    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George W. Bush (2002, Book II)]
    [July 1, 2002]
    [Pages iii-xii]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

     Public Papers of the President, 2002, Book II

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             P U B L I C  P A P E R S  O F  T H E  P R E S I D E N T S

                                    O F  T H E

                             U N I T E D  S T A T E S

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                                   Foreword

        This volume collects my speeches and papers from the second half of
    2002, a period in which the United States witnessed the passage of
    significant domestic reforms as we continued vigorously to pursue the
    war on terror abroad.

        On the home front, my Administration worked with the Congress to
    rouse an economy rocked by corporate scandals and the attacks of
    September 11. To bolster the worker and investor confidence essential
    for the functioning of any free market, in July 2002 I signed into law
    the most sweeping corporate reforms in more than 50 years. The Congress
    also passed Trade Promotion Authority after an 8-year lapse, giving me a
    stronger hand to open new markets abroad for American farmers, ranchers,
    workers, and entrepreneurs. The Congress also responded to our call by
    passing legislation making terrorism insurance available and affordable,
    as well as new laws that promoted conservation of our wetlands, expanded
    community health centers, and helped cities and States update their
    voting systems.

        From the outset, my Administration has made it clear that in order
    to best serve Americans in need, faith-based and community organizations
    must be free to compete for Federal grants on a level playing field. In
    December 2002, I signed an Executive Order directing all Federal
    agencies to follow the principle of equal treatment in awarding social-
    service grants. In Congress, meanwhile, we continued to work for passage
    of legislation advancing my faith-based and community initiative. We
    also continued to work for a comprehensive energy plan and a Medicare
    reform bill that would include a prescription drug benefit. And to speed
    our economic recovery, we urged the Congress to make permanent the tax
    relief passed in 2001.

        Throughout this period, protecting the American people from attack
    remained our highest priority. During the second half of 2002, we saw
    important victories. Ramzi Binalshibh, a key al-Qaida chief who shared a
    house with Mohamed Atta in Germany and helped plan the September 11
    attacks, was captured along with several other al-Qaida operatives in
    Pakistan, exactly a year to the day after the attack on our homeland. We
    worked with our allies to take the offense against terrorists, breaking
    up their cells and disrupting their infrastructure. And in our 2003
    defense budget, we provided the largest increase in defense spending
    since Ronald Reagan's Presidency so that our Armed Forces would have the
    resources they need to defend our security and freedom.

        As we pursued terrorists abroad, we took vital steps to secure the
    homeland. The creation of a new Department of Homeland Security
    represented the most extensive reorganization of the Federal Government
    since the start of the Cold War. This department united dozens of
    Federal agencies in a single mission of protecting the American people
    and sharing critical information. We also acted to improve the

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    security
    of our ports, coasts, and borders, and we began increasing our
    stockpiles of vaccine to inoculate our population in the event of
    biological attack.

        Protecting Americans from terrorist attack also required us to
    address other threats before they fully materialized, including that
    posed by Saddam Hussein's Iraq. In September, I urged the United Nations
    to consider Saddam's longstanding refusal to disarm and abide by all
    U.N. resolutions. After a spirited and civil debate, the Congress
    approved a strong bipartisan resolution, authorizing me to take military
    action to disarm the Iraqi regime in the event its dictator refused to
    meet his obligations to the world. In November, the U.N. Security
    Council passed a unanimous resolution demanding that Saddam disarm in
    compliance with its previous resolutions; allow thorough inspections;
    and abandon the tactics of denial and delay he had used to avoid
    accountability for more than a decade.

        America did not seek conflict with Iraq. By year's end, the many
    warnings the Congress and the U.N. had given had made clear that the
    choice between peace and war rested with Saddam Hussein.

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                                     Preface

        This book contains the papers and speeches of the 43d President of
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    printed full-text in the
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                                    Contents

                        Foreword . . . v

                        Preface . . . vii

                        Cabinet . . . xi

                        Public Papers of George W. Bush,
                        July 1-December 31, 2002 . . . 1153

                        Appendix A
                        Digest of Other White House Announcements . . . 2221

                        Appendix B
                        Nominations Submitted to the Senate . . . 2249

                        Appendix C
                        Checklist of White House Press Releases . . . 2259

                        Appendix D
                        Presidential Documents Published in the Federal
                        Register . . . 2271

                        Subject Index . . . A-1

                        Name Index . . . B-1

                        Document Categories List . . . C-1

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                                    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.

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

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

                        Administration of George W. Bush

                                      2002