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REDUCED WASEFUL SPENDING AND IMPROVEDGOVERNMEN EFFECIVENESS AND

ACCOUNABILIYPresident Bush instituted policies that reduced wasteul Federal spending,saved taxpayers billions o dollars, and brought greater accountability andeectiveness to the Federal Government. Te President reduced the growth onon-security discretionary spending to levels below the rate o infation, issuedan Executive Order making it an ocial policy o the Federal Governmentto spend taxpayer dollars eectively, and more eectively each year, enactedsensible entitlement reorm, and cut and reduced unnecessary government

programs. Te President also brought greater transparency to the earmarkprocess and government regulations, and held Federal agencies and employeesaccountable by creating sound management practices.

Reduced the growth o nonsecurity discretionary spending rom arate o 16 percent to below the rate o ination. Inherited non-securitydiscretionary spending at a rate o 16 percent growth and brought it downto under three percent growth, which is below the rate o ination.

Saved taxpayers nearly $40 billion over fve years through sensibleentitlement reorm and by terminating and reducing ineective Federalprograms. Enacted the Decit Reduction Act, which reduced the annualgrowth o mandatory spending and will save approximately $300 pertaxpayer.

Delivered transparency to the earmark process. Set up an online publicdatabase at earmarks.omb.gov that exposed thousands o earmark projectsthat totaled tens o billions o dollars. Called or and signed legislation

requiring the disclosure o earmarks and their sponsors to achieve greateraccountability. Issued an Executive Order that directed agencies to ignoreearmarks that were not subject to an up-or-down vote by Congress.

Increased the accountability, transparency, and eectiveness o theFederal Government, which improved the Governments perormanceand helped save billions o dollars. Required all Federal programs tohave clear, quantiable outcome and eciency goals, and ensured agencyperormance ratings and Federal earmarks, contracts, grants, and loansare readily transparent to the general public. Required all employees to berated on their perormance relative to their goals, and required that salaryincreases or all Senior Executives and approximately 20 percent o allFederal employees be based on perormance. Since 2004, reduced improperpayments by $8 billion, reduced underutilized real property by $8 billion,


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and projected to reduce the cost o commercial services more than $1 billionper year. Generated average annual net benets rom new regulations:the quantied value o the environmental, public health, and welareimprovements rom regulations issued during this Administration averageapproximately $26 billion per year, compared to approximately $6.5 billionper year during the previous Administration. Improved access to a widerange o Federal services by launching citizen-centered websites, includingsites that help people le tax returns, apply or Federal jobs, grants, andloans, and plan vacations at national parks.

IMPROVED EDUCAION FOR EVERYAMERICAN CHILD

President Bush transormed the Federal Governments approach to educationthrough No Child Let Behind, which brought greater accountability toschools, options to parents o children in underperorming schools, and resultsto students. Since No Child Let Behind took eect, test scores have risen,accountability has increased, and we have begun to close the achievement gapbetween white and minority students. President Bush also increased unding

or the Pell Grant program to help make college aordable or more Americanstudents.

Held public schools accountable, through the No Child Let BehindAct, or producing results or all students and required highlyqualifedteachers in every classroom. Ensured that States set standards thatrequired students to be able to read and do math at grade level, and heldschools accountable i they did not help their students meet these standards.Increased the percentage o highly-qualied teachers in classrooms rom87 percent in the 2003-04 school year to 94 percent in the 2006-07 schoolyear. Created the $100 million eacher Incentive Fund, which rewardsteachers who improve student achievement in high-need school districts. Raised reading and math scores and narrowed the achievement gapbetween white and minority students. Instituted policies that helpedourth-grade students achieve their highest reading and math scores onrecord and eighth-grade students achieve their highest math scores onrecord. Increased the percentage o rst-grade students reading at grade

level in 44 o 50 States. Helped Arican-American and Hispanic studentspost all-time highs in several categories on national assessments.


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Provided parents with more inormation about school perormanceand choices or students stuck in lowperorming schools, and createdthe frst Federal schoolchoice program. Gave parents the opportunityto choose a better public school, a public charter school, or a tutor i theirchilds school doesnt improve. Provided unding to more than hal o allpublic charter schools in the country to expand alternatives or studentsin struggling schools. Since 2000, the number o charter schools in theUnited States has more than doubled. Established the D.C. OpportunityScholarships program, the rst Federal school-choice program, whichprovided more than 2,600 students with scholarships to attend the privateor religious school o their choice.Increased the size o college Pell Grants to an alltime high and nearlydoubled support or the Pell Grant program. Increased the maximumPell Grant award to more than $4,700, the largest amount ever, andincreased unding or the Pell Grant program rom $8.8 to $16.2 billion.Expected to help more than 5.5 million Americans attend college in the2008-09 school year - 1.2 million more than in the 2001-02 school year.

Established the Helping Americas Youth Initiative, led by First LadyLaura Bush, to help adults connect with atrisk children. Created the

Interagency Working Group on Youth Programs through an ExecutiveOrder, which has urther advanced eforts to improve the lives o at-riskchildren.

REFORMED MEDICARE AND ADDED APRESCRIPION DRUG BENEFI

President Bush instituted the most signicant reorms to Medicare in nearly

40 years, most notably through a prescription drug benet, which hasprovided more than 40 million Americans with better access to prescriptiondrugs. Te President also added preventive screening programs to Medicareto help diagnose illnesses earlier, and increased competition and choicesavailable to Medicare beneciaries.

Provided more than 40 million Americans with better access toprescription drugs through the marketbased Medicare PrescriptionDrug Beneft. Established competition among private drug plans, which

contributed to a 40 percent decline in the actual average 2008 premiums orMedicare drug coverage compared to original estimates. Projected overallprogram spending between 2004 and 2013 is approximately $240 billionlower, nearly 38 percent, than originally estimated.


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Added preventive screening programs to Medicare. Improved the qualityo health care or Medicare beneciaries by adding preventive screeningprograms to help diagnose illnesses earlier.

Increased competition and choices by stabilizing and expanding PrivatePlan Options through the Medicare Advantage program, and increasedenrollment to nearly 10 million Americans. Increased private planenrollment rom 4.7 million in 2003 to nearly 10 million in 2008 (morethan 20 percent o all Medicare benecaries). Ensured nearly every countyin America has a private plan choice, many with zero dollar premiums andsupplemental benets.

SRENGHENED AMERICASHEALH CARE SYSEM

President Bush enacted policies to help Americans receive the care they needat a price they can aord and also inused transparency and innovationinto the health care system. Te President created tax-ree Health SavingsAccounts to help Americans take charge o their health care decision-making,and increased unding or medical research, which contributed to medical

breakthroughs such as the development o the HPV cancer vaccine.

Empowered Americans to take charge o their health care decisionmaking by establishing taxree Health Savings Accounts (HSAs).Enabled more than six million Americans who have enrolled in HSA-eligible plans to save money tax-ree or current and uture medical expenses. Inused transparency about price and quality into the health care systemand launched an initiative to make electronic health records availableto most Americans within 10 years. Directed Federal agencies to inormbeneciaries o the prices paid to doctors and hospitals and empoweredAmericans to nd better value and better care, largely through increasedcompetition. Ordered Federal agencies to use improved health I systemsto acilitate the rapid exchange o electronic health inormation to improvethe quality o care or Americans. Helped provide treatment to nearly 17 million people by establishingor expanding 1,200 community health centers ocused in highpovertyareas. Increased the number o patients treated at health centers by more

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Bolstered unding or medical research, which contributed to medicalbreakthroughs and new discoveries, including the HPV cancer vaccine.Increased unding at the National Institutes o Health (NIH), the primaryFederal agency or medical research, by more than 44 percent since 2001,and ullled the commitment to double the NIH budget over the ve yearperiod rom 1998 to 2003. Tis contributed to breakthroughs such as thedevelopment o the HPV cancer vaccine, advances in cell reprogramming,the development o the Cancer Genome Atlas, and the completion o theHuman Genome Project.

IMPROVED LIVES BY ENGAGING FAIH-BASEDORGANIZAIONS AND PROMOING

VOLUNEERISM

President Bush launched the Faith-Based and Community Initiative andUSA Freedom Corps to strengthen the nonprot sector and mobilizevolunteers to help those in need across the country and around the globe.Tese initiatives have mobilized Americas armies o compassion in adetermined attack on need and have demonstrated remarkable results in the

lives o countless individuals and communities.

Helped millions in need by expanding partnerships with nonprofts andleveling the playing feld or aithbased and community organizations.Developed grassroots partnerships, set clear, Constitutional guidelinesor the use o public unds by aith-based organizations, and establishedaith-based and community-service oces at 11 Federal agencies. Tesepartnerships helped provide care or more than ten million people afected

by HIV/AIDS, supported the recovery o more than 200,000 addicts, andmatched mentors with approximately 100,000 children o prisoners. Created USA Freedom Corps ollowing 9/11 to help Americans

volunteer to serve causes greater than themselves. Helped matchAmericans with service opportunities by creating Citizen Corps andVolunteers or Prosperity and by strengthening programs such asAmeriCorps and the Peace Corps. Between 2002 and 2007, Americansdonated more than 49 billion hours o service.


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PROVIDED UNPRECEDENED RESOURCESFOR VEERANS

President Bush nearly doubled unding or veterans, providing the highestlevel o support or veterans in American history. Te President alsoincreased the benets available to those who have served our Nation andtransormed the veterans health care system to better serve those who havesacriced or our reedom.

Increased total unding or the Department o Veterans Aairs (VA)more than 98 percent since 2001 and helped millions o veterans receive

expedited and improved care. Increased unding or veterans medical careby more than 115 percent since 2001. Committed more than $6 billion tomodernize and expand VA medical acilities, ensuring more veterans couldreceive quality care close to home. Provided more than a billion dollars toVA since 2007 to support traumatic brain injury and post-traumatic stressdisorder treatment and research. Created the Deense Centers o Excellenceor Psychological Health and raumatic Brain Injury and expanded VAspolytrauma system o care to 22 network sites and clinic support teams toprovide state-o-the-art treatment to injured veterans at acilities closer totheir homes. Expanded VAs use o electronic health records to improve thequality o medical care or veterans. Instituted reorms or the care o wounded warriors, many o which werebased on the recommendations o the DoleShalala Commission, anddramatically expanded resources or mental health services. Createda joint Department o Deense/VA Recovery Coordinator Program orseriously-injured service members. Initiated a pilot program to replace thecumbersome system o two separate disability examinations with a single,comprehensive medical exam. Expanded training, screening, and stafresources to help service members and veterans sufering rom mental healthdisorders. Signed legislation and issued regulations amending the FamilyMedical Leave Act to permit amily members o injured service members totake additional time away rom their jobs to care or their loved one. Expanded education benefts or service members and veterans,increased placement and career counseling or returning veterans, andsignifcantly reduced the processing time or disability claims. Increased

education benet amounts or veterans and reservists and lengthened thetime period in which service members can use those benets. Made it easieror service members to transer their unused education benets to theirspouses or children. Increased placement and career counseling services


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or returning veterans, particularly those wounded in combat. Reduced theaverage length o time to process a veterans disability claim rom a high o230 days to under 180 days.

Reduced the number o homeless veterans by nearly 40 percent rom2001 to 2007. Established VA homeless-specic programs, whichconstitute one o the largest integrated networks o homeless treatment andassistance services in the country.

SUPPORED AMERICAN WORKERS BYINCREASING RADE, JOB RAINING, AND

COMPEIIVENESSPresident Bush took a stand against isolationism and opened export marketsand increased opportunities or our armers, workers, and businesses. As aresult, America remains the worlds largest exporter o goods and services.rade has become a driving orce o our Nations economy, has helped createAmerican jobs, and now accounts or a larger percentage o our GDP thanat any time in history. rade advances our national security by helping toexpand democracy, strengthen the rule o law, and lit people out o poverty

worldwide. President Bush also instituted policies and launched newinitiatives to ensure American workers and businesses remain competitive inthe 21st century economy.

Expanded and Enorced rade Agreements to Open New Markets orAmerican Products

Leveled the playing feld or American workers by increasing the number

o countries partnered with the U.S. on ree trade agreements (FAs)rom three to 14. Tree additional agreements have been approved byCongress but are not yet in orce and agreements with three countries areawaiting Congressional approval. Increased overall goods and servicesexports by more than 50 percent between 2000 and 2007 to a level thataccounts or more than 13 percent o our GDP, greater than any time inhistory. Exports to the 11 trade partners with FAs that went into efectbetween 2001 and 2007 grew more than 70 percent aster on average than

U.S. exports to the rest o the world. Opened new markets or Americanarmers and ranchers, which helped create a record level o U.S. agriculturalexports o $92.4 billion in 2007, up more than 70 percent since 2000.Ensured other countries abided by trade rules and won or settled 24 tradedisputes brought by the United States to the World rade Organizationsince 2001.


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Negotiated and signed a trade agreement that helped increase U.S.exports to Central America by nearly $8 billion rom 2005 to 2008.Dramatically increased U.S. exports to Central America ollowing initialentry into orce o the Dominican Republic-Central America-UnitedStates Free rade Agreement (CAFA-DR). CAFA countries increasedtheir annual goods exports to the U.S. rom $14.7 billion in 2005 to anannualized $15.6 billion in 2008, an increase o 6.5 percent, which hassupported jobs in the region.

Helped American Workers and Businesses Remain Competitive

Created the American Competitiveness Initiative to help Americanscompete in the global economy and increased research and developmentunding. Increased overall Federal research and development investmentto a record $143 billion, a 57 percent increase since 2001, and made acommitment to double critical basic research in the physical sciences over10 years. Authorized the Math Now and Advanced Placement IncentivePrograms and basic research programs through the America COMPEESAct. Created the National Mathematics Advisory Panel to review the bestavailable scientic evidence on the teaching and learning o math.

Invested nearly $1 billion in new job training initiatives to prepareworkers or 21st century jobs and ensured air pay or Americanworkers. Launched the Workorce Innovation in Regional EconomicDevelopment, which invested $326 million in job training and workorcedevelopment. Invested more than $325 million to help more than 200community colleges train workers and launched the High Growth Jobraining Initiative, which has provided $288 million to more than 150partnerships between community colleges, workorce agencies, and

employers. Expanded the rade Adjustment Assistance program to covermore trade-impacted workers and added a tax credit to help displacedworkers aford health insurance. Strengthened overtime protection ormillions o workers, including the rst-ever explicitly guaranteed rightsor police ocers, re ghters, paramedics, and other rst responders.Achieved record recoveries o more than $1.25 billion or nearly two millionworkers and increased the amount o back wages collected in 2007 by nearly70 percent compared to 2001.


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Helped make broadband access available in 99 percent o Americas zipcodes. Instituted policies that helped make broadband internet accessibleto 99 percent o the countrys zip codes, by making new radio spectrumavailable, increasing competition and investment, and preserving theInternet tax moratorium. As a result, the number o broadband lines in theUnited States has increased by nearly 1,000 percent since 2001.

Created a new National Space Policy to ensure the continued ree accessand use o space or peaceul purposes and to help advance Americaseconomic competitiveness. Protected our national interests in space,governed the conduct o U.S. space activities, and enhanced the domesticspace technology market.

SE A BRIGH COURSE FOR AMERICAS FUURE

During his time in oce, President Bush worked to improve ourenvironment, energy security, and the quality o lie or Americans. Becauseo the Presidents eorts to encourage cooperative conservation, innovation,and new technologies, Americas air is cleaner, our water is purer, andour natural resources are better protected. President Bush strengthened

Americas energy security by advancing clean energy technologies, renewableenergy, and energy eciency to reduce our dependence on oil. Under thePresidents leadership, crime in our Nation has been reduced to historic lows,children in America are saer, teen drug use has declined, ewer Americansare homeless, American consumers have been better protected, and we havehelped make the United States a more equitable country.

ook Unparalleled Action to Advance Cooperative Conservation and

Protect the Environment Created the worlds largest ully protected marine area and protectedour oceans by taking action to end overfshing and conservehabitats. Designated nearly 140,000 square miles o the NorthwesternHawaiian Islands, which contains more than 7,000 species, as thePapahnaumokukea Marine National Monument - our Nations highestorm o marine environmental protection. Reduced marine debris,protected Americas sheries and reduced over-shing, and conserved

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Improved and protected the health o more than 27 million acres oFederal orest and grasslands and protected, restored, and improvedmore than three million acres o wetlands. Cleared dry brush, deadtrees, and overstocked orests on 27 million acres o orest and range landsthrough the Healthy Forest Initiative. Cleaned up three million acreso wetlands and created important wildlie habitats, including 15 newNational Wildlie Reuges, largely through arm bill conservation programs,the North American Wetlands Conservation Act, and other cooperativeconservation eforts. Instituted policies that helped reduce air pollution by 12 percent rom2001 to 2007 and adopted new policies that will produce even deeperreductions. Established stringent air quality standards and adopted rulesthat will cut hazardous industrial emissions and will cut diesel engineemissions by more than 90 percent. Provided more than $6.5 billion to repair and improve our nationalparks, launched the National Parks Centennial Initiative, andestablished the Preserve America Initiative with First Lady LauraBush to protect our cultural and natural heritage. Created the NationalParks Centennial Initiative with First Lady Laura Bush to hire more park

rangers, repair buildings, improve natural landscapes, and engage morechildren as junior rangers. Created seven new units o the National ParkSystem. Awarded more than 220 Preserve America grants and numerousrecognitions totaling $17 million in more than 650 communities in all 50States to advance community eforts to protect our cultural and naturalheritage.

Advanced Americas Energy Security and ook Steps to Develop

Cleaner, More Ecient Sources o EnergyCalled or and signed legislation to reduce U.S. gasoline consumptionby tens o billions o gallons o uel and signifcantly improve energyeciency. Signed the Energy Independence and Security Act, which,though less ambitious than the Presidents goal o reducing consumption by20 percent in 10 years, mandated that uel producers use at least 36 billiongallons o renewable uel by 2022 (a nearly ve-old increase over previouslyrequired levels). Required a national uel economy standard o 35 miles

per gallon by 2020 to increase uel economy by 40 percent and save billionso gallons o uel. Signed legislation that mandated new energy eciencystandards or appliances and lighting.


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Reduced Crime, Lowered een Drug Use, Protected Vulnerable Children, and Helped Make America a More Equitable Country

Launched innovative strategies that contributed to the lowest overallincidence o reported crime in three decades. Reduced the rate oreported crime in 2007 by 9.6 percent compared to 2000. Created ProjectSae Neighborhoods, vigorously enorced Federal rearms laws, and ledmore than 68,000 rearms cases against more than 83,000 deendants romFiscal Year 2001 through Fiscal Year 2007 more than double the numbero Federal prosecutions led in the previous seven-year period.

Convicted nearly 1,300 individuals o corporate raud and corruption.

Convicted more than 200 CEOs and corporate presidents, more than 120corporate vice presidents, and more than 50 chie nancial ocers.Reduced drug use among teens by 25 percent . Created a national drugcontrol strategy, which helped reduce the number o American teens usingdrugs by approximately 900,000. Helped break-up more than 5,000drug tracking organizations. Increased parental awareness o youthprescription drug abuse.

Rescued more than 575 children rom sexual exploitation, arrested and

convicted thousands o suspects, and helped recover nearly 400 missingchildren since 2002 by strengthening the AMBER Alert program.Launched the Innocence Lost Initiative, a joint Federal and State efort toprevent child prostitution, which has led to the recovery o more than 575children and the convictions o more than 300 deendants. Posted a nearly28 percent increase in Federal prosecutions o child predators in Fiscal Year2007. Apprehended more than 2,350 suspects through the Internet CrimesAgainst Children program in Fiscal Year 2007. Created a national network

o 59 Department o Justice-unded regional task orces that investigatecomputer-acilitated child sexual exploitation. Launched Project SaeChildhood to urther protect children rom exploitation over the Internet.Developed a national network o AMBER Alert systems, appointed therst National Coordinator in 2002, and assured the National Coordinatorscontinuity and authority by signing the PROEC Act in 2003. Helpedincrease successul recoveries o missing children sought through AMBERAlerts approximately nineold, with nearly 400 children recovered since

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Protected the right to vote or generations to come by reauthorizingthe Voting Rights Act and advanced civil rights. Signed the FannieLou Hamer, Rosa Parks, and Coretta Scott King Voting Rights ActReauthorization and Amendments Act o 2006 to ensure Americans enjoythe ull promise o reedom by prohibiting the use o tests or devices todeny Americans the right to vote. Launched the Post-9/11 DiscriminatoryBacklash Initiative to investigate bias-motivated crimes and unlawuldiscrimination against individuals in the United States ater the 9/11attacks, resulting in more than 800 criminal investigations. Worked to rootout discrimination on college campuses, and investigated and resolved morethan 1,100 itle IX complaints rom 2002 to 2006.

Reduced Homelessness and Aided Struggling Homeowners

Reduced the number o chronically homeless people by approximately30 percent between 2005 and 2007. Awarded approximately $10 billionto support local housing and service programs since 2001. Lowered thenumber o chronically homeless Americans by approximately 50,000 peoplebetween 2005 and 2007 thanks in part to increased unding to addresshomelessness. In 2005, the Administration became the rst to estimate the

total homeless population based on data rom virtually all communities. Helped more than two million individuals and amilies keep their homesby launching FHA Secure and helping to acilitate the HOPE NOWAlliance. Launched FHA Secure, which expanded the ability o individualsand amilies to renance into FHA-insured mortgages. Facilitated theormation o the innovative, private-sector HOPE NOW Alliance to helpindividuals and amilies keep their homes.

Improved ransportation and Import Saety and Protected AmericanConsumers

Implemented congestion relie and saety measures that have madeour highways and airways saer and more ecient. Created new saetymeasures that contributed to the largest reduction in vehicle atalities in15 years and the lowest-ever rate o highway deaths. Improved aviationsaety oversight, which has led to the saest six-year period in the historyo commercial aviation. Instituted a new national rail saety plan that has

contributed to a 25 percent decline in the number o rail crashes since 2005.Launched new strategies that include increasing ight capacity at Americasbusiest airports and reeing up airspace during peak travel times to curbtransportation congestion and reduce delays. Provided increased protection


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or consumers, including measures requiring airlines to provide greatercompensation or lost bags and imposing tougher penalties when airlines ailto notiy travelers o hidden ees.Increased import saety or American consumers . Instituted an ImportSaety Action Plan to better protect American consumers and took strongenorcement action against manuacturers o tainted imports. Establishedunprecedented import saety coordination with China by stationing FDAinspectors in China and signed agreements that enhanced the saetyo products traded between our nations to protect consumers and theenvironment. Enacted the Do Not Call List, which 145 million Americans haveutilized to reduce unwanted telemarketing calls. Instituted the Do-Not-Call Registry, which prohibits commercial telemarketers rom callingAmericans who have added their phone numbers to the Registry.

SOOD ON PRINCIPLE, REFUSED O PU OFFOUGH DECISIONS, AND SHOWED

HE WAY AHEAD

President Bush made decisions based upon principles, not polls. Hischaracter, vision, leadership, and reusal to compromise his core belies haveallowed him to tackle tough issues and do what is right or America.

Advanced a Culture o Lie

Outlawed partial birth abortion, ensured that every inant born aliveis protected, established consequences or violence toward unborn

children, and took steps to protect the rights o health care providers toact according to their conscience. Called or and signed the Partial BirthAbortion Ban Act o 2003 to outlaw partial birth abortion and successullydeended this law beore the Supreme Court. Required Federal law torecognize any inant born alive as an individual, including the survivorso abortion procedures, by signing the Born Alive Inants Protection Act.Created a separate criminal ofense or any person who causes the death orinjury o a child in the womb by signing the Unborn Victims o ViolenceAct o 2004. Advanced a regulation to ensure health care providers are notorced to choose between practicing medicine and ollowing their moral andethical convictions.


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Provided government unding or stem cell research while reusing tosanction the destruction o human lie. Supported research on existingembryonic stem cell lines within moral boundaries, which extended therontiers o medicine without destroying human lie as demonstrated by thediscovery that reprogramming technologies can be used to make adult cellsunction like other cells, including embryonic stem cells. Prohibited oreign nongovernmental organizations that receive U.S.tax dollars or amily planning rom perorming or actively promotingabortion. Restored the Mexico City Policy to ensure our internationalamily planning programs are not indirectly subsidizing abortion or thepromotion o abortion.

Appointed Judges Committed to Ruling by the Letter o the Law

Appointed Supreme Court Chie Justice John Roberts, Associate JusticeSamuel Alito, and more than onethird o all active Federal judges, whowill not legislate rom the bench. Ensured two justices seated on ourNations highest court will decide cases based on the Constitution and lawsas written, not policy preerences. Appointed more than 300 Federal judges,including 61 Circuit Court judges, who will not impose an activist agenda on

the courts.

Conronted Climate Change through Innovation and without Harmingour Economy

Set the country on course to stop the growth o greenhouse gasemissions below projected levels by 2025 and invested more than $44billion in climate changerelated programs. Set an initial national goalto reduce greenhouse gas intensity 18 percent by 2012, which the UnitedStates is on track to meet or exceed. Supported new Federal and Statemandates and incentives that are projected to take at least ve billion tons oU.S. carbon dioxide emissions out o the air. Invested more than $44 billionto advance climate related science, technology, observation, and incentives.Signed laws giving the Department o Energy the authority to provide morethan $67 billion in loans and guarantees to help support innovative energyprojects to reduce greenhouse gas or air pollutant emissions and to retoolauto plants to produce more ecient vehicles.


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Worked to build international consensus on practical actions to addressclimate change as a global issue. Convened the leaders o the worlds majoreconomies, both developed and developing, to work on ways to urtherreduce greenhouse gas emissions and improve energy security withoutharming our economies or giving any nation a ree ride. Led a globalagreement that will dramatically cut emissions o a potent greenhouse gasby more than what the Kyoto Protocol might achieve. Launched the Asia-Pacic Partnership on Clean Development and Climate to address climatechange and help develop and accelerate the deployment o cleaner and moreecient energy technologies.

Demonstrated Leadership on Reorming Entitlement Programs, theImmigration System, and Government Sponsored Enterprises

Proposed initiatives to fx Social Security and address the greatestthreat to Americas fscal uture the uncontrolled growth o Federalentitlements. Entitlement programs are projected to grow aster than theeconomy, aster than the population, and aster than the rate o ination,with Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid on course to consume 60percent o the entire Federal budget by 2030. President Bush proposedreorms to the Social Security program and embraced policies that wouldhave solved most o the projected Social Security shortall, includinggiving individual Americans the option to put part o their payroll taxesin voluntary personal retirement accounts, but Congress ailed to act.Additionally, in his Fiscal Year 2009 Budget, President Bush proposed $178billion in ve-year Medicare savings that would have slowed the averageannual rate o growth in Medicare rom 7.2 percent to 5 percent. TePresident also proposed regulatory actions to strengthen Medicaid program

integrity that would have saved more than $14 billion over ve years andslowed the average annual growth rate rom 7.6 percent to 7.4 percent overthe same period. Laid out a comprehensive plan to reorm and fx our broken immigrationsystem. President Bush proposed a plan that placed border securit

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