But all, like Mr. Bush, have tried to turn that global issue into a domestic challenge.
Coming on top of several other foreign and domestic challenges, it seems to have left the White House feeling a bit rattled.
Nasser remained in power over Egypt for the next fifteen years with no major domestic challenges to his power.
Between now and then, both must return to domestic political challenges.
This is the toughest domestic challenge we've faced in decades.
Facing the Nation's greatest domestic challenge, the President opted to punt rather than lead.
Tunisia also faced down a domestic challenge from a homegrown Islamist movement.
Egypt itself is in a moment of political twilight, so the regional and domestic challenges it faces appear magnified.
The problems that fester in them are not peripheral: they constitute America's main domestic challenge today.
But the Union will also be freed up to act more effectively on the domestic and external challenges we face.