Bush administration

There have been two Bush administrations. The George Herbert Walker Bush administration (1989-1992) which succeeded the Ronald Reagan administration (1981-1988). The George W. Bush administration (2001-2008) consisted of (includes some members of Bush's White House Staff):

List: Members of the Bush Administration

 * Abraham, Spencer: Secretary, U.S. Department of Energy (DQ); replaced by Samuel W. Bodman during Bush's second term.
 * Abrams, Elliott: Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor for Global Democracy Strategy; appointed during Bush's second term.
 * Armitage, Richard L.: Richard L. Armitage, Deputy Secretary, U.S. Department of State in Bush's first administration (RR + G1).
 * Ashcroft, John: John Ashcroft, served as Attorney-General, U.S. Department of Justice in Bush's first administration (G1); White House Counsel Alberto R. Gonzales replaced Ashcroft during Bush's second term.
 * Bartlett, Dan: Dan Bartlett has been named as Counselor to the President during Bush's second term.
 * Bloch, Scott J.: Scott J. Bloch, Special Counsel, Office of Special Counsel; replaced Elaine D. Kaplan (resigned).
 * Bodman, Sam: Samuel W. Bodman; Deputy Secretary, U.S. Department of Commerce; then Deputy Secretary, U.S. Department of the Treasury during Bush's first administration; replaced Spencer Abraham as Secretary, U.S. Department of Energy (DQ), during Bush's second term.
 * Bolton, John R.: John R. Bolton, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations; replaced John D. Negroponte during Bush's second term; to be replaced by Zalmay Khalilzad during Bush's second term. Bolton was not confirmed by the U.S. Senate.
 * Bolten, Joshua B.: Joshua B. Bolten, Presidential Chief of Staff during Bush's second term; replaced Andrew H. Card, Jr., who resigned March 28, 2006.; previously served as Director, Office of Management and Budget (replaced Mitchell E. Daniels, Jr.).
 * Cambone, Stephen Anthony: Stephen A. Cambone, Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence, U.S. Department of Defense.
 * Card, Andrew H.: Andrew H. Card, Jr., Presidential Chief of Staff during Bush's first term, resigned March 28, 2006. (RR + G1) Card was replaced by Joshua B. Bolten.
 * Carmona, Richard Henry: Richard Henry Carmona, Surgeon General.
 * Chao, Elaine: Elaine L. Chao, Secretary, U.S. Department of Labor (RR + G1)
 * Chellaraj, Rajkumar: Rajkumar Chellaraj nominated to be Assistant Secretary, U.S. Department of State.
 * Cheney, Richard: Richard Cheney (R-WY), Vice-President (GF + G1)
 * Chertoff, Michael: Michael Chertoff replaced Tom Ridge as Secretary, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, during Bush's second term.
 * Clement, Paul D.: Paul D. Clement, Solicitor General at the U.S. Department of Justice, replaced Theodore B. Olson, who resigned.
 * Cox, Christopher: Christopher Cox, member Securities and Exchange Commission July 29, 2005, replaced William H. Donaldson, who resigned.
 * Crocker, Ryan: Ryan Crocker, U.S. Ambassador to Pakistan; to replace Zalmay Khalilzad as U.S. Ambassador to Iraq.
 * Crouch, Jack D. II: Jack D. Crouch II named as Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor in the second Bush administration.
 * Daniels, Mitchell E.: Mitchell E. Daniels, Jr., Director, Office of Management and Budget in the first Bush administration; replaced by Joshua B. Bolten.
 * Devenish, Nicolle: Nicolle Devenish, Assistant to the President for Communications in the second Bush administration.
 * Donaldson, William H.: William H. Donaldson resigned as Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission June 1, 2005; replaced Harvey L. Pitt
 * Evans, Donald: Donald Evans, Secretary, U.S. Department of Commerce (G2); replaced by Carlos M. Gutierrez during Bush's second term.
 * Fleischer, Ari: Ari Fleischer, first White House Press Secretary (G2); replaced by Scott McClellan.
 * Friedman, Stephen: Stephen Friedman, Chairman of the National Economic Council; replaced Lawrence Lindsey (G2) (resigned).
 * Gates, Robert M.: Robert M. Gates nominated November 8, 2006, as Secretary of the U.S. Department of Defense; replaced Donald H. Rumsfeld, who resigned.
 * Gerson, Michael J.: Michael J. Gerson has been nominated to be Assistant to the President for Policy and Strategic Planning.
 * Gonzales, Alberto R.: Alberto R. Gonzales, U.S. Attorney General (U.S. Department of Justice) (G2) second Bush administration; Office of Counsel/White House Counsel (G2) first administration.
 * Goss, Porter J.: Porter J. Goss, Director, Central Intelligence Agency during Bush's second administration; replaced George J. Tenet.
 * Greenspan, Alan: Alan Greenspan, Chairman, Federal Reserve Board (RR + G1 + BC).
 * Griffin, Michael D.: Michael D. Griffin is Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration in the second Bush administration, vice Sean O'Keefe, who resigned.
 * Gutierrez, Carlos M.: Carlos M. Gutierrez replaced Don Evans as Secretary, U.S. Department of Commerce (G2), during Bush's second term.
 * Hawley, Edmund S. "Kip": Edmund S. Hawley is Director of the Transportation Security Administration, U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
 * Jackson, Alphonso: Alphonso Jackson, was appointed Secretary, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to replace Mel Martinez (G2).
 * Johanns, Mike: Mike Johanns replaced Ann Veneman as Secretary, U.S. Department of Agriculture during Bush's second term.
 * Johnson, Stephen L.: Stephen L. Johnson is Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
 * Joseph, Robert: Robert Joseph is Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security, vice John R. Bolton.
 * Kaplan, Elaine D.: Elaine D. Kaplan Special Counsel, Office of Special Counsel(resigned); replaced by Scott J. Bloch.
 * Khalilzad, Zalmay: Zalmay Khalilzad, U.S. Ambassador to Iraq since March 2005; to become U.S. Ambassador to United Nations, replacing John R. Bolton during Bush's second term. Khalilzad is to be replaced by Ryan Crocker, U.S. Ambassador to Pakistan.
 * Kempthorne, Dirk: Dirk Kempthorne, Secretary, U.S. Department of the Interior (nominated March 16, 2006) during Bush's second term; would replace Gale A. Norton, who resigned March 10, 2006.
 * Leavitt, Mike: Michael Leavitt, Secretary, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in second Bush administration; Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency in the first Bush administration, replaced Christine Todd Whitman (quit).
 * Lindsey, Lawrence: Lawrence Lindsey(G2), first Chairman of the National Economic Council (resigned); replaced by Stephen Friedman.
 * Lute, Douglas: Douglas Lute, named as White House "War Czar" May 15, 2007.
 * McClellan, Scott: Scott McClellan, White House Press Secretary (G2); replaced Ari Fleischer (G2).
 * McConnell, John Michael: Mike McConnell to become Director, Office of the Director of National Intelligence, to replace John D. Negroponte, who is stepping down to become Deputy Secretary of State under Condoleezza Rice.
 * McGurn, William: William McGurn, Assistant to the President for Speechwriting (G2) during Bush's second administration.
 * Martin, Kevin J.: Kevin J. Martin, Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (G2), replaced Michael Powell (G2).
 * Miers, Harriet E.: Harriet E. Miers, Office of Counsel/White House Counsel (G2) during Bush's second administration; nominated as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court; submitted resignation January 2007.
 * Mineta, Norman Y.: Norman Y. Mineta, Secretary of Transportation, U.S. Department of Transportation (BC); resigned and replaced by Mary E. Peters during Bush's second administration.
 * Mueller, Robert: Robert Mueller, Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation.
 * Nakayama, Granta: Granta Nakayama, heads the Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance (OECA), the enforcement division of the Environmental Protection Agency, during Bush's second term (G2).
 * Negroponte, John D.: John D. Negroponte, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations; next became first Director, Office of the Director of National Intelligence; stepping down to become Deputy Secretary of State under Condoleezza Rice; replaces Robert B. Zoellick, who resigned.
 * Nicholson, R. James "Jim": R. James "Jim" Nicholson, Secretary, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs in the second Bush administration (U.S. Ambassador to the Vatican and former Republican National Committee chair); resigned July 17, 2007, effective October 1, 2007.
 * Norton, Gail A.: Gale A. Norton, Secretary, U.S. Department of the Interior (RR + G1) in Bush's first administration; resigned March 10, 2006.
 * O'Neill, Paul: Paul O'Neill, Secretary, U.S. Department of the Treasury in the first Bush administration (GF)(resigned); replaced by John Snow.
 * Paige, Rod: Rod Paige, Secretary, U.S. Department of Education (G2) in the first Bush administration; replaced by Margaret Spellings during Bush's second administration.
 * Paulson, Henry M., Jr.: Henry M. Paulson, Jr., Secretary, U.S. Department of the Treasury during Bush's second administration; replaced John Snow.
 * Pitt, Harvey L.: Harvey L. Pitt; first Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission; replaced by William H. Donaldson.
 * Portman, Robert J.: Robert J. Portman, Ambassador, U.S. Trade Representative (G2); replaced Robert B. Zoellick.
 * Powell, Colin: Colin L. Powell, Secretary, U.S. Department of State (RR + G1) in the first Bush administration; replaced by National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice in Bush's second administration.
 * Preston, Steve: Steve Preston, Administrator of the Small Business Association in Bush's second administration.
 * Principi, Anthony J.: Anthony J. Principi, Secretary, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (RR + G1) in Bush's first administration; replaced by R. James "Jim" Nicholson during Bush's second administration.
 * Rice, Condoleeza: Condoleezza Rice, Secretary, U.S. Department of State (G2) during Bush's second administration; National Security Advisor (G2) during first administration.
 * Ridge, Tom: Tom Ridge, Secretary, U.S. Department of Homeland Security (formed 2001); New York City police commissioner Bernard Kerik was nominated to replace Ridge during Bush's second term, but withdrew from consideration after various concerns were raised; Michael Chertoff replaced Ridge during Bush's second administration.
 * Rove, Karl: Karl Rove, Assistant to the President, White House Deputy Chief of Staff, and White House Senior Advisor (G2).
 * Rumsfeld, Donald: Donald Rumsfeld, Secretary, U.S. Department of Defense (RN + GF), resigned November 8, 2006; replaced by Robert M. Gates.
 * Snow John: John Snow, Secretary, U.S. Department of the Treasury during Bush's first administration, replaced Paul O'Neill (GF) (resigned); replaced by Henry M. Paulson, Jr. during Bush's second administration.
 * Spellings, Margaret: Margaret Spellings replaced Rod Paige as Secretary, U.S. Department of Education (G2), during Bush's second administration.
 * Tenet, George J.: George J. Tenet, Director, Central Intelligence Agency (BC) in Bush's first administration; replaced by Porter J. Goss.
 * Thompson, Tommy: Tommy Thompson, Secretary, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services during Bush's first administration; replaced by EPA chief Michael Leavitt in Bush's second administration.
 * Tobias, Randall L.: Randall L. Tobias nominated to be Administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development.
 * Towey, Jim: Jim Towey is Assistant to the President and Director of the Office of Faith-based and Community Initiatives.
 * Truscott, Carl J.: Carl J. Truscott, Director of Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives in both first and second Bush administrations.
 * Tschetter, Ronald A.: Ronald A. Tschetter nominated to be Director of the United States Peace Corps, vice Gaddi H. Vasquez, who resigned.
 * Vasquez, Gaddi H.: Gaddi H. Vasquez, Director of the United States Peace Corps in Bush's first administration; nominated to be United States Representative to the United Nations Agencies for Food and Agriculture with the rank of Ambassador in the second Bush administration.
 * Veneman, Ann: Ann M. Veneman, Secretary, U.S. Department of Agriculture (RR + G1); replaced by Mike Johanns during Bush's second administration.
 * Wainstein, Kenneth L.: Kenneth L. Wainstein, Assistant Attorney General for National Security (new position) during Bush's second administration.
 * Walters, John P.: John P. Walters, Director, Office of National Drug Control Policy (G1).
 * Whitman, Christine Todd: Christine Todd Whitman, head of the Environmental Protection Agency (quit) in Bush's first administration; replaced by Michael Leavitt.
 * Zoellick, Robert B.: Robert B. Zoellick, Ambassador, U.S. Trade Representative (RR + G1) in Bush's first administration; Deputy Secretary of State in Bush's second administration, replaced Richard L. Armitage, who resigned; resigned as Deputy Secretary of State; to be replaced by John D. Negroponte.

Notes on Member Listing
Since there are many figures in common between the Ronald Reagan (RR), whose Vice-President George Herbert Walker Bush (G1) inherited the White House, and the George W. Bush (G2) eras, the term Bush League has come into use to describe this group as a whole.

Several others come to the George W. Bush administration with experience gained in other previous administrations: Richard M. Nixon (RN), J. Danforth Quayle (DQ), Gerald R. Ford (GF) or Bill Clinton (BC)).

SourceWatch articles on the Bush administration

 * See also Category:George W. Bush administration

The George W. Bush administration
Stages
 * beginning of the end
 * Lame Duck Presidency

State of the Union addresses:
 * State of the Union 2003
 * State of the Union 2004
 * State of the Union 2005
 * State of the Union 2006

Impeachment
 * Efforts to initiate the impeachment of Vice President Dick Cheney
 * Impeach07 Campaign
 * The case for impeachment of President George W. Bush

Corruption
 * Enron connection
 * cronyism and incompetence
 * financial misconduct and lack of accountability
 * lies and deceptions
 * misuse of government agencies controversy
 * Republican 'culture of corruption'

Executive powers
 * Executive Order
 * Executive Privilege
 * presidential signing statements
 * Unitary Executive Theory
 * Bush administration vs. the U.S. Constitution

Secrecy
 * Bush administration fetish for government secrecy
 * See also the "War on Terror" section below.

Issues
 * Avian flu pandemic / Bush Administration Plan for Flu Outbreaks
 * Gun violence
 * Health care: Citizens' Health Care Working Group
 * Hurricane Katrina / Hurricane Rita
 * Illegal immigration / immigration reform
 * U.S. National Guard Troops along the U.S.-Mexico border
 * Judicial nominees
 * Social Security privatization
 * U.S. trade deficit
 * U.S. budget deficit
 * U.S. economy
 * U.S. tax cuts
 * U.S. minimum wage
 * U.S. unemployment
 * war on drugs
 * war on poverty

Changes to federal government
 * Competitive Sourcing Initiative
 * doomsday line of Pentagon succession
 * militarization of government

Misc
 * approval ratings
 * Inaugural Message 2005
 * Bush/Republican Initiatives
 * Bush administration investigations
 * leaks
 * presidential line of succession
 * presidential pardons
 * Project for the New American Century (PNAC members in key positions in the administration)
 * religion and empire / The Bush Theocracy
 * return to space / weaponization of space
 * Bush-Bush Cabal
 * U.S. presidential election, 2004
 * Patrick Henry College (Bush has close relationship with)

Critiques
 * opportunism
 * flip flops
 * Mayberry Machiavellis
 * pattern of excess
 * Bush administration phony 'voter fraud'
 * Cheney-Rumsfeld Cabal Deception
 * Bush regime delusions
 * Georgeland
 * personal data leaks and invasion of privacy
 * Cheney-Rumsfeld Cabal Deception

Scandals
 * scandals
 * Treasongate
 * Trial of Scooter Libby
 * U.S. attorney firings controversy

Spin and public relations
 * Bush's 2002 LA "hijack" Story
 * "Bush the Victim"
 * Clear Channel Communications connection
 * Loyalty Day, 2007
 * Orwellian logic
 * Photographic manipulation
 * The press & Bush / free press
 * Propaganda and disinformation
 * Rebranding the Bush administration
 * Smear campaigns
 * Treating dissent as treason
 * U.S. Government PR Contracts
 * Using fear as a political tool
 * Video news releases

Global War on Terrorism
Civil liberties and privacy
 * Domestic spying
 * Bank records spying
 * Phone records spying
 * Individual rights versus national security
 * USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005
 * Warrantless wiretapping
 * Patriot Act I / Patriot Act II

Torture and detainees
 * Abu Ghraib
 * Enemy combatant
 * Extraordinary rendition
 * Global detention system
 * Military Commissions Act of 2006
 * Torture and the Bush administration

Iraq
 * Adapting to win
 * The alleged linkage of Saddam Hussein with Osama bin Laden, al Qaeda and weapons of mass destruction
 * Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002
 * Baker-Hamilton Commission
 * Bush's 16 words
 * Civil war in Iraq
 * Embolden the terrorists
 * Exit Strategy from Iraq
 * Funding the war in Iraq
 * Future of Iraq Project
 * Iraq as an imminent threat
 * Iraq Study Group
 * Iraq War Powers Repeal Act of 2006
 * Is the Iraq mission a failure?
 * Lies that led to war
 * The Long War
 * "Mission Accomplished" May 1, 2003
 * National Intelligence Estimate
 * New Iraq
 * Operation Iraqi Freedom
 * 2003 invasion of Iraq
 * Oil and War in Iraq
 * Rationales for war in Iraq
 * Post-war Iraq
 * Talking points on Iraq
 * Saddam Hussein
 * War crimes in Iraq
 * War in Iraq
 * "We're kicking ass" in Iraq
 * Weapons of mass destruction

Afghanistan
 * Operation Enduring Freedom
 * Opium economy in Afghanistan
 * The Other War: Afghanistan

Misc.
 * Al Qaeda
 * Axis of Evil&mdash;Iraq, Iran, North Korea
 * Bush doctrine
 * Forward strategy of freedom
 * Greater Middle East Initiative
 * National security clearances and sexual orientation
 * National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States
 * Osama bin Laden
 * outposts of tyranny
 * Pax Americana
 * September 11, 2001
 * Spreading the seeds of democracy
 * Stay the course
 * Taking the fight to the terrorists
 * "The Path to 9/11" (2006 Docudrama)
 * War in Iran
 * war on terror / war on terrorism
 * Homeland Defense 2001
 * homeland security

U.S. Government Agencies & Organizations

 * Executive Office of the President
 * White House Staff
 * Lone Star Team (Bush's staff from Texas)
 * National Economic Council
 * National Security Council (NSC)
 * Office of Counsel (a.k.a. White House Counsel)
 * Office of Global Communications
 * Office of Management and Budget
 * Office of National Drug Control Policy
 * U.S. Trade Representative
 * President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board


 * Office of the Director of National Intelligence
 * National Clandestine Service
 * National Counterproliferation Center (NCPC)
 * National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC)
 * Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)


 * U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)
 * Broadcast Media & Technology Center (BMTC)
 * Food and Drug Administration (FDA)


 * U.S. Department of Commerce


 * U.S. Department of Defense (DoD)
 * Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission
 * Defense Policy Board
 * Information Operations Task Force
 * Office of Special Plans / Northern Gulf Affairs Office
 * Office of the Secretary of Defense
 * Office of Strategic Influence


 * U.S. Department of Education


 * U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)


 * U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
 * Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
 * Transportation Security Administration (TSA)
 * U.S. Customs Service and Border Patrol
 * U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development


 * U.S. Department of the Interior
 * Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)


 * U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ)
 * Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)


 * U.S. Department of Labor
 * Department of Labor's Women's Bureau


 * U.S. Department of State
 * Department of State "rapid response office"


 * U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT)
 * AMTRAK


 * U.S. Department of the Treasury


 * U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)

Non-Cabinet-level independent agencies

 * Export-Import Bank of the United States
 * Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
 * Federal Election Commission (FEC)
 * Federal Reserve Board
 * General Services Administration (GSA)
 * National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
 * National Science Board (a.k.a. National Science Foundation)
 * Office of Special Counsel
 * Overseas Private Investment Corporation
 * U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
 * Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
 * United States Peace Corps
 * United States Arctic Research Commission

Advisory panels

 * President's Advisory Panel on Federal Tax Reform
 * President's Council on Bioethics
 * President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology
 * President's National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee
 * The Task Force on Modernizing Income Security for Working Age Adults
 * Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board
 * Junkyard Dogs (The "Junkyard Dogs" are participants in the Nye-Armitage Report, Institute for National Strategic Studies (INSS): The US and Japan: Advancing Toward A Mature Partnership.)

Other Agencies & Organizations

 * International Monetary Fund (IMF)
 * Board of Governors of the American National Red Cross

Previous administrations

 * Bill Clinton
 * administration
 * George H.W. Bush
 * administration
 * Richard Nixon
 * administration
 * Ronald Reagan
 * administration