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Monday, October 5, 2009 11:15 AM

Presidential accomplishments, Pt. 2

Cont. - in first 6 months, Bush:

* Appointed John Bolton - who opposes non proliferation treaties and the U.N. - to Undersecretary of State for Arms Control and International Security.

* Nominated Linda Fisher - an executive with Monsanto-for the number two job at the Environmental Protection Agency.

* Nominated Michael McConnell - leading critic of the separation of church and state - to a federal judgeship.

* Nominated Terrence Boyle - ardent opponent of civil rights - to a federal judgeship.

* Canceled 2004 deadline for automakers to develop prototype high mileage cars.

* Nominated Harvey Pitts - lawyer for teen sex video distributor-to head SEC.

* Nominated John Walters - strong opponent of prison drug treatment programs - for Drug Czar. Washington Post, May 16, 2001.

* Nominated J. Steven Giles - an oil and coal lobbyist - for Deputy Secretary of the Interior.

* Nominated Bennett Raley - who advocates repealing the Endangered Species Act - for Assistant Secretary for Water and Science.

* Is seeking the dismissal of class-action lawsuit filed in the U.S. against Japan by Asian women forced to work as sex slaves during WWII.

* Earmarked $4 million in new federal grant money for HIV and drug abuse prevention programs to go only to religious groups and not secular equivalents.

* Reduced by 40% the Low Income Home Assistance Program for low-income individuals who need assistance paying energy bills.

* Nominated Ted Olson - who has repeatedly lied about his involvement with the Scaiffe-funded "Arkansas Project" to bring down Bill Clinton - for Solicitor General.

* Nominated Terrance Boyle - foe of civil rights - to a federal judgeship.

* Proposes to ease permit process - including environmental considerations - for refinery, nuclear and hydroelectric dam construction. Washington Post, May 18,2001.

* Proposes to give government the authority to take private property through eminent domain for power lines.

* Proposes that $1.2 billion in funding for alternative renewable energy come from selling oil and gas lease tracts in the Alaska National Wildlife Reserve.

* Plans on serving genetically engineered foods at all official government functions.

* Forced out Forest Service chief Mike Dombeck and appointed a timber industry lobbyist

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