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Bush administration stories: 531 news summaries

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OPINION

Bush's Top Neocon Denies Existence of Neocons

To widespread guffaws

Feb 20, 09 1:36 PM CST
(Newser) -  In real life, Richard Perle is the neoconservative mastermind who devised the Bush Doctrine and argued vociferously for the Iraq war. But apparently, Perle lives in a different world, writes Dana Milbank of the Washington Post. At a foreign policy forum yesterday, Perle insisted that:
  • He is
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Bush administration • Richard Perle • foreign policy • Dana Milbank • neoconservatives • Bush doctrine

OPINION

To Save Economy, Give Money to Morons

They're dumb, but they're 'our countrymen'

Feb 20, 09 8:20 AM CST
(Newser) - Our economic system is supposed to be based on the principle that people must live with the consequences of their decisions, which tends to make them more careful deciders. “We’ve made a hash of all that,” writes David Brooks of the New York Times. We’... More »

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Bush administration • moral hazard • bailout • Obama administration • Wall Street bailout • auto bailout

(Newser) - Two-thirds of Americans want an investigation into alleged Bush administration misdeeds, including torture and warrantless wiretapping, a USA Today/Gallup poll shows. Forty percent of respondents would like to see criminal probes; one-quarter would prefer investigations without the possibility of criminal charges. And even more—70% of those surveyed—said... More »

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Bush administration • torture • Department of Justice • US attorney firings • warrantless wiretapping • waterboarding • George W. Bush • criminal investigation • opinion polls • Obama administration • President Obama • truth commission

(Newser) - Interior chief Ken Salazar isn't quite ready to drill, baby, drill. Salazar said today that a last-minute Bush initiative opening up millions of offshore acres to oil drilling would be shelved pending a 6-month review, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. The policy affects much of the East and West... More »

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Bush administration • Barack Obama • environment • Ken Salazar • moratorium • oil drilling • Obama administration • offshore drilling

Obama Could Expose Secrets of the Bush Years

On torture, wiretapping, and more, Bush legacy rests with successor

Feb 10, 09 9:19 AM CST
(Newser) - Good government groups spent years suing and lobbying to expose the Bush administration’s secrets. Will President Obama spill the beans on his predecessor? Politico outlines major secrets Obama can choose to air or keep:
  • US attorney firings: Claiming executive privilege, Karl Rove refused to testify. But Rove has
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Bush administration • rendition • torture • US attorneys scandal • executive privilege • black sites • warrantless wiretapping

Turns Out, Bush Didn't
Always Wear His Jacket

After Obama is ripped by ex-White House official, HuffPo digs up photos of informal Dubya

Feb 6, 09 2:23 PM CST
(Newser) - After a former White House staffer ripped Barack Obama for being under-dressed in the Oval Office, where President Bush required a suit and tie, the Huffington Post has photos of Bush jacketless in, you guessed it, the Oval Office. “There should be a dress code of respect,” Andrew... More »

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Bush administration • dress code • Andrew Card • Oval Office • George W. Bush • Obama administration • President Obama

CIA Hopeful Panetta Retracts Torture Remarks

Backs off accusations that US deliberately sent suspects abroad

Feb 6, 09 1:15 PM CST
(Newser) - Leon Panetta today backed off on comments he made accusing the Bush administration of deliberately sending terror suspects abroad to be tortured, CQ Politics reports. "It's news to me," Sen Christopher Bond told the nominee to run the CIA. Panetta responded that he was referring to widely publicized... More »

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Bush administration • CIA • torture • Senate confirmation hearings • Leon Panetta • Christopher Bond

(Newser) - Dick Cheney’s claim that a terrorist attack is more likely during an Obama administration “is sleazy in the extreme,” Joe Klein writes for Time. Even if you can “leave aside the fact”—which Klein cannot—“that if Dick Cheney and his alleged boss... More »

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Bush administration • War on Terror • Dick Cheney • September 11 • terrorist attack • Joe Klein • Obama administration • President Obama

Rove Will Cooperate in
US Attorney Firings Inquiry

Had refused to take part in earlier investigation

Feb 3, 09 6:49 AM CST
(Newser) - In a reversal, Karl Rove will cooperate with a federal investigation into the firings of nine US attorneys, Talking Points Memo reports. Rove had refused to cooperate in an earlier inquiry on the firings, which Justice Department officials said severely “hindered” the inquiry. A lawyer for Rove says the... More »

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Bush administration • Department of Justice • Karl Rove • investigation • US attorneys scandal • US attorney firings • probe

Obama OK With CIA Rendition

Prez allows abductions, transfers to continue, promises suspects won't be tortured

Feb 1, 09 6:50 PM CST
(Newser) - Torture techniques are out and Guantanamo Bay is facing closure, but Barack Obama is keeping one anti-terror tool: rendition, the Los Angeles Times reports. He signed an executive order allowing the CIA to continue the practice of secret abductions and transfers of prisoners to US-friendly nations. "You still... More »

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Bush administration • War on Terror • rendition • torture • prisoners • interrogation • suspected terrorists • President Obama

 Rice Regrets 
 Bad Iraq Intel, 
 But Not Invasion 

Former State chief also denies that race clouded Bush Katrina response

Jan 29, 09 3:52 PM CST
(Newser) - Condoleezza Rice appeared on The View today to defend Bush administration policies, and lament a few key mistakes, the Los Angeles Times reports. Rice expressed regret that weapons of mass destruction never surfaced in Iraq—but stands behind the ouster of Saddam Hussein. Rice also said Hurricane Katrina was “... More »

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Bush administration • Saddam Hussein • Hurricane Katrina • The View • Condoleezza Rice • secretary of State • WMD • weapons of mass destruction • Iraq war • George W. Bush

 Bush's Cheesy War 
 Cuts French Farmers 

Massive tariff amounts to ban on Roquefort

Jan 29, 09 8:37 AM CST
(Newser) - On its way out the door, the Bush administration essentially banned France’s prized Roquefort cheese from US shelves with a 300% tariff. The move was a tit-for-tat after the EU banned the import of US beef containing hormones, said a US trade rep. But residents of the cheese-dependent Roquefort... More »

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Bush administration • European Union • France • beef • cheese • tariffs

 Gitmo Detainee Files a Mess 

Obama officials condemn disorder; ex-Bushies cry blame game

Jan 25, 09 6:12 PM CST
(Newser) - The case files of many Gitmo detainees are incomplete, disorganized, or strewn around the executive branch, complicating President Barack Obama’s plan to close down the detention center, reports the Washington Post. Incoming officials discovered the chaos when given access after the inauguration. One former official says he sometimes... More »

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Bush administration • Barack Obama • Guantanamo Bay • Bush legacy • Guantanamo prisoners • George W. Bush • Obama administration • President Obama

Bush Policies Will Blow Through Nat'l Parks for Years

Putting commerce over conservation, White House stifled scientists' protests

Jan 25, 09 1:40 PM CST
(Newser) - Views of spacious skies and purple mountain majesties in US national parks may soon be interrupted by industrial roads and power lines, after years of Bush policies that pushed commerce over conservation, reports the Los Angeles Times. And unlike the many decisions that President Obama can quickly reverse, the changes... More »

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Bush administration • conservation • Department of the Interior • natural resources • oil drilling • national park • National Park Service • Bureau of Land Management

Supreme Court Strikes Down Web Porn Law

Overturns Child Online Protection Act on 1st Amendment grounds

Jan 21, 09 1:45 PM CST
(Newser) - The US Supreme Court closed the door today on legislation designed to protect children from Internet pornography, the New York Times reports. The legislation, which was signed into law in 1998 but never took effect, was repeatedly struck down on First Amendment grounds. It set strict fines and jail time... More »

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Bush administration • Internet • pornography • children • Clinton administration • Internet service providers • US Supreme Court • minor • Child Online Protection Act

Analysis

Obama Could Be Most Powerful President Ever

44 enjoys rare mix of crisis, popularity, and an office at its peak

Jan 20, 09 8:42 AM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama enters office today with a realistic shot of becoming one of the most powerful presidents in history, writes Barton Gellman in the Washington Post. Historians and officials in the outgoing and incoming administrations agree the presidency is already at or near an apex of power, and Obama’s... More »

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Bush administration • Barack Obama • executive power • Executive Branch • George W. Bush • Obama administration • financial crisis • President Obama

 Judge: 
 Cheney Won't 
 Dump Records 

Accepts aide's word that docs will go safely to Archives

Jan 20, 09 8:00 AM CST
(Newser) - A federal judge yesterday rejected historians’ and nonprofits’ complaint that Vice President Dick Cheney planned to illegally dump some of his papers, the Washington Post reports. The judge instead took the word of a White House aide that the documents would go to the National Archives as required. The ruling... More »

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Bush administration • Dick Cheney • records • presidential papers • federal judges • National Archives

'Designated Successor' Gates Will Skip Inauguration

Pentagon boss would take over in worst case

Jan 19, 09 12:33 PM CST
(Newser) - Secretary of Defense Robert Gates will sit out the inauguration at a secure location and be available to take over the government in case of disaster, CBS reports. The White House designated Gates with the approval of the incoming administration, which he will serve in the same post. The move... More »

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Bush administration • Barack Obama • Robert Gates • White House • George W. Bush • succession • disaster • President Obama • Inauguration Day

White House: US Must Assert Rights in Warming Arctic

Outgoing policymakers expect surge in region's military, commercial activity

Jan 19, 09 12:00 PM CST
(Newser) - With the Arctic getting warmer, the Bush administration predicts a multinational grab at resources there. To that end, it released a 10-page directive describing challenges the US faces and calling for an Arctic policy that underlines US concerns, the Washington Post reports. “The United States has broad and fundamental... More »

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climate change • Bush administration • global warming • White House • Arctic • Arctic race

OPINION

Handicapping Last-Minute Bush Pardons

Scooter Libby? Alberto Gonzales? The entire CIA? Speculation swirls

Jan 19, 09 9:39 AM CST
(Newser) - President Bush has shown no inclination to go on a Clinton-esque pardon binge, but that won't stop Josh Gerstein of Politico from speculating. Here are the potential pardon/commutation prospects, and the odds:
  • All CIA and military interrogators: Bush could make a big splash with a blanket pardon to anyone
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Bush administration • Alberto Gonzales • presidential pardon • Lewis Scooter Libby • pardon • harsh interrogation • George W. Bush

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