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You might have thought that people would have tired of it after George Bush's two administrations or Silvio Berlusconi's three.

Obama has said he would roll back some of Bush's tax cuts for the wealthy in the longer term.

Mr. Podesta said Mr. Obama also has begun to review President Bush's executive orders, to see which ones he might repeal.

In interviews during President George W. Bush's administration, he repeatedly referred to her as his 'African Queen. '

Gates has said he wanted to leave at the end of Bush's last term and it is unclear how long he plans to serve in Obama's administration.

George Bush's administration has never forgiven him for opposing the war; others remain furious that he did not do so forcefully enough.

The sad state of city schools has never been plainer, thanks to testing required by No Child Left Behind, George Bush's 2002 education law.

Bush's bigotry was not an isolated mistake, blurted out in the heat of the moment, and later retracted.

Now George Bush's Democratic critics want him to talk to both Iran and Syria to help find a way out of Iraq.

Fleischer said he wanted to leave the hard-driving job before Bush's re - election campaign geared up.

But "Fredo" , as the president liked to call him, was at the centre of two of Mr Bush's most controversial policies.

For some of these neoconservatives, Bush's cautious approach in the early days of the Georgia crisis was the final straw.

He said his visit was to send President Bush's thanks and to reaffirm an "unwavering commitment" from the U. S. to Iraq's future.

It would have been nice if it had been true, but Bush's first term managed to make Clinton's performance look good.

It also speaks to the divisions within Bush's own national security team, a feature of his first term to which he all too briefly alludes.

Iran was one of many international issues that dominated Mr. Bush's talks with French President Nicholas Sarkozy.

We do not know how people will one day view this presidency because we, Bush's contemporaries, don't yet understand it ourselves.

Surgeons replaced Mrs Bush's aortic valve in an operation in Houston a week after she experienced shortness of breath.

Most of the time it has been a clear continuation of Bush's -- and in several crucial areas, a ramping up of it.

Karl Rove, who last week announced that he is quitting as George Bush's chief adviser, was all over the political talk shows last weekend.

One of President Bush's daughters is engaged. Jenny Bush said "yes" when longtime boyfriend Henry Hager asked her to marry him.

Mr Bush's presidency may also be defined by his reaction to crises - but in a bad way.

The sense of loss was evident in President Bush's voice, as he spoke of the passing of his former press secretary and friend.

Just as I had feared, Perot's advertising, coupled with President Bush's attacks on me, were moving votes to Perot at my expense.

Although it did not mount a landmark case akin to the prosecution of Microsoft, there was plenty of activity on Mr Bush's watch.

He was at Mr Bush's side for decades. His fingers were all over the policies, not just the press releases.

So let's not cloud the facts by pretending that this sort of spending is Bush's fault.

"Bush's presidency is revisionism-proof, " he argues. "We're going to be recovering from it for the rest of our lives. "

Reading Bush's book, seeing him in his various TV appearances, I keep thinking of Menachem Begin, the late Israeli prime minister.

Bob Woodward, Ron Suskind and I recently debated on Slate the issue of how much we really know about Bush's biggest decision.

Mr. Bush's portrait of Mr. Cheney reaffirms many reporters' depiction of him as a steamrolling force for military intervention in Iraq.

Hager, who has been a White House aide and worked on Bush's re-election campaign, is the son of John and Maggie Hager of Richmond, Va.

Michael Chertoff was the Secretary of Homeland Security during the final years of George W. Bush's presidency.

With some justification, the Democrats are aggrieved to find that they supported Mr Bush's bill while his own party did not.

In east Asia, at least, Mr Bush's foreign policy would embrace the hard-headed realism of his father, George H. W. Bush.

All this formed a big part of Mr Obama's appeal to voters, who were sick of the conflict and dismayed by George Bush's handling of it.

If pressed, moreover, even this camp would find it hard to deny that Bush's failed policies have been a boon for China.

Forcing Syrian forces to quit Lebanon after that country's "cedar revolution" in 2005 was one of Mr Bush's few achievements in the region.

President Bush's first veto of his presidency was for a bill that would have expanded federal funding for embryonic stem cell research.

The last major arms sale to Taiwan was in 1992, just as the current President Bush's father was leaving office.

However, Gates said, a recent congressional resolution questioning President Bush's policy in Iraq "emboldens the enemy. "

Bush's trip is built around the Olympics, which the White House long has said Bush plans to attend as a celebration of sports.

Bush's wasn't the only accolade that came Pausch's way. He made Time magazine's list of the 100 most influential people in the world .

In most instances of Bush's literary swiping, he was at least present for the scene.

In any event, Mr Bush's influence since Annapolis seems to have been marginal.

The White House says climate change and global warming has been a top-priority issue throughout President Bush's time in office.

That's my four-point plan, and I ask you to compare it to George Bush's four-word plan: More of the same.

Bush's broken promise was one of several important factors leading to Bush's defeat.

'I think it's been Bush's ideology and inattention that caused the problem, and I think he's trying to . . .

George Bush's verdict during the worst of the financial crisis a year ago was crude but penetrating.

Bush's decision to refuse to offer any support for a strike on Iran appeared to be based on two factors, the sources said.

Hu emphasized that China would only support steps that enhanced dialogue and did not suggest any inclination to embrace Mr. Bush's idea.

A flood of information enunciation, Bush's bag of wisdom launch in push him in the second tenure a the field aims at the Iranian war.

And he asserted, again, his wish to reach out to other countries (in sharp contrast to Mr Bush's talk of being with or against America).

Building a state with a democratic government and institutions that work was central to President George W. Bush's vision of the new Iraq.

Obama -- in his election manifesto, at least -- would sweep away the pillars of Bush's climate legacy.

Bush's twin daughters, gave him a CD they had made for him to listen to while exercising.

It is still Bush's power to act now, but Obama's obligation to tell jittery Americans what he plans to do.

Bush's order, unlike Obama's, did not require agencies to set emissions targets.

And despite Mr Bush's munificent gesture, American firms may also miss out on the coming boom in India's civil-nuclear industry.

But if you already bought Bush's book thinking you were getting only his own thoughts, you haven't entirely wasted your money.

Consider what was supposed to be the headline reform of Mr Bush's second term, an overhaul of Social Security (public pensions).

Among Mr Bush's first orders to his National Security Council in January 2001 was the drawing up of a new policy on Sudan.

Cleaning up the damage to the political system from President Bush's unprecedented fear campaign may prove to be even more difficult.

That was partly because he was one of George Bush's least favourite European leaders.

Simply because he's a member of George Bush's political party, McCain has the bigger challenge over the next few days.

Napolitano, who heads the NGA, said the issue would come up Monday when governments meet with members of Bush's Cabinet.

The mobile phone President Bush's twin daughter, Barbara, lost in Buenos Aires - was reportedly up for grabs on an internet auction site.

It adds to the stereotype that Americans in general are ignorant about what goes on in the world, add her to Bush's camp.

Yet Mr Bush's presidency was also poisoned by his own ambition.

Bush's diary is becoming lighter and lighter as he heads towards retirement to his ranch in Crawford, Texas.

There's now a concerted effort under way to rehabilitate Mr. Bush's image on at least three fronts: the economy, the deficit and the war.

It was the first insulting shoe, payback for Bush's calamitous legacy in Iraq, for tens of thousands of dead Iraqis.

Harry Reid, the Senate majority leader, said the report proved that Mr Bush's strategy was failing.

Mr Bush's rejection of the Baker-Hamilton report should not have been a surprise.

Where does Bush's account of his astonishingly eventful eight years rank in such company?

To understand the role of K Street and Wall Street in Bush's America, we might more profitably turn to Galbraith than to Samuelson.

Where were these people during the last eight years of Bush's misrule?

Nor did she need to try to trump Mr Bush's Social Security reforms with reforms of her own, which might lead to a Bush-boosting compromise.

Dick Cheney, George W. Bush's vice-president, admitted as much when he told a cabinet colleague: "Reagan proved deficits don't matter. "

Unfortunately, Mr Bush''s new-found interest in climate change is coupled with, and distorted by, his focus on energy security.

President Bush's State of the Union address on Monday was a non-event; even his fellow Republicans barely mention his name.

Blair said he had learned to live with taunts of being Bush's "poodle" or "lapdog. "

Bush's administration never even considered continuing those discussions. Given the general deterioration in U.

For a president who promised change, one area of constancy with George W. Bush's White House has been the posture towards Beijing.

Truman 's popularity, like Mr. Bush's, was dragged down by an unpopular war fought not in Iraq, but in Korea.

Everybody took a hit; even Hillary's office would be smaller than Barbara Bush's, though she would take on greater responsibilities.

Bush's image on at least three fronts: the economy, the deficit and the war.

One of the crueller ironies of George W. Bush's second term is that the president has listened to his critics.

The violence is casting doubt over President Bush's goal of a peace agreement by the end of the year.

The violence is casting doubt over President Bush's goal of a peace agreement by the end of the year.

The answer was not the one George Bush's treasury secretary wanted to hear.

There is always a chance that Mr Obama will go too far, replacing Mr Bush's excessive zeal with excessive timidity.

Evangelical Christians make up about a quarter of the American electorate and are the bedrock of Mr Bush's support.

She said McCain would stubbornly continue what she termed President Bush's failed Iraq policy.

George W Bush's administration should be credited for giving overdue recognition to India, but this was done primarily on a bilateral basis.

She said she would also end what she termed President Bush's "one dimensional" Pakistan policy.

At the time, Bush's national security advisor, General Brent Scowcroft, had told Sandy Berger they would be home before my inauguration.

Mr Obama's policy was also Mr Bush's, and is probably the only humane way forward.

Mr Bush's interest in Indian democracy was more than purely intellectual.

She has lately come to see the merit of fleshing out George Bush's skeletal "vision" of a two-state solution.

He paid a heavy price for committing British troops to Iraq alongside Mr Bush's, losing popularity at home and influence in Europe.

She claims that there has been a "major shift" on the ground since Mr Bush's efforts fell flat in 2007.

A: At my last press conference, I briefed you on the two main events of President Bush's China tour.

Bolten and Keith Hennessy, the chairman of Mr. Bush's National Economics Council, were all headed to Capitol Hill on Tuesday.

India's economic feats catalysed former US president Bush's decision to break existing nuclear rules and forge a nuclear deal with India.

the census data also fail to take account of george bush ' s generous tax cuts , which have boosted take - home pay.

Mr Bush's refusal to say all this loud and clear is odd.

George W. Bush's style, and the constitutional ramifications of that style, were both formalistic .

The signing attracted scant notice in the news media, and the White House issued a one-paragraph statement on Bush's action.

George W Bush's reign is now recognised, even by non-partisan American commentators, as a colossal failure.

All of that has helped offset weak employment numbers that would otherwise doom Mr Bush's re-election bid.

Mr. Bush's trip begins with an annual summit of the United States and the European Union in Slovenia.

Even President Bush's director of the National Institutes of Health says these cuts will set back medical science for a generation.

President Bush's appeal at the United Nations Tuesday for international assistance for Iraq has met a largely cool reception in Europe.

A year later, with the nation's economy in trouble, Bush's approval rating dropped below 40 percent.

IT WAS not difficult to distinguish between George Bush's farewell visit to Europe this week and a victory lap.

Hughes, a close friend of the president has once served as President Bush's White House counselor during his presidency from 2001 to 2002.

But Singapore has become one of President Bush's darlings for its staunch support in the war against terrorism.

Mr Bush's second administration was marked by an intense battle between hawks and doves over Iran.

with a fragile economy, the Democrats, if they get in, may have to rethink their plan to roll back George Bush's tax cuts.

During George Bush's presidency, India and America cemented their new entente with a deal to work together in nuclear power.

After the establishment of Bush's government, offensive realism became the main theory of the National Security Strategy of America.

Bush's account of his thinking and his decision to go to war in Iraq are fascinating.

In short, the panel would undo part of Mr. Obama's shift and strengthen Mr. Bush's antimissile approach, creating more of a hybrid.

In his own way, President Obama has brought the country to the right strategy for Bush's "war on terrorism. "

Mr. Bush's leadership is needed to buck up the weak Palestinian leader by providing tangible benefits for West Bank Palestinians.

GEORGE BUSH'S last two years in office were never going to be much fun.

In Bush's airborne office, aides milled about while Bush spoke on the phone. "That's what we're paid for, boys, " he said.

For some foreign media, Mr Bush's trip to Singapore was all about "preaching to the converted. "

If these talks ever make Kim Jong-Il give up his nukes, nobody in his right mind will hold Mr Bush's decision to talk against him.

Republicans took a beating in the congressional elections for Mr. Bush's last two years in office.

The Bush's twin daughters, Jenna and Barbara, spent part of their teenage years in the White House.

The 70 bursts of applause in Bush's final state message was just the latest example of a trend that's been building for decades.

Earlier in his career, as chairman of the education committee, he worked smoothly with Democrats on George Bush's No Child Left Behind Act.

But even Mr Howard, one of Mr Bush's most steadfast allies, is willing to make practical accommodations to build ties with China.

Was he really "Bush's brain" , or just a skilled tactician?

However, Bush's ownership of the Rangers did not particularly help his presidential candidacies in 2000 and 2004, said Broder.

They claimed there was disagreement among Mr Bush's national security staff and within the US State Department.

How did Mr Bush's governing style shape American politics over the next eight years?

In Bush's telling, the non-decision decision is a constant feature of his Presidential policymaking.

A high-profile probe would hobble the White House politically, and could mean sky-high legal bills and turmoil for Bush's closest aides.

As he flew here on Air Force One, Bush's national security adviser brushed aside Chavez's provocations.

After everything that has gone so wrong, it would be foolish to argue that Mr Bush's plan is certain of success.

But it was concern about the U. S. economy that dominated Mr. Bush's session with lawmakers.

Two senior senators from Mr. Bush's own Republican Party are pressing the president to begin planning for the redeployment of U.

A drop of blood fell from the man's forehead onto one of the bush's small yellow blooms. The stained flower fell to the ground.

Mr Bush's foreign policy has turned its author into one of the most polarising presidents in American history.

To follow the logic here is to understand what went so horribly wrong during Mr Bush's time.

We used to like him, when he just started, while now feel disgusted, we now think he is just Bush's gay!

Bush's bank of political capital was busted, and Obama wasn't about to take ownership of the toxic assets.

Mr Bush's administration finds itself in an awkward position in the wake of public international concern about China's actions in Tibet.

In 2004, George Bush's win in Ohio gave him the electoral votes he needed to surpass his Democratic rival, John Kerry, and win re-election.

The president's dwindling body of admirers will likely resent the portrayal of Bush's occasional scrapes with the law.

Finding lifted passages in Bush's book is like an Easter egg hunt.

Hey, hey, ho, ho, Bush's war has got to go!

The more likely judgment is that Bush's two terms marked the moment when US power peaked and he over-reached, with execrable consequences.

Long after President Bush's term ends, his economic policies will leave both baby boomers and the American economy in a bind.

Wayne Slater is the author of a book entitled, Bush's Brain: How Karl Rove Made George W. Bush. He spoke to CBS television.

The security of the American people , nor in the hands of President Bush 's hands, but with the American people's own hands.

Farren was deputy White House counsel during George W. Bush's second term and also worked in President George H. W. Bush's administration.

Chertoff says the absence of attacks since 2001 is a direct result of President Bush's anti-terrorism policies.

At the first President Bush's final Christmas party before he left office, Dr. Mariano stood near a man who wheezed and grabbed his throat.

and Kevin Warsh, a whizz-kid former investment banker, who moved from George Bush's White House to become the youngest Fed governor in 2006.

Bush's intensifying confrontation with Iran has only enhanced Pakistan's importance as a staging ground for US anti-Iranian operations.

Mr Bush's role model throughout his presidency was not his father but the patron saint of the modern conservative movement, Ronald Reagan.

He explained that when he saw "the occupiers' president" smiling, he "imagined millions of Iraqis killed every moment at Bush's orders" .

In a September 2002 interview, a 98-year-old Kennan described Bush's talk of a pre-emptive war against Iraq as "a great mistake. "

Crown Publishing Group to fight for Bush's autobiography, out of copyright, to George W. Bush to pay 700 million dollars.

"The public saw both of Bush's inaugurations as celebrations just for his supporters, " Holland said.

Powell, a retired general, was the secretary of state during President George W. Bush's first term.

Mr Bush's administration soon added a third: the Middle East would be remade in the image of western liberal democracy.

What was most disturbing about Mr. Bush's remarks was their black-and-white, even apocalyptic tone.

GEORGE BUSH'S "war on terror" left America with a scarred reputation and many disturbing questions .

One of Mr. Bush's most controversial decisions was the 2003 invasion of Iraq.

A: As I just mentioned, President Bush's visit to China will be a very important working visit.

That was the sum result, anyway, of Bush's efforts to ease your gas bills on his visit to Saudi Arabia.

The White House says doctors have performed an MRI on President George W. Bush's left shoulder.

George Bush's comment this week on the Doha round of global trade talks sums up the official line in most capitals.

But Obama says McCain would continue President Bush's failed economic program that favored the wealthy over the middle class.

The rest of Mr Bush's "axis of evil" is still in place. North Korea has a nuclear bomb.

Not part of Bush's team, Bernanke was protected from political pressures by America's long tradition of respect for the Fed's independence.

The proposals that Mr Bush's administration has put forward would do little more than tweak the system.

In today's cartoon Rove is portrayed as the puppeteer controlling Bush's wealthy supporters in Texas (notice the Texas-style cowboy hat).

There is much more support for President Bush's war strategy among the Republican presidential contenders .

Some, like a reorganisation of intelligence, are now law, despite initial opposition from George Bush's administration.

Rice's visit is being viewed as a prelude to the US president George W. Bush's foreign policy towards Asia during his second term.

The Democrats have come out against Mr Bush's new policy almost to a man.

President George Bush's surgeon general resigned in 2006, claiming he'd been muzzled by the White House.

Bush's final half-day as president included a goodbye to Washington and a hello from fellow Texans.

Look carefully, and Mr Bush's own forecasts do not expect the revenue boom to last.

Bush's plan for partial privatisation of Social Security, the US public pension system, a few years back.

He got the GOP equivalent of rock-star treatment when he came to Washington last January for Bush's Inauguration.

Most Arabs opposed the invasion, dismissed Iraq's new government as a puppet and resented George Bush's "freedom agenda" .

Bush's national security adviser, to ask the Chinese for direct talks in January.

Tax-reducing policy is one of main fiscal policies of Bush's Administration.

Referring to continuing 'major combat' hearkens back to President Bush's speech five years ago, reporting the end of "major combat. "

The US has been greatly weakened by Mr Bush's mistakes, but everyone else still looks to Washington to set their foreign policy compass.

Mr Bush's critics were not confined to bleeding-heart liberals who are even now making a fuss about the rights of a captured Somali pirate.

A theme of Bush's life could be said to be this dependence on his family's position, whether in wayward lifestyle, business or politics.

China bankrolled shrubby dub bush's welfare for the rich programs as well as the Iraq war .

President Bush's administration has long argued that foreigners park their money in the U.

But by Mr Bush's yardstick, the effort has been a failure.

Matters were not helped at the start when a presidential aide squirted sanitiser on George Bush's hands before they shook.

But there is no shortage of observers, some of them historians, who are willing to point out where Bush's presidency went wrong.

While Stone may respect Bush's ability to overcome alcoholism, he dismissively notes that "the drinking stops, but the recklessness stays. "

President Bush's expected to deliver a second speech designed to link Iraq more strongly with the global war on terror.

For Harvard University scientists, Obama's repeal today of Bush's restrictions on federal funding will have dramatic practical effects.

But some pundits are pointing to the sluggish economy as a potential threat to President Bush's re-election chances.

President Bush's tour of America to survey the damage caused by his disastrous presidency.

This incident may be an insight into Bush's strange tendency to find the wrong words in making public pronouncements.

These rich folks were in turn linked to Karl Rove, Bush's masterful political strategist -- his very own Zhuge Liang.

By way of comparison, take a look at George W. Bush's first 100 days in office. This is in his memoir.

Conservative Republicans criticized the auto bailout, but President-elect Barack Obama called President Bush's move a "necessary step. "

The title of the former president's work, "Decision Points" has already delighted those fond of Mr Bush's faculty for coining new phrases.

Also troubling Mr Obama this week was the other surviving member of George Bush's axis of evil.

In the United States, President Bush's visit before he left office, as his life may never forget the trip.

The easing of tensions was helped, too, by President Bush's efforts to repair transatlantic relations in his second term.

Earlier this month, officials floated the idea of reviving George Bush's military commissions to try terrorist suspects.

Karl Rove, George Bush's chief political adviser and close friend, is leaving his job at the end of the month.

The speech was President Bush's first public event in Paris on this, his final official visit to the French capital.

The row threatens to overshadow President George W Bush 's visit to Vienna this week for an annual EU-American summit.

Congressional investigations and litigation have shed only the faintest light on Cheney's role in Bush's biggest blunders.

Apparently, Bush's idea of a 'War on Terror' was making the world safe for the narcotics trade.

The Republicans' most reliable remaining supporters are religious conservatives and those who applaud Mr Bush's tough line on terrorism.

He was surprised that Bush's guards didn't shoot him on the spot.

Though far inferior to a breakthrough in the Doha talks, the South Korea deal could shore up Mr Bush's free-trade record.

Those included President Bush's decision to host a working lunch rather than a state dinner.

And a few of Mr Bush's fiscal choices are not helping.

George W. Bush's awestruck musings on the wonders of Indian democracy will be echoed all around the world this week.

President Bush's spokesman says the United States is committed to protecting its allies in Asia.

President Bush's reception at the Blue House was warm, in sharp contrast to the protests that greeted his arrival in Seoul Tuesday night.

But Mr Bush's plans for managing his legacy have ignited a fierce debate about what SMU may have to sacrifice in return.

Critics said Bush's Terrorist Surveillance Program was a violation of civil liberties.

Mr Bush's troubled foreign policy should be a rich opportunity for the Democrats.

A new book reveals that George Bush's twin daughters Jenna and Barbara were a nightmare for Secret Service to keep tabs on.

Shortly after George Bush's election as President, his advisers were reported as recommending lower taxes and higher government spending.

He graduated from Wake Forest University and worked as an aide to Bush's former top political adviser Karl Rove.

Some criticise President George W. Bush's Iraqi misadventure as imperial overreach and mock his administration's fiscal incontinence.

George Bush's brother is not much of a companion for him.

All of this rhetoric is understood by Bush's right wing supporters to mean one thing - Bush will appoint anti-abortion justices.

The courteous Becker succeeds the colorful Rocky Anderson, who made national headlines in March by calling for President Bush's impeachment.

Bush's own ideological inclinations against regulation certainly contributed to the financial crisis.

The thinking: Bush's low approval ratings might render any presidential tell-all a toxic asset for his publisher.

Mr. Bush's reception in Thailand is likely to be much more sedate.

George Bush's retirement home was not provided by the American government.

Most of the proposed bailouts (example: Bush's Teaser Freezer) keep unqualified consumers in unaffordable homes.

And one in Arkansas was pushed aside to make room for a chum of Karl Rove, George Bush's top strategist.

President Bush's No Child Left Behind law claimed it would fix education by making public schools "accountable. "

Given George Bush's failings, the Republicans face an uphill challenge, but they have given themselves a chance.