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  • May 2008

    • McClellan: I Believed Bush

      Politico  |  May 29, 08 9:16 AM CDT

      McClellan: I Believed Bush

      (Newser) - Affection and loyalty blinded Scott McClellan in the run-up to the Iraq war, but now the former press secretary has found a higher allegiance—“a loyalty to the truth.” McClellan, whose book is causing a media storm for alleging President Bush ran a “propaganda” campaign about the war, defended his work this morning on NBC's Today . More »

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      Iraq war  • Bush administration  • White House  • book  • propaganda  • Scott McClellan  • press secretary

    • Distracted US Finds Mideast Clout Waning

      Reuters  |  May 26, 08 3:45 PM CDT

      Distracted US Finds Mideast Clout Waning

      (Newser) - The Bush Administration's problems are hardly confined to abysmal domestic approval ratings, writes veteran Reuters journalist Jonathan Wright. Middle Eastern leaders are paying less and less attention to the lame-duck president, who spoke of the need to isolate Hamas during a visit to Egypt last week—even as his host was mediating discussions between Israel and Gaza. More »

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      George W. Bush  • Israel  • Bush administration  • Middle East  • Syria  • Egypt  • US foreign policy

    • Who Cares Who We Talk to?

      New York Times  |  May 21, 08 1:42 PM CDT

      Who Cares Who We Talk to?

      (Newser) - Though politicians and pundits alike are caught up in which foes the US should or shouldn't be reaching out to, Thomas Friedman, in the New York Times , points out that few world leaders of any stripe are sitting by the phone waiting for our call. Waning American influence and the rise of new powers in the developing world and outside the state system worry Friedman much more. More »

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      Bush administration  • oil  • globalization  • Thomas Friedman  • developing world  • energy dependence  • foreign oil

    • Confidence in Bush Still Plunging: Poll

      Washington Post  |  May 13, 08 3:53 AM CDT

      Confidence in Bush Still Plunging: Poll

      (Newser) - Support for President Bush has sunk to its lowest level yet, according to a new Washington Post /ABC News poll. Bush's 31% approval rating marks a career low as 82% of Americans now think the country is heading in the wrong direction. Opinions were highly split along partisan lines. More »

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      George W. Bush  • Bush administration  • poll  • George H. W. Bush  • Washington Post ABC poll  • Bush approval ratings  • approval ratings  • confidence

    • Detained Immigrants Dying for Lack of Health Care

      Washington Post  |  May 11, 08 8:49 AM CDT

      Detained Immigrants Dying for Lack of Health Care

      (Newser) - The number of detained immigrants has skyrocketed since 9/11, and many do not receive critical health care in overburdened federal detention centers, the Washington Post reports. Several immigrants, detained for minor offenses or waiting to seek asylum, received little or no care for life-threatening symptoms which finally killed them, a Post investigation found. More »

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      Bush administration  • immigration  • health care  • immigrant  • detainee  • Immigration and Customs Enforcement

    • Judge Purges General From Gitmo Case

      New York Times  |  May 10, 08 12:10 PM CDT

      Judge Purges General From Gitmo Case

      (Newser) - A military judge has expelled a Pentagon general from the case of a Guantanamo detainee in a move that could open the military tribunal system to further attacks. The judge said the general—who is supposed to be impartial as overseer of the Gitmo legal process—worked too closely with the prosecution, fueling critics’ argument that the system is designed to score convictions, the New York Times reports.  More »

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      Bush administration  • Pentagon  • Guantanamo Bay  • September 11  • Guantanamo prisoners  • Defense Department  • Morris Davis  • military commissions

    • North Korea Hands Nuclear Docs to US

      Associated Press  |  May 8, 08 2:12 PM CDT

      North Korea Hands Nuclear Docs to US

      (Newser) - Seeming to move closer to US demands for information, North Korea handed key documents on its nuclear weapons program to an American diplomat today, the AP reports. The records provide information on the North’s silenced plutonium reactor, and would allow American officials to fact-check a still-awaited summary of the country’s nuclear workings. More »

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      Bush administration  • North Korea  • nuclear program  • food aid

  • April 2008