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==Administration of George W. Bush==

==Administration of George W. Bush==

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Vanity Fair editor Craig Unger on the Bush family feud, neoconservatives and the Christian right}}

The Bush campaign and the early Bush Administration did not initially appear to exhibit strong support for neoconservative principles.

The Bush campaign and the early Bush Administration did not initially appear to exhibit strong support for neoconservative principles.

As a candidate Bush argued for a restrained foreign policy, stating his opposition to the idea of "[[nation-building]]"<ref>[http://www.thebostonchannel.com/helenthomas/2117601/detail.html Bush Begins Nation Building] WCVB TV, April 16, 2003</ref> and an early foreign policy confrontation with China was handled without the vociferous confrontation suggested by some neoconservative thinkers." [http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2001/4/6/194726.shtml Vernon 2001]. Also early in the Administration, some neoconservatives criticized Bush's Administration as insufficiently supportive of the State of [[Israel]], and suggested Bush's foreign policies were not substantially different from those of President Clinton.[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml;jsessionid=QHJ1ZM3SQVGJTQFIQMFCFF4AVCBQYIV0?xml=/news/2001/06/27/wbush27.xml]Bush accused of adopting Clinton policy on Israel] [[The Daily Telegraph]], June 26, 2001

As a candidate Bush argued for a restrained foreign policy, stating his opposition to the idea of "[[nation-building]]" [http://www.thebostonchannel.com/helenthomas/2117601/detail.html] Bush Begins Nation Building] WCVB TV, April 16, 2003 and an early foreign policy confrontation with China was handled without the vociferous confrontation suggested by some neoconservative thinkers." [http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2001/4/6/194726.shtml Vernon 2001]. Also early in the Administration, some neoconservatives criticized Bush's Administration as insufficiently supportive of the State of [[Israel]], and suggested Bush's foreign policies were not substantially different from those of President Clinton.[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml;jsessionid=QHJ1ZM3SQVGJTQFIQMFCFF4AVCBQYIV0?xml=/news/2001/06/27/wbush27.xml]Bush accused of adopting Clinton policy on Israel] [[The Daily Telegraph]], June 26, 2001

But Bush's policies seemed to change dramatically immediately after the [[September 11, 2001 attacks]].

But Bush's policies seemed to change dramatically immediately after the [[September 11, 2001 attacks]].