From the Rose Garden, President Bush announces a new initiative to combat the spread of HIV/AIDS in new mothers and children in nations of Africa and the Caribbean.

June 19, 2002

President Bush addresses the nation on the War on Terror, and announces the establishment of a cabinet-level Department of Homeland Security.

June 7, 2002

President Bush delivers the Graduation Speech at the United States Military Academy in West Point, New York, discussing the state of national security and the nature of conflict in the 21st Century.

June 1, 2002

In his first State of the Union address, President George W. Bush focuses on the United States’ response to the September 11th events.  He credits the United States military with having suppressed terrorist activity in Afghanistan, yet he allows that many terrorist training camps still exist in other countries. Bush refers to Iraq Regime and terrorist cells as an “axis of evil” that poses a real danger to global peace. He asserts that if the U.S. were to look at the Iraq situation with indifference, the outcome would be “catastrophic.”

January 29, 2002

President Bush visits Hamilton High School in Hamilton, Ohio to speak on the "No Child Left Behind" education reform bill entering Congress.

January 8, 2002

President Bush addresses Congress on the US response to the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, including the proposed War on Terror.

September 22, 2001

President Bush addresses the nation on the terrorist attacks which occurred on the morning of September 11, 2001.

September 11, 2001

President Bush addresses the nation on his position on federal funding for stem cell research from the Bush Ranch in Crawford, Texas.

August 10, 2001

President Bush remarks on the passage of the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act, which he describes as “the first broad tax relief in a generation.”  The President emphasizes the act’s widespread benefits to people of all economic classes.  Bush promised tax relief prior to entering office and delivered this act early in his first Presidential term.

June 7, 2001

President Bush, in the presence of Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo and UN Secretary General Kofi Annan, proposes a global fund against HIV/AIDS, Malaria, and Tuberculosis, especially in Africa, as part of his policy pursuit of public health initiatives in Africa.

May 11, 2001