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 Education. The president elect will reform the nation’s public schools, as he has in Texas, which is one of two states that have made the greatest recent progress in education. He will close the achievement gap, set high standards, promote character education, and ensure school safety. States will be offered freedom from federal regulation, but will be held accountable for results. Performance will be measured annually, and parents will be empowered with information and choices. Agriculture the president elect supports recent efforts to reverse decades of supply control management and unleash U.S. farmers to plant in response to market demand, not government programs. But as the farm sector transitions toward market-driven production, the president elect believes the government should help farmers adapt to the challenges of the global marketplace as well as work to maintain competitive markets here in the United States. The oath for the highest office in the land was first administered in New York City on April 30, 1789. George Washington arrived at that Inaugural shadowed by doubts. "My movements to the chair of government will be accompanied by feelings not unlike those of a culprit, who is going to the place of his execution," he wrote his friend Henry Knox. But Washington in the Presidency, as in the Revolution, was the rock on which hope rested. He brought success. The Presidency has proved itself to be the most remarkable political office in history. There have been 41 men from 19 states who have been President of the United States. Only seven of these men were born west of the Mississippi. I am the first President to come from Arkansas, which was admitted to the Union in 1836 as the 25th state. Like all Chief Executives who have walked before me in this national trust, I hope to add to its diversity and rich history. The president supports law-abiding American''s constitutional right to own guns to protect their families and home Supports the current ban on automatic weapons Supports banning juveniles from possession of semi-automatic "assault" weapons Supports increasing the minimum age for possession of a handgun from 18 to 21 Supports banning the importation of foreign made, "high-capacity" ammunition clips Governor Bush supports voluntary efforts to equip all handguns with child safety locks. If Congress passed legislation requiring mandatory trigger locks for all new handguns, he would sign it. He is concerned, however, that such legislation not be seen as a panacea, because adults still have to be responsible for using the trigger locks and for monitoring their children''s actions. Opposes government mandated registration of all guns owned by law abiding citizens. a list of american presidents with information about them
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