With Legacy in Mind, Bush Reassesses His Agenda
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As he addresses a conference on climate change this morning, President Bush will face not only a crowd of skeptics but the press of time. For nearly seven years, he invested little personal energy in the challenge of global warming. Now, with the end in sight, he has called the biggest nations of...
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On the first day of his last year in the White House, President Bush returned to Washington with an ambitious agenda for 2008, including tackling the mortgage lending crisis and securing more money from Congress for Iraq.
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THE SECOND TERM: President Bush on Thursday outlined a second-term agenda that includes major changes in Social Security, the tax code and medical malpractice awards.
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President Bush yesterday characterized his Inauguration Day goal of "ending tyranny in our world" as a long-term ideal rather than a new policy redefining U.S. relations with repressive governments, as he ratcheted back expectations of a more muscular approach to spreading freedom abroad.
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This time around, the president will need all the help he can get if he covets a place in history. President George W. Bush technically has another four years to shape his legacy in history, but less than
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Dennis Hastert, the speaker of the House, is the man President Bush is counting on to enact his ambitious second-term agenda.
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The first-born son achieved what the father could not &#151; a second term in the White House &#151; and now, an emboldened President Bush envisions using his tenure to push for far-reaching policy changes on issues from Social Security to taxes.
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President Bush heads into his second term with the stabilization of Iraq under a democratic government as his top policy goal. But he also has unfinished domestic business, including making his sweeping tax cuts permanent, reforming Social Security, and promoting energy production.
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World leaders at odds with George W. Bush  are hoping he will change his policies to rebuild global trust  shattered by the Iraq war, but his strengthened mandate means  they could be the ones left making the changes.
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President Bush faces a daunting array of challenges -- complicated by Asia's tsunami disaster -- that will be pivotal in determining how much momentum he can generate for the intensely ambitious agenda of his second term.
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WASHINGTON - Flush with political capital, President Bush has begun making out his second-term shopping list. All of his priorities aren&#39;t yet clear, but many he talked about in broad terms on the campaign
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President Bush is building his legacy, adding another unfortunate line of hollow bravado to his rhetorical repertoire. To "Mission accomplished," "Bring it on," "Wanted: Dead or alive," and of course, "I earned ... political capital, and now I intend to spend it," he has added "I'll see you at the bill signing," referring to his own ill-considered push for so-called comprehensive immigration reform legislation.
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While outlining an ambitious and aggressive agenda for his second term yesterday, President Bush didn&#39;t provide new detail that would help bring more definition to the generally hazy plans that he framed during his campaign.
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Promising an aggressive foreign and domestic agenda in his second term, President Bush suggested yesterday that his re-election means &quot;the people have spoken and embraced your point of view.
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Luminaries from business, politics and the arts weigh in on what George W. Bush should do in his second term
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President George W Bush is preparing for his second term in office following his victory against John Kerry in Tuesday&#39;s election.
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In President Bush&#39;s worldview, everything is &quot;post-9/11&quot; except his campaign tactics. When it comes to the tired, shopworn ways in which he&#39;s attacking John Kerry, the president is, as Dick Cheney likes to say, in a &quot;pre-9/11 mindset.