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The beginning of our 43rd President's first term focused primarily on domestic issues such as social security privatization, tax relief, and education reform.
All of that changed on September 11, 2001.
With the multiple hijackings and the attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon, America was thrust into a new world. The global war on terror would become the defining issue of Bush's presidency. Bush has executed that war on many fronts, first in Afghanistan, then in Iraq and has been working with governments around the world in an effort to contain what has become a global problem.
Bush faced yet another major crisis early in his second term. Hurricane Katrina created devastation in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama. While there was an inadequate response from local and state governments, Bush conceded that the response by the Federal Government-most notably the Department of Homeland Security-could have been far swifter and more decisive.
Bush's legacy will ultimately depend largely on his ability to deal with the continuing global war on terror and how he handles the aftermath of the single greatest natural disaster in American history.
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