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President George W. Bush's Legacy

Cheney Worked To Expand Authority, Secrecy()  

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January 16, 2009 Dick Cheney is the most powerful vice president the United States has ever had. He led the way for a new president — driving policy in the first term and blocking policy changes in the second, when his influence waned.

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Cheney: A VP With Unprecedented Power()  

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January 15, 2009 Dick Cheney is about to leave office having spent the past eight years wielding more power than vice presidents throughout U.S. history. In the first term, he drove policy on issues he cared about. In the end, President Bush became more wary, and Cheney's influence waned but hardly ceased.

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Bush Will Soon Call Dallas 'Home' Again()  

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January 14, 2009 President Bush will soon leave Washington, D.C., and return to the same Dallas neighborhood where the family lived before he became Texas governor 16 years ago. The house in Preston Hollow is a sprawling rambler next to the estate of billionaire Tom Hicks, a longtime friend.

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In Bush's Wake, A New Political Landscape()  

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January 13, 2009 In a few days, George W. Bush's presidency will come to a close. He leaves the political landscape considerably altered in his wake: The path to the White House is now a grass-roots one, and a once-strong GOP coalition is now shattered.

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The Day That Defined A Presidency: Sept. 11, 2001()  

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January 11, 2009 The White House went on war footing after Sept. 11, expanding executive authority and establishing a rationale for pre-emptive war. Framing every policy in terms of the attacks became the theme of the Bush era.

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In Times Of Tumult, Bush Kept Ties To Quieter Life()  

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January 11, 2009 George W. Bush's poll ratings were among the highest and lowest that modern presidents have ever received. But outside the political arena, he's known for unwavering devotion to family and friends, his ranch in Crawford, Texas — and his mountain bike.

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Tracing The Highs And Lows Of The Bush Presidency()  

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January 7, 2009 Two weeks from now, President Bush will be former President Bush, and what was once his agenda will become his record. The president suggests that history will judge him better than the current analysis. So what will he be remembered for?

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Undecided We Stand: Debating Bush's Legacy()  

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January 7, 2009 President Bush leaves office as one of the least popular presidents ever, but he says it's up to history to judge him. Bush likes to recall that Harry Truman was widely reviled when he left the White House 56 years ago but decades later became an icon of strength in adversity.

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What They're Saying

An academic, a historian and a journalist who have followed the career of George W. Bush weigh in on the president's legacy.

"History will view this as a consequential presidency. George W. Bush was one who thought boldly and aimed explicitly to make a lasting impact." — Texas A&M political science professor George Edwards

"Fifty, 75, 100 years from now, I think Bush will be a forgotten president." — Historian and author Robert Dallek

"The nation very much needed a president with that level of certitude, with that clarity of vision such that he could say you're either for us or you're for the terrorists." — Bush biographer Robert Draper