And then you had this idea, driven by the neoconservatives in the Bush administration, that democratizing Iraq would serve U.S. interests and would somehow lead to more democracies and fewer anti-American regimes in the Middle East.

Source: https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/iraq-war-invasion-democracy-anniversary-rcna75453

Beyond launching failed wars based on values over interests, the Bush administration supported the further expansion of NATO towards Russia’s borders, including support for the admission of Georgia and Ukraine to the Western alliance.

Source: https://www.wnd.com/2023/03/u-s-national-interests-ukraine-war/

In 2001, in a dramatic shift, the Bush administration abandoned the Clinton-era effort to break up Microsoft.

Source: https://www.limaohio.com/archive/2023/09/06/today-in-history-september-6-president-william-mckinley-fatally-shot/

In 2004, a Senate Intelligence Committee report concluded the CIA had provided unfounded assessments of the threat posed by Iraq that the Bush administration had relied on to justify going to war.

Source: https://wtop.com/back-in-the-day/2023/07/today-in-history-july-9-trump-chooses-kavanaugh-for-supreme-court/

Ironically, wolf populations in the park hit their high point during the Bush administration, with a count of 174 wolves in 2003.

Source: https://www.counterpunch.org/2023/06/23/sacrificial-wolves/

Palmer, appointed under the George W. Bush administration, stayed on the board during the first term of the Barack Obama administration, leaving the agency in 2012.

Source: https://www.ocregister.com/2023/06/12/jim-palmer-out-at-orange-county-rescue-mission/

Perino served as the White House press secretary during the George W. Bush administration.

Source: https://www.dailybreeze.com/2023/08/30/heres-who-will-moderate-the-republican-presidential-debate-at-the-reagan-library/

Rove was widely regarded as a political star in the George W. Bush administration.

Source: https://gazette.com/news/us-world/karl-rove-bidens-2024-campaign-will-leave-no-strong-imprint/article_c2060b40-0812-586d-9a87-c73b9dd247cf.html

The Bush administration leaked that it wanted to avoid Crean meeting Bush when the latter visited Australia — one of many blatant interventions in Australian domestic politics that went unchallenged by Howard and Downer.

Source: https://www.crikey.com.au/2023/06/26/vale-simon-crean-obituary/