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H I G H L I G H T S O F

A C C O M P L I S H M E N T S

A N D R E S U L T S

T H E A D M I N I S T R A T I O N O F

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Ive been witness to the character o the

people o America, who have shown

calm in times o danger, compassion orone another, and toughness or the long

haul. All o us have been partners in a

great enterprise.

President George W. Bush


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t h e a d m i n i s t r at i o n o f p r e s i d e n t g e o r g e w. b u s h

KEPT AMERICA SAFE AND PROMOTED LIBERTY ABROAD

Protecting the American people is the Presidents most solemn obligation. Since

the terrorist attacks o 9/11, the President has carried with him a symbol o sacriceand courage: a police shield given to him by the mother o an ocer who died at theWorld rade Center. As the President noted ater the attack, Tis is my reminder olives that ended, and a task that does not end. . . . I will not yield; I will not rest; I will notrelent in waging this struggle or reedom and security or the American people.

Waged the Global War on error

Ater 9/11, recognizing the ongoing threat posed by radical extremists, PresidentBush deployed all elements o national power to wage a global war on terror. TePresident enlisted a coalition o more than 90 nations to cooperate in a campaign todismantle terrorist networks by drying up their nancing, hunting down operatives,and bringing terrorist leaders to justice.

In this war on terror, America has taken the ght to the enemy. Hundreds o ter-rorists have been captured or killed in two dozen countries, including the mastermindo the 9/11 attacksKhalid Sheikh Mohammed.

Te resolve o our great Nation is being tested. But make nomistake: We will show the world that we will pass this test.President Bush, September 11, 2001


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h i g h l i g h t s o f a c c o m p l i s h m e n t s a n d r e s u l ts

In Aghanistan, the United States and our allies removed the regime that har-bored the terrorists who plotted the 9/11 attacks. As a result, more than 25 millionAghans are ree; the terrorist training camps have been shut down; and Aghanistanhas become an ally in the war on terror.

oday Aghanistan has a democratically elected President, a national assembly, and

a market economy. Women are voting and starting their own businesses. Millionsmore children are in school, including girls who were once banned rom the class-room. President Bush and President Karzai established the U.S.-Aghan WomensCouncil in 2002 to help give Aghan women the opportunity to improve their livesand rebuild their country. First Lady Laura Bush made three trips to Aghanistan tounderscore Americas commitment to this work. Although Aghanistan still acesserious challenges, the international community is working together to help thisemerging democracy succeed.

In Iraq, the United States led acoalition to remove a dictator whomurdered his own people, invaded hisneighbors, and threatened the UnitedStates. Because our coalition acted toremove Saddam Hussein, 25 millionIraqis are ree; the Iraqi people havethe most progressive constitution in

the Arab world; and Iraq has becomean ally in the war on terror.

With Saddam Hussein gone rompower, the coalitions mission turnedto helping the Iraqi people deendtheir reedom against violent extrem-ists. When the battle in Iraq reacheda pivotal point, the President rejected

calls or retreat. Instead, in January 2007, he ordered a new strategy supported by asurge in orces. Tis historic decision dramatically reduced violence and created theconditions or political and economic progress to take place.

War came to our shores on September the 11th, 2001. It was a warwe did not ask or, its a war we did not want, but it is a war that Iintend to deal with so long as Im your President.

President Bush, April 6, 2008


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One o the most dramatic out-comes was the transormation oAnbar Province, an area oncereported by intelligence experts tobe lost to al Qaeda. Local citizenstook a stand against the terrorists,and an additional 4,000 Marineswere sent to support them as parto the surge. As a result, the rule olaw was restored in Anbar.

As conditions have improvedacross Iraq, America has reducedcombat troops through the Presi-dents Return on Success plan. So ar, all ve surge brigade combat teams, twoMarine battalions, and a Marine Expeditionary Unit have come home.

Across the generations we have proclaimed the imperative o sel-government, because no one is t to be a master, and no one deservesto be a slave. Advancing these ideals is the mission that created ourNation. It is the honorable achievement o our athers. Now it is theurgent requirement o our Nations security, and the calling o ourtime.

President Bush, Second Inaugural Address

Did You Know?

9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed was captured and is incustody.

Iraqi orces have taken over security responsibilities rom U.S. orces inmore than two thirds o Iraqi provinces and helped reduce attacks to thelowest level in more than our years.

More than six million children now attend Aghan schools, compared

to ewer than one million in 2001; a third o these are girls who werepreviously barred rom attending school.

Te Aghan economy has doubled since 2001.


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ransormed the Institutions and ools o War

President Bush has given our Nation the institutions and tools necessary or

prevailing in the long struggle ahead. he President retooled a Cold WareraDeenseDepartment into an agile, exible, and adaptive organization. Te Presidentincreased deense unding 73 percent to dramatically expand Americas all-volunteerorce and purchase advanced technologies, such as unmanned aerial vehicles. TeNational Guard was elevated rom a strategic reserve to an operational reserve. TeDeense Department modied the military command structure by creating U.S.Northern Command and U.S. Arica Command. Additionally, other reorms havebolstered eforts to combat the danger o weapons o mass destruction and have al-

lowed special operations orces to better conront emerging challenges.

We will direct every resource at our command to win the waragainst terrorists: every means o diplomacy, every tool ointelligence, every instrument o law enorcement, every nancialinuence. We will starve the terrorists o unding, turn them againsteach other, rout them out o their sae hiding places, and bring themto justice.

President Bush, September 24, 2001


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President Bush improved our countrys intelligence-gathering capabilities. TePresident worked with Congress to enact our major pieces o legislation: 1. TeUSA Patriot Act; 2. Te Intelligence Reorm and errorism Prevention Act;3. Te Protect America Act; and 4. Modernization o the Foreign IntelligenceSurveillance Act. Te President established the Director o National Intelligence,tore down the wall that once divided law enorcement and intelligence operations,created the National Counterterrorism Center, and shited the ocus o the FBIrom investigating terrorist attacks to preventing them.

Te President also bolstered Americas homeland security. More than 20 Federalagencies were merged together to create the Department o Homeland Security

(DHS). Tis department provided more than $27 billion in homeland security grantsto cities and States to strengthen response capabilities and inormation-sharing andto protect critical inrastructure, such as chemical and nuclear acilities. Te Admin-istration also worked with cities and States to create interagency response plans toensure clear lines o responsibility in the event o another attack.

o protect the homeland, President Bush also increased unding or bordersecurity and immigration enorcement eforts by more than 160 percent. As a result,the number oBorder Patrol agents has doubled to more than 18,000 agents. Te

Border Patrol has been equipped with better technology. Te practice o catch andrelease was efectively ended at our borders, and a program was created to screenoreign travelers using biometrics and other 21st Century technology.

Ater 9/11, the Administration also strengthened airport security. Te ransportation Security Administration was created to screen every commercial air passengerin the country, and the number o Federal marshals on passenger ights increased.

Te Administration improved security at our ports. Nearly 100 percent o cargo

containers that arrive at Americas ports are now screened or radiological and nuclearthreats, and the people who load and unload these containers are credentialed througha special program. Trough an international program, the vast majority o shipmentsentering our ports are screened at oreign ports long beore they dock in our waters.

o combat the threat o biological and chemical attacks, the Administration createda new air monitoring system that is now operating in 30 American cities. Tis newsystem is designed to detect harmul biological agents and accelerate the governmentsresponse. Te Administration also increased Americas stockpile o vaccines andantibiotics to prepare our Nation or a biological attack or other health emergency.


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Te President led an international campaign against terrorist nancing and moneylaundering and created the Oce o errorism and Financial Intelligence at thereasury Department to lead eforts that have made it harder, costlier, and riskieror al Qaeda and like-minded allies to raise and move money around the world.

ogether, all these measures have helped close critical intelligence gaps and providedAmericas law enorcement and intelligence communities with much-needed tools orpreventing acts o terror. More than seven years have passed without another attackon our soil. Tis is not or lack o trying on the part o the terrorists. Since 9/11, theUnited States and our allies have stopped deadly terrorist plots, including a 2002 plotto hijack an airplane and y it into the tallest skyscraper in Los Angeles, a 2003 plotto hijack and crash planes into targets on the East Coast, and a 2006 plot to blow upmultiple passenger jets traveling rom London.

In this new century, there is a great divide between those who placeno value on human lie, and rejoice in the suering o others, andthose who believe that every lie has matchless value, and answersuering with compassion and kindness. Te contrast is vividandthe position o America is clear. We will lead the cause o reedom,justice, and hope, because both our values and our interests demanditWe also know that nations with ree, healthy, prosperous peoplewill be sources o stability, not breeding grounds or extremists andhate and terror.

President Bush, December 14, 2006

Did You Know?

President Bush implemented the largest reorganization o the Federalnational security apparatus since 1947.

More than 400 individuals and entities that posed a threat to America hadassets rozen, transactions blocked, or were isolated rom the U.S. nancialsystem.

Te increase in deense unding is the largest increase since the rumanAdministration.

Intelligence experts believe the 2006 plot to blow up multiple passengerjets traveling rom London was only weeks rom being carried out.


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Advanced Missile Deense and Counterprolieration

President Bush took unprecedented measures to prevent weapons o mass destruc-

tion (WMD) rom alling into hands o our enemies. Te President launched aglobal threat reduction program that has removed enough material or more than 30nuclear bombs rom sites around the world. Under the Global Initiative to CombatNuclear errorism, a coalition o75 nations is working together to enhance protec-tion, detection, and response to nuclear terrorism. Tis Administration also workedwith our allies to shut down dangerous prolieration networks.

President Bush persuaded Libya to disclose and dismantle all aspects o itsWMD and advanced missile programs and renounce terrorism. Te Administrationdismantled the A.Q. Khan nuclear prolieration network, which had previously spreadsensitive nuclear technology and capability to Iran and North Korea. Trough theSix-Party talks, the United States worked to secure a commitment rom North Koreato abandon its nuclear weapons and its nuclear weapons program. And by workingwith our partners in the international community, America increased pressure onIran to abandon its pursuit o uranium enrichment activities.

o protect against the danger o rogue regimes armed with ballistic missiles, the

Administration withdrew rom the AntiBallistic Missile reaty and made missiledeense operational. Te Administration also concluded agreements with the CzechRepublic and Poland to host missile deense sites that will help protect America andour allies.

Did You Know?

Tis Administration halved the U.S. nuclear weapons stockpile by 2007ve years ahead o schedule.

Te Presidents Prolieration Security Initiative united more than 90nations to cooperate to stop o the spread o weapons o mass destruction,their delivery systems, and related materials.

Te United States persuaded the UN Security Council to require all UNmembers to take enorcement actions against the prolieration o WMD

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Established the Freedom Agenda to Spread Hope Trough Liberty

In the long run, expanding liberty and democracy is the best way to deeat extrem-

ists and their ideology o hatred. So under President Bushs leadership, the UnitedStates has worked to aid the rise o ree societies around the world. In countries romLebanon, to Ukraine, to Georgia, America supported successul democratic revolu-tions. In Pakistan, America supported elections that reected the will o the people.In the Balkans, America recognized Kosovo as an independent country. In the HolyLand, President Bush became the rst American President to support a two-statesolution with a democratic Israel and a democratic Palestine living side-by-sidein peace. And around the globe, President Bush more than doubled unding or the

promotion o democracy.

Brave democratic reormers and dissidents rom Damascus to ehran to Havanahave ound a true ally in President Bush. Te President has met with activists rommore than 35 countries. He has spoken out against human rights abuses, called orthe release o political prisoners by repressive regimes, and candidly pressed nationswith whom America has good relations or greater reedoms, such as Egypt, Saudi

Arabia, and China. President Bush has also applied tough sanctions on the regimeso Belarus, Cuba, Zimbabwe, and Burma, where Mrs. Bush has also been a leadingadvocate or human rights. Tis Administration also led the international responseto the genocide in Darur.


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President Bush has also strengthened partnerships with other democracies. Anexpanded NAO Alliance is now deploying on important missions across theworld in deense o reedom. Te United States completed a historic civil nuclearagreement with India, reshaping the relationship between the worlds two largestdemocracies. And thanks to new agreements and alliances with the European Union,Central America, Japan, South Korea, Australia, Singapore, and Brazil, the worldis more secure.

Did You Know?

Te President increased the budget or the National Endowment orDemocracy by more than 150 percent since 2001.

Te United States provided more than $1.5 billion in new unding orhumanitarian and peacekeeping aid to Darur.

President Bush directed all senior U.S. ocials serving in undemocraticcountries to maintain regular contact with political dissidents and

democracy activists to help give them a voice.


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Established a New Approach to International Development

he Administration ushered in a new era in development assistance by dou-

bling unding and transorming the way it is delivered. Trough new developmentassistance tools such as the Millennium Challenge Account, governments that acceptU.S. assistance are held accountable or making democratic and economic reorms toincrease transparency, strengthen their economies, improve the lives o their citizens,and ultimately decrease their dependence on aid.

Te Presidents Emergency Plan or AIDS Relie(PEPFAR) is the largest com-mitment by any nation to combat a single disease in history. Since the President

launched this initiative in 2003, PEPFAR has supported lie-saving treatment ormore than 2.1 million people and care or more than 10.1 million people worldwide.Te Program was reauthorized in 2008, and under this legislation the next phase othe program will support treatment or a total o at least three million people, theprevention o 12 million new inections, and care or 12 million people, including vemillion orphans and vulnerable children.

Te Presidents Malaria Initiative (PMI) is on track to reduce malaria deaths by

hal in 15 targeted countries across Sub-Saharan Arica. In 2007 alone, the PMIreached more than 25 million people with liesaving treatment and preventionservices, and this good work continues. Americas also became the rst and larg-est contributor to the Global Fund o Fight AIDS, uberculosis, and Malaria.America also expanded an initiative to treat more than 300 million people in Arica,Asia, and Latin America sufering rom seven major neglected tropical diseases.

For decades, the success o development aid was measured only inthe resources spent, not the results achieved. . . . We must accept a

higher, more difcult, more promising call. Developed nations have aduty not only to share our wealth, but also to encourage sources thatproduce wealth: economic reedom, political liberty, the rule o law,and human rights.

President Bush, March 22, 2002


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Te results-based Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) is investing incountries that ght corruption, govern justly, and invest in the health and educationo their people. Millennium Challenge programs have invested $6.7 billion in 35countries around the world. Among other benets, these investments strengthenrelationships and create new markets or U.S. exports.

Te President extended the Arican Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA).AGOA assists Arican countries in building their exports while creating marketsor U.S. exports. Te Arican Financial Sector Initiative encouraged the nancialcommunity to create several new private equity unds, which helped mobilize nearly$2 billion in private investment or Arica.

Te Bush Administration dramatically increased unding to send children inthe developing world to school through programs such as the Arican EducationInitiative. Tis initiative increased education opportunities or more than 34 millionchildren.

We ght against poverty because aith requires it and conscience

demands it. And we ght against poverty with a growing convictionthat major progress is within our reach.



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During this Administration, America led the world in providing ood aid andnatural disaster relie. In addition to eeding the hungry, the United States helpedlead relie eforts ater the Southeast Asian tsunami, the cyclone in Burma, and thetropical storms that devastated Caribbean and Central American countries.

Did You Know?

Since 2001, the United States has provided $16 billion in ood aid.

Te MCC has now signed agreements, which seek transormational changein the development o recipient countries, or $6.7 billion in grant undingor 35 countries.

Te President committed $1 billion through the Arican EducationInitiative and the Initiative or Expanded Education or the WorldsPoorest Children to educate children in poor nations.

Te United States has provided $10 billion or international disaster relie

and other humanitarian eforts since 2001.


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LOWERED TAXES & INSTITUTED PRO-GROWTH POLICIES

President Bush enacted the largest tax relie in a generation. For only the third

time in history, Americans received across-the-board tax relie. ax rates ell oreveryone who pays income taxes, and more than 13 million Americans saw theirincome taxes eliminated altogether. Te President worked with Congress to doublethe child tax credit, reduce the marriage penalty, and put the death tax on the roadto extinction.

President Bush also worked with Congress to reduce tax rates on dividends andlong-term capital gains. Since these policies went into eect, capital gains haveincreased nearly 150 percent, and dividend income growth has increased rom an

average annual rate o about 8.5 percent to more than 14 percent. Tese pro-growthpolicies helped Americas economy emerge rom the recession that President Bushinherited when he entered oce in 2001. Americas economy rebounded with sixyears o uninterrupted economic growth and an unprecedented 52 consecutive monthso job creation.

Its your money. ax relie will give you a chance to set your

priorities or your amily. It says that we in the Federal governmenthave a undamental trust in the people o America, and thats whereour aith should bein the people.

President Bush, February 20, 2001


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At the end o his Administration, the President responded to new economic chal-lenges. When the housing market began to decline in 2007, the President movedaggressively to help struggling amilies keep their homes. he Administrationlaunched FHA Secure and implemented Hope or Homeowners to help amiliesmove into government-backed mortgages. Te Administration helped acilitate theormation o the HOPE NOW Alliance to coordinate private sector eforts to helphomeowners. ogether, these eforts have helped more than two million Americanamilies so ar.

When the overall economy began to slow in early 2008, the President worked withCongress to enact a $150 billion growth package. Tis package delivered rebates to

individuals and amilies and provided incentives or businesses to make new invest-ments.

When our Nation aced an unprecedented inancial crisis in September, thePresident called or an unprecedented response. He rallied Members o Congress toenact a $700 billion rescue plan to avert a global nancial meltdown. And togetherwith leaders rom around the world, whom he convened in Washington, D.C., inNovember, the President has worked to restore stability to our nancial system andreturn our economy to the path o prosperity and growth.

In the long run, the uture o our economy depends in large part on opening newmarkets or American goods, services, and crops. When President Bush took ocein 2001, the United States had ree trade agreements (FAs) in orce with only threecountries. oday, America has agreements in orce with 14 countries, and Congresshas approved FAs with another three. Tese agreements have beneted Americanarmers, workers, and small business owners. For example, ater the DominicanRepublicCentral AmericaUnited States Free rade Agreement (CAFA-DR)came into orce, U.S. exports to Central America increased dramatically. Tanks inpart to President Bushs leadership on ree trade, Americas exports now account or alarger percentage o our Gross Domestic Product than at any other time on record.

In the 21st century global economy, Americas spirit o innovation is one o ourcountrys greatest advantages. o unleash this spirit, President Bush launched theAmerican Competitiveness Initiative. Te Federal government has increased its

We must trust American workers to compete with anyone in theworld and empower them by opening up new markets overseas.oday, our economic growth increasingly depends on our abilityto sell American goods and crops and services all over the world.So were working to break down barriers to trade and investment

wherever we can. President Bush, January 28, 2008


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investment in research and development to a record $143 billion an increase o57 percent rom 2001.

Troughout their Administration, President Bush and Vice President Cheneyemphasized the importance o spending taxpayer dollars wisely. While always en-suring that the men and women responsible or protecting America received all theresources they needed, the President presided over a dramatic reduction in the rateo growth o non-security discretionary spendingrom 16 percent in 2001 to lessthan three percent today.

President Bush also instituted policies that reduced wasteul Federal spending,saved taxpayers billions o dollars, and brought greater accountability and efective-ness to the Federal Government.

Over the past ve years, nearly $40 billion in taxpayer money has been saved byending or reorming inefective ederal programs. And by increasing accountability,ederal agencies have reduced improper payments by $8 billion since 2004.

o protect taxpayer dollars, this Administration shined a bright light on the Con-gressional practice o slipping pet projects, known as earmarks, into legislation atthe last minute out o public view. President Bush established the website earmarks.

omb.gov to bring thousands o earmark projects totaling tens o billions o dollarsinto public view.

o protect taxpayer dollars, the President also launched the USASpending.govwebsite. Tis site provides visitors with inormation about Federal contracts, grants,loans, and other types o government spending.

Did You Know?

Te Presidents tax relie helped uel growth that led to the largest three-year increase in revenues in 26 years.

A amily o our earning $40,000 kept an average o $2,000 more o theirown money in 2007 thanks to the Presidents tax relie.

Americans with the highest incomesthe top ve percentpay a greatershare o the total Federal income tax burden today than they did beore thePresidents tax relie.

Growth in exports, to a record $1.6 trillion, accounted or about hal oU.S. economic growth in 2007.

U.S. agriculture exports were $92.4 billion in 2007, up 74 percentrom 2000.

Ater-tax per-capita income increased 12 percent rom 2000 to 2007.


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REFORMED GOVERNMENT TO BETTER SERVE AMERICANS

Brought Greater Accountability to Schools and Delivered Results or Students

President Bushs ocus on accountability transormed Americas education sys-tem by replacing a culture o low expectations or some with a commitment to highachievement or all. Te President worked with Members o Congress rom bothsides o the aisle to pass the landmark No Child Let Behind (NCLB) Act. Tislaw asks states to set measurable standards and hold schools accountable or ensuringevery child learns to read and do math at grade level. Six years ater NCLB becamelaw, the results are clear. According to the Nations Report Card, ourth-gradestudents achieved their highest reading and math scores on record, and eighth-grade students achieved their highest math scores on record. Arican-American andHispanic students posted all-time highs in reading and math, and the achievementgap has narrowed.

Its easy to set low expectations. . . . Tats the easy way out. WhatNo Child Let Behind says is that were going to take the hard way.

Were going to set high standards, and then were going to measure todetermine whether or not those standards are being met.

President Bush, January 7, 2008


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NCLB has also provided parents with valuable inormation about how schoolsare perorming. When schools all short o standards, the law empowers parentswith options, such as transerring their children to a better public school or enrollingthem in ree tutoring. o urther expand options or parents, the Administration hasprovided unding to more than hal o all public charter schools. And working withCongress, the Administration created the rst Federal private school-choice program.Trough D.C. Opportunity Scholarships, amilies in our Nations capital can nowchoose to send their children to a private school, including a religious school.

Instituted Market-Oriented Health Care Programs & Prescription Drug Beneft

Te President worked with Con-gress to create the groundbreakingMedicare Prescription Drug Benet.

Under this program, private drug planscompete against each other to providecoverage or beneciaries. Tis com-petition has helped drive down prices.Te average premiums in 2008 were40 percent lower than the originalestimates. Overall, the projected spend-ing or the program between 2004

and 2013 is 38 percent lower than orig-inally expecteda reduction o about$240 billion.

Te Administration also expandedconsumer choice and competition

Did You Know?

NCLB helped increase the percentage o rst graders reading at grade levelin 44 o 50 States.

President Bush created a $100 million eacher Incentive Fund to rewardteachers who improve student achievement in high-need school districts.

1.2 million more students are attending college in the 2008-09 yearcompared to 2001-02 thanks to a near doubling o Pell Grant unding to$16.2 billion and an increase o the largest maximum Pell Grant award to$4,700.

Te number o charter schools in the United States has doubled since2000, thanks in part to an inusion o Federal unding.


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or health care in other areas. Trough the Medicare Advantage program, moreMedicare recipients have chosen the option o a private plan or their health carecoverage. Trough Health Saving Accounts (HSAs), Americans o all ages have putaway money or routine medical expenses ree o taxes. Te number o individualscovered by HSA-eligible plans at small businesses increased by 70 percent in 2008.Te President also increased transparency o health care pricing and quality o careand launched an initiative to make electronic health records available to most Ameri-cans within 10 years.

Improved Lives by Partnering With Faith-Based and Community Groups

Americas aith-based and community organizations play an important role inconronting problems like poverty, hunger, and disease. Unortunately, or manyyears, these organizations struggled to compete or ederal unds. So the President

created the FaithBased and Community Initiative (FBCI) to level the playing eldand empower Americas armies o compassion.

Did You Know?

Nearly 10 million Americans are enrolled in private Medicare Advantageprograms, and virtually every county in America has a private plan option.

Among seniors, the satisaction rate with the drug benet is close to90 percent.

Te President added preventive screening to Medicare to help diagnoseillnesses earlier.

Since 2001, more than 1,200 community health centers have opened orexpanded nationwide.

Nearly seven million more Americans now have coverage in HSA-eligibleplans.

Te Administration has upheld its promise to treat communityand aith-based organizations as trusted partners. Weve held yourorganizations to high standard and insisted on clear results. Andyour organizations have delivered on those results. Youve helped

revolutionize the way government addresses the greatest challengesacing our society.

President Bush, June 27, 2008


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Tis initiative has produced incredi-ble results. It has supported the recoveryo more than 200,000 substance abuseaddicts, matched more than 100,000children o prisoners with mentors, andprovided ormer inmates with the toolsto make a new and more hopeul starton lie. Partnerships with aith-basedand community groups have helpedhomeless Americans nd a sae placeto stay. Tese eforts have contrib-uted to more than 50,000 individualsmoving rom shelters and streets to anew residence. And through partnerships with local non-prots, which have beencentral to providing care or more than 10 million people afected by HIV/AIDS,the Presidents Emergency Plan or AIDS Relie reects the vision o the FBCI bysupporting eforts o grassroots organizations to tackle community health needs.

Troughout his Administration, the President has challenged Americans to build

communities o service and a Nation o character. Following the attacks o September11th, 2001, the President called on all Americans to spend at least 4,000 hours inservice to our country over their lietime. Te President also created USA FreedomCorps to help connect Americans with opportunities or service. Te Americanpeople have responded by volunteering in record numbers.

Did You Know?

Te Presidents rst Executive Order established the White House Oceo Faith-Based and Community Initiatives. Similar oces were establishedat 11 Federal agencies, and 35 Governors now have State oces or liaisonso their own.

More than 515,000 children received ater-school tutoring throughSupplemental Educational Services, many rom aith-based andcommunity providers.

In response to Hurricane Katrina, National Service programs have given

more than 5.4 million hours o service, directing 405,000 volunteers inrecovery eforts.

In 2007 alone, more than 2,200, or 87 percent, o partners in thePresidents Emergency Plan or AIDS Relie were indigenous groups, andnearly one-quarter were aith-based.


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Provided Unprecedented Resources or Tose Who Deended Our Freedom

President Bush honored our solemn commitment to care or those who have served

in uniorm. During his Administration, the President nearly doubled unding or theDepartment o Veterans Aairs. Te President expanded grants to help homelessveterans in all 50 states, because veterans who served in distant lands should not haveto live without shelter in the land they ought to deend. Te number o homelessveterans dropped nearly 40 percent between 2001 and 2007. Te President alsosigned a GI Bill or the 21st century. Tis legislation signicantly expanded educa-tion benets and allowed those who have deended our country to transer unusedbenets to their spouses or children. Te President also signed legislation and issued

regulations amending the Family Medical Leave Act to permit amily members oinjured service members to take additional time away rom their jobs to care or theirloved one.

President Bush also worked to help Americas wounded warriors build lives o hope,promise, and dignity. Over the past three years, the VA has dedicated more than abillion dollars to support traumatic brain injury and post-traumatic stress disorderresearch and treatment. President Bush repealed a century-old provision to ensurethat military retirees with severe disabilities receive both their military retirementpay and VA disability compensation. Te President also oversaw other importantreorms including implementing recommendations rom the Dole-Shalala commis-

sion he established.

Did You Know?

Te President committed more than $6 billion to modernize and expandVA acilities.

VAs polytrauma system o care was expanded to 22 network sites and clinicsupport teams to provide state-o-the-art treatment to injured veteranscloser to home.

Under this Administration, DoD, in cooperation with VA, created theDeense Centers o Excellence or Psychological Health and raumaticBrain Injury to take advantage o cutting-edge medical technology.

Caring or our veterans is a solemn responsibility o the Federalgovernment. It is our enduring pledge to every man and woman whoputs on our Nations uniorm.

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SET A BRIGHT COURSE FOR AMERICAS FUTURE

Advanced Energy Production

President Bush worked to reduce Americas dependence on oil. In 2005, thePresident signed an energy bill that established a national Renewable Fuels standardto encourage greater use o uels like ethanol and biodiesel. In 2007, the Presidentcalled or modernizing uel economy standards and increasing alternative uels. Laterthat year, the President signed the Energy Independence and Security Act into law.Tis legislation established a national uel economy standard o 35 miles per gallonby 2020 and will help save billions o gallons o uel. Tis legislation also mandateda ve-old increase in the use o renewable uels by 2022.

America is the kind o country that when [we] see a problem, weaddress it head-on. Ive set a great goal or our country, and thatis to reduce our dependence on oil by investing in technologies thatwill produce abundant supplies o clean and renewable energy, and

at the same time show the world that were good stewards o theenvironment.



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he President also encouraged the development o a new generation o cleanenergy technologies. Te Administration committed nearly $18 billion to promotenew ways o powering our automobiles and generating electricity, such as biouels,hydrogen uel cells, nuclear power, and wind and solar energy. Te President alsosigned legislation giving the Department o Energy the authority to provide up to$67.5 billion in loans and loan guarantees to help support innovative energy projectsor reducing greenhouse gas or air pollutant emissions and or retooling auto plantsto produce more ecient vehicles.

When gas prices soared in 2008, President Bush lited the executive prohibition onofshore exploration or oil and gas. Tis will create a tremendous opportunity to ex-

pand domestic production. At the urging o this Administration and with widespreadsupport rom the public, Congress also removed its ban on ofshore exploration.

Protected the Environment

Troughout his Administration, President Bush made protecting the environmentor uture generations a top priority.

President Bush worked to improve air quality. Between 2001 and 2007, air pol-lution ell 12 percent. Tis Administration put in place new air quality standardsthat are the most stringent in history as well as new rules that will cut diesel engine

emissions by 90 percent. Policies like these will help produce even more dramaticcuts in air pollution in the years ahead.

Did You Know?

Ethanol production quadrupled rom 2000 to 2007, and nearly $1 billionwas invested to advance cellulosic ethanol made rom switchgrass, woodchips, and other non-ood sources.

Tis Administration launched the Nuclear Power 2010 Program and othersignicant eforts that helped encourage industry to submit 17 applicationsor 26 new nuclear reactors in the United States.

Te Presidents $2 billion commitment to the Coal Research Initiative wasullled three years early.

$1.2 billion was invested in hydrogen and uel cell vehicle research anddevelopment.


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Te President worked to protect our orests. In 2002, he launched the HealthyForest Initiative. Tis initiative improved and protected more than 27 million acreso Federal orests and grasslands and helped protect communities rom catastrophicres.

President Bush worked to preserve our wetlands. In 2004, the President an-nounced the Wetlands Initiative to protect, restore, or improve three million acreso wetlands by 2009. When that goal was met a year early in 2008, a new goal waslaunched to protect our million additional acres over the next ve years.

Te President worked with Americas armers and ranchers to protect our Nationssoil, wildlie, and water. Under the Conservation Reserve Program, the Administra-tion re-enrolled and extended contracts covering 28 million acres.

President Bush worked to protect ocean and coastal ecosystems. Trough theOceanic Action Plan, the Administration worked to end overshing, advance marinescience, and educate the public about the need or preservation. Te President alsodesignated nearly 140,000 square miles o the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands asa Marine National Monument. oday, this monument is the worlds largest ullyprotected marine area.

President Bush worked to conront climate change through a rational and balancedapproach. Te President put our Nation on track to reduce greenhouse gas intensity18 percent by 2012 and set a goal to stop the growth o greenhouse gas emissionsby 2025. o help reach this goal, the Administration has advanced a series o newFederal mandates, tens o billions o dollars in incentives, and innovative technologypartnerships.

Did You Know?Between 2001 and 2008, the United States committed more than$22 billion total to climate change technology research.

Te new Papahnaumokukea Marine National Monument protects morethan 7,000 species.

More than 220 Preserve America grants were awarded in more than650 communities in all 50 States to protect Americas cultural and naturalheritage.

Record unding was provided to repair and improve our national parksthrough the Presidents National Parks Centennial Initiative, a priority oFirst Lady Laura Bush.


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Reduced Crime, Lowered een Drug Use, and Protected Vulnerable Children

During this Administration, the overall incidence o reported crime reached its

lowest level in decades. Tanks in part to the creation o Project Sae Neighbor-hoods and innovative programs or enorcing Federal rearm laws, the overall rate oreported crimes reached a 30-year low in 2007. Te government also moved aggres-sively to prosecute those who committed corporate raud and corruption. Overall,Federal prosecutors secured nearly 1,300 convictions or corporate raud.

Under President Bushs leadership, the Administration developed an efective

National Drug Control Strategy or reducing teenage drug use. Since 2001, thenumber o American teenagers using drugs has declined by nearly 900,000a 25percent reduction. In addition, the Administration has helped dismantle more than5,000 drug tracking organizations.

Under President Bushs leadership, the Administration took steps to protectchildren rom sexual predators. In 2003, the Administration launched the In-nocence Lost Initiative to combat childhood prostitution. Since the start o this

Our nation has made this commitment: Anyone who targets a childor harm will be a primary target o law enorcement.

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initiative, more than 575 children have been rescued rom sexual exploitation andmore than 300 deendants have been convicted. o combat predators on the Inter-net, the Administration created Project Sae Childhood and expanded the InternetCrimes Against Children program. Te expansion o this program helped lead to theapprehension o more than 2,350 suspected child predators in Fiscal Year 2007a15 percent increase rom Fiscal Year 2006.

Did You Know?

A national network o 59 Federally unded regional task orces was created

to investigate computer-related child sexual exploitation.

President Bush signed the PROEC Act, which gave law enorcementnew tools to prevent, investigate, and prosecute violent crimes againstchildren and increased the punishment or these crimes.

Federal prosecutions o child predators jumped nearly 30 percent in 2007.

Tis Administration awarded approximately $10 billion to supportlocal housing and service programs that contributed to the decline inhomelessness.


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STOOD ON PRINCIPLE & SHOWED THE WAY AHEAD

Promoted a Culture o Lie

Te President worked to build a culture where every human being is welcomedin lie and protected in law. Te President signed legislation banning the abhorrentprocedure known as partial birth abortion, and his Administration successullydeended the law beore the Supreme Court. Te President also signed legislationextending legal protection to children who are born despite abortion attempts andallowing prosecutors to charge those who harm or kill a pregnant woman with harm-ing or killing her unborn child as well. Te Administration took steps to protect therights o health care providers to act according to their conscience. Additionally, byrestoring the Mexico City Policy, President Bush also ensured that Americas inter-national amily planning organizations do not indirectly subsidize abortion.

Te President helped empower doctors and scientists to pursue new medical treat-ments while respecting ethical boundaries. Tis Administration became the rst

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embryos. Subsequent research has shown that adult skin-cells have the potentialto be reprogrammed to act like embryonic stems cells. Tis discovery supports thePresidents principle that our Nation can advance the boundaries o science whilemaintaining a culture o lie.

Appointed Judges Committed to Ruling by the Letter o the Law

President Bush kept his promise to appoint judges who strictly interpret the lawinstead o legislating rom the bench. Te President appointed John Roberts andSamuel Alito to the Supreme Court o the United States. Overall, the Presidentsappointees now account or more than one third o all active Federal judges.

Showed Leadership on Reorms o Entitlement Programs and Immigration

Te greatest long-term challenge to Americas scal health is the unsustainablegrowth o entitlement programs like Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security. TePresident recognized these challenges and proposed innovative solutions to conrontthem. While the Congress ailed to act on these proposals, President Bush succeededin raising awareness about this important issue.

On immigration, President Bush proposed a comprehensive plan or reorm. Tis

plan recognized that America is both a nation o laws and a nation o immigrants.It included provisions or securing Americas borders, creating a temporary workerprogram, holding employers accountable, and addressing the status o illegal im-migrants already living in the United States. While the Congress did not pass thePresidents proposals, they will help shape the debate over immigration reorm oryears to come. Even without this legislation, actions taken during this Administrationhave increased employer accountability or hiring practices, put in place hundreds omiles o tactical inrastructure, and increased stang at the border. Tese actions

have slowed the ow o illegal immigrants into this country and have set the stage orthe next Administration to tackle this dicult issue.


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President Bush led with a hopeul vision, met complexand rapidre challenges with steady resolve, and based his

decisions on principle.

Asked how he thinks hell be remembered, he said:

I think Ill be remembered as a guy who wasdealt some pretty tough issues and I dealt with themhead-on and I didnt try to shy away. I helped this

country protect itsel, and at the same time wasunabashed at spreading certain values to others

the main one being liberty.


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100 TingsAmericans May Not Know

About the Bush Administration Record


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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 Conficts

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 FAITH-BASEDORGANIZATIONS AND PROMOTING VOLUNTEERISM

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 UNPRECEDENTED RESOURCES FOR VETERANS

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.

SUPPORTED AMERICAN WORKERS BY INCREASING TRADE,JOB TRAINING, AND COMPETITIVENESS

Expanded and Enforced Trade Agreements to Open New Markets forAmerican 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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