Six days later, on December eighteenth, members of the Electoral College met in each state capital and the District of Columbia. They made the election official. George W. Bush would become the forty-third president of the United States.
GEORGE BUSH: “I, George Walker Bush, do solemnly swear…”
CHIEF JUSTICE WILLIAM REHNQUIST: “That I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States…”
GEORGE BUSH: “That I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States…”
He took office on January twentieth, two thousand one.
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The election dispute had divided Americans. But less than a year later, the nation was brought together by events that would set the direction for the presidency of George W. Bush..
NBC “TODAY” HOST KATIE COURIC: “A plane has just crashed into the World Trade Center here in New York City. It happened just a few moments ago…”
The United States suffered the worst terrorist attacks in its history on September eleventh, two thousand one -- a day that would be remembered as 9-11. That will be our story next week.
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