The Vulcans - Legacy

Legacy

Following the election of George W. Bush as President of the United States, the Vulcans all received key positions within the new administration.

• Richard Armitage was appointed U.S. Deputy Secretary of State under Colin Powell.
• Robert Blackwill was appointed U.S. Ambassador to India and later to the United States National Security Council.
• Stephen Hadley was appointed U.S. Deputy National Security Advisor under Rice and later U.S. National Security Advisor.
• Scooter Libby became Chief of Staff to the Vice President of the United States.
• Richard Perle was appointed chairman of the U.S. Defense Policy Board Advisory Committee.
• Condoleezza Rice was appointed U.S. National Security Advisor and later U.S. Secretary of State in Bush's Second Administration.
• Paul Wolfowitz was appointed U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense under Donald Rumsfeld and later president of the World Bank in 2005.
• Dov Zakheim was appointed Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller).
• Robert Zoellick was appointed U.S. Trade Representative, United States Deputy Secretary of State and nominated as World Bank president in 2007.

On December 13, 2001, in accordance with his campaign promises on National Missile Defense, Bush gave Russia six months notice of the United States' withdrawal from the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty. This was the first time in recent history the United States had withdrawn from a major international arms treaty.

The humble foreign policy outlined by Bush during his campaign, however, was quickly dropped after the terrorist attacks of 9/11 in favor of a more aggressive policy that has been dubbed the Bush Doctrine.