Bush Administration

Majority Of Military Families Lose Support For Bush Iraq Policy

LA Times | Faye Fiore | Posted 12.07.2007 | Politics

Read More: Military Families, Iraq War, Bush Administration Spin, Bush Administration, War on Terror, George W. Bush, Iraq Troop Withdrawal, Iraq Public Support, War in Iraq, Politics News

Families with ties to the military, long a reliable source of support for wartime presidents, disapprove of President Bush and his handling of the war...

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GOP Senators Call For Inquiry Into Iran National Intelligence Estimate

Washington Post | Robin Wright and Glenn Kessler | Posted 12.07.2007 | Politics

Read More: Nie Report, Bush Administration, John Ensign, National Intelligence Estimate, Jeff Sessions, Gop, Iran, Republican Senators, Iran Nuclear Program, Nie Iran Report, Iran Nuclear Weapons, GOP Senators, Republicans, Politics News

Senate Republicans are planning to call for a congressional commission to investigate the conclusions of the new National Intelligence Estimate on Ira...

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Huckabee's Plain Speak and the Saudi Hollywood Roundup

Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 12.07.2007 | Politics

Read More: Casablanca, Iowa Caucus, Bush Administration, Huckabee, Des Moines Register, Saud Arabia, Congress, Hollywood, Al Queda, Republican Presidential Candidates, State Department, Huckabee Oil, Mike Huckabee Iran Report, Mike Huckabee, Huckabee Saudi Oil, Huckabee Saudi Arabia, Huckabee Energy, Huckabee Iran, Politics News
Raymond J. Learsy

Huckabee understands that our relations with Saudi Arabia as constituted today, represent a danger to the future of the country.

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The Ticking Lie Scenario

David Bromwich | Posted 12.06.2007 | Politics

Read More: Weapons of Mass Destruction, John Bolton, Ehud Olmert, George W. Bush, Iran, Barack Obama, Iran Nuclear Weapons, Dick Cheney, Bush Administration, Kyl-Lieberman Amendment, Bush Administration Iran, John Edwards, Joe Lieberman, Hillary Clinton, Kyl-Lieberman Iran, Israel, Nie Iran Report, Politics News
David Bromwich

Private understandings based on public falsification of the facts, on which Olmert and Bush had relied, are a consolation well lost to the leaders of two professing democracies.

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Meeting the Iranian Challenge

Joe Biden | Posted 12.06.2007 | Politics

Read More: Iran, Bush Administration, Joe Biden, Iraq, Nuclear Weapons, Middle East, National Intelligence Estimate, Foreign Policy, Iran NIE, Iran Nuclear, Bush Iran NIE, Iran Nuclear Weapons, Bush Iran Impeachment, Politics News
Joe Biden

If the President takes us to war with Iran without Congressional approval, I will call for his impeachment. I do not say this lightly or to be provocative. The Constitution is clear. And so am I.

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Bird Flu Drugs Are For Bird Brains

Doug Bremner | Posted 12.06.2007 | Politics

Read More: Donald Rumsfeld, Bird Flu, Bush Administration, Tamiflu, George W. Bush, Politics News
Doug Bremner

Here's a little virology 101. Bird flu is transmitted from birds to birds, not birds to humans. Actual human infections are pretty rare.

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How Impeachment Would Catch Fire

Barry Yourgrau | Posted 12.05.2007 | Politics

Read More: Lying, Impeachment, Pelosi, Iran, Nie, Conyers, Democratic Congress, Bush Administration, Politics News
Barry Yourgrau

Get hundreds of thousands--millions?--of furious people marching. Then see how the votes start add up then.

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Dan Bartlett Discusses The Impact Of Conservative Bloggers

Texas Monthly | Evan Smith | Posted 12.05.2007 | Politics

Read More: Bush Administration, Right Wing Bloggers, White House, Right-Wing Bloggers, Dan Bartlett Interview, George W. Bush, George Bush, President Bush, Politics News

You leave the Bush White House and you come back to Austin? You couldn't find someplace a little more different? After being in Austin for a few days...

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Spy Gamesmanship

Bob Franken | Posted 12.05.2007 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, Bush Administration Spin, Bush Administration, Bush Administration Iran, Cia, Weapons of Mass Destruction, National Intelligence Estimate, War With Iran, Iran National Intelligence Estimate Nuclear Weapons Program, Iran, Bush Iran, Nie Iran Report, Intelligence Gathering, Iran Nuclear Weapons, Iraq Intelligence, Politics News
Bob Franken

There is only one conclusion to draw: Iran is probably just days away from testing its own fully developed nuke.

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How Serious Is R.U. Sirius?

Paul Krassner | Posted 12.05.2007 | Politics

Read More: Counterculture, Civil Liberties, Bush Administration, Activism, Michael Moore, War on Drugs, Constitution, Executive Power, Politics News
Paul Krassner

Imagine Michael Moore and John Stossel coming together to defend the constitution and end the drug war? You may say I'm a dreamer...

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Report: Massive Failures, Billions Wasted At Homeland Security Dept

CREW | Posted 12.05.2007 | Politics

Read More: Homeland Security Department, Homeland Security Billions Wasted, George Bush, Bush Administration, Department of Homeland Security Bush Administration Wasteful Spending, Bush Wastes Money, George W. Bush, Politics News

Five years ago, President Bush signed legislation creating the Department of Homeland Security. Over the past five years, the American people have bec...

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Bush Tells Iran To "Come Clean" On Nuclear Activities

AP | BEN FELLER | Posted 12.05.2007 | Home

Read More: War With Iran, Bush and Iran, Iran Ended Its Nuclear Program, Bush Liar, National Intelligence Estimate, Iran Nuclear Weapons, Iran National Intelligence Estimate Nuclear Weapons Program, Iran, Bush Administration Iran, Nuclear Weapons, Bush Administration, War in Iraq, Breaking Politics News, Nuclear Proliferation, Bush Lies, Nie Iran Report, Home News

President Bush, trying to keep pressure on Iran, called on Tehran Wednesday to "come clean" about the scope of its nuclear activities or else face di...

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President Bush Was Lying, Is Lying, And Will Lie About Iranian Nukes

Bob Cesca | Posted 12.05.2007 | Politics

Read More: Bush Lies, Bush Administration, Bush Administration Iran, Nuclear Weapons, National Intelligence Estimate, War With Iran, Iran Ended Its Nuclear Program, Iran National Intelligence Estimate Nuclear Weapons Program, Nuclear Proliferation, Iran, Bush Liar, War in Iraq, Nie Iran Report, Iran Nuclear Weapons, Politics News
Bob Cesca

The foreign policy of the U.S. is now to threaten war against any nation that has the knowledge to build a nuclear bomb regardless of intent, materials or an actual, you know, nuclear weapons program.

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Bush: CNN's Candy Crowley Gave Me A Virus!

Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 12.04.2007 | Media

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At this morning's press conference on Iran, serious talk eventually dwindled and the President made small talk with reporters. When conversation turn...

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CREW: Bush Administration Lost More Than 10 Million Emails

CREW | Posted 12.04.2007 | Politics

Read More: Missing White House Emails, Alberto Gonzales and Fired US Attorneys, Gonzales Justice Department, Bush Administration, US Attorney Scandal, White House Emails, Bush Justice Department, George W. Bush, Justice Department, CREW Lawsuit, Politics News

CREW's Anne Weismann told crn.com that the number of missing e-mails from the White House far surpasses the widely stated total of five million. It co...

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President Bush To Hold Press Conference This Morning

Associated Press | Posted 12.04.2007 | Politics

Read More: Congress Approval Ratings, Democratic Congress, Bush Administration Spin, Weapons of Mass Destruction, Bush Press Conference, George W. Bush, Bush Iran, Iran Nuclear Weapons, Bush Administration, Bush Administration Torture, Approval Ratings, Bush Administration Iran, National Intelligence Estimate, Iran National Intelligence Estimate Nuclear Weapons Program, Congressional Oversight, President Bush, Politics News

President Bush, entrenched in disputes with Congress over spending and the war in Iraq, wants to intensify pressure on lawmakers when he addresses the...

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Press Briefing: Bush Learned Of NIE Iran Findings 'In The Last Few Months,' But Continued Rhetoric

Think Progress | Posted 12.03.2007 | Politics

Read More: White House Press Conference, Iran, Warwire, War With Iran, War on Terror, Nie Iran Report, Bush Administration, Weapons of Mass Destruction, Stephen Hadley, Ratcheting Rhetoric, National Intelligence Estimate, World War III, Dick Cheney, Politics News

This afternoon, National Security Adviser Stephen Hadley held a press briefing on the new National Intelligence Estimate, which concludes that Iran st...

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Will Thomas

Cheney On His Iran Rhetoric: "I Did It Once, I'll Do It Again"

HuffingtonPost.com | Will Thomas | Posted 12.03.2007 | Politics

Read More: Bush Administration, Weapons of Mass Destruction, War With Iran, Iran, National Intelligence Estimate, World War III, Nie Iran Report, Dick Cheney, White House Press Conference, Warwire, War on Terror, Stephen Hadley, Ratcheting Rhetoric, Politics News

Now that the new National Intelligence Estimate suggests Iran shelved its nuclear weapons program in 2003, will the White House be moving away from it...

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US: Al-Qaida Resuming Activity In Afghanistan

Associated Press | LOLITA C. BALDOR | Posted 12.03.2007 | Politics

Read More: Bush Administration, Warwire, Al-Qaeda, Robert Gates, War on Terror, Afghanistan, Al-Qaida, Afghanistan War, Al-Qaeda in Afghanistan, Al-Qaida in Afghanistan, Politics News

The U.S. military is seeing early signs that al-Qaida may be stepping up its activities in Afghanistan, a senior defense official revealed for the fir...

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U.S. Certification in World Affairs

Martin Varsavsky | Posted 12.03.2007 | Politics

Read More: Russia, Bush Administration, Venezuela, Iran, War With Iran, Iran Atomic Bomb, Iran Nuclear Weapons, Politics News
Martin Varsavsky

Nowadays it seems that what matters is not what you do around the world but what the Bush administration believes that you do.

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Stunning: U.S. Report Says Iran Shelved Nuke Program Years Ago

New York Times | MARK MAZZETTI | Posted 12.03.2007 | Politics

Read More: Nie Report, Bush Administration, Nuclear Weapons, Weapons of Mass Destruction, National Intelligence Estimate, Iran, Iran Nuclear Weapons, Bush Administration Iran, Politics News

A new assessment by American intelligence agencies concludes that Iran halted its nuclear weapons program in 2003 and that the program remains frozen,...

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Fake FEMA Reporters Promoted

Washington Post | Posted 11.30.2007 | Politics

Read More: Department of Homeland Security, Wildfires, Michael Chertoff, California Fires, Bush Administration, Fema, California Wildfires, Fake FEMA Conference, Politics News

On Oct. 23, the day of FEMA's now infamous phony news conference, the agency's former external affairs chief, Pat Philbin, announced plans to promote ...

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Rove Investigator, Facing His Own Inquiry, Won't Turn Over Files

Washington Post | Elizabeth Williamson | Posted 11.30.2007 | Politics

Read More: White House, Bush Administration, US Attorneys Scandal, Karl Rove, White House Emails, Politics News

A U.S. official overseeing a probe of potential White House misconduct declared through a spokesman yesterday that he will not give federal investigat...

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Card: Rove's Claim That Congress Pushed Bush To War Is Wrong

Think Progress | Posted 11.30.2007 | Politics

Read More: White House, Bush Administration, Congress, Warwire, Karl Rove, Democrats, Iraq, Karl Rove Iraq, Rove Watch, Andy Card, Rove Alert, Politics News

Karl Rove told Charlie Rose during a recent interview that Congress had pushed President Bush to go into Iraq prematurely. According to Rove, the Whit...

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Think Again: Bad Rates Risin'

Eric Alterman | Posted 11.29.2007 | Business

Read More: Big Business, National Review, The Nation, Time Warner, Bush Administration, First Amendment, Conde Nast, Post Office, George W. Bush, Free Speech, Bernie Sanders, Mass Mailings, Weekly Standard, Business News
Eric Alterman

Literally centuries of government policy expressly designed to promote a free and vibrant press are now under threat as a result of the Postal Regulatory Commission's decision to cave in to big media.

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