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Bush administration stories: 531 news summaries

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Young Grow Poorer While Old Get Richer

Recession socks Americans born after 1955

Sep 18, 09 12:49 PM CDT
(Newser) - Young and middle-aged people, particularly men, saw their incomes plummet from 2000 to 2008, leaving many age groups at 30-year nadirs, new Census data show. The recession has exacerbated the problem, widening the gap between young and old at an unprecedented rate, USA Today reports. Worst hit were those... More »

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Bush administration • middle class • retirement • income disparity • young men • income gap • young people

OPINION

 Working Class Picks 
 Wrong Villains 


Sep 17, 09 11:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - When the tea party protesters converged on Washington, one leader, radio demagogue Mark Williams, repeatedly described them as “working stiffs” who felt left out. It’s no wonder they’re angry, writes Timothy Egan for the New York Times, because it’s been a lost decade for “... More »

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Bush administration • conservative • protests • tax cuts • deregulation • Obama administration • President Obama • tea parties

Bush Cabinet Member in Criminal Inquiry

Interior secretary gave Shell big contracts, then took job with firm

Sep 17, 09 6:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Justice Department has opened a criminal investigation into whether Gale Norton illegally used her power as secretary of the Interior to obtain three oil contracts for Royal Dutch Shell—which only months later hired her as a legal counsel. The 2006 decision to award Shell leases on oil-rich federal... More »

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Bush administration • Department of Justice • Cabinet • Shell • Royal Dutch Shell • secretary of the Interior • Gale Norton

OPINION

 Universal Health Care: 
 We Already Gave it to Iraq 

Constitution America fought to give Iraq guarantees its citizens health care

Sep 10, 09 6:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - Many US lawmakers opposing health care reform need to be asked why it's OK for Iraqis but not Americans, Mark Dorlester writes for the Huffington Post. Article 31 of the Iraqi Constitution—made possible by the war, and hailed as a victory by the Bush administration—guarantees every Iraqi state-funded... More »

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Iraq • Bush administration • health care • health insurance • health care reform • Iraq war

Obama to Open White House Visitor Logs

Aims to boost transparency, resolve watchdog lawsuits

Sep 4, 09 9:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Obama administration has agreed to release the normally private list of visitors to the White House, as a move to increase transparency, and resolve four lawsuits against both it and the previous administration from a watchdog group. “We will achieve our goal of making this administration the most... More »

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Bush administration • Barack Obama • White House • Freedom of Information Act • White House visitors • Obama administration • Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics

Gonzales Changes Tune on 'Legitimate' CIA Probe

Ex-AG compares torture to speeding (really)

Sep 3, 09 4:53 PM CDT
(Newser) - Alberto Gonzales did not mean to endorse Eric Holder’s probe of alleged CIA torture during the Bush administration by calling it “legitimate,” the former AG tells the Washington Times, which broke the story. “I don't support the investigation by the department because this is a... More »

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Bush administration • torture • Alberto Gonzales • Department of Justice • Attorney General • probe • Eric Holder • enhanced interrogation techniques • Central Intelligence Agency • CIA memos

(Newser) - Bush Attorney General Alberto Gonzales is on the same page as Eric Holder when it comes to investigating allegations of CIA torture. “As chief prosecutor of the United States, he should make the decision on his own, based on the facts,” he tells the Washington Times. Gonzales,... More »

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Bush administration • torture • Alberto Gonzales • terrorism • Eric Holder • enhanced interrogation techniques • Central Intelligence Agency • CIA memos

Holder to Crank Up
Civil Rights Enforcement

Holder restoring Civil Rights Division to pre-Bush status

Sep 1, 09 6:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Obama administration plans to revitalize the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division and beef up efforts against racial discrimination, the New York Times reports. Attorney General Eric Holder has been working to redirect the focus to tackling discrimination in high-impact areas like housing, voting rights, employment, and bank lending, where... More »

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Bush administration • Department of Justice • civil rights • Eric Holder • Obama administration • President Obama • racial discrimination


 Ridge Takes 
 Back Threat 
 Level Claim 
 in His Book 

Retreats on earlier suggestion that politics played a role

Aug 31, 09 10:12 AM CDT
(Newser) - Former Homeland Security secretary Tom Ridge says the Bush administration “never pressured” him to raise the US terror threat level, backing down on a claim made in his book, USA Today reports. In the book, Ridge writes that John Ashcroft and Donald Rumsfeld pushed him to elevate it before... More »

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Bush administration • politics • Donald Rumsfeld • John Ashcroft • book • George W. Bush • Tom Ridge • alert level

(Newser) - President Obama's job-approval rating slipped to 50% in Gallup poll results out today, a new low for the 10-month-old administration, the Los Angeles Times reports. The drawn-out health care reform debate apparently is dragging down the number, which hit 69% after the inauguration. The disapproval number is 43%. "It's... More »

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Bush administration • Bill Clinton • Richard Nixon • Clinton administration • George HW Bush • Gerald Ford • approval ratings • George W. Bush • Gallup poll • Gallup • Obama administration • President Obama

ANALYSIS

CIA Manipulated Every Detail
of Interrogation Sessions

Top-level approval of interrogation techniques could complicate Justice probe

Aug 26, 09 1:41 AM CDT
(Newser) - As the CIA discloses internal reports concerning “enhanced” interrogation techniques on detainees at secret prisons, the ugliest details—threats of execution and harm with a power drill—have grabbed headlines. But the documents also reveal an intriguing level of control that the CIA and Department of Justice maintained over... More »

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Bush administration • CIA • torture • Department of Justice • secret prisons • interrogation • black sites • enhanced interrogation techniques

(Newser) - AG Eric Holder today named a special prosecutor to investigate allegations of torture against CIA operatives who interrogated terror suspects during the Bush administration, the Washington Post reports. John Durham, who is currently probing the destruction of interrogation tapes, will look into fewer than 12 cases detailed in a... More »

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Bush administration • CIA • torture • Department of Justice • Attorney General • Guantanamo Bay • John Durham • Leon Panetta • Eric Holder • Obama administration • President Obama • enhanced interrogation techniques • special prosecutor

(Newser) - A report long suppressed by Bush administration officials set to be released next week says the CIA used mock executions as part of post-9/11 interrogations, Newsweek reports—though federal law prohibits threatening prisoners with “imminent death,” and the practice wasn’t authorized by the Justice Department, unlike other... More »

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Bush administration • CIA • torture • Department of Justice • execution • Michael Hayden • interrogation • waterboarding • Porter Goss • USS Cole • report • enhanced interrogation techniques • morale • mock executions

(Newser) - Members of President Bush’s administration today denied accusations by former Homeland Security secretary Tom Ridge in an upcoming book that the White House pressed him to raise the terror threat level ahead of the 2004 election. Former White House chief of staff Andrew Card and former homeland security adviser... More »

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Bush administration • homeland security • George W. Bush • Tom Ridge • terror alert system • Fran Townsend • 2004 election

Ridge: Bush Wanted Terror Threat Raised for Election

Ridge tell-all dangles shocking revelation

Aug 20, 09 3:32 PM CDT
(Newser) - The publisher of Tom Ridge's forthcoming book has dropped a potential bombshell: It says the Bush White House pressured the Homeland Security chief to arbitrarily raise the terror threat alert level on the eve of the 2004 election, ostensibly to boost its chances, reports US News and World Report. Ridge... More »

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Bush administration • Dick Cheney • terrorism • Department of Homeland Security • George W. Bush • Tom Ridge • terror alert system

(Newser) - Dick Cheney has decided the "statute of limitations" has expired on some secrets from the Bush era, associates tell the Washington Post. Discussing his memoir-in-progress, the former vice president has made it plain that he felt President Bush was getting soft in his second term, and moved away from... More »

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Bush administration • War on Terror • Dick Cheney • Lewis Scooter Libby • memoir • George W. Bush

(Newser) - The House Judiciary Committee released documents today that Democrats say put Karl Rove and former Bush counsel Harriet Miers at the center of the US attorney firing scandal, Politico reports. “Karl Rove and his cohorts at the Bush White House were the driving force behind several of these firings,... More »

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Bush administration • Karl Rove • House Judiciary Committee • Harriet Miers • David C. Iglesias • John Conyers • US attorney firings • Lamar Smith

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) - Two years after leaving the Justice Department in disgrace, Alberto Gonzales is still trying to get back on his feet. In an interview with New York Times Magazine's grand inquisitor Deborah Solomon, the former AG says he's living in an apartment in Lubbock, Texas, where he'll begin a teaching gig... More »

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Bush administration • Alberto Gonzales • US attorney firings • attorney general • Deborah Solomon • Texas Tech

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

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