Bush Administration

Paulson Says New Financial Rules Needed

AP | JEANNINE AVERSA | Posted 03.26.2008 | Business

Read More: Investment Banks, U.S. Economy, Hank Paulson, Wall Street, Bush Administration, Recession, Henry Paulson, Bear Stearns, Chamber of Commerce, Commercial Banks, Business News

WASHINGTON — If big Wall Street investment houses are allowed to run to the Federal Reserve for emergency lending, they must face stepped-up reg...

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Democrats Demand 'Straight Talk' on Iraq

AP | Posted 03.22.2008 | Politics

Read More: Warwire, Iraq Violence, Bush Administration, Democrats, Politics News

WASHINGTON — With U.S. troops entering their sixth year of combat in Iraq, New Jersey Sen. Robert Menendez demanded Saturday that President Bush...

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"We're Also Human": Cell Phone Conversations Give Dramatic Accounts of the Reality on the Ground in Tibet

Rebecca Novick | Posted 03.19.2008 | Politics

Read More: Human Rights, Tibetan Protesters, Dalai Lama, China Tibetan Protesters, Religious Tolerance, Tibet, Bush Administration, Beijing, China Tibet Crackdown, Tibetan Border, China, China Tibet, China Tibet Uprising, Abu Ghraib, Politics News
Rebecca Novick

Well after the deadline the Chinese authorities imposed, thousands of Tibetans have joined fresh demonstrations -- still waving the banned Tibetan flags and displaying photos of the Dalai Lama.

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Saving Wall Street

Posted 03.18.2008 | Business

Read More: JPMorgan Chase, U.S. Economy, Wall Street, Bush Administration, Recession, Federal Reserve, Bear Stearns, Ben Bernanke, Subprime Mortgages, Housing Crisis, Business News

Now that the U.S. government has stepped in to help JPMorgan broker a bailout of Bear Stearns and offer last-minute credit to failing Wall Street firm...

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Enough -- He Must Go

Carl Pope | Posted 03.17.2008 | Politics

Read More: Stephen Johnson, Bush Administration, Epa, Environment, Environmental Protection Agency, Environmentalism, Politics News
Carl Pope

EPA Administrator Stephen Johnson has finally gone over the top.

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Sorry, Tibet, Our Hands Are Tied

David Flumenbaum | Posted 03.17.2008 | Politics

Read More: Human Rights, Tibetan Protesters, Dalai Lama, China Tibetan Protesters, Bush Administration, Beijing, Tibet, China Tibet Crackdown, Tibetan Border, China, China Tibet Uprising, China Tibet, Religious Tolerance, Abu Ghraib, Nancy Pelosi Tibet, Pelosi Tibet, Politics News
David Flumenbaum

The Bush administration, by showing a total disregard for human rights, has surrendered America's most important weapon in combating China -- our moral high ground.

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Bush Proposals Seen As Too Little, Too Late

Los Angeles Times | Peter G. Gosselin, Maura Reynolds | Posted 03.14.2008 | Business

Read More: Treasury Department, Credit Crisis, Subprime Mortgage Crisis, Bush Administration, Mortgages, Economic Crisis, Financial Market, Henry Paulson, Subprime Mortgages, Business News

Amid new signs of financial turmoil, the Bush administration Thursday raised the prospect of tighter regulation of U.S. financial markets. But it once...

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Millionaires Who Rule Us

John W. Whitehead | Posted 03.11.2008 | Politics

Read More: America's Wealthy Elite, Bush Administration, Economic Politics, Millionaire's Club, Clinton Administration, Rich Getting Richer, Politics News
John W. Whitehead

While working class Americans are getting poorer (there are five million more poor people today than in 2005), studies show that the rich are indeed getting richer.

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Push 'Em Back, Push 'Em Back, Way Back!

Carl Pope | Posted 03.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: Grand Canyon, Abigail Kimball, Bush Administration, Mark Rey, Forest Service, Politics News
Carl Pope

Although the ideologues appointed by the Bush administration to privatize public lands are still up to mischief, you can sense that the resistance is growing in effectiveness.

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Betrayed

Sherman Yellen | Posted 02.26.2008 | Politics

Read More: 9/11 Firefighters, 9/11, 9/11 Workers Health Care, Carolyn Maloney, Wtc, Environmental Protection Agency, Bush Administration, 9/11 First Responders, Rudy Giuliani, Rudy Giuliani 9/11, Christine Todd Whitman 9/11, John McNamarra, World Trade Center, 9/11 Workers, Christine Todd Whitman, Bush Administration 9/11, Health Care, Twin Towers, Ground Zero, Politics News
Sherman Yellen

There is no godly reason why men such as my nephew John, who worked as a first responder at the World Trade Center site, have to fight the government for proper medical care.

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Elaine Chao's Absence of Accountability

Mary Beth Maxwell | Posted 02.20.2008 | Politics

Read More: Bush Administration, Labor, Elaine Chao, Mitch McConnell, Labor Department, Department of Labor, Labor Unions, Unions, Politics News
Mary Beth Maxwell

Chao's 'leadership' at the Department of Labor should not be emulated by anyone. She has undermined the agency and failed to serve in the best interests of workers she is charged with protecting.

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The Real Straight-Talk Express

William Fisher | Posted 02.19.2008 | Politics

Read More: Genereal Accounting Office, Comptroller, Bush Administration, Gao, David Walker, Politics News
William Fisher

In a government of incompetents, spinners, cronies, political hacks, wiretappers and torturers, David Walker's GAO has been one of the very few bright lights in town.

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The Republicans' Plan for Obama

Dan Brown | Posted 02.18.2008 | Politics

Read More: Barack Obama 2008, Bush Administration, Karl Rove, Politico, John McCain 2008, RNC Obama, Democratic Presidential Candidate, Hillary Clinton, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Republicans, Politics News
Dan Brown

It will take heavy doses of whispered slime, insinuation, and fear for the GOP to take down Barack Obama. Prepare for the onslaught.

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Bush Administration Hides More Data, Shuts Down Website Tracking U.S. Economic Indicators

Think Progress | Posted 02.13.2008 | Business

Read More: U.S. Economy, Economics and Statistics Administration, Family Debt, Bush Administration, Subprime Mortgage Crisis, Mortgage Crisis, Census Bureau, Credit Crunch, Forbes, Deficit, Bureau of Economic Analysis, Business News

The U.S. economy is faltering. Family debt is on the rise, benefits are disappearing, the deficit is skyrocketing, and the mortgage crisis has worsene...

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Aboard the Condoleezza Rice

Robert Scheer | Posted 02.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: Robert Scheer, Bush Administration, Oil Industry, Cheney, Big Oil, Defense Secretary, Halliburton, Oil Tanker, Condoleezza Rice, Chevron, Politics News
Robert Scheer

Oil sold for $22.81 the year before the war was launched against a country with the world's second-largest holding, and the average price last year was almost three times that, at $64.20.

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The GOP Couldn't Take Down Hillary Clinton, So The Democrats Did It For Them

Tony Sachs | Posted 02.12.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, Yes We Can, Bill Clinton, John McCain, Bush Administration, Democratic Primaries, George W. Bush, Hillary Clinton, Democratic Party, United States Senate, Republican Party, Barack Obama, 2008 Presidential Election, 2008 Election, Politics News
Tony Sachs

Hillary offers change -- certainly a huge change from the last eight years. But Democrats say sorry, you're not change-y enough.

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When God Splits His Vote

Deepak Chopra | Posted 02.11.2008 | Politics

Read More: James Dobson, John McCain, Christian Right, Conservatives, Bush Administration, Politics News
Deepak Chopra

For secular, moderate, liberal, and progressive Americans, not to mention immigrants and racial minorities, the ideal would be for God not to vote at all.

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Army Buried Unclassified Study Faulting Bush Administration's Iraq Planning

New York Times | Posted 02.10.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, Iraq, Army, Army Iraq Planning Study, RAND Army Study, Bush Administration, Rand, Iraq Planning, Politics News

The Army is accustomed to protecting classified information. But when it comes to the planning for the Iraq war, even an unclassified assessment can a...

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Bush, Congress Hit New Low in AP Poll

AP | ALAN FRAM | Posted 02.08.2008 | Politics

Read More: Bush Popularity, Bush Administration, Congress Ratings, Congress Popularity, Bush Rating, George W. Bush, Politics News

WASHINGTON — It's almost as if people can barely stand the thought of President Bush and Congress anymore. Bush reached his lowest approval rat...

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The Scorched Earth Begins

Carl Pope | Posted 02.06.2008 | Home

Read More: Alaska, Bush Administration, Federal Budget, George W. Bush, Home News
Carl Pope

Seattle -- According to Wikipedia, the Scythians were the first to use the military tactic of scorched earth -- destroying your own homeland to deny i...

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Human Rights Watch Faults US For Supporting Dictators

Washington Post | Nora Boustany | Posted 02.01.2008 | Politics

Read More: Bush Administration, Warwire, Human Rights, Human Rights Watch, Pervez Musharraf, Vladimir Putin, Hosni Mubarak, Meles Zenawi, Politics News

A leading human rights group said Thursday that the United States has lost its moral authority by supporting autocratic governments in strategic count...

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US Seeks Deal for Broad Goals in Iraq

AP | LOLITA C. BALDOR | Posted 02.01.2008 | Politics

Read More: Bush Administration, Warwire, Iraq, Long-Term Presence, War in Iraq, Iraq Bases, Iraq and Long Term Plan, Politics News

WASHINGTON — The United States, determined to prevent a resurgence of terror networks in Iraq, wants to preserve the right to hunt down top fore...

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Human Rights Watch Slams Bush Admin For Supporting Autocrats

Washington Post | Nora Boustany | Posted 01.31.2008 | Politics

Read More: Autocrats, US and Autocrats, Vladimir Putin, Pervez Musharraf, Hosni Mubarak, Bush Administration, Human Rights Watch, Warwire, Politics News

A leading human rights group said Thursday that the United States has lost its moral authority by supporting autocratic governments in strategic count...

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US Shift Seen to Pakistan, Afghanistan

AP | ROBERT BURNS | Posted 01.27.2008 | Politics

Read More: Al-Qaeda, Bush Administration, Warwire, War on Terror, Pakistan Opposition, War in Afghanistan, Pakistan Crisis, Al-Qaida, September 11th, Pakistan Democracy, Afghanistan War, Politics News

WASHINGTON — In a shift with profound implications, the Bush administration is attempting to re-energize its terrorism-fighting war efforts in A...

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The Failure of NATO in Afghanistan

Matthew Palevsky | Posted 01.26.2008 | Home

Read More: Bush Administration, Nato, Afghanistan, Matthew Palevsky, Middle East, Taliban, Omar Bin Laden, War on Terror, Malluah Omar, Osama Bin Laden, Home News
Matthew Palevsky

The result: a hamstrung multilateral force unable to meet its objectives. But not to worry, NATO will stay the course.

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