Monday, January 17, 2005

INAUGURATION BY THE NUMBERS

Facts and figures on President George W. Bush, the nation's 43rd president who will take the oath of office for a second term on Jan. 20:
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58, president's age

2, number of children, twin daughters Jenna and Barbara

41, number president of his dad, George Herbert Walker Bush

45, number of visits to his ranch in Crawford, Texas, since taking office in January 2001

44, number of trips to Pennsylvania, the state he has visited the most outside the Washington, D.C., area and places where he or his family have a home

17, number of solo news conferences

745,066, number of miles on Air Force One since taking office (as of Dec. 31, 2004)

226,544, number of miles on Air Force One in 2004

2, number of wars in Iraq and Afghanistan


$1.75 trillion, total amount of major tax cuts during Bush's presidency

$413 billion, record deficit reached on Bush's watch

122,000, number of net jobs lost since Bush took office

1,355, number of U.S. military killed in Iraq since March 2003 (as of Jan. 11)

10,372, number of U.S. military wounded in Iraq since March 2003 (as of Jan. 11)

6, number of trips by Bush to Walter Reed Army Medical Center to visit soldiers wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan

1,583, number of acres on Bush's ranch in Crawford, Texas

41, number of countries visited plus Kosovo, a province of Serbia and Montenegro

3, number of states Bush hasn't visited - Vermont, Idaho and Rhode Island

4, number of state dinners

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