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[03/17/2006] GOP Irritation At Bush Was Long Brewing
President Bush\'s troubles with congressional Republicans, which erupted during the backlash to the Dubai seaport deal, are rooted in policy frustrations and personal resentments that GOP lawmakers say stretch back to the opening days of the administration. » More

[03/16/2006] Sources: Bush urged to bulk up inner circle
A move is afoot among some friends and confidantes of President Bush to persuade him to bring in at least one seasoned Republican to help his struggling staff, CNN has learned.\n » More

[03/16/2006] Jessica snubs Bush, porn starlet doesn\'t\'
One PG-13 star turned down a meeting with President Bush at a major Republican fund-raiser today, but a XXX-rated star is still hoping to dazzle the leader of the free world. » More

[03/16/2006] Bush to reaffirm U.S. anti-terrorism strategy
President Bush plans to issue a new national security strategy today reaffirming his doctrine of preemptive war against terrorists and hostile states with chemical, biological or nuclear weapons, despite the troubled experience in Iraq. » More

[03/16/2006] Congressman writes White House: Did President knowingly sign law that didn\'t pass?
Representative Henry Waxman (D-CA) has alleged in a letter to White House Chief of Staff Andrew Card that President Bush signed a version of the Budget Reconciliation Act that, in effect, did not pass the House of Representatives. » More

[03/14/2006] Bush And Terrorism
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[03/14/2006] Gallup: Bush Approval Rating Hits All-Time Low
President Bush\'s approval rating has hit a new low of 36% percent, according to a CNN/USA Today/Gallup poll released Monday. » More

[03/14/2006] Decadent Elite Laugh At Torture During Gridiron Club Dinner
The mainstream press is having a hearty chuckle about the capers and the chicanery witnessed at the annual Gridiron Club dinner, a get-together of media and government elites. The highlight was an \"amusing\" rendition of a torture song by a dragged-up Tim Russert. » More

[03/14/2006] Norm Ornstein: Dubai Ports World Is Considering Selling U.S. Operations To Halliburton
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[03/13/2006] Arab Firms May Reconsider U.S. Investments
Gulf investors, feeling scorched by what they see as an anti-Arab backlash in the U.S. Congress, will likely be wary of high-profile investments in the United States after the ports controversy with a Dubai company. » More

[03/13/2006] Republicans start search for George Bush\'s replacement
The next US presidential election is still more than two and a half years away. But that didn\'t stop Republicans scared stiff by George Bush\'s wretched second-term performance from holding a beauty contest to look for his successor this weekend. » More

[03/13/2006] Bush Embraces Globalization
The president who made pre-emption and going it alone the watchwords of his first term is quietly turning in a new direction, warning at every opportunity of the dangers of turning the nation inward and isolationist, and making the case for international engagement on issues from national security to global economics. » More

[03/13/2006] Porn starlet Mary Carey to dine with Bush again
Mary Carey, the buxom, XXX movie star who caused an uproar last year for dining with President Bush and her pornographer, apparently still has a hunger for the nation\'s capital, and will have dinner with the president once again this week. » More

[03/13/2006] Feingold Calls for Bush\'s Censure
In an exclusive interview on \"This Week with George Stephanopoulos,\" Democratic Sen. Russ Feingold called on the Senate to publicly admonish President Bush for approving domestic wiretaps on American citizens without first seeking a legally required court order. » More

[03/10/2006] Bush\'s Approval Rating Falls to New Low
More and more people, particularly Republicans, disapprove of President Bush\'s performance, question his character and no longer consider him a strong leader against terrorism, according to an AP-Ipsos poll documenting one of the bleakest points of his presidency. » More

[03/10/2006] US postpones trade talks with UAE
The United States and United Arab Emirates postponed free-trade talks but remain \"committed to making progress\" on an agreement, a US administration official said. » More

[03/10/2006] Bush Says Ports Debate Sends Bad Message
President Bush said Friday he was troubled by the political storm that forced the reversal of a deal allowing a company in Dubai to take over take over operations of six American ports, saying it sent a bad message to U.S. allies in the Middle East. » More

[03/09/2006] Vermont town calls on Congress to impeach Bush
In a white-clapboard town hall, circa 1832, voters gathered Tuesday to conduct their community\'s business and to call for the impeachment of President Bush. » More

[03/08/2006] Newfane resolution seeks to impeach president
Among votes to approve the budget and education spending at Town Meeting, residents will wade into national waters and vote from the floor for the impeachment of President George W. Bush. » More

[03/07/2006] Republican Congressman Predicts Bush Impeachment
Republican Congressman Ron Paul has gone on record with his prediction that the impeachment of George W. Bush is right around the corner but warned that in the meantime the US was slipping perilously close to a dictatorship. » More

[03/06/2006] Bush Not Worried About Low Approval Ratings
In an exclusive interview with ABC News\' Elizabeth Vargas, President Bush offered his views on a range of topics, including the response to Hurricane Katrina, the war in Iraq, U.S. port security and the future of his presidency. What follows is a transcript of the interview. » More

[03/02/2006] Republicans fear Democratic gains in November could increase calls to impeach Bush
GOP political strategists fear a shift in Congressional seats from Republican to Democratic hands in the mid-term elections this November could spur a renewed movement to impeach President George W. Bush. » More

[03/02/2006] U.S. reviewing second Dubai deal: Firm was to make military components
The Bush administration, stung by the public outcry over the Dubai port deal, has launched a national security investigation of another Dubai-owned company set to take over plants in Georgia and Connecticut that make precision components used in engines for military aircraft and tanks. » More

[03/01/2006] How Bush has stayed away from soldiers\' funerals
More than 2,290 US troops have been killed in Iraq. President George Bush has attended none of the funerals - for which he is often criticised by the families of those who have died. » More

[03/01/2006] Lawsuits Filed to Block Ports Takeover
The White House on Friday praised as helpful the offer by a United Arab Emirates company to postpone indefinitely its takeover of significant operations at six major U.S. seaports. The delay gives President Bush time to convince skeptical lawmakers the deal poses no increased risks from terrorism. » More

[02/28/2006] \'Public Court\' Holds Bush Guilty of Perpetrating Terrorism
A \'praja court\' (public court) here Sunday held US President George W. Bush guilty of \"perpetrating terrorism in the name of fighting terrorism and killing people including women and children\". » More

[02/28/2006] Poll: Bush Ratings At All-Time Low
The latest CBS News poll finds President Bush\'s approval rating has fallen to an all-time low of 34 percent, while pessimism about the Iraq war has risen to a new high. » More

[02/28/2006] UAE gave $1 million to Bush library print
A sheik from the United Arab Emirates contributed at least $1 million to the Bush Library Foundation, which established the George Bush Presidential Library at Texas A&M University in College Station. » More

[02/27/2006] Washington Told to Justify Port Deal in Court
The Bush administration was ordered by a US federal judge on Friday to explain why it did not give New Jersey officials documents and information Washington had about a deal allowing an Arab company to take over management of a container terminal in Newark. » More

[02/27/2006] UAE terminal takeover extends to 21 ports
A United Arab Emirates government-owned company is poised to take over port terminal operations in 21 American ports, far more than the six widely reported. » More

[02/24/2006] A Russian arms merchant funnels money, guns, and dope through the United Arab Emirates
To hear the administration and its supporters talk, you\'d think the workers in New York ports are carefully vetted by the Waterfront Commission, the ports themselves protected by the ever watchful Coast Guard, and routinely surveilled by U.S. Customs. » More

[02/24/2006] Ports of Profit
\"United Arab Emirates seems to be a favored jump-off point because of the facility in obtaining a visit visa to this country,\" Philippine Labor Secretary Patricia Santo Tomas, told reporters. \"We received information that the modus operandi of those circumventing the government restriction seems to be the use of old passports without the travel ban stamp,\" she added. » More

[02/24/2006] New Jersey sues Bush administration for data on Port Newark deal
New Jersey on Thursday sued the Bush administration in an effort to block a company based in the United Arab Emirates from taking over operations at the Port Newark container terminal until the federal government investigates possible security risks. » More

[02/24/2006] Dubai Harbored Hijackers? Big Deal, Bush Says
I wonder what the president feels like these days as 9/11, the default card used to start wars and squelch dissent, is being played against him? » More

[02/24/2006] Dubai wants IT business as well as U.S. ports
The United Arab Emirates, which is currently at the center of a controversy over whether outsourcing the management of six U.S. ports to a company based in the Persian Gulf should be allowed, wants to do more than manage ports: It wants Dubai to become a major IT outsourcing destination. » More

[02/24/2006] Dubai wants IT business as well as U.S. ports
The United Arab Emirates, which is currently at the center of a controversy over whether outsourcing the management of six U.S. ports to a company based in the Persian Gulf should be allowed, wants to do more than manage ports: It wants Dubai to become a major IT outsourcing destination. » More

[02/24/2006] Port Problems Said To Dwarf New Fears
For people who have grown anxious about U.S. port security because a Dubai company may soon manage operations at six container terminals on the East Coast, Kim Petersen suggests that the real grounds for concern lie elsewhere -- such as the fence he saw at a West African port a few months ago. » More

[02/24/2006] President Bush On U.S. Ports: \'People Don\'t Need To Worry About Security\'
President Bush on Thursday defended his administration\'s decision to allow a company from an Arab country to operate six major U.S. ports, saying, \"People don\'t need to worry about security.\" » More

[02/24/2006] Ports company will delay takeover
Dubai Ports World has agreed to postpone its plans to take over management of six U.S. ports after the proposal ignited harsh bipartisan criticism on Capitol Hill. » More

[02/23/2006] Tommy Franks Defends Dubai Ports Deal
Former CENTCOM commanding general Tommy Franks said Wednesday that the Bush administration was right to approve a deal for a United Arab Emirates-based company to run six major U.S. ports. » More

[02/23/2006] Bush nominated executive from Dubai port company eyed for U.S. ports to Maritime post
A senior executive from the company looking to manage several key U.S. ports was appointed by President Bush to a key transportation appointment reporting directly to Secretary of Transportation Norman Mineta, RAW STORY has found. » More

[02/22/2006] Bush threatens veto in ports row
\nUS President George W Bush says he will veto any law blocking a deal giving an Arab company control of six US ports. » More

[02/14/2006] Bush\'s approval rating drops to 39 percent
Americans are nervous about the prospect of a nuclear-armed Iran, but also worry about the ability of the United States and the United Nations to deal with the situation, a CNN/USA Today/Gallup poll released Monday suggests. » More

[02/14/2006] Congresswoman Says America Run By Criminal Syndicate
Cynthia McKinney, the only House Representative to stand up to the Bush White House crime syndicate, has gone further than ever before in her efforts to warn people about what the Neo-Cons\' ultimate goals actually entail for freedom in America. » More

[02/14/2006] Bush PR costs taxpayers $1.6 billion
The Bush administration spent at least $1.6 billion on public relations and advertising campaigns over 30 months, according to a report released Monday by the Government Accountability Office, the investigative arm of Congress. » More

[02/13/2006] Is the President above the law?
Most of the news stories about the Meet the Press debate Sunday on President George W. Bush\'s domestic spying program centers on comments that both Democrats and Republicans now feel the program is useless because al Qaeda knows the NSA is listening and they won\'t use cell phones to discuss their plans. » More

[02/01/2006] Police Remove Sheehan From Bush Speech
Cindy Sheehan finally got her invitation to see President Bush again, but before she set eyes on him at the State of the Union address, Capitol Police removed her from the gallery overlooking the House chamber. The offense: her shirt, bearing an anti-war message and other \"unlawful conduct,\" police said. » More

[12/02/2005] Bush takes Cheney out of the loop on national security
The role of Vice President Dick Cheney as the administration\'s point man in security policy appears over, according to administration sources. » More

[11/09/2005] Dubya-Cheney ties frayed by scandal
The CIA leak scandal has peeled back the veil on the most closely held White House secret of all: the subtle but unmistakable erosion in the bond between President Bush and Vice President Cheney. » More

[11/08/2005] White House keeps dossiers on more than 10,000 \'political enemies\'
Spurred by paranoia and aided by the USA Patriot Act, the Bush Administration has compiled dossiers on more than 10,000 Americans it considers political enemies and uses those files to wage war on those who disagree with its policies. » More

[11/04/2005] Bush Melt Down: So What\'s New?
This is the first indicator of what kind of a man Bush is. He has an addictive personality, once he gets a taste for something he needs more - not good given that he has risen to a position of power. » More

[11/04/2005] Bush\'s Increasing Mental Lapses and Temper Tantrums Worry White House Aides
An uncivil war rages inside the walls of the West Wing of the White House, a bitter, acrimonious war driven by a failed agenda, destroyed credibility, dwindling public support and a President who lapses into Alzheimer-like periods of incoherent babbling. » More

[11/03/2005] Bush\'s Job Approval Hits New Low
PRESIDENT BUSH\'S JOB APPROVAL \nApprove \n35% \nDisapprove \n57% » More

[10/24/2005] Bush motorcade leaves other folks fuming
President George W. Bush, his Marine One helicopter grounded by fog, brought morning rush hour to a standstill while his motorcade proceeded from West Los Angeles through the San Fernando Valley to Simi Valley for the dedication of the Air Force One Pavilion. » More

[10/13/2005] Bush Blinked 37 Times -- With A Lick Of The Lips, Three Weight Shifts And Serious Foot Jiggling...
The fidgeting clearly corresponded to the questioning. When asked why Gulf Coast residents would have to pay back funds but Iraqis would not, Bush blinked 23 times and hitched his trousers up by the belt.\n » More

[10/10/2005] Bush claimed God told him to invade Iraq, Afghanistan: BBC
US President George W. Bush allegedly said God told him to invade Iraq and Afghanistan, a new BBC documentary will reveal, according to details. » More

[10/07/2005] The truth about God and George
A senior Palestinian who said that George W Bush claimed to be on first-name terms with God stood by his comments today but conceded that President was using a figure of speech.\n » More

[10/07/2005] White House denies Bush God claim
The White House has dismissed as \"absurd\" allegations made in a BBC TV series that President Bush claimed God told him to invade Iraq.\n » More