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Bush administration stories: 532 news summaries

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Domestic Spying Probe Reaches West Wing

Frustrated Senate committee doles out subpoenas

Jun 27, 07 3:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - Patrick Leahy came out swinging against the Bush administration's "sweeping assertions of secrecy and privilege" today, issuing subpoenas to the White House, Dick Cheney's office, the Justice Department, and the NSC. The documents demanded by the Senate Judiciary Committee relate to the warrantless wiretapping of terrorism suspects and the... More »

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Bush administration • Dick Cheney • Department of Justice • Senate • White House • Patrick Leahy • executive privilege • Judiciary Committee • subpoena • secrecy • NSC • warrantless wiretapping

Cheney: A Law Unto Himself?

Veep refuses to comply with executive order signed by President Bush

Jun 24, 07 8:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - Vice President Cheney is refusing to comply with an executive order to compile classified documents used by his office. Cheney's theory is that because he has a limited role in the Senate – President he can break ties – he has immunity from executive orders. More »

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Bush administration • Dick Cheney • Senate • privacy • executive order • executive power

High-Tech Towers Could Seal Border

Towers with sophisticated cameras could create a virtual border without walls

Jun 23, 07 10:01 PM CDT
(Newser) - A series of towers equipped with high-tech cameras now being tested along the Arizona-Mexico border could be the first step towards a "virtual border" for the US, the Los Angeles Times reports. The system, being tested in the busiest corridor for illegal immagrants entering the country,  could obviate... More »

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Bush administration • illegal immigrant • Mexican border

Bush Preps for Exit Strategy on Surge

White House orders reports that could counter pro-surge Petraeus come Sept.

Jun 23, 07 9:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Bush administration has commissioned a slew of reports that could help it justify an end to the troop surge later this fall, the New York Times reports. Three months before Gen. Petraeus's planned report on the efficacy of the troop increase—expected to recommend a continuation of the surge—... More »

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Iraq • Bush administration • Pentagon • troop surge • David Petraeus • Iraq war • George W. Bush

Secretive Veep Won't Give Up Documents

Cheney defies executive order to provide sensitive info

Jun 22, 07 2:53 PM CDT
(Newser) - For the past 4 years, Dick Cheney's office has declined to file reports on classified information in its possession, flouting an executive order. When pressed, the VP's staff recently proposed abolishing the oversight office, reports the Washington Post. Says the chair of the House committee that released a chronology... More »

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Bush administration • Dick Cheney • Congressional oversight • Henry Waxman • privacy • vice president

Legal Battle Looms Over Domestic Spy Documents

Senate subpoenas; White House balks

Jun 22, 07 6:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - A showdown on the White House's warantless wiretapping program looms after the Senate Judiciary Committee authorized subpoenas for documents on the progam, and the administration said it had no plans to comply, claiming the material is classified and off limits. The president may invoke executive privilege to prevent the documents'... More »

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Bush administration • Alberto Gonzales • John Ashcroft • Senate Judiciary Committee • domestic intelligence • executive privilege • subpoena • spy • wiretap • warrantless wiretapping

Report: Blair Knew Bush Had No Postwar Plan

PM dispatched troops despite lack of Iraq reconstruction strategy

Jun 17, 07 8:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - In the run-up to the invasion of Iraq, Tony Blair committed British troops to the effort despite knowing of serious deficiencies in US preparations for the aftermath, a TV documentary set to air this week reveals. He pushed ahead even after President Bush offered him an out, the Observer reports,... More »

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Bush administration • Tony Blair • British troops • Iraq war • George W. Bush

Scooter Won't Need to Beg for Pardon

Slate's political wiz doesn't see Libby landing behind bars

Jun 15, 07 2:28 PM CDT
(Newser) - President Bush will step in and save Scooter Libby for two reasons, argues Slate's John Dickerson. First, to repay Dick Cheney for not throwing Karl Rove under the bus. And second, pardoning Libby could help Bush regain Republican support by appeasing conservatives who opposed the CIA leak investigation from the... More »

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Bush administration • Dick Cheney • Valerie Plame • Karl Rove • Republican • CIA leak investigation • presidential pardon • John Dickerson • Lewis Scooter Libby • pardon • George W. Bush

Race Cases Don't Have a Prayer With Feds

Justice targeting religious discrimination, snubbing civil rights

Jun 14, 07 7:13 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Justice Department has set race discrimination cases on the back burner to pursue claims by religious groups that their rights have been violated, the Times reports. Bush administration attorneys have intervened spiritedly in protecting churches and synagogues from zoning committees, for instance, but slashed lawsuits on behalf of minority... More »

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Bush administration • Alberto Gonzales • Department of Justice • religion • holy hires

Federal Court Orders Military to Free Civilian

Ruling rebukes Bush administration, which plans to appeal

Jun 11, 07 4:51 PM CDT
(Newser) - The US may not keep a civilian believed to be an enemy combatant in military custody, a federal appeals court ruled today, finding that President Bush "cannot eliminate constitutional protections with the stroke of a pen." The administration quickly announced its intention to appeal the decision that Ali... More »

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Bush administration • federal courts • enemy combatants • Ali al Marri • US Court of Appeals • Qatar • Guantanamo Bay • court • al-Qaeda • George W. Bush

GOP Hopefuls Turn On Bush

Take White House to task on war, immigration

Jun 6, 07 5:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - There was so much criticism of the Bush administration at the GOP debate last night the Republican White House hopefuls sounded like Democrats. John McCain, Mitt Romney, Mike Huckabee and Tommy Thompson all cranked up criticism of the administration's handling of the war. The president's diplomatic deficiencies and stand on... More »

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Bush administration • Mitt Romney • John McCain • Rudy Giuliani • Republican • Tommy Thompson • GOP • Mike Huckabee

Libby Draws
30 Months,
$250K Fine

Judge says VP's
former right-hand man 'got off course'

Jun 5, 07 12:44 PM CDT
(Newser) - The vice president's ex-chief of staff will spend 30 months in prison and pay a $250,000 fine for lying to federal investigators about his role in blowing a CIA agent's cover. Judge Reggie Walton cited "overwhelming evidence" of Scooter Libby's guilt in sentencing him today on charges of... More »

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Bush administration • Valerie Plame • Patrick Fitzgerald • CIA leak investigation • Reggie Walton • Lewis Scooter Libby • perjury

Musharraf's Crisis Spreads to Bush

Administration rethinks friendship with embattled Pakistani prez

Jun 5, 07 7:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Bush administration is weighing its previously unflinching alliance with Pakistan's Pervez Musharraf, the Journal reports, as Islamabad spirals into political crisis. The Pentagon is brainstorming post-Pervez scenarios, and some insiders are even pushing for distance from the increasingly autocratic general-president. More »

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Bush administration • Pakistan • Pervez Musharraf • Islamabad • Benazir Bhutto • crisis

Top Bush Aide to Step Down

Bartlett bows out after 14 years

Jun 1, 07 11:03 AM CDT
(Newser) - Another Bush administration official is stepping down, and this time the resignation shrinks the president's inner circle: Top aide Dan Bartlett will leave on July 4 after 14 years working for Bush. The defection is the latest in a trickle that's rapidly becoming a flood. Bartlett, 36, will seek a... More »

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Bush administration • White House • Dan Bartlett • resignation • George W. Bush

Veil of Secrecy Descends on White House

Court fight rages
over Secret Service visitor records

Jun 1, 07 8:36 AM CDT
(Newser) - The White House wants records of top officials' meetings to be secret, and the latest attempt to put a lid on that information raises questions about privacy, confidentiality, and the definition of presidential records, the AP reports. This week's revelation of the vice president's effort to restrict record-keeping at his... More »

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Bush administration • White House • privacy • Freedom of Information Act • Republican Congress

Immigration Debate Splits GOP

Fears for party's future amp up rhetoric for and against legalization path for immigrants

May 28, 07 1:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - Deep divisions within the GOP over immigration reform have become increasingly bitter in recent weeks, the LA Times reports, with senior figures on both sides  engaging in a rare public spat. On one side are those who fear alienating the mostly white conservative base; on the other those who want... More »

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Bush administration • immigration • John McCain • illegal immigrant • GOP • reform • Republican Party

Breaking from Bush, GOP Splinters

Rove, DeLay, and Gingrich on the future of the conservative movement

May 28, 07 8:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Republican Party is fracturing politically and strategically, writes the New Yorker's Jeffrey Goldberg. As Bush's approval ratings continue to sink, current and former GOP bigwigs—like Newt Gingrich and Tom DeLay—are looking to redirect the conservative movement as the 2008 election nears. More »

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Bush administration • Newt Gingrich • Karl Rove • Republican • politics • GOP • Tom DeLay • conservative • Republican Party • Election 2008 • George W. Bush

Frist Heads World Bank Shortlist

Bush determined to replace Wolfowitz with American

May 24, 07 6:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - The White House is eying former Senate majority leader Bill Frist to take the World Bank presidency soon to be vacated by Paul Wolfowitz, the Wall Street Journal reports. Also getting a look are Treasury No. 2 Robert Kimmitt, onetime trade representative Robert Zoellick, and Federal Reserve chairman Paul Volcker,... More »

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Bush administration • World Bank • Paul Wolfowitz • Henry Paulson • Bill Frist • Robert Zoellick • Robert Kimmitt • Paul Volcker

Bush Prepares Iraq Plan That Includes UN

With troop surge faltering, new strategy spreads responsibility

May 23, 07 11:22 AM CDT
(Newser) - Four years after the US went into Iraq without Security Council support, the administration may be ready to ask the UN for help. The Guardian reports that a plan to "internationalize" the peace process reflects President Bush's concern about the 2008 elections and the apparent failure of the troop... More »

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Iraq • Bush administration • United Nations • troop surge • Iraq pullout • Kofi Annan • UN Security Council

Bush, Carter, Trade Barbs

Prez 39 calls 43 worst ever; White House
fires back against "irrelevant" Carter

May 21, 07 5:11 AM CDT
(Newser) - A cold war of words is escalating between the White House and former occupant Jimmy Carter. On Saturday, Carter called the Bush administration "the worst in history" on the international front; yesterday Bush spokesman Tony Fratto shot back against the "reckless personal attack," sneering at Carter as... More »

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Bush administration • Tony Blair • Jimmy Carter • White House • president • feud • George W. Bush

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