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White House hopeful for Iraq progress
The Bush administration is optimistic the Iraqi government will take an important step toward political reconciliation...Read more : Washington Times Nation Politics: 27.12.2007 00:00:00
Bush Signs $555 Billion Spending Bill
President Bush signed a $555 billion bill that funds the Iraq war well into next year and keeps government agencies running through next September.Read more : CBS News Breaking News: 27.12.2007 02:00:00
CIA Torture and other War Crimes
HuffingtonPost.com - Personal accountability has all but disappeared from the American political system. Bill Clinton lied to his entire cabinet about Monica Lewinsky and not a single cabinet member resigned in protest after he was forced to recant. When Alberto Gonzales lied repeatedly during testimony before Congress everyone knew exactly what he was doing but no leading Democrat was willing to impeach him. The hopelessly incompetent Michael Brown was able to resign from FEMA without sanction to "avoid further distraction from the ongoing mission" and later even blamed everyone else for his shortcomings. Condoleezza Rice, Paul Wolfowitz, Tommy Franks, George Tenet, and Paul Bremer were all rewarded for their incompetence, some with medals and some with promotions. Recent resignations from the Bush administration stemming from the massive policy failures of the past seven years have frequently been couched in terms of "wanting to spend more time with my family" though sometimes a bit of candor creeps in a la Trent Lott, who believes it is time to step down and follow the money as a lobbyist. Public Diplomacy Tsarina Karen Hughes arguably plans to do both, returning to Texas to rejoin her family while also cashing in through lucrative speaking engagements. During her two and a half years of Texas-style soccer mom diplomacy at State Department and in spite of a large budget, Hughes only succeeded in increasing the number of foreigners who actively dislike the United States. Never is a resignation from government service framed in terms of "Hey, I screwed up."Read more : Yahoo! News Opinion: 26.12.2007 22:13:00
Bush says not satisfied with Iraq political progress
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President George W. Bush said on Thursday he was not satisfied with political progress in Iraq but insisted its government was making some advances.Read more : Reuters Politics News: 21.12.2007 01:15:00
Congress Votes To Broaden Openness Law
Taking aim at Bush administration secrecy, Congress yesterday overwhelmingly approved a bill that would toughen the Freedom of Information Act and penalize government agencies that fail to surrender public documents on time.Read more : Washingtonpost Bush Administration: 19.12.2007 12:00:00
Iraq Funds Approved In Senate Budget Bill
The Senate last night approved a $555 billion omnibus spending bill to fund the federal government for the rest of the fiscal year, shortly after bowing to President Bush's demand for $70 billion in unrestricted funds for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.Read more : Washingtonpost Bush Administration: 19.12.2007 12:00:00
Congress moves to ease access to records
AP - Congress is moving to reverse one area of the Bush administration's trend toward secrecy since the 2001 terrorist attacks by expanding the Freedom of Information Act, increasing penalties for noncompliance and making records held by government contractors subject to the law.Read more : Yahoo! News US News: 19.12.2007 04:02:00
Congress expanding FOIA to allow access to more government records
WASHINGTON - Congress is moving to reverse one area of the Bush administration's trend toward secrecy since the 2001 terrorist attacks by expanding the Freedom of Information...Read more : Boston Herald News Opinion: 19.12.2007 02:05:00
Bush wants market solutions for U.S. airline delays
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President George W. Bush on Monday advocated a market-based approach for managing airline congestion and said the government would again clear military air space in the eastern United States to ease flight delays during holiday travel.Read more : Washingtonpost Main: 18.12.2007 09:34:00
WASHINGTON IN BRIEF
President Bush yesterday signed into law a measure keeping the federal government open and operating through next week, as Congress continued to wrestle with a half-trillion domestic spending bill that would meet the president's spending limit but would fund Democratic priorities.Read more : Washingtonpost A Section: 15.12.2007 12:00:00