President George W. Bush President George W. Bush's top three priorities in 2002 -- national security, homeland security, and economic security -- earned him high approval ratings across the nation and a victory in Yahoo!'s first annual Person of the Year, a year-end poll to name the noisemaker and/or newsmaker of 2002. After guiding the U.S. through the aftermath of the worst terrorist attack on U.S. soil, Bush has become a powerful leader in the global war on terrorism and one of the most popular presidents in U.S. history. In a time of grave uncertainties at home and abroad,...