Setting a Clear Course
President Bush conducts a Homeland Security meeting in the situation room November 8, 2001.
President Bush conducts a Homeland Security meeting in the situation room November 8, 2001.

White House photo by Tina Hager
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President Bush delivers his State of the Union address at the U.S. Capitol January 29, 2002.
President Bush addresses a joint session of congress and the nation regarding the terrorist attacks on the United States September 20, 2001.
President Bush meets with White House senior staff members (from left) Karl Rove, Josh Bolten and Andy Card in the Oval Office June 10, 2002.
President Bush participates in the G-8 Summit in Kananaskis, Canada, June 25, 2002.
President Bush conducts a Homeland Security meeting in the situation room November 8, 2001.
President George W. Bush participates in his first signing ceremony on January 20, 2001, setting his agenda in motion. President Bush holds the badge of a police officer killed in the September attacks. 'And I will carry this,' said President Bush during his address to Congress Sept. 20. 'It is the police shield of a man named George Howard, who died at the World Trade Center trying to save others... It is a reminder of lives that ended, and a task that does not end.' Attending a World Series game between the New York Yankees and the Arizona Diamondbacks, President Bush waits to throw out the first pitch on October 31, 2001. President Bush delivers his State of the Union address at the U.S. Capitol January 29, 2002. President George W. Bush makes his stand to win the war on terrorism during an Oval Office press conference, '... my resolve is steady and strong about winning this war that has been declared on America,' said the President Sept. 13, 2001.