George W. Bush: “The need for this agreement is too urgent – the stakes for our national security are too high – to allow this year to…”

The actions taken by my Administration in response to the financial crisis have laid the groundwork for a return to economic growth and job creation.

America has gone more than seven years without another terrorist attack on our soil. This is a tribute to those who toil night and day to keep us safe.

For eight years, it has been my honor to serve as your President. The first decade of this new century has been a period of consequence—a time set apart.

This memorandum is intended to improve the internal management of the executive branch and is not intended to, and does not, create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by any party against the…