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Bush administration stories: 532 news summaries

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(Newser) - Congress' Democratic bosses and the White House are attempting diplomacy after six years of Republican neglect that has left the new majority uneasy, the Times reports. But this week's agreements on less thorny issues, trade and immigration, contrast significantly with a divided Washington's repeated, fumbled attempts at a compromise war... More »

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Iraq • Bush administration • Congress • Democratic Congress • White House • Trent Lott • Charles Rangel

Senate Brokers Immigration Bill

Bipartisan compromise tackles citizenship, border security, but faces uphill battle on Capitol Hill

May 17, 07 5:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - Illegal immigrants are offered a path to citizenship for the first time under a new Senate immigration reform package unveiled today. A precarious compromise hammered out by Bush administration officials and top senators, the bill trades hard-line border control measures for controversial provisions like a guest-worker program and a system... More »

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Bush administration • immigration • illegal immigrant • immigration reform • border control • citizenship • reform • guest worker

Comey's Star Rises as Support for Gonzo Falls

Testimony spotlights political future of former Justice No. 2

May 17, 07 7:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - James Comey's star turn in Senate testimony against Alberto Gonzales this week prompts speculation that the charismatic former deputy AG should be on the short list to replace him—and might even have legs as a presidential candidate some day. The Wall Street Journal assesses Comey's political future, as support... More »

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Bush administration • Alberto Gonzales • Patrick Fitzgerald • politics • Senate hearings • White House • James Comey

White House Support for Wolfowitz Crumbles

Bank will discuss his fate today

May 16, 07 6:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - The White House is looking for an exit srategy for besieged World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz. After months of unwavering support that failed to soften the bank's European partners, the Bush administration has indicated a willingness to replace him if it can be done without firing, the Washington Post reports.... More »

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Bush administration • ethics • investigation • World Bank • Paul Wolfowitz • White House • Henry Paulson • resignation • scandal

Bush Names Surge Skeptic
War Czar

White House taps active-duty officer to coordinate war effort

May 16, 07 5:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - After public rejection by at least five prominent former generals, the Bush administration named its war czar, three-star general Douglas Lute. The Washington Post describes Lute as a low-key soldier who expressed skepticism about sending more troops to Iraq. Durning internal discussions, Lute is said to have argued that a... More »

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Iraq • Afghanistan • Bush administration • national security • Douglas Lute • Iraq war

Iran Boosts Nuclear Capability

Surprise inspection turns up improved enrichment technology

May 14, 07 5:36 PM CDT
(Newser) - Iran has made a quantum leap in its nuclear program, and now has the capacity to enrich uranium on a much larger scale than previously believed, the International Atomic Energy Agency reports after a short-notice inspection last weekend. With dramatically improved centrifuge technology, engineers are turning out reactor-grade uranium. More »

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Iran • Bush administration • nuclear • nuclear program • weapon • uranium

US Engages Iran on Iraqi Security

Ambassadors to meet in Baghdad; nuclear program won't be on the table

May 14, 07 7:33 AM CDT
(Newser) - The US will sit down with Iran to enlist its aid in quelling violence in Iraq as early as next week, reports the Washington Post. US ambassador Ryan Crocker will meet with his Iranian counterparts in Baghdad to encourage the country, frequently accused of sponsoring sectarian violence in neighboring Iraq,... More »

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Iraq • Iran • Bush administration • sectarian violence • Ryan Crocker • civil war • Axis of Evil • Iraq war

White House
Hid Rove's Role
in US Attorney
Hiring

Leaked emails show cover-up of meddling

May 11, 07 2:39 PM CDT
(Newser) - Karl Rove finagled a U.S. attorney post for his protégé Timothy Griffin, and the White House concealed his role in the appointment, the National Journal concludes from previously unrelease e-mails leaked to them. Griffin replaced fired attorney Bud Cummins; a Justice Department letter (later retracted) assured Congress Rove... More »

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Bush administration • Department of Justice • US attorney • Karl Rove • White House • Timothy Griffin • Patriot Act • scandal

Accord Reached On Trade Deals

Dems, White House agree to labor and environmental protection in pacts

May 11, 07 6:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - Democrats have struck a deal with the White House that beefs up labor and environmental standards in pending free-trade pacts, clearing the way for agreements with Peru, Panama,  South Korea, and Colombia. Provisions will be written into future deals banning forced labor, child labor and workplace discrimination, the Washington ... More »

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Bush administration • globalization • Democratic Congress • environmentalism • labor • protection

Speculation
On Wolfowitz Successor Builds

World Bank can expect numerous responses
to 'help wanted' ad

May 10, 07 8:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - As pressure on Paul Wolfowitz to step down grows, so does the list of possible successors to the scandal-battered World Bank president. The conservative Washington Times focuses on Goldman Sachs executive Robert Zoellick, a former official in both Bush administrations; other names in play include Treasury official Robert Kimmitt and... More »

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Bush administration • World Bank • Paul Wolfowitz • Robert Zoellick • resignation • Robert Kimmitt • Martin Feldstein • Kemal Dervis • scandal

NRA Backs Gun Sales To Terror Suspects

Opposes bill giving AG discretion
to ban sales to people on terror
watch lists

May 4, 07 10:53 PM CDT
(Newser) - The NRA is urging the Bush administration to oppose a bill that bans suspected terrorists from buying guns. In a letter to AG Alberto Gonzales, the group's executive director objects that the bill, introduced in the Senate last week, "would allow arbitrary denial of Second Amendment rights based on... More »

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Bush administration • Department of Justice • Attorney General • NRA • gun control • Virginia Tech • gun sales • terrorist • Second Amendment

Iranian, U.S. Diplomats Meet Briefly

Three-minute discussion focuses on Iraq, hints at Bush administration policy shift

May 4, 07 2:49 PM CDT
(Newser) - It didn't involve the American Secretary of State or the Iranian foreign minister, but a brief meeting of high-level diplomats today in Egypt signals a thaw in relations between the countries, the International Herald Tribune reports. U.S. ambassador to Iraq Ryan Crocker said the three-minute conversation concerned the situation... More »

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Iraq • Iran • Bush administration • Middle East • Syria • Condoleezza Rice • Ryan Crocker • United States • Egypt

Comey Defends Fired Attorneys

Most were strong performers, former deputy AG tells
House panel

May 4, 07 8:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - Most of the U.S. attorneys axed en masse by the Justice Department last year weren't underperforming, former Deputy Attorney General James Comey told a House panel yesterday. Comey, who left Justice over a year before the firings, said he'd rated the attorneys' performance for Chief of Staff Kyle Sampson... More »

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Bush administration • Congress • Alberto Gonzales • US attorney • Monica Goodling • Congressional investigations • Democratic Congress • James Comey • scandal

Condi Sits Down With Syria

Rice talks with Syrian Foreign Minister about border security

May 4, 07 5:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice conferred with her Syrian counterpart Thursday in an unexpected half hour sit-down that ended a two-year cold-shoulder between the Bush administration and a state it considers a sponsor of terrorism. Rice asked asked Sryia's help in restricting the flow of foreign fighters across the Syrian... More »

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Iraq • Iran • Bush administration • Nancy Pelosi • Middle East • Syria • US foreign policy • Condoleezza Rice • Iraq conference

Senate Seeks  E-mails From Gonzales

Attorney general receives first subpoena in firing scandal

May 2, 07 8:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Senate demanded all e-mails pertaining to Karl Rove's role in the disputed firing of eight U.S. attorneys from Alberto Gonzales today, setting a May 15 deadline for the attorney general to turn them over. Patrick Leahy, the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, which  issued the subpoena, disputes... More »

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Bush administration • Alberto Gonzales • US attorney • Karl Rove • investigation • Attorney General • RNC • email • Senate • Senate Judiciary Committee • Patrick Leahy • subpoena • scandal

Bush Vetoes War Funding Bill

May 1, 07 5:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - As good as his word, President Bush made short work of vetoing the war appropriations bill Congress put on his desk today, objecting to its provision for a strict timetable for pulling the troop out of Iraq. With the veto a fait accompli for weeks, lawmakers are already girding to... More »

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Bush administration • Congress • Iraq pullout • veto • troop withdrawal • Iraq war • George W. Bush

Bush Doubts Surge Success

Privately, Bush seeks to lower expectations on the surge—and the prime minister

Apr 28, 07 12:51 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Bush administration is quietly rijiggering its internal expectations for Iraq, senior administration officials have told the New York Times. In spite of a publicly optimistic stance, Bush is already preparing for the possible failure of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's regime and readying to maintain a troop surge well into... More »

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Iraq • Bush administration • troop surge • Nouri al-Maliki • war • George W. Bush

Ex-CIA Chief Blasts Cheney

Tenet's new book says "there was never serious debate" about going to war in Iraq

Apr 27, 07 8:03 AM CDT
(Newser) - George Tenet offers a scathing attack on Dick Cheney and other architects of the war in Iraq in a new book to be released Monday, the New York Times reports.  The former CIA director alleges that "there was never serious debate" about whether Iraq was an imminent threat... More »

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Iraq • Bush administration • War on Terror • Dick Cheney • CIA • terrorism • George Tenet • war • At the Center of the Storm • Iraq war • George W. Bush

US Lets China Dominate Asia

Zakaria: America distracted and damaged in Iraq helps Beijing court allies

Apr 25, 07 11:38 AM CDT
(Newser) - The U.S. is so wrapped up in the Middle East that it's sacrificing chances to improve relations with Asia, leaving China to dominate the region, Newsweek's Fareed Zakaria contends. "Beijing has become remarkably adept at using its political and economic muscle in a patient, low-key and highly effective... More »

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China • Bush administration • Israel • Middle East • Asia • US foreign policy • Muslims

Federal Probe Targets Rove, WH Operations

Obscure office led by Bush appointee launches investigation

Apr 24, 07 11:14 AM CDT
(Newser) - The U.S. attorney firings, disappearing e-mails, and other White House political operations have found their way onto the radar of a small office that normally investigates federal employees' misbehavior. Karl Rove is in the sights of the Office of Special Counsel, whose head has vowed not to "leave... More »

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Bush administration • Karl Rove • Republican • politics • US attorneys scandal • Office of Special Counsel • Scott Bloch

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