The Vulcans

During the campaign, Bush sought to deflect questions about his own lack of foreign policy experience by pointing to this group of experienced advisers.

Other key campaign figures including Dick Cheney, George P. Shultz and Colin Powell were also closely associated with the group, but were never actually members.

It may also allude to fictional, humanlike, alien beings who suppress their emotions in favor of cold rational logic in Star Trek.

[1] The several days of discussions that followed resulted in Rice agreeing to take charge of foreign policy for George W. Bush's upcoming presidential campaign.

George W. Bush laid out his foreign policy plans on October 11, 2000, at the second Gore-Bush presidential debate against his Democratic rival Vice President Al Gore.

Our nation stands alone right now in the world in terms of power, and that's why we have to be humble, and yet project strength in a way that promotes freedom.

"I believe the role of the military is to fight and win war", Bush went on to explain, "I don't want to try to put our troops in all places at all times.

During the campaign, Bush promised to increase the defense budget, stating that "America's armed forces need better equipment, better training and better pay."

Hartung estimated that this would cost a minimum of $100–200 billion, far in excess of Bush's promised defense budget increase.

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