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Ex-Pentagon Aide Says U.S. Abandoned Quick Iraq Transition
A former top Pentagon official blamed the Bush administration's top official in Iraq for abandoning a plan for a quick transition to Iraqi leadership in the summer of 2003 and instead keeping the US government in control of the country for more than a year.Read more : Washingtonpost Military News: 11.12.2007 12:00:00
First Lady Criticizes Myanmar's Generals
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Laura Bush on Monday used International Human Rights Day to call on Myanmar's military-run government to step aside if it cannot help bring about a democratic transition in the Southeast Asian nation....Read more : Associated Press Politics News: 10.12.2007 17:46:00
Bush Meets With Northern Ireland Leaders
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Northern Ireland leaders Ian Paisley and Martin McGuinness, bitter enemies turned partners in government, concluded their first joint visit to Washington with a celebration of peace with President Bush at the White House....Read more : Associated Press Politics News: 08.12.2007 12:42:00
Bush Announces Plan to Freeze Mortgage Rates
President says five-year, private-sector plan does not represent the imposition of a government solution to the mortgage crisis.Read more : Washingtonpost News: 07.12.2007 00:00:00
White House Shifts Pakistan Aid
The Bush administration is shifting the ways it channels financial assistance to President Musharraf's government, seeking to deflect Congressional pressure from its Pakistan policy.Read more : Wall Street Journal World News: 07.12.2007 22:20:00
Homebuilders Get Boosted by Bush Plan
Toll Brothers, which swung to a fourth-quarter loss, and other homebuilder stocks rally on hopes the government's proposal will alleviate pain in the sector.Read more : BusinessWeek Online Most Popular Stories: 07.12.2007 16:12:00
A Buffer? Or a Bailout?
Several hundred thousand homeowners will qualify for a freeze in home loan rates under the Bush administration's mortgage-relief agreement announced yesterday, a figure that intensified debate over whether the government is helping too many or too few people at risk of losing their homes.Read more : Washingtonpost Personal Finance: 07.12.2007 12:00:00
Wall Street Continues Rally After Bush Announces Mortgage Plan
NEW YORK, Dec. 6 -- Wall Street rallied once again Thursday as investors bet that companies hurt by the housing crisis would benefit from a government plan to help financially stretched homeowners and from another interest rate cut.Read more : Washingtonpost Main: 07.12.2007 12:00:00
Stocks modestly higher amid mixed retail sales reports, ahead of Bush mortgage plan
NEW YORK - Stocks rose modestly today as investors pored over sluggish retail sales reports and remained lukewarm about a government plan aimed at containing the subprime...Read more : Boston Herald Home: 06.12.2007 22:09:00