A History of George W. Bush

A HISTORY OF George W. Bush THE 43RD PRESIDENT OF THE USA BY DAPHNE LIU, FANG WU, ALICE LEE,KENNY SHIN, & PEDRO RODRIGUEZ DEŠIGNED BY DAPHNE LIU START GEORGE W. BUSH BORN IN NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT TO GEORGE HW BUSH AND BARBARA PIERCE JULY 6, 1946 MARRIES LAURA WELCH. LATER HAS TWD FRATERNAL TWIN DAUGHTERS, JENNA AND BARBARA NOVEMBER 5, 1977. BUSH RUNS AGAINST DEMOCRAT AL GORE IN THE 2000 ELECTION. HE WINS THE CONTROVERSIAL ELECTION AFTER FLORIDA DOES A RECOUNT OF THEIR PROBLEMATIC BALLOT CARDS. HIS INAUGURATION IS IN EARLY 2001 ★★★ ★★★* JANUARY 20, 2001-- SEPTEMBER 11, 001• •.... 8:46:30 AM FLIGHT 11 CRASHES THE NORTH TOWER OF THE WORLD TRADE CENTER, THE AIRCRAFT ENTERS THE TOWER MOSTLY INTACT. IT PLOWS TO THE BUILDING CORE, SEVERING ALL STAIRWELLS. A POWERFUL SHOCK WAVE TRAVELS DOWN TO THE GROUND AND UP AGAIN. THE COMBUSTIBLES AND THE REMNANTS OF THE AIRCRAFT ARE IGNITED BY THE BURNING FUEL. PEOPLE BELOW THE SEVERED STAIRWELLS START TO EVACUATE-NO ONE ABOVE THE IMPACT ZONE IS ABLE TO DO SO. 9:03:02 AM FLIGHT 175 CRASHES INTO THE SOUTH TOWER OF THE WORLD TRADE CENTER. ALL 65 PEOPLE ON BOARD THE AIRCRAFT, AND UNKNOWN HUNDREDS IN THE BUILDING WILL PERISH. BY THIS TIME, SEVERAL MEDIA ORGANIZATIONS ARE COVERING THE FIRST PLANE CRASH-MILLIONS SEE THE IMPACT LIVE. A MASSIVE EVACUATION BEGINS IN THE SOUTH TOWER BELOW ITS IMPACT ZONE. 9:30 AM PRESIDENT BUSH, SPEAKING IN SARASOTA, FLORIDA, STATES THE COUNTRY HAS SUFFERED AN "APPARENT TERRORIST ATTACK." 10:03:11 AM UNITED AIRLINES FLIGHT 93 IS CRASHED BY ITS HIJACKERS DUE TO: FIGHTING IN THE COCKPIT 80 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PITTSBURGH IN: SOMERSET COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA.THE 9/11 COMMISSION BELIEVED THAT FLIGHT 93'5 TARGET WAS EITHER THE UNITED STATES CAPITOL BUILDING DR THE WHITE HOUSE. 10:22:28 AM THE NORTH TOWER OF THE WORLD TRADE CENTER COLLAPSES. HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE DIE INSIDE THE BUILDING BECAUSE THEY ARE UNABLE TO ESCAPE. CHILDREN SENT HOME FROM SCHOOLS, AND THE COUNTRY IS ON HIGH ALERT. 1:04 PM PRESIDENT BUSH PUTS THE US MILITARY ON HIGH ALERT WORLD- WIDE. HE SAYS, "FREEDOM ITSELF WAS ATTACKED THIS MORNING BY A FACELESS COWARD AND FREEDOM WILL BE DEFENDED." HE ALSO SAID THAT THE "UNITED STATES WILL HUNT DOWN AND PUNISH THOSE RESPONSIBLE FOR THESE COWARDLY ACTS.' HE THEN LEAVES FOR A U.S. STRATEGIC COMMAND BUNKER LOCATED AT OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE IN BELLEVUE, NEBRASKA. 11:30 PM BEFORE SLEEPING, PRESIDENT BUSH ENTERS INTO HIS JOURNAL: "THE PEARL HARBOR OF THE 215T CENTURY TOOK PLACE TODAY... WE THINK IT'S OSAMA BIN LADEN." AFTER THE ATTACKS, THE TALIBAN OFFERED TO TURN OVER BIN LADEN TO A NEUTRAL COUNTRY FOR TRIAL IF THE U.S. WOULD PROVIDE EVIDENCE OF BIN LADEN'S COMPLICITY IN THE ATTACKS. PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH RESPONDED BY SAYING: "WE KNOW HE'S GUILTY. TURN HIM OVER" BEFORE FINISHING HIS FIRST TERM AS PRESIDENT,: FEBRUARY 2002 BUSH IS NOMINATED FOR A NOBEL PEACE PRIZE FOR HIS EFFORTS REGARDING THE FIGHT AGAINST TERRORISM AND PROMOTION OF WORLD PEACE. JANUARY 20, 2005 BUSH IS INAUGURATED FOR HIS SECOND TERM AFTER DEFEATING CANDIDATE JOHN KERRY. HE LOSES HIS POPULARITY SOON AFTER HE BEGINS THE SECOND TERM WHEN PEOPLE CRITICIZE HIM FOR NOT PROVIDING MORE SUPPORT FOR KATRINA VICTIMS. JUNE 2008 BUSH LIFTS THE TRADE BAN AGAINST NORTH KOREA AND REMOVES IT FROM THE TERRORISM BLACKLIST AFTER PYONGYANG MEETS THE REQUIREMENTS THAT MAKESIT IT A NUCLEAR WEAPONS-FREE COUNTRY. IN 2002, HE STATED THAT NORTH KOREA, IRAD, AND IRAN WERE CONSIDERED MEMBERS OF THE "AXI S OF EVIL." BARACK OBAMA IS INAUGURATED AS THE FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN PRESIDENT, ON JANUARY 20, 2009,REPLACING GEORGE W. BUSH. END