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Obama Should Ask Bush About Afghanistan: Opinion

Slate Magazine | John Dickerson | Posted 10.02.2009 | World

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President Obama came into office promising he wouldn't be captive to groupthink. He would test the assumptions of his advisers by seeking outside voic...

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Teachers Criticize Obama School Reform's Reliance On Tests, Charters As "Bush III"

Washington Post | Nick Anderson | Posted 11.25.2009 | Politics

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Political Historian Garry Wills: Obama Still Runs Bush's Secret Empire

Entangled Giant | Posted 11.24.2009 | Politics

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George W. Bush left the White House unpopular and disgraced. His successor promised change, and it was clear where change was needed. Illegal acts sho...

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Sam Stein

Nadler: Obama Violating Law By Not Investigating Bush

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 09.21.2009 | Politics

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Even as the issue of torture appears likely to burst back onto the public agenda next week -- thanks to the much anticipated release of an internal CI...

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Obama No Closer To Supporting Investigation Of Bush Terror Policies

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 08.13.2009 | Politics

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Despite revelations that the CIA kept members of Congress in the dark about a covert intelligence program, and calls for an investigation into the mat...

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Obama Going Ahead With Bush-Era Plan To Screen Computer Networks

Washington Post | Ellen Nakashima | Posted 08.03.2009 | Politics

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The Obama administration will proceed with a Bush-era plan to use National Security Agency assistance in screening government computer traffic on priv...

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Bush Appointees Bucking Obama On Terror Policies

Politico | JOSH GERSTEIN | Posted 07.31.2009 | Politics

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President Barack Obama's claims of broad executive authority to carry out the war on terror are drawing fire from an unexpected source: federal judges...

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Bush Breaks Silence, Goes After Obama In Speech

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 07.19.2009 | Politics

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[updated below] Former President George W. Bush has been remarkably reticent since Barack Obama took office, saying that the new commander in chief "...

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Sam Stein

Jewish Dem Talking Points Link Obama To Bush On Settlements

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 07.17.2009 | Politics

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Talking points, distributed by one of the nation's largest Jewish Democratic organizations, seek to improve perceptions of President Barack Obama's po...

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Sam Stein

Obama Has Talked With Bush Since Inauguration

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 06.22.2009 | Politics

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The ongoing spat between the Obama White House and former vice president Dick Cheney has, to a large extent, marginalized the one other figure with se...

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Frank Rich: Obama Can't Turn The Page On Bush

New York Times | FRANK RICH | Posted 06.16.2009 | Politics

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TO paraphrase Al Pacino in "Godfather III," just when we thought we were out, the Bush mob keeps pulling us back in. And will keep doing so. No matter...

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Jason Linkins

Obama's Bagram Detainees Decision 'Eerily Familiar'

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.14.2009 | Politics

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The Washington Independent's Daphne Eviatar does a great service today, explaining, with a good deal of precision, how President Barack Obama's recent...

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Sam Stein

S&P And Nasdaq Now Up Since Obama Took Office

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 04.26.2009 | Politics

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Listening to some in the press, one gets the sense that Barack Obama, and he alone, has presided over the most precipitous drop in economic productivi...

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Another Unitary in the White House?

Jayne Lyn Stahl | Posted 03.31.2009 | Politics

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In light of Mr. Bush's hyperactive executive branch, it is not unthinkable to consider whether our new president will follow suit.

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Sam Stein

Gingrich Claims "Disastrous" Bush-Obama Continuity

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 03.30.2009 | Politics

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It has been fascinating to watch as conservatives at the Conservative Political Action Conference have run from, if not openly exhibited disdain for, ...

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Arianna Discusses Obama's Approach to National Security

Huff TV | Posted 03.27.2009 | Politics

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Arianna appeared on "Countdown with Keith Olbermann" Monday night to discuss whether Obama is too closely following Bush's policies on taxes and terro...

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Herbert Hoover Copycat: How the Current Financial Rescue Schemes are Following Hoover's Failed Model

Ismael Hossein-zadeh | Posted 03.23.2009 | Politics

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The deepening and protraction of the crisis is largely due to policy makers' subservience to the interests of Wall Street gamblers -- shirking their responsibility to protect people's interests.

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Obama Sides With Bush in Spy Case

Wired | Posted 02.22.2009 | Politics

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The Obama administration fell in line with the Bush administration Thursday when it urged a federal judge to set aside a ruling in a closely watched s...

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Obama: I Always Thought Bush Was A "Good Guy"

CNN | Posted 02.17.2009 | Politics

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After two years of traveling around the country and criticizing President Bush, President-elect Barack Obama said Friday that he "always thought [Bush...

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Memo to Obama: Moving Forward Doesn't Mean You Can't Also Look Back

Arianna Huffington | Posted 02.13.2009 | Politics

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Will Obama's promise to protect and defend the Constitution include an investigation into the assaults on it perpetrated by members of the Bush administration?

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Sam Stein

Obama Leaves Door Open To Investigating Bush, But Wants To "Look Forward"

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 02.11.2009 | Politics

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Responding to the most popular inquiry on the "Open for Questions" feature of his website, Barack Obama said on Sunday that he is "evaluating" whether...

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Obama: Former Presidents Meeting "Extraordinary" (VIDEO)(SLIDESHOW)

AP | BEN FELLER | Posted 02.07.2009 | Politics

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Scroll down for video and a slideshow WASHINGTON — President-elect Barack Obama hailed a rare Oval Office gathering of all U.S. presidents as e...

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Sam Stein

Sharpton Defends Warren Choice: 'Gracious And Courageous'

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 01.19.2009 | Politics

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Reverend Al Sharpton defended Barack Obama on Friday for choosing Rick Warren to deliver the invocation at his inauguration, calling the move gracious...

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Obama, Bush Meeting Again With Ex-Presidents

AP | JENNIFER LOVEN | Posted 01.18.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — Aiming for the smoothest transition of power he can manage, President George W. Bush is hosting a lunch next month with President-e...

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