The Foreign Service Journal, February 2007

28 F O R E I G N S E R V I C E J O U R N A L / F E B R U A R Y 2 0 0 7 eorge W. Bush has a problem. Even his most ardent fans would have a hard time mak- ing a list of significant achievements during his six years in office. And now he has less than two years left to work on establishing his place in history. He will construct one, but it won’t be the one he wants. In a president’s first term in office, he focuses on re-election. Once that is attained, the second term is devoted to T H E N E X T T W O Y E A R S A B LEAK O UTLOOK A NY ATTEMPT BY P RESIDENT B USH TO REACH SOME MAJOR FOREIGN POLICY MILESTONES IN HIS REMAINING TWO YEARS WILL FAIL . B Y D ENNIS J ETT G Adam McCauley Please turn to page 30