【今日VOA朗读材料 05/04/2012】American History

原读链接：

http://www.voanews.com/learningenglish/home/us-history/American-History-Hurricane-Katrina-Iraq-and-the-Great-Recession-149920175.html

STEVE EMBER: Welcome to THE MAKING OF A NATION – American history in VOA Special English. I'm Steve Ember. This week in our series, we continue the story of the presidency of George W. Bush.

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George W. Bush began his second term -- and fifth year in office -- in January two thousand five.

Early in his first term, terrorists had carried out the worst attacks in United States history. President Bush declared a war on terror and led the country into wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.

In his second inaugural address, he promised to continue fighting to defeat terrorism and increase democracy around the world.