Prior to September 11, we thought the world beyond our shores was one world of risk and the world in our continent was another world of risk.

President Bush sent his White House Counsel Alberto Gonzales and Chief of Staff Andrew Card Jr. S. Senator
In 1994 Ashcroft was elected to the U.

Attorney General (2001–05) in the George W. Bush Administration during the war on terror. He had early appointments in Missouri state government and was mentored by John Danforth.