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Senate and Bush Agree On Terms of Spying Bill
Senate Democrats and Republicans reached agreement with the Bush administration yesterday on the terms of new legislation to control the federal government's domestic surveillance program, which includes a highly controversial grant of legal immunity to telecommunications companies that have assi...Read more : Washingtonpost National Security Pentagon and Defense Department News: 18.10.2007 11:00:00
Health care: market reform, not big government
If you buy the political spin, President George W. BushRead more : Newsday Raymond J Keating: 08.10.2007 11:00:00
Flight Delays Soar To All-Time High
The airline industry's dismal on-time performance continued in August with nearly 30 percent of flights delayed, according to government data that comes less than a week after President Bush promised to help fix the problem.Read more : CBS News Trave: 04.10.2007 04:00:00
Administration Opposes Bill on Inspectors General
The Bush administration yesterday lodged a veto threat against a House bill that would strengthen the independence of the government's inspectors general.Read more : Washingtonpost Stephen Barr Federal Diary: 02.10.2007 11:00:00
Bush's 'Virtual Fence' Faces Trouble, Delays
Technical and management troubles have caused the government's effort to secure a portion of the 2,000-mile US-Mexico border with a chain of surveillance towers to fall behind schedule, jeopardizing the success of a costly project meant to showcase the Bush administration's tougher stance on...Read more : Washingtonpost National Security Pentagon and Defense Department News: 26.09.2007 11:00:00
Bush Announces Sanctions Against Burma
UNITED NATIONS, Sept. 25 -- President Bush announced new sanctions against the military government of Burma Tuesday, figuratively joining hands with tens of thousands of protesters in the streets of Rangoon and challenging the United Nations to join him in a broader "mission of liberation."Read more : Washingtonpost Africa: 26.09.2007 06:12:00
Clinton: Cut Iraq Funding To Force Change
Congress should stop funding the Iraq war to force President Bush and the Iraqi government to "change course," Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., said Sunday on Face The Nation.Read more : CBS News Face The Nation: 24.09.2007 01:00:00
Israel, U.S. Shared Data On Suspected Nuclear Site
Israel's decision to attack Syria on Sept. 6, bombing a suspected nuclear site set up in apparent collaboration with North Korea, came after Israel shared intelligence with President Bush this summer indicating that North Korean nuclear personnel were in Syria, US government sources said.Read more : Washingtonpost National Security Pentagon and Defense Department News: 21.09.2007 11:00:00
Press Conference by the President - September 20, 2007
President Bush on Thursday said, "I believe the best approach is to put more power in the hands of individuals by empowering people and their doctors to make health care decisions that are right for them. Instead of expanding S-CHIP beyond its original purpose, we should return it to its original focus, and that is helping poor children, those who are most in need. And instead of encouraging people to drop private coverage in favor of government plans, we should work to make basic private health insurance affordable and accessible for all Americans."Read more : White House Presidential Speeches & Remarks: 20.09.2007 12:00:00
Bringing Retirees Back to Work
Legislation that would encourage federal retirees to come back to work in the government on a temporary basis was introduced in the House yesterday, giving the Bush administration a chance to push for one of its management priorities this year.Read more : Washingtonpost Stephen Barr Federal Diary: 20.09.2007 11:00:00