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Timeline of the George W. Bush presidency (2007)

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Hi, I’m John Green, this is CrashCourse U.S. history and today we’ve done it! WE’VE FINALLY REACHED THE 21st CENTURY! Today, we boldly go where no history course has gone before, because your teacher ran out of time and never made it to the present. Also, if you’re preparing for the AP test it’s unlikely that today’s video will be helpful to you because, you know, they never get to this stuff. Mr. Green, Mr. Green? Awesome, free period. Yeah, Me From the Past, there’s no such thing as a free period. There’s only time, and how you choose to use it. Also, Me From the Past, we’re in your future, hold on I’ve got to take this stuff off it’s hard to take me seriously with that. We’re in the future for you which means that you are learning important things about the you who does not yet exist. You know about Lady GaGa, Kanye and Kim, Bieber, well you’re not going to find out about any of those things because this is a history class, but it’s still going to be interesting. INTRO So the presidency of George W. Bush may not end up on your AP exam, but it’s very important when it comes to understanding the United States that we live in today The controversy starts with the 2000 Election. Democratic presidential candidate Al “I invented the Internet” Gore was sitting Vice President, and he asked Bill Clinton not to campaign much because a lot of voters kind of hated Bill Clinton. The republican candidate was George W. Bush, governor of Texas and unlike his father a reasonably authentic Texan. You know, as people from Connecticut go. Bush was a former oil guy and baseball team owner and he was running as a Compassionate Conservative, which meant he was organizing a coalition of religious people and fiscal conservatives. And that turned out to be a very effective coalition and George W Bush got a lot of votes. He did not however get as many votes as Al Gore. But as you’ll no doubt remember from earlier in Crash Course US History, in the United States presidential elections are not decided by popular vote. They are decided by the Electoral College. So the election was incredibly close. It solidified the Red-Blue divide that has become a trope for politicians since. And in the end Gore won the popular vote by about 500,000 votes. However, Al Gore did not have the necessary electoral votes to become president. Unless he won Florida. Did he win Florida? I don’t even want to go there… In Florida the vote was ridiculously close, but George W Bush had a gigantic advantage which is that his brother, Jeb Bush, was the governor of Florida. So when it came time to certify the election Jeb was like, “Yeah. My brother won. No big deal.” But then the Gore campaign sued to have a recount by hand which is allowed under Florida law. But then Bush’s lawyers asked the Supreme Court to intervene and they did. Their decision in Bush v. Gore remains rather controversial. They ruled that the recount should be stopped, interfering with a state law and also a state’s electoral process, which is a weird decision for strict constructionists to make. However, one of the strong points of the United States these past couple centuries has been that sometimes we have the opportunity to go to war over whether this person or that person should be president and we chose not to. So regardless of whether you think the recount should have gone on, or George W Bush should have been elected, he was, and he set to work implementing his campaign promises, including working on a missile defence system that was very similar to Star Wars. And that was Ronald Reagan’s Star Wars, not George Lucas’ Star Wars. Man if we could get a federally funded new Star Wars trilogy that doesn’t suck that would be awesome. Anyway, in the first 100 days of his presidency Bush also barred federal funding for stem cell research, and he supported oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. And speaking of environmental policy, the Bush administration announced that it would not abide by the 1997 Kyoto Protocol on carbon emissions and that didn’t go over well with environmentalists in the U.S. or in all of these green parts of not-America because they were like, “You guys made all the carbon.” To which we said, “This is America.” Libertage Bush also attempted education reform with the No Child Left Behind Act, which mandated that states implement “rigorous” standards and testing regimes to prove that those standards were being met. The No Child Left Behind Act is especially controversial with teachers who are great friends of Crash Course US History so we will say nothing more. Most importantly, George W Bush pushed through the largest tax cut in American history in 2001. Claiming that putting more money in Americans’ pockets would stimulate growth in an economy that had stumbled after the bursting of the dot-com bubble in 2000. Oh, it’s time for the Mystery Document? The rules here are simple. I guess the author of the Mystery Document, I either get it right, or I get shocked with the shock pen. Alright, what have we got here today. I’ve got a feeling it’s going to be a sad one. “It was a beautiful fall day, with a crisp, blue sky. I was coming in to work late that day; I guess I didn’t have first period class. It was only the second or third day of school. When I emerged from the subway, Union Square was strangely quiet, which only added to the beauty of the day. People were standing still, which is weird in New York under any circumstances, and looking down University Place towards lower Manhattan. Before I even looked I asked a passerby what had happened. She, or he, I really don’t remember, said that a plane had crashed into the Trade Center. Then I looked and saw the smoke coming billo wing out of the South Tower. I thought it was an accident, but I knew that this was not going to be an easy day. Well it’s obviously someone who was in New York City on September 11, 2001, but that only narrows it down to like 10 million people. However, I happen to know that it is Crash Course historian and my high school history teacher Raoul Meyer who wrote that account. This is the saddest I have ever been not to be shocked. So whether George Bush’s domestic policy would have worked is up for debate, but the events of September 11, 2001 ensured that foreign policy would dominate any discussion of the opening decade of the 21st century. That morning terrorists affiliated with al Qaeda hijacked 4 airliners. Two planes were flown into Manhattan’s World Trade Center, a third was crashed into the Pentagon in Washington and a fourth, also headed for Washington DC crashed in Pennsylvania when passengers overpowered the hijackers. Almost 3,000 people died including almost 400 policemen and firefighters. As Americans rushed to help in the search for survivors and to rebuild a devastated city, a shared sense of trauma and a desire to show resolve really did bring the country together. President Bush’s popularity soared in the wake of the attacks. In a speech on September 20, the president told Americans watching on television that the terrorists had targeted America “Because we love freedom […]. And they hate freedom.” This is another critical moment in American history where the definition of freedom is being reimagined. And we were reminded in the wake of September 11th that one of the central things that government does to keep us free is to keep us safe. But at the same time ensuring our safety sometimes means impinging upon our freedoms. And the question of how to keep America safe while also preserving our civil liberties is one of the central questions of the 21st century. At any rate, in the September 20th speech, the president announced a new guiding principle in foreign policy that became known as the Bush Doctrine. America would go to war with terrorism making no distinction between the terrorists and nations that harbored them. Bush laid out the terms for the world that night: “Either you are with us or you are with the terrorists.” But that dichotomy of course would prove to be a bit of an oversimplification. So on October 7, the United States launched its first airstrikes on Afghanistan, which at the time was ruled by a group of Islamic fundamentalists called the Taliban who were protecting Osama bin Laden, al Qaeda’s leader. This was followed by American ground troops supporting the anti-Taliban Northern Alliance in chasing out the Taliban and setting up a new Afghan government that was friendly to the United States. This new government did undo many of the worst Taliban policies, for instance allowing women and girls to go to school, and even to serve in the parliament. More women than girls in the parliament naturally. But by 2007 the Taliban was beginning to make a comeback and although fewer than 100 Americans died in the initial phase of the war, a sizeable force remained and in the ensuing 12 years the number of Americans killed would continue to rise. And then, by January 2002, Bush had expanded the scope of the Global War on Terror by proclaiming that Iran, Iraq and North Korea were an “axis of evil” that harbored terrorists, even though none of those nations had direct ties to the September 11 attacks. The ultimate goal of Bush Doctrine was to make the world safe for freedom and also to spread it and freedom was defined as consisting of political democracy, free expression, religious toleration, free trade and free markets. These freedoms, Bush said, were, “right and true for every person, in every society”. And there’s no question that the Saddam Hussein led Iraq of 2003 was not, by any of those definitions, free. But the 2003 invasion of Iraq by the United States was predicated on two ideas. First, that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction - chemical and biological weapons that they were refusing to give up. And second, that there was, or at least may have been, a link between Saddam Hussein's Iraq and the Al Qaeda attacks of 9-11. So in March 2003 the United States, Britain, and a coalition of other countries, invaded Iraq. Within a month Baghdad was captured, Saddam Hussein was ousted, Iraq created a new government that was more democratic than Saddam’s dictatorship, and then descended into sectarian chaos. After Baghdad fell, President Bush declared the end of major combat operations in Iraq, but troops soon found themselves trying to manage an increasingly organized insurgency that featured attacks and bombings. And by 2006 American intelligence analysts concluded that Iraq had become a haven for Islamist terrorists, which it hadn’t been, before the invasion. In fact, Saddam Hussein’s socialist government, while it occasionally called upon religion to unify people against an enemy, was pretty secular. Although fewer than 200 Americans had died in the initial assaults, by the end of 2006, more than 3,000 American soldiers had been killed and another 20,000 wounded. Hundreds of thousands of Iraqis had died in the conflict and the costs of the war which were promised to be no more than $60 billion had ballooned to $200 billion dollars. So that, and we try really hard here at Crash Course to be objective was a bit of a disaster. But let’s now go back to the domestic side of things and jump back in time to the passage of the USA PATRIOT act. Which believe it or not is an acronym for the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism act of 2001. Oh, Congress you don’t pass many laws these days but when you do… mmhm…. there’s some winners. The PATRIOT act gave the government unprecedented law enforcement powers to combat domestic terrorism including the ability to wiretap and spy on Americans. At least 5000 people connected to the Middle East were called in for questioning and more than 1200 were arrested, many held for months without any charge. The administration also set up a camp for accused terrorists in Guantanamo Bay, in Cuba, but not the fun kind of camp, the prison kind, it housed more than 700 suspects. The president also authorized the National Security Agency to listen in to telephone conversations without first obtaining a warrant, the so-called warrantless wiretapping. In 2013 Americans learned that NSA surveillance has of course gone much farther than this with surveillance programs like PRISM which sounds like it’s out of an Orwell novel - I mean both like the name and the actual thing it refers to. Meredith would like us to point out that Prism is also the name of a Katy Perry album proving that we here at Crash Course are young and hip and with it. Who is Katy Perry? Oh right, she has that song in Madagascar 3. Sorry, I have little kids. The Supreme Court eventually limited the executive branch’s power and ruled that enemy combatants do have some procedural rights. Congress also banned the use of torture in a 2005 defense appropriations bill sponsored by Republican John McCain who himself had been a victim of torture in Vietnam. But the Defense Department did condone the continued use of so-called “enhanced interrogation techniques” like waterboarding. Which most countries do consider torture. But George W Bush won re-election in 2004, defeating the surprisingly weak John Kerry, who was characterized as a “waffler” on a number of issues including the Iraq war. Kerry’s history as a Vietnam protester and also terrible windsurfer probably didn’t help him much. Bush’s victory is still a bit surprising to historians admittedly at that moment the Iraq war seemed to be going pretty well. But during Bush’s first term, the economy, which is usually what really drives voters, wasn’t that great at all. A recession began during 2001 and the September 11 attacks made it much worse. And while the GDP did begin to grow again relatively quickly, employment didn’t recover, hence all the description of it as a “jobless recovery.” 90% of the jobs lost in the 2001-2002 recession were in manufacturing, continuing a trend that we had been seeing for 30 years. The number of steelworkers dropped from 520,000 in 1970 to 120,000 in 2004. And in his first term George W Bush actually became the first president since Herbert Hoover to oversee a net loss of jobs. Now I want to be clear that that’s not necessarily his fault as I have said many times before - economics are complicated. And presidents do not decide whether economies grow. But at any rate George W Bush was re-elected and went on to have an extremely controversial second term. Let’s go to the thoughtbubble. In 2005 several events undermined the public’s confidence in the Bush administration. First, Vice President Dick Cheney’s chief of staff was indicted for perjury and then House Majority Leader Tom “The Hammer” DeLay was indicted for violating campaign finance laws. Then in August 2005, Hurricane Katrina slammed into the gulf coast near New Orleans submerging much of the city, killing nearly 1500 people, and leaving thousands stranded without basic services. Disaster preparation and response was poor on the state, local, and federal levels, but the slow response of the Department of Homeland Security and Federal Emergency Management Agency was particularly noticeable as thousands of mostly African American New Orleans residents suffered without food or water. Damage to the city was estimated at around $80 billion dollars. And the Katrina disaster exposed the persistent poverty and racial divisions in the city. While the Katrina response probably contributed to the reversal of fortune for Congressional Republicans in the 2006 mid-terms, it was more likely the spike in gasoline prices that resulted from the shutting down of refining capacity in the gulf and increased demand for oil from rapidly growing China. Voters gave Democrats majorities in both houses, and Nancy Pelosi of California became the first woman Speaker of the House in American history. And then, in 2007, the country fell back into recession as a massive housing bubble began to deflate, followed by the near collapse of the American banking system in 2008. Thought Bubble, thank you once again for the tremendous downer. So, the Bush years are still in the recent past, and it’s impossible to tell just what their historical significance is without some distance. But the attacks on September 11 had far ranging effects on American foreign policy but also on the entire world. Under the leadership of George W Bush the United States began a global fight against terrorism and for freedom. But as always, what we mean by the words is evolving and there’s no question that in trying to ensure a certain kind of freedom we have undermined other kinds of freedom. We’ll get to the even messier and murkier world of the 2008 financial collapse next week. Until then, thanks for watching. Crash Course is made with the help of all these nice people and it exists because of your support through Subbable.com - a voluntary subscription service that allows you to subscribe monthly to Crash Course for the price of your choosing. There are great perks over at Subbable, but the biggest perk of all is knowing that you helped make Crash Course possible so please check it out, thank you for watching, thanks for supporting Crash Course, and as we say in my hometown, “Don’t forget to be awesome.”

January

February

March

April

  • April 13 – White House spokeswoman Dana Perino says she would not rule out the White House has lost "a potential 5 million e-mails".[33]
  • April 16 – Virginia Tech shooting
  • April 17 – President Bush attends a memorial at Virginia Tech.[34]
  • April 28 – President Bush delivers the commencement address at Miami Dade College at the Kendall Campus in Florida.[35]
  • April 30 – President Bush meets with foreign leaders Angela Merkel and José Barroso at the White House. Bush, Merkel, and Barroso later hold a joint press conference in the Rose Garden.[36]

May

  • May 1 – President Bush vetoes a bill by members of both Chambers of Congress that he claims "substitutes the opinions of politicians for the judgment of our military commanders" and explains his reasons for doing so during an address in the evening hours.[37]
  • May 2 – President Bush delivers a speech on America's battle against terrorism as well as the US economy at the Willard Hotel in Washington, D.C.[38]
  • May 3 – President Bush delivers a speech in dedication of the National Day of Prayer in the East Room.[39]
  • May 7 – President Bush and First Lady Laura Bush welcome Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh to the White House.[40]
  • May 8 – President Bush meets with President of Haiti René Préval in the Oval Office, afterwards outlining the ways the US is supporting Haiti during a joint public appearance with the Haitian president.[41]
  • May 9 – President Bush travels to Greensburg, Kansas in the aftermath of tornado damage there, pledging the support of the federal government to the city and stating his intent "to lift people's spirits as best as I possibly can and to hopefully touch somebody's soul by representing our country, and to let people know that while there was a dark day in the past, there's brighter days ahead."[42]
  • May 10 – President Bush gives a press briefing at the Defense Department.[43]
  • May 11 – President Bush presents the President's Volunteer Service Awards and dedicates Military Spouse Day in the East Room of the White House.[44]
  • May 13 – President Bush delivers a speech in at anniversary park in Williamsburg, Virginia commemorating the four hundredth anniversary of the Jamestown, Virginia settlement.[45]
  • May 14 – President Bush gives a speech on CAFE and Alternative Fuel Standards in the Rose Garden at the White House.[46]
  • May 15 – President Bush delivers a speech at a memorial service for the Annual Peace Officers in Washington, D.C.[47]
  • May 20 – President Bush releases a statement on the 105th anniversary of Cuba gaining independence.[48]
  • May 21 – President Bush and Secretary General of NATO Jaap de Hoop Scheffer hold a joint press conference at Bush Ranch in Crawford, Texas.[49]
  • May 24 – President Bush holds a press conference in the Rose Garden and talks about the ongoing conflict in Iraq as well as an immigration reform policy being considered by Congress during the morning hours.[50] President Bush announces his nomination of Dr. James Holsinger, Jr. for United States Surgeon General.[51]
  • May 25 – President Bush meets with service members at the Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland.[52]
  • May 26 – President Bush discusses Memorial Day and service members' stories of being on duty while delivering his radio address.[53]
  • May 28 – President Bush makes an appearance at Arlington National Cemetery in commemoration of Memorial Day.[54]
  • May 29 – President Bush delivers a speech on immigration reform at the Federal Law Enforcement Center in Glynco, Georgia.[55] President Bush speaks out on the Darfur genocide in the Diplomatic Reception Room at the White House.[56]
  • May 30 – President Bush announces a $30 Billion HIV/AIDS Plan set for five years in the Rose Garden at the White House.[57] President Bush announces his nomination of Robert Zoellick for President Of The World Bank during an appearance in the Roosevelt Room.[58]
  • May 31 – President Bush gives a speech about the international development agenda of the United States at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center in Washington.[59] It is announced that President Bush will meet with Prime Minister of Israel Ehud Olmert during the following month.[60]

June

July

  • July 1 – President Bush says that he has a press conference the following day after being asked about the Glasgow Airport attack while at Walker's Point in Kennebunkport, Maine.[94]
  • July 2 – President Bush meets with President of Russia Vladimir Putin in at Walker's Port in Kennebunkport[95] and signs an extension of the Andean Trade Preference Act.[96]
  • July 3 – President Bush travels to Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C.,[97] and signs a designation of a facility of the United States Postal Service as the Dr. Francis Townsend Post Office Building in the form of S. 1352[98] and an extension of programs authorized under the Higher Education Act of 1965 through July 31, 2007 in the form of S. 1704.[99]
  • July 9 – President Bush delivers remarks and participates in a discussion about South and Central America in the Hyatt Regency Crystal City in Arlington, Virginia.[100]
  • July 10 – President Bush gives a speech and answers questions at the Intercontinental Hotel Cleveland in Cleveland, Ohio.[101]
  • July 11 – President Bush delivers a budget speech in Room 450 at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building.[102]
  • July 17 – President Bush meets with Secretary-General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon in the Oval Office in the White House.[103]
  • July 18 – President Bush gives a speech on healthcare during an appearance at Man and Machine, Inc. in Landover, Maryland.[104]
  • July 19 – President Bush delivers a speech and answers questions on the budget during an appearance at the Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center in Nashville, Tennessee.[105]
  • July 20 – President Bush delivers a speech on the military in the Rose Garden.[106]
  • July 21 – President Bush undergoes a colonoscopy at Bethesda Naval Hospital. Vice President Cheney serves as acting president for approximately two hours, under section 3 of the 25th Amendment.[107]
  • July 24 – President Bush delivers a speech on terrorism at the Charleston Air Force Base in Charleston, South Carolina.[108] President Bush declares Nebraska as having a major disaster within it, ordering federal aid for the assistance of relief efforts.[109] President Bush releases a statement noting the seventeenth anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, saying his administration has built upon "this landmark legislation."[110]
  • July 25 – President Bush is briefed in the Oval Office "about how to make sure that our wounded heroes get the best possible care from the Defense Department and the Veterans Affairs Department" by former United States Secretary of Health and Human Services Donna Shalala and Senator Bob Dole.[111]
  • July 27 – President Bush delivers remarks on the economy in the Roosevelt Room, saying in part, "The world is strong -- the world economy is strong. I happen to believe one of the main reasons why is because we remain strong. And my pledge to the American people is we will keep your taxes low to make sure the economy continues to remain strong, and we'll be wise about how we spend your money in Washington, D.C. I submitted a budget that will be in balance at 2012, and I look forward to working with Congress to achieve that goal."[112]
  • July 30 – President Bush holds a joint press conference with Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Gordon Brown at Camp David.[113]
  • July 31 – President Bush signs an extension of programs authorized under the Higher Education Act of 1965 through October 31, 2007 in the form of the Second Higher Education Extension Act of 2007.[114]

August

  • August 27 – United States Attorney General Alberto Gonzales announces that he will resign. President Bush in responding remarks within the morning hours calls Gonzales a "man of integrity, decency and principle. And I have reluctantly accepted his resignation, with great appreciation for the service that he has provided for our country."[115]
  • August 28 – President Bush gives a speech at 89th Annual National Convention of the American Legion at the Reno-Sparks Convention Center in Reno, Nevada during the morning.[116] Bush later attends a meeting of community leaders at the Dooky Chase Restaurant in New Orleans, Louisiana during the night hours.[117]
  • August 29 – President Bush delivers a speech on New Orleans restoration at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Charter School for Science and Technology in New Orleans, Louisiana.[118]
  • August 30 – President Bush releases a statement expressing dismay with the Burmese regime.[119]
  • August 31 – President Bush delivers a speech on homeownership financing in the Rose Garden.[120] President Bush announces Press Secretary Tony Snow's resignation and his nomination of Dana Perino as his successor while in the James S. Brady Briefing Room.[121] President Bush releases a statement on Senator John Warner announcing his retirement upon the completion of his current term.[122]

September

October

  • October 1 – President Bush gives a speech at the memorial service to General Peter Pace in Fort Myer, Virginia during the morning.[129] President Bush designates the first Monday of October "Child Health Day".[130]
  • October 2 – President Bush announces Texas as having a major disaster within it and orders federal aid.[131]
  • October 3 – President Bush gives a speech to the Lancaster Chamber of Commerce at the Jay Group, Inc. in Lancaster, Pennsylvania during the morning.[132]
  • October 4 – President Bush gives a speech while attending the Iftaar Dinner at the State Dining Room of the White House during the evening.[133]
  • October 17 – President Bush at a press conference at the White House gave an update on the Iraq War and stated "The Iraq situation cannot be won by military means alone. There has to be political reconciliation to go with it. There has to be an emergence of a democracy. That's been my position ever since it started. Al Qaeda is still dangerous. They're dangerous in Iraq, they're dangerous elsewhere. Al Qaeda is not going to go away anytime soon. That's why it's important for us to be finding out what their intentions are, and what are their plans, so we can respond to them".[134]
  • October 18 – President Bush meets with President of Liberia Ellen Johnson Sirleaf in the Oval Office of the White House.[135]
  • October 19 – President Bush delivers a speech on Burma sanctions in the Diplomatic Reception Room in the White House.[136]
  • October 20 – President Bush signs Executive Order 13449 at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum in St. Michael's, Maryland.[137]
  • October 21 – Vice President Cheney delivers a speech on foreign relations and its effect on the United States in Lansdowne, Virginia.[138]
  • October 22 – President Bush presents Michael P. Murphy with the Medal of Honor in the East Room of the White House.[139]
  • October 23 – President Bush delivers a speech on the international War on Terror at the National Defense University in Washington, D.C.[140] The nominations of James Shinn for Assistant Secretary of Defense and Robert A. Sturgell for Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration are sent to the Senate.[141]
  • October 24 – President Bush delivers an address on the administration's policy toward Cuba at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C.[142]
  • October 25 – President Bush delivers a speech in the Rancho Bernardo Neighborhood in San Diego, California.[143]
  • October 26 – President Bush meets with President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Joseph Kabila at the White House.[144]
  • October 27 – President Bush discusses California during his radio address.[145]
  • October 29 – President Bush announces the Presidential Medal of Freedom recipients.[146]
  • October 30 – President Bush delivers an address calling on Congress to pass appropriations bills while in the North Lawn of the White House.[147]
  • October 31 – President Bush announces his nomination of Ed Schafer for United States Secretary of Agriculture in the Roosevelt Room.[148]

November

December

  • December 1 – President Bush talks about Congress and their needing to pass legislation having to do with the ongoing Iraq War when they return from recess during his radio address.[171]
  • December 3 – President Bush issues a statement wishing "all people of the Jewish faith a Happy Hanukkah."[172]
  • December 4 – President Bush holds a press conference where he stresses the importance of Congress in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room.[173] Bush issues a statement on Congress having designated December 7 as "National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day".[174]
  • December 5 – President Bush attends a healthcare meeting at the One World Community Health Center in Omaha, Nebraska.[175]
  • December 8 – President Bush announces Oregon has a major disaster within it and has ordered federal aid.[176]
  • December 10 – President Bush meets with Judaism-practicing individuals and announces his recognition of the day as International Human Rights Day while speaking in the Roosevelt Room in the White House.[177]
  • December 12 – President Bush announces Missouri is having a state emergency and his order of federal funding to assist in quelling the aforementioned problem.[178]
  • December 13 – President Bush meets with President of Nigeria Umaru Musa Yar'Adua in the Oval Office at the White House and later Bush and Yar'Adua hold a joint press conference during the morning hours.[179]
  • December 14 – President Bush and President of Peru Alan García during a joint appearance at the Dwight D. Eisenhower Executive Office Building sign H.R. 3688, which President Bush says will advance "free and fair trade with one of the fastest growing economies in the Western Hemisphere."[180]
  • December 15 – President Bush stresses funding for front line soldiers is America's top priority during his radio address.[181] President Bush issues a statement on the death of Julia Carson.[182]
  • December 17 – President Bush delivers a speech on the economy and takes questions from the audience at the Holiday Inn in North Fredericksburg, Virginia.[183]
  • December 18 – President Bush delivers remarks during a visit to Little Sisters of the Poor in Washington, D.C.[184]
  • December 19 – Press Secretary Dana Perino says President Bush and Vice President Cheney were in the West Wing of the White House during the Eisenhower Executive Office Building's fire during a press briefing.[185]
  • December 21 – President Bush issues a statement sending his, First Lady Bush's, and the United States' best wishes to service members.[186]
  • December 22 – President Bush speaks on service members and their families in addition to relating stories about individuals dealing with similar experiences during the holidays while delivering his radio address.[187]
  • December 24 – President Bush makes phone calls to service members stationed abroad on Christmas Eve.[188]
  • December 26 – President Bush announces that he has signed H.R. 2764 into law, legislation that he says during the announcement will "fund the Federal Government within the reasonable and responsible spending levels I proposed -- without raising taxes and without the most objectionable policy changes considered by the Congress."[189]
  • December 27 – President Bush publicly addresses the assassination of Benazir Bhutto while in Crawford, Texas.[190]
  • December 28 – President Bush issues a disapproval memorandum on the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008, citing that it will "imperil billions of dollars of Iraqi assets at a crucial juncture in that nation's reconstruction efforts and because it would undermine the foreign policy and commercial interests of the United States."[191]
  • December 29 – President Bush reflects on issues of spending and relations with Congress during his radio address.[192]
  • December 31 – President Bush signs into law an amendment of the Freedom of Information Act, the Openness Promotes Effectiveness in our National Government Act of 2007 or S. 2488.[193] President Bush releases a statement on the upcoming New Year's Day, reflecting on the administration's efforts throughout 2007.[194]

See also

References

  1. ^ Malveaux, Suzanne (January 2, 2007). "Officials: Bush 'driving toward' new Iraq plan". CNN.
  2. ^ "Bush repeats support of tax cuts". CNN. January 3, 2007.
  3. ^ Statement on Federal Disaster Assistance for Kansas (January 7, 2007) 
  4. ^ President Bush Marks Fifth Anniversary of No Child Left Behind (January 7, 2007)
  5. ^ President Bush Selects Fred Fielding to Serve as Counsel to the President (January 9, 2007)
  6. ^ "Admitting strategy error, Bush adds Iraq troops". NBC News. January 11, 2007.
  7. ^ President Bush Visits with Military Personnel and Families at Fort Benning, Georgia (January 11, 2007)
  8. ^ President Bush Delivers State of the Union Address (January 23, 2007)
  9. ^ President Bush Meets with Members of Securing America's Future Energy (January 29, 2007)
  10. ^ President Bush Discusses Economy (January 30, 2007) 
  11. ^ President Bush Delivers State of the Economy Report (January 31, 2007)
  12. ^ President Bush Attends National Prayer Breakfast (February 1, 2007)
  13. ^ President Bush Welcomes Stanley Cup Champion Carolina Hurricanes (February 2, 2007)
  14. ^ President Bush Attends House Democratic Caucus Issues Conference (February 3, 2007)
  15. ^ President Bush Meets with the Cabinet (February 5, 2007)
  16. ^ President Bush Presents the Medal of Honor to Lieutenant Colonel Bruce Crandall (February 26, 2007)
  17. ^ President Bush Attends Swearing-In of John Negroponte as Deputy Secretary of State (February 27, 2007)
  18. ^ President Bush Meets with Military Service Organizations (February 28, 2007)
  19. ^ President Bush Meets with Elected Officials and Community Leaders in Louisiana (March 1, 2007)
  20. ^ President Bush Discusses No Child Left Behind Reauthorization (March 2, 2007)
  21. ^ "Bush to Americans: 'Help the folks down there'". March 3, 2007.
  22. ^ President Bush Discusses Western Hemisphere Policy (March 5, 2007)
  23. ^ President Bush Meets with Iraq Provincial Reconstruction Team Leaders (March 22, 2007)
  24. ^ President Bush Discusses Iraq War Emergency Supplemental (March 23, 2007)
  25. ^ President Bush Hosts Celebration of Greek Independence Day at the White House (March 23, 2007)
  26. ^ President's Radio Address (March 24, 2007)
  27. ^ President Bush Participates in Demonstration of Alternative Fuel Vehicles with CEOs of Ford, General Motors and DaimlerChrysler (March 26, 2007)
  28. ^ President Bush Participates in Demonstration of Alternative Fuel Vehicles at U.S. Postal Service Facility (March 27, 2007)
  29. ^ President Bush Discusses Economy, War on Terror During Remarks to the National Cattlemen's Beef Association (March 28, 2007)
  30. ^ President Bush Discusses the Budget and the Emergency Supplemental (March 29, 2007)
  31. ^ President Bush Visits Troops at Walter Reed Army Medical Center (March 30, 2007)
  32. ^ President Bush Welcomes President Lula of Brazil to Camp David (March 31, 2007)
  33. ^ "White House: Millions of e-mails may be missing". CNN. April 13, 2007.
  34. ^ President Bush Offers Condolences at Virginia Tech Memorial Convocation (April 17, 2007)
  35. ^ President Bush Delivers Commencement Address at Miami Dade College (April 28, 2007)
  36. ^ President Bush Meets with EU Leaders, Chancellor Merkel of the Federal Republic of Germany and President Barroso of the European Council and President of the European Commission (April 30, 2007)
  37. ^ President Bush Rejects Artificial Deadline, Vetoes Iraq War Supplemental (May 1, 2007)
  38. ^ President Bush Discusses War on Terror, Economy with Associated General Contractors of America (May 2, 2007)
  39. ^ President Bush Commemorates National Day of Prayer (May 3, 2007)
  40. ^ President Bush Welcomes Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II to the White House (May 7, 2007)
  41. ^ President Bush Welcomes President Preval of Haiti to the White House (May 8, 2007)
  42. ^ President Bush Visits Greensburg, Kansas to Survey Tornado Damage, Offer Condolences (May 9, 2007)
  43. ^ President Bush Participates in Briefings at U.S. Department of Defense (May 10, 2007)
  44. ^ President Bush Commemorates Military Spouse Day and Presents the President's Volunteer Service Awards (May 11, 2007)
  45. ^ President Bush Celebrates America's 400th Anniversary in Jamestown (May 13, 2007)
  46. ^ President Bush Discusses CAFE and Alternative Fuel Standards (May 14, 2007)
  47. ^ President Bush Attends the Annual Peace Officers' Memorial Service  (May 15, 2007) 
  48. ^ President's Statement on Anniversary of Cuba's Independence (May 20, 2007)
  49. ^ President Bush Participates in Joint Press Availability with NATO Secretary General de Hoop Scheffer (May 21, 2007) 
  50. ^ Press Conference by the President (May 24, 2007)
  51. ^ President Bush Nominates Dr. James Holsinger Jr. as Surgeon General (May 24, 2007)
  52. ^ President Bush Visits with Soldiers, Sailors, Marines and Their Families (May 25, 2007) 
  53. ^ President's Radio Address (May 26, 2007)
  54. ^ President Bush Commemorates Memorial Day at Arlington National Cemetery  (May 28, 2007)
  55. ^ President Bush Discusses Comprehensive Immigration Reform in Glynco, Georgia (May 29, 2007)
  56. ^ President Bush Discusses Genocide in Darfur, Implements Sanctions (May 29, 2007) 
  57. ^ President Bush Announces Five-Year, $30 Billion HIV/AIDS Plan (May 30, 2007)
  58. ^ President Bush Nominates Robert Zoellick As President Of The World Bank (May 30, 2007)
  59. ^ President Bush Discusses United States International Development Agenda (May 31, 2007)
  60. ^ President Bush to Welcome Prime Minister Olmert of Israel (May 31, 2007)
  61. ^ President Bush Attends Briefing on Comprehensive Immigration Reform (June 1, 2007)
  62. ^ President's Radio Address (June 2, 2007)
  63. ^ Vice President's Remarks at the Wyoming Boys State Conference (June 3, 2007)
  64. ^ Nominations Sent to the Senate (June 4, 2007) 
  65. ^ President Bush Visits Prague, Czech Republic, Discusses Freedom (June 5, 2007)
  66. ^ President Bush Meets with Japanese Prime Minister Abe in Heiligendamm, Germany (June 6, 2007)
  67. ^ President Bush Meets with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Heiligendamm, Germany (June 6, 2007)
  68. ^ President Bush Meets with Prime Minister Blair of the United Kingdom in Heiligendamm, Germany (June 7, 2007)
  69. ^ President Bush Meets with President Vladimir Putin of Russia (June 7, 2007)
  70. ^ President Bush Participates in Joint Statement with President Kaczynski of Poland (June 8, 2007)
  71. ^ President Bush Participates in Joint Press Availability with Prime Minister Prodi of Italy (June 9, 2007)
  72. ^ President Bush Participates in Roundtable on Humanitarian and Volunteer Efforts (June 9, 2007)
  73. ^ President Bush Participates in Joint Press Availability with Prime Minister of Albania, Dr. Sali Berisha (June 10, 2007)
  74. ^ President Bush Meets with Small Business Leaders in Albania (June 10, 2007)
  75. ^ President Bush Participates in Joint Press Availability with President Parvanov of Bulgaria (June 11, 2001)
  76. ^ President Bush Attends Dedication of Victims of Communism Memorial (June 12, 2007)
  77. ^ President Bush Announces Ed Gillespie as New Counselor to the President (June 13, 2007)
  78. ^ President Bush Discusses Comprehensive Immigration Reform with Associated Builders and Contractors (June 14, 2007)
  79. ^ President Bush Attends National Hispanic Prayer Breakfast (June 15, 2007)
  80. ^ President Bush Visits Wichita, Kansas (June 15, 2007)
  81. ^ President's Radio Address (June 16, 2007)
  82. ^ President Bush Meets with NCAA Championship Teams (June 18, 2007)
  83. ^ President Bush Signs Native American Home Ownership Opportunity Act of 2007 (June 18, 2007)
  84. ^ President Bush Meets With Prime Minister Olmert of Israel (June 19, 2007)
  85. ^ President Bush Discusses Energy Initiatives in Athens, Alabama (June 21, 2007)
  86. ^ President Bush Welcomes President Nguyen Minh Triet of Vietnam to the White House (June 22, 2007)
  87. ^ President Bush Congratulates Presidential Scholars, Discusses No Child Left Behind Reauthorization (June 25, 2007)
  88. ^ President Bush Discusses Comprehensive Immigration Reform (June 26, 2007)
  89. ^ Memorandum for the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Defense (June 26, 2007)
  90. ^ President Bush Attends Seventh-Annual White House Tee Ball Game (June 27, 2007)
  91. ^ President Bush Nominates Admiral Michael Mullen and General James Cartwright to Chairman and Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff  (June 28, 2007) 
  92. ^ President Bush Visits Naval War College, Discusses Iraq, War on Terror (June 28, 2007)
  93. ^ Independence Day, 2007 (June 29, 2007)
  94. ^ Remarks by President Bush Before Arrival of President Putin of Russia (July 1, 2007)
  95. ^ President Bush Meets with President Putin of Russian Federation (July 2, 2007)
  96. ^ President Bush Signs H.R. 1830 (July 2, 2007)
  97. ^ President Bush Visits with Wounded Military Personnel at Walter Reed Army Medical Center (July 3, 2007)
  98. ^ President Bush Signs S. 1352 (July 3, 2007)
  99. ^ President Bush Signs S. 1704 (July 3, 2007) 
  100. ^ President Bush Participates in a Conversation on the Americas (July 9, 2007) 
  101. ^ President Bush Visits Cleveland, Ohio (July 10, 2007) 
  102. ^ President Bush Discusses the Budget (July 11, 2007)
  103. ^ President Bush Meets with United Nations Secretary General Ban-Ki-Moon (July 17, 2007)
  104. ^ President Bush Participates in Roundtable on Health Care (July 18, 2007) 
  105. ^ President Bush Visits Nashville, Discusses Budget (July 19, 2007) 
  106. ^ President Bush Discusses Global War on Terror, Thanks Troops (July 20, 2007)
  107. ^ Text of a Letter from the President to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate (July 21, 2007)
  108. ^ President Bush Discusses War on Terror in South Carolina (July 24, 2007)
  109. ^ Statement on Federal Disaster Assistance for Nebraska (July 24, 2007)
  110. ^ Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act, 2007 (July 24, 2007)
  111. ^ President Bush Receives Briefing by The Co-Chairs of The President's Commission on Care for America's Returning Wounded Warriors (July 25, 2007)
  112. ^ President Bush Discusses Economic Expansion and Gross Domestic Product Growth (July 27, 2007)
  113. ^ President Bush Participates in Joint Press Availability with Prime Minister Gordon Brown of the United Kingdom (July 30, 2007)
  114. ^ President Bush Signs Second Higher Education Extension Act of 2007 (July 31, 2007)
  115. ^ President Bush Discusses Resignation of Attorney General Alberto Gonzales (August 27, 2007)
  116. ^ President Bush Addresses the 89th Annual National Convention of the American Legion (August 28, 2007)
  117. ^ President Bush Meets with Community Leaders in New Orleans (August 28, 2007)
  118. ^ President Bush Discusses Rebuilding Efforts in New Orleans (August 29, 2007)
  119. ^ President Bush Condemns Ongoing Actions of the Burmese Regime (August 30, 2007)
  120. ^ President Bush Discusses Homeownership Financing (August 31, 2007)
  121. ^ President Bush Announces Resignation of Press Secretary Tony Snow, and Names Dana Perino as Press Secretary (August 31, 2007)
  122. ^ President Bush Congratulates John Warner on Senate Career (August 31, 2007)
  123. ^ President's Radio Address (September 1, 2007)
  124. ^ President Bush Meets with Prime Minister Maliki and Iraqi Leaders (September 3, 2007)
  125. ^ President Bush and Australian Prime Minister Howard Discuss U.S.-Australia Defense Trade Cooperation Treaty in Joint Press Availability (September 4, 2007)
  126. ^ President Bush and Australian Prime Minister Howard Visit with Australian Defense Force Members (September 5, 2007)
  127. ^ President and Mrs. Bush Deeply Saddened by the Death of Congressman Paul Gillmor (September 5, 2007)
  128. ^ President Bush Meets with President Hu Jintao of the People's Republic of China (September 6, 2007)
  129. ^ President Bush Attends Armed Forces Farewell Tribute in Honor of General Peter Pace and Armed Forces Hail in Honor of Admiral Michael Mullen (October 1, 2007)
  130. ^ Child Health Day, 2007 (October 1, 2007)
  131. ^ Statement on Federal Disaster Assistance for Texas (October 2, 2007)
  132. ^ President Bush Visits Lancaster Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Discusses S-CHIP (October 3, 2007)
  133. ^ President Bush Attends Iftaar Dinner at the White House (October 4, 2007)
  134. ^ "Press Conference by the President". georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov. October 17, 2007. Retrieved July 21, 2020.
  135. ^ President Bush Meets with President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf of Liberia (October 18, 2007)
  136. ^ President Bush Discusses Sanctions on Burma (October 19, 2007)
  137. ^ President Bush Signs Executive Order to Protect Striped Bass and Red Drum Fish Populations (October 20, 2007)
  138. ^ Vice President's Remarks to the Washington Institute for Near East Policy (October 21, 2007)
  139. ^ President Bush Presents Medal of Honor to Lieutenant Michael P. Murphy, U.S. Navy (October 22, 2007)
  140. ^ President Bush Visits National Defense University, Discusses Global War on Terror (October 23, 2007)
  141. ^ Nominations Sent to the Senate (October 23, 2007)
  142. ^ President Bush Discusses Cuba Policy (October 24, 2007)
  143. ^ President Bush Tours Fire Damaged Southern California (October 25, 2007)
  144. ^ President Bush Meets with Democratic Republic of the Congo President Kabila (October 26, 2007)
  145. ^ President's Radio Address (October 27, 2007) 
  146. ^ President Bush Announces Recipients of Presidential Medal of Freedom (October 29, 2007)
  147. ^ President Bush Urges Congress to Pass Appropriations Bills (October 30, 2007)
  148. ^ President Bush Nominates Ed Schafer for Secretary of Agriculture (October 31, 2007)
  149. ^ President Bush Discusses Global War on Terror (November 1, 2007)
  150. ^ President Bush Arrives in South Carolina, Offers Sympathies, Discusses Economy (November 2, 2007)
  151. ^ President's Radio Address (November 3, 2007)
  152. ^ President Bush Honors Medal of Freedom Recipients (November 5, 2007)
  153. ^ President Bush and Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan Discuss Global War on Terror (November 5, 2007)
  154. ^ President Bush Attends White House Forum on International Trade and Investment (November 6, 2007)
  155. ^ President Bush Participates in Joint Press Availability with President Sarkozy of France (November 7, 2007)
  156. ^ President Bush Visits Wounded Warriors at Center for the Intrepid (November 8, 2007) 
  157. ^ President Bush Welcomes German Chancellor Merkel (November 9, 2007)
  158. ^ Personnel Announcement (November 21, 2007) 
  159. ^ President Bush Makes Thanksgiving Day Calls to Members of the Armed Forces (November 22, 2017)
  160. ^ Radio Address (November 24, 2007)
  161. ^ Statement by the President (November 25, 2007)
  162. ^ President Bush Meets with Israeli Prime Minister Olmert (November 26, 2007)
  163. ^ President Bush Congratulates Trent Lott on Senate Career (November 26, 2007)
  164. ^ President Bush Attends Annapolis Conference (November 27, 2007)
  165. ^ President Bush Makes Remarks on Annapolis Conference (November 28, 2007)
  166. ^ President Bush Receives Briefings at Department of Defense (November 29, 2007)
  167. ^ "White House Holiday Decorations". November 29, 2007.
  168. ^ Craighead, Sarah (November 29, 2007). "Laura Bush shows off the White House Christmas Tree during a press preview of the holiday decorations Thursday". The White House. Retrieved December 17, 2022.
  169. ^ President Bush Discusses World AIDS Day (November 30, 2007)
  170. ^ Statement on Federal Disaster Assistance for Indiana (November 30, 2007)
  171. ^ President's Radio Address (December 1, 2007)
  172. ^ Presidential Message: Hanukkah 2007 (December 3, 2007)
  173. ^ Press Conference by the President (December 4, 2007)
  174. ^ National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day, 2007 (December 4, 2007)
  175. ^ President Bush Participates in Meeting on Health Care in Omaha, Nebraska (December 5, 2007)
  176. ^ Statement on Federal Disaster Assistance for Oregon (December 8, 2007)
  177. ^ President Bush Meets with Jewish Leaders (December 10, 2007)
  178. ^ Statement on Federal Disaster Assistance for Missouri (December 12, 2007)
  179. ^ President Bush Meets with President Yar’Adua of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (December 13, 2007)
  180. ^ President Bush and President Garcia of Peru Sign H.R. 3688 (December 14, 2007)
  181. ^ President's Radio Address (December 15, 2007)
  182. ^ President and Mrs. Bush Saddened by the Death of Julia Carson (December 15, 2007)
  183. ^ President Bush Discusses Economy in Fredericksburg, Virginia (December 17, 2007)
  184. ^ President Bush Visits Little Sisters of the Poor and Discusses Volunteerism (December 18, 2007)
  185. ^ Press Briefing by Dana Perino (December 19, 2007)
  186. ^ Presidential Message to the Men and Women of the United States Armed Forces (December 21, 2007)
  187. ^ President's Radio Address (December 22, 2007)
  188. ^ President Bush Makes Christmas Eve Telephone Calls To Members of The Armed Forces (December 24, 2007)
  189. ^ President Bush Signs H.R. 2764 into Law (December 26, 2007)
  190. ^ President and Mrs. Bush Extend Condolences Regarding Assassination of Benazir Bhutto, Condemn Violence (December 27, 2007)
  191. ^ Memorandum of Disapproval (December 28, 2007)
  192. ^ President's Radio Address (December 29, 2007)
  193. ^ President Bush Signs S. 2488 into Law (December 31, 2007)
  194. ^ Presidential Message for New Year's Day, 2008 (December 31, 2007)

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