Well your party deserves a failing grade in its policy. Five years after 9/11, the Bush Administration and Republicans in Congress have not done enough to keep our country safe. Read what the 9/11 Commission had to say.
2004: Bush And GOP Leaders Promised Implementation Of 9/11 Commission Recommendations. "'...President Bush is committing his administration to relying on the recommendations of the Sept. 11 commission in waging the war on terrorism... "The 9/11 commission's recommendations will help guide our efforts," said the president. "We will carefully examine all the commission's ideas on how we can improve our ongoing efforts to protect America and to prevent another attack." ...Late Friday, House Speaker Dennis Hastert, R-Ill., who had expressed doubt that lawmakers would have time to consider a sweeping intelligence overhaul this year, said he and Majority Leader Tom DeLay, R-Texas, would also direct House committees to hold hearings in August and make recommendations for legislation in September." [msnbc.com, 7/24/04]
2006: Bush And Republican Congress Given Failing Grades By 9/11 Commission For Refusal To Implement Recommendations. "The federal government received failing and mediocre grades yesterday from the former Sept. 11 commission, whose members said in a final report that the Bush administration and Congress have balked at enacting numerous reforms that could save American lives and prevent another terrorist attack on U.S. soil. The 10-member bipartisan panel -- whose book-length report about the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks became a surprise bestseller -- issued a "report card" that included 5 F's, 12 D's and two 'incompletes' in categories including airline passenger screening and improving first responders' communication system." [Washington Post, 12/6/05]
Five years after 9/11, the Bush Administration and Republicans in Congress have not done enough to keep our country safe.