[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

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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 
the United States that were issued by the Office of the Press Secretary 
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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