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: Bush administration

Bush administration stories: 532 news summaries

441 - 460 of 532 Stories | << Prev 1 ... 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 Next >>

Switch to grid view »

General Faces Demotion in Tillman Probe

Six other officers will draw career-ending punishments

Jul 26, 07 1:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - A retired three-star general who allegedly misled investigators about the death of former NFL player Pat Tillman in Afghanistan could be stripped of his stars and part of his pension, Pentagon officials told CNN. Retired Lt. Gen. Phillip Kensinger told inspectors he didn't know the Green Beret was killed by... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Afghanistan • Bush administration • Taliban • Pentagon • Pat Tillman • White House • US military • House of Representatives • oversight • Phillip Kensinger • Green Beret

House Committee Charges
Bush Aides With Contempt

Judiciary Committee votes along party lines to issue contempt citations to Harriet Miers and Joshua Bolten

Jul 25, 07 3:16 PM CDT
(Newser) - The House Judiciary Committee voted to issue contempt citations to two of President Bush's top aides for defying subpoenas related to the US attorney firings scandal, edging Congress closer to a Constitutional showdown with the White House over its claims of executive privilege. The committee voted along party lines 22-17... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Bush administration • Congress • US attorney • Democrats • Republican • Harriet Miers • executive privilege • contempt • Josh Bolten • US attorney firings • District of Columbia • contempt of congress • constitutional showdown • Constitution • George W. Bush

Dems Remain Unsure of Censure

Feingold's effort
gathers little support; Congress fears backlash

Jul 25, 07 6:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - A proposed Senate resolution to censure President Bush for the Iraq war could have galvanized Democrats—but  instead they're sharply divided over what some see as grandstanding, Politico reports. Only a handful back Russ Feingold's plan, or another tied to the US attorneys firings, nervous that nonbinding censures will only... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Iraq • Bush administration • troop withdrawal • censure motion • Iraq war

Prez Pushes Osama's Link to Insurgency

Commander-in-chief adamant al-Qaeda in Iraq is key branch of broader network

Jul 25, 07 6:13 AM CDT
(Newser) - President Bush insisted again yesterday that a Sunni insurgent group in Iraq is an integral part of Osama bin Laden's worldwide al-Qaeda network—-rebuffing several experts' claims to the contrary. Recent reports have suggested that Sunnis fighting under the "al-Qaeda in Iraq" banner are local insurgents with a weak... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Bush administration • Abu Ayyub al Masri • Abu Musab al Zarqawi • Osama bin Laden • Iraq war • George W. Bush • al-Qaeda in Iraq

White House Expands Exec Privilege Claims

Congressional Dems face new obstacle in
US attorneys probe

Jul 20, 07 5:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - White House officials have made a broad new claim to executive privilege that would block the Justice Department from pursuing contempt charges initiated by Congress, the Washington Post reports. Citing a Regan-era legal opinion, they argued that "A US attorney would not be permitted to bring contempt charges or... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Bush administration • Congress • US attorney • Democrats • White House • executive privilege

Olbermann to Prez: Stop Scapegoating, Start Fighting

Anchor irate at blame game on war failure

Jul 20, 07 11:12 AM CDT
(Newser) - A war of words over the Iraq war that erupted this week nominally involves only a Pentagon underling and Hillary Clinton, but MSNBC's Keith Olbermann finds a message for President Bush in the back-and-forth. Accusing the administration of scapegoating both the senator and antiwar citizens, he calls for Bush to... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Iraq • Bush administration • Hillary Clinton • Department of Defense • Keith Olbermann • Eric Edelman • Iraq war • George W. Bush

Judge Tosses Ex-Spy's Suit Against Cheney

Court rules Plame's civil action vs. VP, Rove, Libby won't go forward

Jul 19, 07 3:43 PM CDT
(Newser) - A judge today dismissed outed CIA operative Valerie Plame's civil suit against Dick Cheney, Karl Rove, and Scooter Libby, saying that the revelation of her identity "was incidental to the kind of conduct that defendants were employed to perform." Furthermore, the judge ruled, Plame and her husband, ex-ambassador... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Bush administration • Dick Cheney • Valerie Plame • Joseph Wilson • Karl Rove • CIA leak investigation • Lewis Scooter Libby

Commutation Order Baffles Libby Judge

Bush acknowledges White House role
in Plame leak

Jul 13, 07 6:42 AM CDT
(Newser) - The federal judge who sentenced Scooter Libby to 30 months in prison expressed his frustration with President Bush's commutation order yesterday, pointing out that the administration had championed the sentencing guidelines he followed. Reggie Walton, a Bush appointee with a lock-'em-up reputation, vented in a footnote to an order that... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Bush administration • Valerie Plame • CIA leak investigation • Reggie Walton • Lewis Scooter Libby • George W. Bush

White House Iraq Report:
Mixed Progress

Cites gains on military benchmarks, lack of progress on political goals

Jul 12, 07 5:57 AM CDT
(Newser) - The White House's interim report on its progress in Iraq, to be released today, will cite "satisfactory" work on eight of 18  benchmarks set by Congress, insufficient improvement on eight more, and mixed results on the final two. Most of the positive movement  has been on the military front,... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Iraq • Bush administration • Democratic Congress • Iraq pullout • president • benchmarks • Iraq war • Iraq exit strategy • George W. Bush

Ex-Aide Stays Tight Lipped on Attorneys

Sara Taylor respects former boss's executive privilege claim

Jul 11, 07 3:32 PM CDT
(Newser) - Former White House political adviser Sara Taylor never discussed the ouster of nine US attorneys with President Bush, she told the Senate Judiciary Committee today. The subpoenaed Taylor said little else about the Justice Department scandal, citing executive privilege, but waffled occasionally between discretion and disclosure—for instance apologizing for... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Bush administration • Karl Rove • US attorneys scandal • White House • Sara Taylor • Patrick Leahy • George W. Bush

Bush Aide
Will Invoke
Exec Privilege

Promises to answer limited questions as "willing private citizen"

Jul 11, 07 5:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - Former Bush political director Sara Taylor will answer limited questions from Congress but steer clear of anything she thinks would violate executive privilege, according to a copy of her opening statement released early this morning. Taylor is set to appear before the Senate Judiciary Committee later today as part of... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Bush administration • US attorneys scandal • Senate Judiciary Committee • Sara Taylor • executive privilege

Iraq Gov't Fails Progress Report

US-backed regime lags on all economic and political targets

Jul 10, 07 11:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Iraqi government has failed to meet any of the benchmarks for reforms mandated when Congress funded the troop surge, according to a progress report due out this week. An unnamed official tells the AP that the disappointing outcome will accelerate the administration's decision-making process on Iraq, but another anonymous... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Iraq • Bush administration • Congress • Democrats • Republican • troop surge • Iraqi Parliament • Senate • GOP • progress report • Iraqi interim government • Iraq war

Bush Bucks His
Own Trend with Commutation

White House beef with
Libby case contradicts
Justice policies

Jul 4, 07 10:13 AM CDT
(Newser) - President Bush's rationale for commuting Scooter Libby's sentence was the kind of complaint routinely overruled by Bush's own conservative Justice Department, the Times observes. The contradiction between Bush's stern stance and his action on Libby is so stark that Joe Biden accused him of "flip-flopping" yesterday. More »

MORE ABOUT:
Bush administration • law • Lewis Scooter Libby • George W. Bush

Bush Won't
Say No to
Libby Pardon

Sentence commutation may not be last chapter of CIA leak story

Jul 3, 07 4:22 PM CDT
(Newser) - President Bush will not eliminate the possibility of a full pardon for Scooter Libby, he said today. Under fire from supporters for not pardoning the VP's ex-chief of staff and from critics for commuting the 30-month prison sentence—a decision he described as "very difficult"—he said he... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Bush administration • federal courts • CIA leak investigation • federal investigation • Lewis Scooter Libby • Walter Reed Army Medical Center • George W. Bush

Bush Commutes Libby Sentence

President spares former Cheney aide jail time; conviction remains

Jul 2, 07 5:41 PM CDT
(Newser) - Scooter Libby won't be going to jail: President Bush commuted the former Cheney aide's 30-month sentence for perjury and obstruction of justice tonight, but stopped short of a pardon. The move came hours after a federal appeals court denied Libby's motion for bail pending his appeal. More »

MORE ABOUT:
Bush administration • Valerie Plame • White House • Reggie Walton • Lewis Scooter Libby • sentencing • perjury • obstruction of justice • George W. Bush

Is America Rome?

Jul 1, 07 9:28 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Roman Emperor Valerian was taken captive by the Persian king, who is reputed to have used him as a footstool for mounting his horse, notes Adam Goodheart in his essay on the similarities of Rome and America. This happened in Mesopotamia, now known as Iraq. Could that part of... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Bush administration • Ancient Rome • empire • Valerian • Republic

Leahy Ready to Take White House to Court

Senator stands behind subpoenas in
US attorney probe

Jul 1, 07 1:48 PM CDT
(Newser) - Patrick Leahy has a message for White House officials who object to subpoenas issued in the US attorney firing investigation: See you in court. The Senate Judiciary Committee chairman took the dispute over executive privilege to the airwaves today, saying, "If they don't cooperate, yes, I'll go that far"... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Bush administration • US attorneys scandal • Senate Judiciary Committee • White House • Patrick Leahy • executive privilege • subpoena • George W. Bush

Supremes Will Hear Gitmo Cases

Inmates seek right to challenge confinement in federal court

Jun 29, 07 10:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - Two Guantanamo Bay detainees will have their say before the Supreme Court, which today unexpectedly agreed to hear their cases in the term that begins this fall. The prisoners want permission to challenge their indefinite confinement in federal court. The high court had rejected an identical appeal in April, and... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Bush administration • White House • Guantanamo Bay • detainee • habeas corpus • US Supreme Court

Bush 0 for 4 on 2nd-Term Goals

With the death of the latest immigration bill, the president may have lost his last chance at a domestic legacy

Jun 29, 07 10:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - The immigration bill that died in the Senate yesterday was President Bush's last hope to salvage any one of his four domestic policy goals for the second term, the Washington Post reports. The goals laid out after 2004 reelection included Social Security and tax overhauls,  a curb upon "... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Bush administration • immigration • immigration reform • domestic policy • Social Security • Iraq war • George W. Bush

Senate Kills Immigration Bill

Vote to move forward falls 14 votes short

Jun 28, 07 1:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - In a serious setback for the Bush administration's second-term agenda, the Senate effectively killed the immigration-reform bill today, voting 53-46 to keep the legislation from going forward. The president had actively promoted the bipartisan measure, going so far as to lobby senators by phone this morning, but with his influence... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Bush administration • immigration • Senate • legislation • reform • George W. Bush

441 - 460 of 532 Stories | << Prev 1 ... 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 Next >>


from our news partners