In 2000 Americans celebrated the new millennium, looking forward with hope for the future. Yet this hope soon waned. Within two years, the country endured a bruising presidential election, experienced unprecedented terrorism at home, and engaged in two wars abroad. President George W. Bush left the country as politically divided as his predecessor had.
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