When our borders are not secure, terrorists, drug dealers, and criminals find it easier to sneak into America.
George W. Bush
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George W. Bush is the 43rd President of the United States, serving from January 20, 2001, to January 20, 2009. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as the Governor of Texas from January 17, 1995, until December 21, 2000. His presidency was marked by significant events, including the September 11 attacks in 2001 and the subsequent wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. Bush's domestic policies included tax cuts, education reform, and Medicare prescription drug benefits.
As Secretary Chertoff told the Senate this week, our goal is to return every single illegal entrant, with no exceptions.
We are getting results: Since 2001, we have removed more than 4.8 million illegal immigrants from the United States, including more than 300,000 with criminal records.
Today, we must continue efforts to ease suffering, spread freedom, and lay the foundations of lasting peace for our children and grandchildren.
I strongly support your rejection of terror and your commitment to what you have called, one authority, one law, and one gun.
I assured him that the United States will use our influence to help realize a shared vision of two democratic states, Israel and Palestine, living side by side in peace and security.
With courage and conscience, we will meet our responsibilities to protect the lives and rights of others.
This enduring truth inspired those who created the United Nations, and it continues to do so 60 years later.
Sixty years ago, the United Nations was created to spread hope and liberty, fight poverty and disease, and help secure human rights and human dignity for people everywhere.
Peace cannot be attained by the enforcement of discriminatory road policies and by the policies of imposition and creation of facts on the ground but rather through belief in the principles of partnership, parity, and mutual respect.
I believe that two democratic states living side by side in peace is possible.
The key thing, as far as I'm concerned, is that there are partners in peace.
Israel's withdrawal from Gaza and parts of West Bank was a bold decision with historic significance.
Secretary Spellings has just delivered what's called the Nation's Report Card.
The legislation would also ensure that Federal regulatory agencies retain their authority to enforce food safety and consumer protection laws.
This is an encouraging report because it shows there's an achievement gap in America that is closing.
It shows that a system that measures and focuses on every child is a system that can help us.
The legislation would carefully preserve the right of individuals to have their day in court to pursue non-frivolous civil liability actions.
Food manufacturers, marketers, distributors, advertisers, and sellers should not be held liable for injury because a person's consumption of legal, unadulterated food is associated with the person's weight gain or obesity.
We are tearing down the legal and bureaucratic wall that separated intelligence agents from law enforcement officers.





