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Meeting the Challenge |
| Section: CURRENT ISSUES / SPECIAL REPORT--PRESIDENT BUSH'S FIRST YEAR |
| Author: Lee Edwards |
| Publication: The world & I online |
| Issue Date: 2/1/2002 |
| Size: 2,470 Words, 16,933 Characters |
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No U.S. president in his first year has been as coolly welcomed and then as warmly praised by the American public as George W. Bush. vbcrlf Bush's beginning was overshadowed by the controversial nature of his presidential victory--losing the popular vote to Al Gore but winning the electoral college by 1 vote more than the needed 270. Widely described--and not just by partisan Democrats--as the man who "stole" the 2000 election, a cautious Bush began his presidency by focusing on domestic issues like taxes and education. He expressed little interest in the nation-building foreign policy that had characterized the previous administration. vbcrlf Early on, the president seemed detached and even un...
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...good for America--his economic stimulus package and new authority to negotiate trade agreements--is also good for the world. The challenge before Bush is formidable: he must stimulate the economy and roll back the recession without running up giant deficits and increasing the power of government. It is a balancing act of economics and politics that will demand the greatest skill and care. vbcrlf
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