布什的卸任離職演講

1、布什的卸任離職演講布什的卸任演講Un popular but un bowed, Preside nt George W. Bush defe nded his tumultuous two terms in a farewell address to the n ati onThursday night,claiming a hard-won record of achievement, APreported.Reachi ng back to the Sept. 11 attacks, whe n the public rallied behi nd him, Bush declared

2、the Un ited States will“n ever tire,n ever falter and n ever fail.”Leav ing office with the highest disapproval rati ng since Richard Nixon, Bush said, “ You may not agree with some of the toughdecisi ons I have made, but I hope you can agree that I was willi ng to make the tough decisi ons. ”A book

3、e nd to eight years in delibly marked by terrorism, two wars and recessions, the 13-minute speech was Bush ' s lastopportunity before he leaves office Tuesday to defend his presidency. He spoke from the East Room of the White House with just 112 hours left in office.His n ext scheduled public ap

4、peara nee will be greeti ng Preside nt-elect Barack obama on Inauguration Day at the White House ' sNorth Portico.Seem in gly upbeat and con fide nt, Bush called the in augurati on of obama, the first black preside nt, a“ mome nt of hope andpride ” for America.Defia nt un til the end, the n atio

5、 n' s 43 rd preside nt claimed foreig npolicy successes in Iraq and Afgha ni sta n while credit inghis adm ini stratio n with impro ving public schools, creat ing a new medicare prescripti on drug ben efit and finding more moneyfor vetera ns.With the United States facing the worst financialcrisi

6、s in generations,Bush said his White House took“decisive measures ”to safeguard the economy.The bottom line. Bush said, is there have been “good days and tough days” duri ng his term.Self-assura nee gave way to no stalgia as soon as Bush left the podium.He walked alone dow n the red-earpeted hallway

7、 toward the White House reside nee.Then, he returned to the room full of eabinet secretaries and allies, advisers and frie nds still on their feet,eheeri ng.Bush and first lady Laura Bush greeted the guests.Aeross the room, their daughter, Barbara, wiped away tears with both hands. Her sister, Jenna

8、 Hager, touehed her on her shoulder as their father said his final farewell.Bush' s preside ncy bega n with the worst terrorist attaek on soil andends with the worst econo mic eollapse in threegen erati ons.“These are very tough times for hardworking families, but the toll would be far worse if

9、we had not acted, ” he said.“ All America ns are in this together. And together, with determ in ati onand hard work, we will restore our economy to the pathof growth. ”“Like all who have held this office before me, I have experie need setbacks, ” Bush said.“ And there are thi ngs I would do differe

10、ntly if give n the eha nee. YetI have always acted with the best in terests of ourcountry in mind. I have followed myconseienee and done what I thought was right. ”Bush appeared content grinning at times as he summed up his preside ncy and prepared to be relieved from the burde ns ofthe oval office.

11、on n ati onal sec urity, he highlighted his adm ini strati on' s efforts toequip the n ati on with new tools to mon itor terrorists,freeze their finances and foil their plots.But he also ack no wledged some of his eon troversial policies, in clud ingthe terrorist surveilla nee program and harshi

12、n terrogati on of suspected terrorists.Bush, the victor of the bitterly con tested 2000 electio n, became leaderof a divided n ati on on a rainy Jan. 20, 2001.He spoke the n of a n eed for civility and passi on, pledged to overhaulSocial Security and medicare and talked of buildi nga n atio n of“ justice and opport uni ty.”The Sept. 11 attacks several mon ths later drasticallycha nged everythi ng,leav ing his legacy to be largely defi ned by thewars in Afgha ni sta n and Iraq and his terror-fight ing in itiatives.As he passed off a huge set of domestic and intern ati onal problems toobama, B