On signing the measure, George H. W. Bush said:

In May 2006, a CNN poll comparing Clinton's job performance with that of his successor, George W. Bush, found that a strong majority of respondents said Clinton outperformed Bush in six different areas questioned.

At a news conference following the letter's release, Bush said, " I make no excuses.

Commentators said that while he had the most political experience among prospective candidates ( over Bush and Elizabeth Dole ) and potential grassroots support among conservatives, his campaign was hampered by the legacy of his vice-presidency.

Former President George W. Bush said that Kemp " will be remembered for his significant contributions to the Reagan Revolution and his steadfast dedication to conservative principles during his long and distinguished career in public service.

Critics said this was an attempt to distract attention from a drop in the approval ratings of President Bush, who was campaigning for re-election.

At the time NRA president Sandra Froman said, " When these Bush Administration officials affirmed that the Second Amendment protects an individual right, the enemies of freedom were outraged because they fear the Second Amendment for what it really is – a shield against oppression.

According to George Bush, when he asked her to marry him, she had said, " Yes.

When President George W. Bush announced that he would veto the Senate's bill supporting the research, she said, " This is an intelligent human being with a heart, and I don't see how much longer he can deny those aspects of himself.

Mike Love said he was switching his support from George H. W. Bush to Hagelin.

Ross Perot's re-entry in the race was welcome by the Bush campaign, as Fred Steeper, a poll taker for Bush, said, " He'll be important if we accomplish our goal, which is to draw even with Clinton.

In an interview with metalsucks. com John Bush said, " we just did these shows in Australia that were really fun.

In January 2004, Robertson said that God told him President Bush will be re-elected in a " blowout " in November.

It raised controversy when it was said to be an attack on the Bush administration, and was banned from daytime view on MTV ( despite the band saying that it was not an attack on a particular person, rather a comment on some people's negative attitudes ).

" Nearly a decade after George W. Bush said " misunderestimated " in a speech, Philip Hensher called the term one of his " most memorable additions to the language, and an incidentally expressive one: it may be that we rather needed a word for ' to underestimate by mistake '.

The expression was used at least once, though, by Vice President Dick Cheney, in a June 2003 speech in which he said, " If there is anyone in the world today who doubts the seriousness of the Bush Doctrine, I would urge that person to consider the fate of the Taliban in Afghanistan, and of Saddam Hussein's regime in Iraq.

After his second inauguration, in a January 2004 speech at National Defense University, Bush said: " The defense of freedom requires the advance of freedom.

Peter D. Feaver, who worked on the Bush national security strategy as a staff member on the National Security Council, said he has counted as many as seven distinct Bush doctrines.

" I actually never thought there was a Bush doctrine ," said Philip D. Zelikow, who later served as State Department counselor under Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.

" Zbigniew Brzezinski, Jimmy Carter's national security adviser, said he thought there was no " single piece of paper " that represents the Bush doctrine.

He said in an interview about the book: " I wrote this book because of my conviction that the Bush Doctrine has a more compelling logic and historical pedigree than people realize.

The Bush administration said they would not issue a " regulation sought by the church to protect the right of taxpayer-funded religious organizations to discriminate against homosexuals.

On December 13, 2001, George W. Bush gave Russia notice of the United States ' withdrawal from the treaty, in accordance with the clause that required six months ' notice before terminating the pact — the first time in recent history that the United States has withdrawn from a major international arms treaty.

Rumsfeld served as the 13th Secretary of Defense from 1975 to 1977 under President Gerald Ford, and as the 21st Secretary of Defense from 2001 to 2006 under President George W. Bush.

The current FBI Director is Robert Mueller, who was appointed in 2001 by George W. Bush.

In response to the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States, former President Bush released to the public this initial list on October 10, 2001 of the FBI's top 22 Most Wanted Terrorists.

Former Chancellor Gerhard Schröder with former U. S. President George W. Bush at the White House in 2001

In November 2001, the Bush administration froze the assets of Al-Barakat, a Somali remittance hawala company used primarily by a large amount of Somalian immigrants.

In April 2001, Prime Minister Patterson and other Caribbean leaders met with President George W. Bush during the Summit of the Americas in Quebec, Canada, at which a " Third Border Initiative " was launched to deepen U. S. cooperation with Caribbean nations and enhance economic development and integration of the Caribbean nations.

Michelle was named to the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation ( Freddie Mac ) board in 2001 by President George W. Bush and re-appointed in 2002.

Immediately following the September 11, 2001 attacks ; Bush spoke regarding America's children:

* 2001 – In Washington, D. C., U. S. President George W. Bush dedicates the United States Department of Justice headquarters building as the Robert F. Kennedy Justice Building, honoring the late Robert F. Kennedy on what would have been his 76th birthday.

* 2001 – War on Terrorism: In the first such act since World War II, US President George W. Bush signs an executive order allowing military tribunals against foreigners suspected of connections to terrorist acts or planned acts on the United States.

President George W. Bush made note of the anniversary in a written statement, part of which echoed his remarks on the execution of Timothy McVeigh in 2001: " For the survivors of the crime and for the families of the dead the pain goes on.

* 2001 – U. S. President George W. Bush announces the establishment of the Office of Homeland Security.

Under the George W. Bush administration ( 2001 – 2009 ), patent extension legislation that allowed Bayer AG, as well as other drug companies, a six-month patent extension for testing their products for safety in children was signed into law.

Bush meeting Vladimir Putin at Rice in 2001

In his February 27, 2001, address to a Joint Session of Congress, President George W. Bush declared, " Racial profiling is wrong, and we will end it in America.

* THE WHITE HOUSE: Bush Warns of a Wrathful, Shadowy and Inventive War, New York Times, 17 September 2001

* The New York Yankees face the Arizona Diamondbacks in game 3 of a drama-filled 2001 World Series, with President George W. Bush throwing the ceremonial first pitch for a strike at Yankee Stadium.

* 2001 – In an address to a joint session of Congress and the American people, U. S. President George W. Bush declares a " war on terror ".

Although he was considered innocent and released on 22 December 2001, he was declared a terrorist by U. S. President George W. Bush in his televised address on 23 December 2001.

The Bush administration explicitly rejected the protocol in 2001.

However, this meeting took place after George W. Bush had become the President of the United States and had rejected the Kyoto Protocol in March 2001 ; as a result the United States delegation to this meeting declined to participate in the negotiations related to the Protocol and chose to take the role of observer at the meeting.

Appointed a member of the President's Council on Bioethics in 2001 and fired in February 2004, reportedly for her public disagreements and political differences with Council chair Leon Kass and the Bush Administration, particularly on the issue of therapeutic cloning.