Skip to: Content
Skip to: Site Navigation
Skip to: Search
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
| Subscribe to Newser's RSS feeds RSS | Follow Newser on Twitter Twitter

NEWS ABOUT: George W. Bush

George W. Bush stories: 1221 news summaries

81 - 100 of 1221 Stories | << Prev 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ... 62 Next >>

Switch to grid view »

(Newser) - Former President Bush busted out of his lackluster post-White House days with a rousing July 4 speech in Oklahoma that was hailed with six standing ovations, reports AP. His 30-minute address largely avoided politics, instead hitting a familiar patriotic refrain, reports the Oklahoman. More »

MORE ABOUT:
George W. Bush

OPINION

Hillary's Wrong: Bush, Israel Agreed on Settlements

Sharon talks resulted in "understandings": Abrams

Jun 25, 09 8:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - Hillary Clinton said last week that the Bush administration hadn’t made any “informal or oral agreements” on Israel settlements, but that’s simply not true, writes Bush adviser Elliott Abrams in the Wall Street Journal. In fact, talks between the administration and Israel’s then-PM resulted in Ariel... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Bush administration • Hillary Clinton • Israel • Palestine • Elliott Abrams • Ariel Sharon • Arab Israeli conflict • George W. Bush • Obama administration • agreement • settlements

 Mousavi Fights On as 
 Ahmadinejad Bashes Obama 

Iranian opposition leader may be under house arrest

Jun 25, 09 7:16 AM CDT
(Newser) - Mir Hossein Mousavi said today that the Iranian regime has pressured him to drop his challenges to the disputed election, but that he would resist any efforts to abridge his "constitutional right to protest." The opposition leader has not been seen in public for days, reports the Guardian,... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Iran • Barack Obama • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • house arrest • political demonstrations • George W. Bush • Iranian election • Mir Hossein Mousavi • Iranian protests

(Newser) - President Obama will toss the ceremonial first pitch at the All-Star Game on July 14, Major League Baseball announced yesterday. He’ll be the fourth president to do so, following John F. Kennedy, Richard Nixon, and Gerald Ford, and the seventh to attend the game. He’s also got some... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Barack Obama • St. Louis Cardinals • Tony La Russa • Chicago White Sox • MLB • All Star Game • St. Louis • baseball • George W. Bush • MLB All-Star Game • President Obama • first pitch

Analysis

Why People Lie About Having Voted for Obama


Jun 19, 09 2:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - A lot of people are lying about having voted for President Obama. A recent Wall Street Journal poll gives Obama a 50%-39% edge over John McCain—a big bump over his actual 7% victory. A New York Times survey shows Obama winning with a nearly 2-to-1 margin. That’s a... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Barack Obama • John Kerry • Election 2008 • George W. Bush • poll numbers • popular vote • pollsters • President Obama

 Bush Knocks 
 Obama Policies 

Says private sector is solution to economic problems

Jun 18, 09 12:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - George W. Bush is apparently done holding his tongue. He criticized several of President Obama's major policy issues in a speech yesterday, defending his administration on interrogation, assailing nationalized health care, and saying the private sector, not the government, was key to fixing the economy, the Washington Times reports. “... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Guantanamo Bay • recession • health care reform • private sector • economy • George W. Bush • President Obama

 Skydiving Bush Sr. Turns 85 


Jun 12, 09 2:15 PM CDT
(AP) - George H.W. Bush celebrated his 85th birthday by skydiving over the coast of Maine today. The 41st president made a tandem jump with a member of the Army's Golden Knights parachute team onto a landing zone near a church in Kennebunkport, where the family has a summer home. "... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Kennebunkport • Maine • George HW Bush • skydiving • airplane • George W. Bush • parachute • former presidents • Golden Knights

OPINION

OK, Mr. President, Enough With the TV: Maher

Obama should focus on getting things done, Bill Maher writes

Jun 12, 09 9:42 AM CDT
(Newser) - The country needs more presidential action and fewer presidential TV appearances, Bill Maher writes for the Los Angeles Times. "Every time you turn on the TV, there's Obama. He's getting a puppy! He's eating a cheeseburger with Joe Biden! He's taking the wife to Broadway," he writes. Not... More »

MORE ABOUT:
television • Barack Obama • Joe Biden • Michelle Obama • Bill Maher • George W. Bush • Obama administration • President Obama • Bo Obama

(Newser) - Karl Rove fired back today at Maureen Dowd for criticizing former President Bush’s frequent vacation time in Texas, Politico reports. “I think Maureen Dowd is a bitter, twisted, deranged columnist for the New York Times,” Rove told Fox News, “who misses no opportunity to show... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Bush administration • Karl Rove • New York Times • Fox News • Maureen Dowd • columnists • George W. Bush

Analysis

How We Wound Up With
a $1.2T Deficit


Jun 10, 09 9:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama’s agenda plays a very small role in the massive deficits facing the country, but it won't do anything to correct them, wither the New York Times reports. After reviewing a decade’s worth of Congressional Budget Office reports, the paper explains how the government turned a... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Bush administration • Barack Obama • national debt • budget deficit • balanced budget • George W. Bush • Obama administration • budget crisis

 More Than Bush Did, 
 Obama Cites Jesus 

Politically shaky ground for Bush may help Obama

Jun 9, 09 10:13 AM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama has invoked Jesus more than his predecessor, despite the major role Christianity played in George W. Bush’s policies, Politico reports. Obama has mentioned his faith in recent speeches in Cairo, at Notre Dame, and at Georgetown, to name a few instances. Though he was backed by evangelicals,... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Christianity • religion • faith • Jesus Christ • George W. Bush • President Obama

ANALYSIS

The GOP 
Needs More Sarah Palins

Lack of high-profile women hampers credibility on Sotomayor

Jun 5, 09 3:44 PM CDT
(Newser) - Since Sonia Sotomayor’s nomination to the Supreme Court, something has been missing from the ranks of her GOP detractors: women. The departure of Sarah Palin and President Bush’s estrogen-packed Cabinet from the national spotlight has exposed the dearth of Republican women, David Bernstein writes for the Boston Phoenix.... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Bush administration • Democrats • women • GOP • George W. Bush • Sarah Palin • Republicans

OPINION

 Obama Echoes Bush— 
 But Does It Better 

Why? 'He is decidedly not' his predecessor

Jun 4, 09 1:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama’s speech in Cairo sounded a lot like President Bush’s 2006 speech to Muslims—yet Obama’s manages to carry far more weight, writes Michael Crowley in the New Republic. Both spoke of respect for “the history and traditions of the Muslim world”; both suggested governmental... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Barack Obama • Islam • Middle East • Muslims • Cairo • speech • George W. Bush • President Obama

OPINION

 Save the Trauma Excuses: 
 You Failed on 9/11 

Cheney, Rice too often resorted to the extreme without doing their homework

May 31, 09 11:36 AM CDT
(Newser) - Ironically, Dick Cheney and Condoleezza Rice have defended their post-9/11 decisions by appealing for empathy, arguing that only those in charge on that bleak day could understand. “I have little sympathy for this argument,” Richard Clarke, who was there, retorts in a withering piece for the Washington Post,... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Dick Cheney • Donald Rumsfeld • Condoleezza Rice • Richard Clarke • terror suspects • George W. Bush • wiretapping • 9/11 attacks

(Newser) - The audience probably expected a throw-down. What they got was a sewing circle. Bill Clinton and George W. Bush sat down for a friendly chat yesterday in Toronto, emphasis on the friendly. The ex-presidents went out of their way to be agreeable, at times almost seeming like a support group,... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Bill Clinton • president • Toronto • George W. Bush • former presidents

 Bush:  
 Interrogations Were Legal 

Former president says CIA program was legal, saved lives

May 29, 09 6:34 AM CDT
(Newser) - George W. Bush didn't mention Dick Cheney by name, but he backed his assertions that the CIA's harsh interrogations were legal and saved lives, CNN reports. After terror suspect Khalid Sheikh Mohammed was captured in 2003, for example, Bush said he checked with "the lawyers" to determine how to... More »

MORE ABOUT:
CIA • Khalid Sheikh Mohammed • harsh interrogation • George W. Bush

OPINION

Obama, Tell W You're Sorry for Mocking His Policies

Prez slammed W's national security policy; now he's following it

May 25, 09 12:54 PM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama’s national security policy has been surprisingly close to his predecessor’s—a policy he hammered on the campaign trail. For that, he “owes George W. Bush an apology,” writes Clive Crook in the Financial Times. But his supporters also deserve an apology. His election rhetoric... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Bush administration • national security • War on Terror • terrorism • homeland security • George W. Bush • Obama administration • President Obama

Bush Likes His 'Liberating' New Life in the Burbs

Former president tells high school seniors he's relieved to be in suburbia

May 22, 09 6:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - Being wrist-deep in dog poo makes a nice change of pace from being neck-deep in responsibilities, George W. Bush told a group of New Mexico high school seniors yesterday. Bush, in one of his few public appearances since leaving office, said it felt liberating to be out of the Oval... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Dallas • George W. Bush • former presidents

(Newser) - A Democratic state lawmaker in Rhode Island thinks George W. Bush and some of his top cronies should be waterboarded for charity, reports the Westerly Sun. State Rep. Rod Driver sent letters via certified mail to Bush, Dick Cheney, and Condoleezza Rice offering to donate $100 for every second they... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Dick Cheney • torture • Condoleezza Rice • Rhode Island • waterboarding • George W. Bush • enhanced interrogation techniques • Rod Driver

(Newser) - Standing in front of the Constitution, President Obama today delivered a watershed speech on terrorism, arguing that President Bush’s approach to war was, “quite simply, a mess.” He outlined his plan to clean up, saying he’ll try Guantanamo detainees in both federal court and military commissions... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Barack Obama • torture • Guantanamo Bay • speech • George W. Bush • detainees • military commissions • Obama administration • President Obama • torture photos

81 - 100 of 1221 Stories | << Prev 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ... 62 Next >>


from our news partners