The following is atimeline of thepresidency of George W. Bush, from January 1, 2003, to December 31, 2003.

• January 2 – Bush reaffirms his intent to focus on safeguarding the United States and its people and says that the administration is working with foreign allies to convinceNorth Korea to discontinue the creation and proliferating ofweapons of mass destruction (WMD) while speaking to the press at thePrairie Chapel Ranch inCrawford, Texas.^[1]
• January 3 – President Bush attends a rally of American troops atFort Hood inKilleen, Texas, during the morning.^[2] President Bush announces his nomination of Ross Owen for Special Trustee for American Indians at theDepartment of the Interior.^[3]
• January 4 – President Bush issues a statement on the African Growth and Opportunity Act.^[4]
• January 20 – President Bush speaks at the First Baptist Church inLandover, Maryland. Bush calls on those present to "remember the dream of Martin Luther King and remember his clear vision for a society that's equal and a society full of justice, this society must remember the power of faith."^[5]
• January 22 – The Senate confirmsTom Ridge forUnited States Secretary of Homeland Security.^[6]
• January 24 – Tom Ridge is sworn in as United States Secretary of Homeland Security in the Cross Hall.^[7]
• January 25 – President Bush talks about domestic policies in a radio address.^[8]
• January 27 – President Bush announces the nominations of nine individuals for membership to the Cultural Property Advisory Committee.^[9]
• January 28 – President Bush delivers his annualState of the Union Address before ajoint session of Congress.^[10]
• January 29 – President Bush makes a call for reform of theMedicare system within the US during a speech atDevos Performance Hall inGrand Rapids, Michigan.^[11]
• January 30 – President Bush has a White House meeting withPrime Minister of ItalySilvio Berlusconi and a joint press conference with Berlusconi later in the day.^[12] Bush commemorates the anniversary of theUnited States Freedom Corps during a speech in Washington.^[13]Vice PresidentDick Cheney speaks at the 30th Political Action Conference inArlington, Virginia.^[14]
• January 31 – President Bush delivers an address onHIV both domestically and worldwide in Room 450 of theDwight E. Eisenhower Executive Office Building during the morning.^[15] In the afternoon, the President meets withPrime Minister of the United KingdomTony Blair at the White House, President Bush saying afterward in a joint conference that their discussion was on "a lot of issues."^[16] President Bush announces his nominations of Ellen G. Engleman for membership on theNational Transportation Safety Board, Jerry Pinkney and Karen Lias Wolff for membership on theNational Council on the Arts, Jose Luis Galvez III for membership on theNational Capital Planning Commission, and designation of Diane M. Stuart for Acting Director of the Violence Against Women Office at theDepartment of Justice.^[17]

• February 1 –Space Shuttle Columbia is destroyed upon re-entering the Earth's atmosphere. All seven crew members perish.
• February 2 – President Bush addresses the casualty of the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster during a memorial service at theJohnson Space Center.^[18]
• February 5 – President Bush meets with congressional leaders at the White House to discussSecretary of StateCollin Powell's presentation at theUnited Nations attempting to convince other countries of Iraq's defying of disagreement resolutions.^[19]
• February 6 – President Bush announces an initiative of 1.2 million aimed athydrogen fuel of high interest for both vehicle empowerment and electricity generation while at theNational Building Museum inWashington.^[20]
• February 7 – While at theTreasury Department, Bush tells reporters the meeting of theUN Security Council is at "a defining moment" in having to decide whether there will be "any force" in the resolution ordering Iraq to disarm.^[21]
• February 8 – President Bush issues a written statement on theEl Nogal Club blast in Colombia from the previous night through the White House.^[22]
• February 9 – TheHomeland Security Council raises the national threat level ofchemical orbiological attacks fromAl-Qaeda from yellow to orange.^[23]
• February 10 – President Bush accusesSaddam Hussein of regarding Iraqis as "human shields" during a speech to theNational Religious Broadcasters convention.^[24]
• February 11 –Pentagon officials state military vehicles equipped with anti-aircraft missiles have been released to guard Washington and patrols of fighter jets around Washington, D.C. andNew York City have increased thanks to elevated risks of a terrorist attack.^[25]
• February 24–25 – President Bush holds a bilateral meeting withBulgarian Prime MinisterSimeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha.^[26]

• March 1 – President Bush discusses reforming Iraq during his radio address.^[27]
• March 4 – President Bush delivers a speech on Medicare reform during the morning.^[28]
• March 5 – President Bush has a half-hour long meeting withCardinalPio Laghi, Laghi saying after the meeting that he conveyedPopeJohn Paul II's to not go to war with Iraq.^[29]
• March 14 – President Bush delivers an address on achieving peace in theMiddle East in theRose Garden during the morning.^[30]
• March 15 – President Bush discusses the leadership of Iraq and efforts by the US to intervene during his radio address.^[31]
• March 16 – President Bush declares the following day will be "the day that we will determine whether or not diplomacy can work" while inAzores, Portugal during the evening.^[32]
• March 17 – President Bush promisesSaddam Hussein will soon be gone and issues a 48-hour ultimatum to Saddam and his sons in a televised address from the White House.^[33]
• March 19 – President Bush addresses the nation from theOval Office and declareswar with Iraq.
• March 21 – President Bush issues a statement thanking Congress for "resolutions which said loud and clear, our country supports the men and women in uniform."^[34]
• March 23 – President Bush holds a questions and answers session on the ongoing conflict in Iraq, saying he is "pleased with the progress that we're making", in the afternoon hours.^[35]
• March 26 – President Bush delivers a speech at theMacDill Air Force Base inTampa, Florida during the morning.^[36] President Bush issues a statement on the death ofDaniel Patrick Moynihan.^[37]
• March 28 – President Bush gives a praiseful speech on the United States Military in theEast Room of the White House.^[38]
• March 29 – President Bush claims the United States and coalition troops "have cleared mines from the water and taken control of a key port city, to allow humanitarian aid to begin flowing into" Iraq during his weekly radio address.^[39]
• March 31 – President Bush delivers a speech at thePort of Philadelphia.^[40]

• April 3 – President Bush delivers a speech on Iraq to service members and their families at theMarine Corps Base Camp Lejeune inCamp Lejeune, North Carolina.^[41]
• April 4 – President Bush issues a statement praising Congress "for responding with bipartisan cooperation and speed to my request for supplemental war funding."^[42]
• April 5 – President Bush mentions the aid that Americans have given to Iraqis and the war in general during his radio address.^[43]
• April 8 – President Bush holds a meeting with Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Tony Blair at theHillsborough Castle inBelfast, Northern Ireland.^[44]
• April 9 – President Bush releases a statement in support of the Senate's choice to pass faith-based legislation, following thecapture of Baghdad, Bush issued a statement celebrating the end of major combat operations and the success of the invasion in toppling the dictator Saddam Hussein after the United States coalition forces, including theBritish and otherNATO allies, had been advancing on Baghdad for weeks, "this legislation contains key elements of the faith-based initiative that I proposed more than two years ago to encourage more charitable giving and rally the armies of compassion that exist in communities all across America."^[45]
• April 10 – President Bush, speaking directly to Iraqis in his statement, proclaims the "nightmare that Saddam Hussein has brought to your nation will soon be over."^[46]
• April 11 – President Bush and First LadyLaura Bush visitWalter Reed Army Medical Center andNational Naval Medical Center.^[47]
• April 28 – President Bush releases a statement on the death ofEdward Gaylord, lauding his life and expressing condolences to his family.^[48] President Bush delivers an address on Iraq at the Ford Community and Performing Arts Center inDearborn, Michigan during the afternoon.^[49]
• April 29 – President Bush releases a statement expressing his satisfaction with Jeffrey Sutton being confirmed by the Senate for Judge on theU.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit.^[50] President Bush delivers an address calling on both chambers of Congress to respond to the Global HIV/AIDS Initiative in the East Room during the afternoon.^[51]
• April 30 – President Bush announces the Teacher of the Year during a morning ceremony in the First Lady's Garden honoring state teachers.^[52] President Bush andPresident of ColombiaÁlvaro Uribe speak with reporters in the Oval Office during the afternoon.^[53] President Bush signs thePROTECT Act of 2003 into law during an afternoon ceremony. Bush says the law will "formally establish the federal government's role in theAmber Alert system and will make punishment for federal crimes against children more severe."^[54] President Bush signs theSmallpox Emergency Personnel Protection Act of 2003 into law, resulting in the establishment of "a new Federal program to compensate eligible health care workers, public safety personnel, and other first responders who suffer serious reactions or die as a result of receiving the smallpox vaccine."^[55]

• May 1 – President Bush, during theMission Accomplished speech, announces the end of major combat operations after the invasion of Iraq, which delivered aboard theUSS Abraham Lincoln, effectively marked the end of the invasion and theU.S. occupation of Iraq begins.

• July 1 – President Bush delivers an address on his administration's education policy at Kipp D.C. Key Academy while in Washington, D.C. during the morning.^[56] Vice President Cheney delivers the eulogy forStrom Thurmond at First Baptist Church inColumbia, South Carolina during the afternoon.^[57] President Bush gives a speech on US progress in Iraq and Afghanistan while in the East Room during the afternoon.^[58]
• July 2 – President Bush announces his nomination ofRandall Tobias for Global AIDS Coordinator in the Roosevelt Room during the morning.^[59]
• July 3 – President Bush answers questions from reporters regarding his impending Africa trip in the Roosevelt Room during the morning and provided an update on the current situation on the Iraq War and stated "There are some who feel like, that the conditions are such that they can attack us there. My answer is, bring them on. We've got the force necessary to deal with the security situation. Of course we want other countries to help us Great Britain is there, Poland is there, Ukraine is there, you mentioned".^[60]
• July 3 – President Bush signs S. 1276 into law, the Strengthen AmeriCorps Program Act, which clarify "the methods by which the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) records obligations to the National Service Trust for volunteer educational awards by authorizing the use of estimating method-ology similar to other comparable programs."^[61]
• July 4 – President Bush gives a speech at the United States Air Force Museum inDayton, Ohio during the afternoon onIndependence Day.^[62]
• July 5 – President Bush discusses Independence Day during his radio address.^[63]
• July 16 – President Bush delivers an address in Room 450 of the Dwight DC Eisenhower Executive Office Building.^[64]
• July 17 – President Bush holds a joint press conference with Prime Minister Tony Blair.^[65]
• July 18 – President Bush gives a speech on health at Lakewest Family YMCA inDallas, Texas.^[66]
• July 23 – President Bush gives an update on the Iraq War in the Rose Garden and announces the deaths of Saddam's sonsUday Hussein andQusay Hussein after U.S. forces killed them on a raid.^[67]
• July 29 – President Bush meets withPrime Minister of IsraelAriel Sharon. Bush addresses the meeting in the Rose Garden.^[68]
• July 30 – President Bush commemorates the 38th anniversary of Medicare, calling it a "time for action."^[69]

• November 1 – President Bush speaks at Jones Park inGulfport, Mississippi, indicating his interest in working withHaley Barbour.^[70]
• November 5 – President Bush signs thePartial-Birth Abortion Ban Act into law.
• November 14 – President Bush meets withPresident of ItalyCarlo Azeglio Ciampi in the Oval Office. The two presidents jointly deliver remarks publicly after the meeting.^[71]
• November 19 – President Bush speaks about his administration's policy in Iraq at Royal Banqueting House-Whitehall Palace atLondon, England.^[72]
• November 21 – President Bush issues a statement on the following day's marking of the fortieth anniversary of theassassination of the late PresidentJohn F. Kennedy.^[73]
• November 24 – President Bush delivers a speech before troops at theButts Army Air Field inFort Carson, Colorado.^[74]
• November 25 – AtSpring Valley Hospital inLas Vegas, Nevada, Bush praises Congress for passing Medicare reforms that he says will "strengthen" and "modernize" the system along with providing better care for American seniors.^[75]
• November 27 –Thanksgiving Day, President Bush visits American troops inIraq.

• December 1 – President Bush signs S.J.Res. 18, S.J.Res. 22, S. 1066, and H.R. 2754 into law.^[76] President Bush speaks at a reception fundraising for his re-election campaign at the Hyatt Regency inDearborn, Michigan during the afternoon.^[77] President Bush delivers a speech on the economy at the Dynamic Metal Treating International in Dearborn during the afternoon.^[78]
• December 2 – The Adoption Promotion Act of 2003 is signed by President Bush during the morning.^[79] President Bush speaks at a reception for his re-election campaign at the Westin Convention Center Hotel inPittsburgh, Pennsylvania during the morning.^[80]
• December 4 – First Lady Laura Bush unveils the Christmas decorations at the White House for the third time.^[81]
• December 8 – President Bush signs theMedicare Modernization Act.
• December 13 –Operation Red Dawn leads to the capture of Iraqi president Saddam Hussein.
• December 14 – President Bush gives a five-minute televised address, remarking on the capture of Hussein that he will "face the justice he denied to millions", adding that his capture will bring further credence to the Iraqis that an end has been put to both torture chambers and secret police.^[82]
• December 16 – President Bush signs the American Dream Downpayment Act of 2003 into law at theDepartment of Housing and Urban Development during the afternoon. Bush says the law "will help many low-income buyers to overcome that hurdle, and to achieve an important part of the American Dream."^[83]
• December 17 – President Bush gives a speech commemorating the centennial of theWright Brothers flights of 1909 at theWright Brothers National Memorial inKill Devil Hills, North Carolina during the morning.^[84]
• December 18 – President Bush delivers a speech at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C. during the afternoon.^[85]
• December 19 – President Bush delivers an address in response toMuammar Gaddafi stating "his commitment to disclose and dismantle all weapons of mass destruction programs in his country" in the James S. Brady Briefing Room during the afternoon.^[86]
• December 22 – President Bush travels to the Shiloh Baptist Church inAlexandria, Virginia during the afternoon.^[87] President Bush attends the lighting ceremony for theMenorah at Bookseller's Area during the afternoon.^[88]
• December 27 – President Bush discusses Christmas during his radio address.^[89]
• December 30 – President Bush issues an executive order adjusting pay rates.^[90]

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