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NEWS ABOUT: George W. Bush

George W. Bush stories: 1221 news summaries

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Administration Alums Plan Facebook for Bushies

Bushies want an alternative to left-leaning Facebook

Aug 9, 09 12:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Bush-Cheney Alumni Association is taking to the Internet, reports Politico, by setting up a social networking website for people who worked in the Bush administration. The Bushies-only site is expected to launch in a few months, says the head of the BCAA, who expects “thousands” to sign up.... More »

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Bush administration • social networking • Dick Cheney • Facebook • membership • George W. Bush

(Newser) - Barack Obama doesn’t want anyone to forget his predecessor. “You hand me a $1.3 trillion bill, and then you’re complaining six months later because we haven’t paid it all back,” he griped at a recent town hall. And you can expect him to keep... More »

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Barack Obama • Bush legacy • budget deficit • George W. Bush • political strategy

8 Candidates Face Hurdle: They Worked for Bush

But some say they'll use their past to help their bids

Aug 5, 09 9:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - Some eight Bush administration staffers are now seeking public office—and their fates will likely be tied to Americans’ perception of the previous president, the Hill reports. While they say they value their time in the White House, their work under W will probably hurt them, writes Reid Wilson. Still,... More »

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Bush administration • Bush approval ratings • referendum • George W. Bush • Election 2010 • Ethan Hastert • Tim Nank

Networks Complain About Obama Hour

Broadcasters say 'overexposed' prez wastes valuable time

Aug 3, 09 10:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - Networks are not happy about the primetime hour that President Obama's July 22 news conference took up, reports Howard Kurtz of the Washington Post. Rahm Emanuel called the top brass at all three networks to ensure they carried the event. The networks both resent the pressure and complain that... More »

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Bush administration • television • Barack Obama • NBC • CBS • ABC • press conference • Rahm Emanuel • health care reform • network television • George W. Bush • television news • Obama administration • President Obama • prime time

Democrats Still Harping on Bush in Gov Races

State elections will test if Dubya-bashing
works in Obama age

Aug 3, 09 1:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - George Bush is out of office, but it's hard to tell from watching current gubernatorial contests. In Virginia, Democratic candidate R. Creigh Deeds has slammed incumbent Robert McDonnell for praising the effect of Bush tax cuts on the economy. In New Jersey, John Corzine is hoping to quash a bid... More »

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Democrats • New Jersey • GOP • Virginia • governor • George W. Bush • gubernatorial races • election day November 2009

(AP) - Michelle Obama's performance as first lady is getting high marks from her predecessor, Laura Bush. Speaking after a change-of-command ceremony for the USS Texas submarine in Connecticut, Bush said today she's watched the current first lady from afar and is impressed. More »

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Bush administration • Michelle Obama • Laura Bush • first lady • George W. Bush • Obama administration • President Obama

NY Times Video Obits Give the Departed 'The Last Word'

Non-Bush ex-president  has already made one

Jul 30, 09 1:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - Obituaries are a newspaper standby, but the New York Times has removed the journalistic middleman with its series of video obits, Editor & Publisher reports. After starting 2 years ago with humorist Art Buchwald’s greeting of “Hi, I’m Art Buchwald and I just died,” the Times... More »

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New York Times • Jimmy Carter • Bill Clinton • obituary • video • George HW Bush • George W. Bush • former presidents • celebrity death • Art Buchwald • video obituary

(Newser) - Dale Haney has been wrangling White House animals since 1976, but these days his responsibilities are much diminished, insiders tell US News & World Report. “He doesn’t see Bo as much because the girls and Mrs. Obama, the whole family, is taking care of Bo, so Dale has... More »

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Michelle Obama • White House • George W. Bush • Malia Obama • Sasha Obama • President Obama • First Dog • Bo Obama • Dale Haney

(Newser) - President Bush seriously considered deploying the military to arrest terror suspects in a Buffalo suburb in 2002, former Bush administration officials tell the New York Times. Dick Cheney was in favor of the almost unprecedented deployment of troops on American soil, the officials say, while Condoleezza Rice and others were... More »

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Bush administration • War on Terror • Dick Cheney • US military • John Yoo • terror suspects • George W. Bush • Buffalo

(Newser) - Dick Cheney pursued a pardon for former aide Scooter Libby so doggedly in his final days in office that he pushed the bounds of his 9-year relationship with George Bush, reports Time. It wasn't so much a political issue as a moral "crusade" for Cheney, write Massimo Calabresi and... More »

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Dick Cheney • Valerie Plame • presidential pardon • Lewis Scooter Libby • vice president • George W. Bush

(Newser) - A judge has reinstated Dan Rather's $70 million lawsuit against CBS and granted the former anchor access to thousands of pages of documents pertaining to his ouster following a network story he ran critical of former President George's Bush performance in the Texas Air National Guard. Rather's attorneys believe the... More »

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military • CBS • Dan Rather • pilot • anchor • George W. Bush • ROTC

OPINION

 Forget Space, Fix Earth Instead 

Pareene asks why bother 'getting Americans boldly from one place to another place?'

Jul 20, 09 2:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - On today’s 40th anniversary of the moon landing, President Obama should again show bravery and determination by not indulging in more space exploration, Alex Pareene urges for Gawker. NASA has $100 billion earmarked to replace the shuttles, in order to do what? Go “back to the damn moon,... More »

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Barack Obama • NASA • global warming • Mars • space shuttle • budget • moon landings • George W. Bush • President Obama

ANALYSIS

 Would Rummy 
 Pull a McNamara 
 and Apologize? 

Not anytime soon, says his biographer

Jul 12, 09 8:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - Robert McNamara, the architect of the Vietnam War, eventually expressed regret for the conflict—but would Donald Rumsfeld ever apologize for Iraq? Unlikely—at least not anytime soon, writes a Rumsfeld biographer in the Washington Post. Thus far, the former secretary of Defense “has never appeared to waver in... More »

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Donald Rumsfeld • apology • Vietnam War • Iraq war • George W. Bush • Robert McNamara

(Newser) - George W. Bush has been out of office for 6 months now, but you wouldn’t know it to listen to Democrats on the campaign trail. “America doesn’t need to be Bushwhacked again!” declared Jon Corzine, kicking off his re-election campaign to govern New Jersey (with Joe... More »

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Jon Corzine • George W. Bush • gubernatorial races • Creigh Deeds

analysis

Five Leaders Who Liked Bush Better


Jul 11, 09 5:12 AM CDT
(Newser) - Not all foreign leaders prefer Barack Obama to George W. Bush. Joshua Keating of Foreign Policy lists five heads of state who probably miss Dubya:
  • Silvio Berlusconi. "The conservative Christian from Texas and the lecherous billionaire" were good buddies; Bush hosted the Italian president often at his
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Barack Obama • Israel • Venezuela • Poland • Italy • Colombia • Benjamin Netanyahu • missile defense system • Lech Kaczynski • Hugo Chávez • Silvio Berlusconi • Alvaro Uribe • George W. Bush • Obama administration

(Newser) - It took a while, but Alberto Gonzales has a job again. Nearly two years after resigning as George Bush's attorney general, Gonzales has been hired by Texas Tech to teach a course this fall, reports the Austin American-Statesman. Gonzales will be a visiting professor in the political science department and... More »

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Alberto Gonzales • professor • attorney general • George W. Bush • Texas Tech

 Docs: We'll Quit If Obama  
 Lifts Bush Abortion Rules 

Analysts: older regs let health workers avoid certain procedures

Jul 6, 09 12:28 PM CDT
(Newser) - Some doctors who oppose abortion say they’ll quit their jobs if President Obama repeals Bush regulations that allow health care professionals to refuse to perform operations that are in opposition with their beliefs, NPR reports. A Christian Medical Association report found that “90% of those surveyed said they... More »

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Bush administration • health care • abortion • abortion rights • doctor • regulation • birth control pill • George W. Bush • health workers • Obama administration • President Obama

(Newser) - The president's first summer vacation is to a classified destination, but on the streets and beaches of Martha's Vineyard, it's no secret that Barack, Michelle, and their daughters are spending August on the island. The first family is expected to stay in Oak Bluffs, a longtime vacation spot for the... More »

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Barack Obama • Bill Clinton • Massachusetts • vacation • summer • George W. Bush • Obama family • women's issues • Martha's Vineyard

(Newser) - The right might complain that television networks are in thrall to Barack Obama, but they have a good reason to be: the president is good for business. As Politico reports, Obama-related programs send ratings spiking—when he appeared on the Tonight Show, it had its best Friday night in 17... More »

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Barack Obama • Nielsen Ratings • TV ratings • Tonight Show • network television • George W. Bush • President Obama

(Newser) - As Barack Obama arrives in Moscow for his toughest diplomatic challenge since taking office, the Guardian looks back on earlier US-Russia showdowns to gauge who had the upper hand.
  • Kennedy vs. Khrushchev, 1961: The ultimate cold war summit, shadowed by the space race and the Berlin Wall. A draw,
... More »

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Russia • Barack Obama • diplomacy • Moscow • Vladimir Putin • John F. Kennedy • Richard Nixon • Mikhail Gorbachev • Ronald Reagan • Russian president • George W. Bush • Nikita Khrushchev • Leonid Brezhnev

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