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Government Squabbling Could Push The U.S. Into Recession, CBO Says

Reuters | Posted 05.23.2012

Read More: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Video, Cbo, House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner, Spending Cuts, Reuters, Fiscal Cliff, Tax Hikes, President George W. Bush, Congressional Budget Office, Recession, Business News

* Fiscal restraint in 2013 could lead to contraction-CBO * No restraint over long run not sustainable-CBO By Lucia Mutik...

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Supreme Court Favorability Hits New Low

HuffingtonPost.com | Mike Sacks | Posted 05.01.2012

WASHINGTON -- Fifty-two percent of Americans hold a favorable view of the Supreme Court, a quarter-century low according to Pew Research Center, which...

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Two Views of Ronald Reagan

Dorian de Wind | Posted 04.02.2012

Read More: Inf Treaty, President Ronald Reagan, Nuclear Weapons, National Security, President Barack Obama, Michael Reagan, Start Treaty, Vladimir Putin, President George W. Bush, Politics News

It has been interesting to hear just about every Republican presidential contender claim that he or she is the true Reagan heir.

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Lack of US-Syria Diplomacy Leads to Dangerous Isolation

Michael Shank | Posted 05.20.2012

Read More: National Peace Academy, Syria, Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict, Ambassador Scobey, Ambassador Satterfield, Iraq, Sheikh Hassoun, Michael Shank, Damascus, Iran, President Bashar Al-Assad, Condoleezza Rice, George Mason University, Diplomacy, School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution, President George W. Bush, World News

On Syria, there is a back-story from which the US should learn, lest it be repeated again. For years, long before the killing by President Bashar al-Assad's government began, the US preferred a policy with Damascus of disengagement. It is unclear why the White House pursued this.

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George W. Bush Impersonator Found Dead

The Huffington Post | Leigh Owens | Posted 03.05.2012

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Steve Bridges, the actor who impersonated President George W. Bush at the 2006 White House Correspondents' Association dinner, has died at age 48, his...

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The Invisible Arab: As Not Seen on TV

Eunice Roque | Posted 04.09.2012

They took everyone by surprise, including themselves," reads the introduction to The Invisible Arab: The Promise and Peril of the Arab Revolution, a new book by Marwan Bishara, Senior Political Analyst for Al Jazeera English.

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Newly Disclosed Documents Reveal Details Of Gun Probe Operation

AP | By PETE YOST | Posted 01.05.2012

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WASHINGTON -- In a probe of arms trafficking during the George W. Bush administration, a federal prosecutor said it was wrong that law enforcement age...

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Woman Indicted After Sending Threats To Bush, McConnell

AP | Posted 01.05.2012

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LEXINGTON, Ky. -- Federal prosecutors say a Kentucky woman has been indicted on charges of threatening former President George W. Bush and U.S. Sen. M...

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America's Voldemort: As 2012 Campaign Begins, George W. Bush Rules From The Shadows

Howard Fineman | Posted 03.03.2012

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To Democrats, George W. Bush is the Voldemort of American politics, an evil force. But even to Republicans, he is He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named, someone you dare not talk about as you try to win the votes of conservative Iowans.

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Hitchens Defended Iraq War Until The End

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael Calderone | Posted 12.18.2011

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NEW YORK -- The New York Times led Friday morning's paper with a headline over eight years in the making: "U.S. Marks End to a Long War for an Uncerta...

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Banks Earned More Under Obama Than Bush

The Huffington Post | Bonnie Kavoussi | Posted 01.07.2012

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Wall Street firms have earned more in profits so far under President Obama than during all eight years of George W. Bush's presidency, according to Th...

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George W. Bush Presidential Center Will Be 'A Place Of Action'

AP | JAMIE STENGLE | Posted 12.03.2011

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DALLAS — Former President George W. Bush said Monday that his presidential center will be a venue for learning and action, and that it already e...

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Rick Perry President? A Primer on What a Texas Governor's Presidency Can Do For You and the Oil Industry

Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 11.12.2011

Read More: Strategic Petroleum Reserve, Sen. Levin, Cftc, Amtrak, King Abdullah, Congress, State of the Union Address, Business, High Speed Rail Lines, Opec, Department of the Interior, Dick Cheney, Texas, Goldman Sachs, Saudis, Earl Devaney, Sen. Lautenberg, Texas Governor Rick Perry, Iraq War, Oil, Rep. George Miller, Rep.Tom DeLay, Bear Stearns, Washington Post, Department of Energy, American Consumers, President George W. Bush, Saudi Arabia, Business News

Would a Perry presidency be tempted to follow in this predecessor's footsteps? Given the incestuous interrelationship between Texas politics and oil, in many ways the Bush presidency becomes a cautionary tale.

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9/11: The American Family Survives

Bruce Kluger | Posted 11.07.2011

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It has been a long and contentious 10 years, but we should remember the enduring bond among brothers and sisters. For all our quarreling, we of the American family do eventually return to that same shared room.

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The Biggest Revelations From Dick Cheney's New Book

The Huffington Post | Paige Lavender | Posted 10.29.2011

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Dick Cheney's new memoir, which officially hits bookstores August 30, reveals new details about the inner workings of the Bush administration and Chen...

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GW Bush Admits 'Fog of War' Experience of 9/11

Turnstyle | Posted 10.26.2011

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Great Recession Substantially Worse Than Previously Thought: Report

AP | MARTIN CRUTSINGER | Posted 09.28.2011

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WASHINGTON — The 2007-2009 recession, already in the record books as the worst in the 66 years since the end of World War II, was even worse tha...

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Stalemate Standoff

Joe Peyronnin | Posted 09.24.2011

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President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner held dueling prime time addresses to the nation and even disagreed on whether there was a stalemate over the debt ceiling. That is the problem in a nutshell.

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U.S. Jobs, Economy Largely Considered Country's Most Pressing Issues: Poll

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 09.18.2011

In Washington, talks center around whether and under what conditions lawmakers should raise the nation's debt ceiling. Elsewhere, though, Americans fi...

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Mexican Man Executed In Texas Despite Appeal By Obama

HuffingtonPost.com | John Rudolf | Posted 12.01.2011

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Texas executed a Mexican man on Thursday night after shrugging off concerns voiced by Obama administration lawyers and a broad cross-section of legal ...

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Cancelled Space Shuttle Program Hurts Houston Ego, Economy

Posted 09.06.2011

HOUSTON — The end of the space shuttle program is hitting its Florida launch home in the pocketbook with some areas practically becoming economic gh...

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Krugman: Failure To Raise Debt Ceiling 'Not At All' Unthinkable

New York Times | Paul Krugman | Posted 08.31.2011

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In about a month, if nothing is done, the federal government will hit its legal debt limit. There will be dire consequences if this limit isn’t rais...

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Bank of America: Too Big to Follow the Law

Don McNay | Posted 08.29.2011

Read More: President George W Bush, Move Your Money, Burger King, Bank of America, The Fed, Wall Street Bailouts, Whopper, Merrill Lynch, Bank of America Settlement, Wall Street, Henry Paulson, Banks, Ben Bernanke, Bank of America Bailout, Too Big to Fail, Business News

Take from your money from places like Bank of America and move them banks and credit unions in your community. To my knowledge, none of them have paid a $8.5 billion settlement.

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10 Years Later, How Bush-Era Tax Cuts Changed America [CHARTS]

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 08.08.2011

Read More: Economic Policy Institute, Roger Hickey, Unemployment Rate, Budget Gaps, Great Recession, Economy, President Obama, Government Spending, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, President George W. Bush, Bush Tax Cuts, Business News

A decade has now passed since the Bush-era tax cuts were signed into law, and the topic remains as divisive as ever. To mark the ten-year annivers...

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Republican Positioning for 2012

Lincoln Mitchell | Posted 05.27.2011

The Republican Party is increasingly difficult to unify behind a single candidate. By this time in the 2008, 2000, and 1996 election cycles there was already a clear front runner.

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