    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George W. Bush (2002, Book I)]
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                         PUBLIC PAPERS OF THE PRESIDENTS

                                     OF THE

                                  UNITED STATES

                            ________________________

                                   George Bush

                                     2002

                                 (IN TWO BOOKS)

                       BOOK I--JANUARY 1 TO JULY 31, 2002

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                                Washington : 2002

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                                    Foreword

        This volume brings together my speeches and papers from the first
    half of 2002--a time of hard effort and achievement for our country.

        In the fall of 2001, I ordered our Armed Forces into battle in
    Afghanistan, with the mission of destroying terrorist training camps and
    removing the Taliban regime from power. Within 4 months after our Nation
    was attacked by terrorists, a coalition led by America had destroyed the
    training grounds of terror and liberated the Afghan people from the
    brutal rule of the Taliban. Working with a new interim government in
    Afghanistan, we began the work of building a democratic and peaceful
    nation.

        Military success in Afghanistan was one advance in America's broader
    war against terrorists and terror regimes. Across the world, from the
    Philippines to Africa, we continued to pursue the terrorists, to deny
    them funding, and to disrupt their operations. America made clear that
    the state sponsors of terror would be held to account--and I expressed
    our national determination to prevent terrorists from gaining weapons of
    mass destruction. In the first 6 months of 2002, America took
    unprecedented steps to defend our homeland and our people, changes that
    would soon lead to the establishment of the Department of Homeland
    Security.

        As we answered threats to our security, America took determined
    action to overcome the economic slowdown that had begun in 2000. My
    Administration worked with the Congress in extending unemployment
    benefits, to give extra help to citizens still looking for work. We
    passed tax relief, helping to create new jobs across the American
    economy. And we enacted serious reforms to stop the corporate abuses
    that had come to light in early 2002.

        One of the most significant domestic achievements recorded in this
    volume was the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001. Passed with bipartisan
    support in the Congress, this legislation promised to reverse old trends
    by requiring testing, measuring the progress of every student, and
    reporting results to parents. This law also made sure that the parents
    of children in poorly performing schools would have choices, whether
    tutoring, a charter school, or a higher achieving public school. After
    years of debate, the crucial principles of high standards and
    accountability were now the law of the land.

        Our Government made progress on other important priorities. We
    continued to call for reform in America's welfare system, to give job
    training and new opportunities to Americans in need. I continued to
    advocate my Administration's faith-based initiatives to encourage the
    compassionate work of religious people in their communities. We pressed
    for passage of a comprehensive energy plan to encourage conservation,
    promote domestic energy exploration, and modernize our aging electricity
    grid. And we moved forward with policies to protect our national parks
    and to safeguard our forests from catastrophic wildfires.

        This period in our country's history brought many challenges, and we
    responded actively at home and abroad. We also continued to put in place
    strategies that would help America respond to future dangers. And we
    upheld our foremost duty to protect the American people from harm. As I
    said to the U.S. Military Academy class of 2002, ``In the world we have
    entered, the only path to safety is the path of action. And this Nation
    will act.''

                              B
                                     Preface

        This book contains the papers and speeches of the 43d President of
    the United States that were issued by the Office of the Press Secretary
    during the period January 1-June 30, 2002. The material has been
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                                    Contents

                        Foreword . . . v

                        Preface . . . vii

                        Cabinet . . . xi

                        Public Papers of George W. Bush,
                        January 1-June 30, 2002 . . . 1

                        Appendix A
                        Digest of Other White House Announcements . . . 1085

                        Appendix B
                        Nominations Submitted to the Senate . . . 1115

                        Appendix C
                        Checklist of White House Press Releases . . . 1131

                        Appendix D
                        Presidential Documents Published in the Federal
    			Register . . . 1147

                        Subject Index . . . A-1

                        Name Index . . . B-1

                        Document Categories List . . . C-1

                        Cabinet

            Secretary of State ....................... Colin L. Powell

            Secretary of the Treasury ................ Paul H. O'Neill

            Secretary of Defense ..................... Donald H. Rumsfeld

            Attorney General ......................... John Ashcroft

            Secretary of the Interior ................ Gale A. Norton

            Secretary of Agriculture ................. Ann M. Veneman

            Secretary of Commerce .................... Donald L. Evans

            Secretary of Labor ....................... Elaine L. Chao

            Secretary of Health and Human
            Services ................................. Tommy G. Thompson

            Secretary of Housing and Urban
            Development .............................. Mel R. Martinez

            Secretary of Transportation .............. Norman Y. Mineta

            Secretary of Energy ...................... Spencer Abraham

            Secretary of Education ................... Roderick R. Paige

            Secretary of Veterans Affairs ............ Anthony J. Principi

            Chief of Staff ........................... Andrew H. Card, Jr

            Administrator of the Environmental
            Protection Agency ........................ Christine Todd Whitman

            United States Trade Representative ....... Robert B. Zoellick

            Director of the Office of
            Management and Budget..................... Mitchell E. Daniels, Jr.

            Assistant to the President for
            Homeland Security ........................ Tom Ridge

            Director of National Drug Control
            Policy ................................... John P. Walters

                        Administration of George W. Bush

                                      2002