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Bush administration stories: 532 news summaries

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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
... More »

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Bush administration • Alberto Gonzales • presidential pardon • Lewis Scooter Libby • pardon • harsh interrogation • George W. Bush

Talk show ROUNDUP

Pelosi Open to Prosecuting Bushies

Emanuel: Blago didn't imply anything shady
in talks with me

Jan 18, 09 11:50 AM CST
(Newser) - Nancy Pelosi would consider prosecuting some Bush White House officials, she told Fox News Sunday, even though Barack Obama has signaled that he doesn't favor such a move. "We cannot let the politicizing of, for example, the Justice Department to go unreviewed," says the speaker of the House.... More »

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Bush administration • Nancy Pelosi • Department of Justice • taxes • corruption • Illinois • governor • economic stimulus package • Rod Blagojevich • David Axelrod • financial crisis • President Obama • public corruption

 Boss: 'US 
 Revealed 
 True Heart 
 Election Night' 

Singer praises Obama, lashes out at Bush in interview

Jan 18, 09 6:13 AM CST
(Newser) - America has finally shown "its real face" with the election of Barack Obama, and "an exhilaration I've never seen" after a campaign victory, Bruce Springsteen told the Guardian. The singer, who has never worn his politics lightly, ardently campaigned for Obama. "Obama's a unique figure in history,... More »

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Bush administration • Barack Obama • John Kerry • Bruce Springsteen

 Top 10 Bush Gaffes on YouTube 

Presidential bloopers including inadvertently insulting a queen

Jan 16, 09 5:20 PM CST
(Newser) - During his 8 years in office, George W. Bush created the biggest presidential blooper reel in history. Time narrows the field of YouTube gems to a top 10:
  • Shoe toss in Iraq. Bush has no idea why a Iraqi might hurl footware at him, but the episode spawned scads
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Bush administration • YouTube • Bush legacy • gaffe • videos • George W. Bush

 Bush White House 
 Empties Out Today 

Staffers wistful as all traces of them get wiped away

Jan 16, 09 12:06 PM CST
(Newser) - By the close of business today, the White House will be almost empty of staff, reports Politico. By Monday, there will be no physical trace of the Bush administration left in the building, as if 8 years of history could be unwritten by the crew of cleaners and painters. Says... More »

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Bush administration • White House • Clinton administration • inauguration • George W. Bush • White House political office

Interview

 Biden Plans to Shrink VP Power 

But he'll be 'the guy in the room'

Jan 15, 09 10:05 AM CST
(Newser) - Most vice presidents enter office wanting to grab power and make a name for themselves. Not Joe Biden. The VP-elect is determined to roll back Dick Cheney’s massive power grab, he tells the New York Times. Will that make him less effective? “The only value of... More »

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Bush administration • Barack Obama • Joe Biden • Dick Cheney • Bush legacy • vice president • George W. Bush • Obama administration • Office of the Vice President • President Obama

OPINION

 Bush Can Teach 
 Obama What 
 Not to Do: 
 Woodward 

Woodward has seen all the mistakes and lived to tell about it

Jan 15, 09 9:49 AM CST
(Newser) - George W. Bush’s presidency could teach Barack Obama many lessons—about what not to do. Bob Woodward lays out 10 of them in today’s Washington Post:
  • "Presidents need to draw people out and make sure bad news makes it to the Oval Office": Bush
... More »

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Iraq • Bush administration • Dick Cheney • Donald Rumsfeld • Condoleezza Rice • Bob Woodward • Bush legacy • Colin Powell • George W. Bush

White House Ordered to Find Missing Emails

Judge issues last-minute bid to archive Iraq letters

Jan 14, 09 2:29 PM CST
(Newser) - As current White House employees pack their bags, a federal judge today ordered the president's executive office to find and properly archive missing e-mails written by senior Bush appointees. At issue are communications that date to the period between 2003 and 2005, specifically documents that relate to the invasion of... More »

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Bush administration • Cabinet • archive • National Archives • missing e-mails • George W. Bush • court order

Purge of 'Crazy Libs' by Bush Civil Rights Boss Broke Law

'Commies' pushed out for 'real Americans'

Jan 14, 09 3:44 AM CST
(Newser) - A Bush appointee who headed the Justice Department's civil rights division blatantly violated federal anti-bias laws in his hiring policies and then lied about it to Congress, according to government authorities. An internal report quotes emails from Bradley Schlozman, who ran the department from 2003 to 2006, in which he... More »

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Bush administration • Department of Justice • civil rights • bias • political appointee • Bradley Schlozman

OPINION

 Obama Could 
 Learn a Lot 
 From Cheney 

VP wasn't afraid to sacrifice popularity to keep country safe

Jan 13, 09 9:17 AM CST
(Newser) - Dick Cheney's sub-Darth Vader approval levels make him an unlikely role model for Barack Obama but the president-elect could learn a lot from what made Cheney so unpopular in the first place, writes William McGurn in the Wall Street Journal. Cheney is disliked because he made some tough calls to... More »

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Bush administration • War on Terror • Barack Obama • Dick Cheney • President Obama

(AP) - President Bush will take the spotlight one last time in a farewell address Thursday that the administration is billing as a chance to reflect on his presidency and pass the torch to Barack Obama. Bush will deliver the speech, expected to run 10-15 minutes, from the ornate East Room of... More »

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Bush administration • Bush legacy • speech • George W. Bush

Bush Years Were Dark for US Economy

'We really went nowhere for almost 10 years,' says economist

Jan 12, 09 11:49 AM CST
(Newser) - The Bush years have not been good ones for the economy, the Washington Post reports, based on an analysis of economic data and discussions with economists of all stripes. Job growth for Bush’s tenure amounts to just 2%, the smallest 8-year gain on record, and GDP grew at... More »

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Bush administration • real estate • economic growth • recession • GDP • housing bubble • economy • job • George W. Bush

 In Last Presser, 
 Bush Hotly 
 Defends Record, 
 Owns Regrets 

President doesn't indulge in self-pity in final news conference

Jan 12, 09 9:25 AM CST
(Newser) - In what he called the “ultimate exit interview,” President Bush defended his record and the talents of his team, dismissed his critics, acknowledged some mistakes, and had words of advice for his successor. In a wide-ranging, emotional, and occasionally poignant farewell press conference, Bush said it wasn’t... More »

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Bush administration • Hurricane Katrina • George W. Bush • President Obama • TARP

Student May Face Fed Charges for Fake Drilling Bids

Activist infiltrated auction, won 22,000 acres
of federal land at auction in protest

Jan 12, 09 4:40 AM CST
(Newser) - A Utah college activist may face federal charges and jail for making bids he can't afford on scenic tracts in a federal drilling auction last month, the Washington Post reports. Economics student Tim DeChristopher wielded his red auction paddle 13 times to snag $1.8 million in property before federal... More »

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Bush administration • auction • Utah • activist • oil drilling • national park • environmentalists • domestic oil production

 DTV Date Switch Gains 
 Momentum in DC 

Fund to aid consumers' conversion has run dry; June 1 may be alternative

Jan 8, 09 1:50 PM CST
(Newser) - Pressure from an influential consumer group and a change in attitudes on Capitol Hill may push back the mandated switch to digital television, Broadcasting & Cable reports. A letter from the Consumers Union, publisher of Consumer Reports, to key lawmakers and the Bush and Obama administrations urges them to reconsider... More »

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Bush administration • Congress • HDTV • digital television • vouchers • Obama administration • President Obama • digital transition • Consumers Union

OPINION

Those Bush Portraits
Just Have to Go

Sorry, Mr. President, we hate you

Jan 3, 09 1:35 PM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama has plenty to do, but could he take on one more teensy little job? Because those Bush portraits just must come down, Michael Wiseman writes in the Washington Post. Way back in February 2001, the Bush administration rolled out an unusually high portrait deployment, plastering pictures of the... More »

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Bush administration • Bush legacy • portrait

Bush Slams Hamas for Gaza Assault

President says Hamas is responsible for civilian casualties from Israeli offensive

Jan 3, 09 5:25 AM CST
(Newser) - George W. Bush has placed the blame for the recent violence in Gaza firmly on Hamas in his first public statement on the crisis, CNN reports. Bush said the Israeli offensive has been provoked by terrorist rocket strikes, and blamed the hundreds of civilian Palestinian deaths from the offensive on... More »

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Bush administration • Israel • Gaza • Hamas • Israel and Palestinians • Palestinians • airstrike • George W. Bush

Cheney Wasn't Puppetmaster, Say Bush Aides

Members of inner circle rip beliefs about presidency as 'hooey'

Jan 2, 09 5:32 AM CST
(Newser) - Popular beliefs about the Bush presidency are way off the mark, a pair of top advisers who served throughout the administration tell the Washington Post. The idea that Vice President Dick Cheney wielded unprecedented power and pulled the strings on Bush's foreign policy is "just hooey," said Chief... More »

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Bush administration • Dick Cheney • presidency • Josh Bolten • Stephen Hadley • George W. Bush • chief of staff

Gonzales: I'm a Casualty of
War on Terror

Controversial
ex-AG defends
White House role

Dec 31, 08 6:46 AM CST
(Newser) - Controversial former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales didn't deserve the flak he got as a high-ranking Bush administration official, he tells the Wall Street Journal. Gonzales was pilloried for his involvement in the government's "war on terror" policies, but he denies drafting the legal opinions that supported harsh interrogation techniques... More »

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Bush administration • Alberto Gonzales • White House • eavesdropping • attorney general • George W. Bush

White House Frets Over
Gaza Fighting

Administration pressuring Israel
to end attacks

Dec 31, 08 2:45 AM CST
(Newser) - A deeply worried Bush administration is privately pushing Israel to settle on a Gaza exit strategy, despite the White House's public support of the offensive, insiders tell the Los Angeles Times. Amid rising international pressure to end the fighting, administration officials fear that rather than crushing Hamas, Israel's assault could... More »

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Bush administration • Israel • Gaza • Mahmoud Abbas • Hamas • State Department • Israel and Palestinians • Gaza City • Palestinians • Arab Israeli conflict • George W. Bush

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