George W. Bush
Background
George Walker Bush (ˈdʒɔrdʒ ˈwɔːkɚ ˈbʊʃ (help·info); born July 6, 1946) is the forty-third and current President of the United States of America. He served as the forty-sixth Governor of Texas from 1995 to 2000 and is the eldest son of former American President George Herbert Walker Bush and Barbara Bush. He was inaugurated as President on January 20, 2001 and his current term is scheduled to end at noon EST (17:00 UTC) on Tuesday, January 20, 2009.
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Asbury Park Press
LONDON The United States has told Pakistan it expects complete cooperation in connection with investigations into the terrorist rampage in nuclear rival India, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said today, saying the civilized world must unite
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The Honolulu Advertiser
...regulators they were overreacting. Unfortunately, they weren't, but we're still bailing out the banks. Ironically, the Bush Administration's lack of intervention and belief in market forces has led to the most massive government bailout since the 1930s, and...
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Blogging Stocks
LONDON (AP) - The United States has told Pakistan it expects nothing short of complete cooperation in investigations into the terrorist rampage in nuclear rival India. Pakistan's response will be a test of the will of the new civilian government,
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Leaf Chronicle
...December 1, 2008 Five years after he declared victory in Iraq on the US aircraft carrier USS Lincoln, President George W. Bush says he was "unprepared" for a war in Iraq that has gone on to claim thousands of American lives and tens of thousands of Iraqis. "I...
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Democratic Underground
...George W. Bush famously noted a few years ago, in history, we'll all be dead. Hey, when you're the decider, you live in the moment! But when you're the soon-to-be ex-decider, well, maybe it's time to clear some brush from the ol' public image and get ready...
4 hours ago from
Indecision 2008
...treatment in five years. Standing with first lady Laura Bush on the North Lawn near a giant red ribbon to mark the occasion, Bush said the goal has been exceeded - and ahead of schedule. Bush said the program - known as PEPFAR - is providing "hope and healing"...
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WBAY-TV
...back on his eight years in the White House, President George W. Bush said he was "unprepared" for war and pinpointed incorrect intelligence that Iraqi President Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction as "biggest regret of all the presidency." President...
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ABC News
...like to live life without the limelight for a while, Bush said in the first part of an interview with ABC aired on Good Morning America. President Bush said Monday that he is looking forward to stepping out of the bright spotlight of the presidency. “I'd...
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The Politico
...of its rejected practices in its final hours in office," DeMoro said. Some national pundits have said it is time for President Bush to get off the world stage. New York Times columnist Gail Collins wrote Nov. 22, "Can I see a show of hands? How many people...
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YubaNet
Last Week - About George W. Bush
...sided yesterday with congressional leaders. "We cannot just write a blank cheque to the auto industry," he said.Obama White HouseBarack ObamaUnited StatesMarket turmoilUS economyCredit crunchguardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2008 | Use of this...
7 days ago from
Guardian Unlimited
... The commutations are for two drug traffickers who got big sentences they are currently serving: Offense: Aiding and abetting possession with intent to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine; 21 U.S.C. Section 841(a)(1) and 841(b)(1)(A)(ii), 18 U....
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TalkLeft: The Politics of Crime
...king Michael Milken, who is seeking a pardon for his 1990 securities-fraud conviction. Other commutation applicants include Marion Jones, the Olympic sprinter who was convicted of lying about steroid use, and John Walker Lindh, the so-called “American Taliban,”...
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Anderson Cooper 360 Blog
...recover from it. And the first step to recovery is to safeguard our financial system. Now, last night on Air Force One coming back from Peru I talked at length to the secretary about his recommendation on the decisions made to -- to safeguard Citicorp. We...
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Baltimore Sun Blogs
... US President George Bush has said of the Citigroup rescue, that the government could make similar decisions in the future. In Washington, Mr. Bush told reporters he had wanted to safeguard the financial system when agreeing Sunday to guarantee $306 billion...
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Big News Network
...that it must be rejected. That is, perhaps, understandable. But it means little to me. Because I have seen the decency of George W. Bush. My children and I honestly don’t understand the Obama love any more than we understand the Bush hate, though apparently...
7 days ago from
Brutally Honest
...to expire on Dec. 22, 2008, leaving intact and in effect the five year term of supervised release with all its conditions. James Russell Harris (Detroit, Mich.) Offense: Conspiracy to aid and abet the distribution of cocaine, 21 U.S.C. § 846; attempted money...
7 days ago from
Firedoglake
Politico article on Obama's recent church attendance ignored Bush's sporadic attendance as president
...election, taking pre-church jogs on the first two and attending on the third weekend a Catholic Mass with the Rev. Jesse Jackson, with whom he was trying to smooth over lingering campaign tensions. In the weeks after the contested 2000 election, Bush regularly...
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Media Matters for America
...Bush reiterated that the eventual creation of a democratic Palestinian state alongside Israel would help end decades of Middle East conflict. "I believe that vision is alive and needs to be worked on," Bush told reporters as he and Olmert, who will also step...
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Al Jazeera
...Latin America. Canada doesn't force summiteers to dress up like Mounties, Germany doesn't demand they wear lederhosen and Vladimir Putin doesn't force everyone to dress up like a cossack in big furry hats and matching boots. On the weekend George W. Bush attended...
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National Post
Last Month - About George W. Bush
...of a President by Jacob Weisberg Bloomsbury, £8.99 Weisberg achieves particular clarity by evaluating George Bush's presidency on its own terms. A deeply conservative candidate from an elitist Republican dynasty was never going to please cosmopolitan,...
30 days ago from
Guardian Unlimited
...reporter Wayne Slater by not revealing the DWI conviction when Slater asked if Bush had ever been arrested, Bush adviser Karen Hughes, who had been present at the interview, maintained that she had "stopped the conversation" before the issue could arise. Third,...
30 days ago from
Huffington Post
...the greatest failure of the Bush Administration began when George W. Bush enjoyed his greatest popularity. In the immediate aftermath of 9/11 as the president proposed increasing defense spending to beef up our national security at home and defeat Al Qaeda...
30 days ago from
GayPatriot
...(AP) - A federal judge has ordered the Bush administration to hand over memos that provide the legal basis for the warrantless wiretaping program it launched after the 9/11 terror attacks. Federal District Judge Henry Kennedy Jr. signed an order yesterday...
30 days ago from
WBAY-TV
...stepped back, holding just four public events, none with real policy implications. He hosted two foreign leaders, the presidents of Paraguay and the Kurdistan Regional Government, at the White House, stepping before the cameras for a total of 11 minutes. He...
30 days ago from
The New Republic
...into the leaking of details of a sensitive phone call he had with US President George W Bush, former foreign minister Alexander Downer says. Details of the call to discuss the global financial crisis were reported last week in The Weekend Australian. During...
30 days ago from
The Courier Mail
...back, holding just four public events, none with real policy implications. He hosted two foreign leaders, the presidents of Paraguay and the Kurdistan Regional Government, at the White House, stepping before the cameras for a total of 11 minutes. He gave the...
30 days ago from
Michael Moore - This Just In
...or worse. CYA (Cover your arse) posts in the waning months of his presidency won’t do any good. Too bad you didn’t follow Andrew Sullivan’s lead when it would have mattered. No, Gille, the conservative movement did not circle the wagons. No, dissent was not...
30 days ago from
GayPatriot
...years, rather like Bush Jr, Josh Brolin lived in the shadow of his father James Brolin, television actor. In turn, James Brolin has, since 1998, become known as the husband of Barbra Streisand, although his son mischievously notes that their family was probably...
30 days ago from
The Scotsman
...it," said Obama, "That endorsement didn't come easy. Senator McCain had to vote 90 percent of the time with George Bush and Dick Cheney to get it." Now Joe Biden is picking up where Obama left off. In remarks prepared for an appearance tonight in Bowling Green,...
30 days ago from
Huffington Post