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X-WR-CALNAME:Bush Legacy in Washington DC at Hyatt Regency on Capitol 
	Hill - Eventful
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SUMMARY:Bush Legacy
DESCRIPTION:A month before the next president of the United States is 
	sworn into office\, scholars from all over the country will gather in 
	Washington\, D.C.\, for their first assessment of the George W. Bush p
	residency.\n\nGeorge W. Bush became president under some of the most u
	nusual circumstances in U.S. history\, with the legitimacy of his clai
	m to victory a matter of strong public debate.  In spite of the highly
	 contested election that brought him to power\, Bush came into office 
	with assertiveness and resolve\, surprising many of his critics with a
	 successful early push for tax reduction and other domestic initiative
	s.  However\, the shattering events of September 11\, 2001\, forced th
	e Bush administration to refocus its agenda.  The "War on Terror" and 
	wars in Afghanistan and Iraq have dominated the foreign policy agenda 
	and have embroiled the administration in numerous controversies.  Gove
	rnment spending and fiscal policy\, immigration and environmental regu
	lations\, education and health care reforms\, roles for religion in go
	vernment and science in public life\, disaster relief\, and civil libe
	rties have all been subjects of considerable contention during Preside
	nt Bush's tenure.\n\nDuring his two terms in office\, President Bush h
	as earned historic highs and lows in the Gallup poll's public approval
	 ratings\, ranging from 90- to 28-percent.  Now\, on December 11 and 1
	2\, leading scholars will weigh in with their early assessment.\n\nPan
	els to take place at the Hyatt Regency in Washington D.C.  All program
	s will take place in the Capital B Room\, with one exception.  Mr. Kas
	ey Pipes's luncheon address will be in the Bryce Room.\n8:00 AM: Keyno
	te Address by John Burke on "The Evolution of the Bush Presidency"\n9:
	15 AM: Break\n9:30 AM: Panel 1: "The Bush Administration: Process and 
	Policies"\n          Brian Flanagan on "State of the National Security
	 State"\n          Karen M. Hult on "The Bush Staff and Cabinet System
	"\n10:45 AM: Break\n11:00 AM: Panel II: "Presidential Powers and the B
	ush Presidency"\n          Louis Fisher on "Bush and the War Power"\n 
	         Dale Herspring on "Bush as Commander-in-Chief"\n          Mar
	k Rozell and Mitch Sollenberger on "Executive Privilege: Bush and Pres
	idential Secrecy"\n12:15 PM: Luncheon Address with Kasey Pipes\n1:45 P
	M: Break\n2:00 PM: Panel III: "Presidential Powers and the Bush Legacy
	"\n          Thomas Moylan Keck on "The Biggest Legacy? Bush's Federal
	 Court Appointments"\n          Gleaves Whitney on "Anatomy of a Divor
	ce: The Split Between Bush and the Conservative Movement"\n3:15 PM: Co
	ncluding Remarks
LOCATION:Hyatt Regency on Capitol Hill @ District of Columbia, United 
	States
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