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President Bush's approval rating stands at 30 percent in the latest Newsweek poll, the lowest approval rating recorded for the president in that poll's history. |
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600 Protestors march through Kennebunkport, Maine and rally near the Bush family compound calling for an end to US involvement in the Iraq conflict. |
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US President Bush declares his support for a U.N. resolution that would deploy a multinational force to end the crisis in Lebanon. |
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The public is made aware of the modification of NASA's Mission Statement. From 2002 until 2006, NASA’s mission statement was "to understand and protect our home planet; to explore the universe and search for life; to inspire the next generation of explorers ... as only NASA can." Dr. James Hansen, ... |
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The United States Senate votes 63-37 to loosen President George W. Bush's ban on federal funding for embryonic stem cell research. This is a move that Bush has indicated he intends to veto. |
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During the 2006 White House Correspondents' Association Dinner, Stephen Colbert delivers a biting 20-minute speech and video presentation which roasted both the Bush Administration and White House Press Corps. Many find the presentation unfunny and over-the-line, while others see it as a much neede ... |
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Speaking in Tampa, US President Bush tells the audience that Al Qaeda and other terrorists are "people who will kill the innocent in order to achieve a tactical objective and a strategic objective." He also states that "You can't negotiate with these people. You cannot reason with them." Unfortuna ... |
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Correspondence from disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff is made public today that President Bush met him "almost a dozen" times, disputing White House claims Bush did not know the man. "The guy saw me in almost a dozen settings, and joked with me about a bunch of things, including details of my kids. ... |
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Peace activist Cindy Sheehan, who was invited to attend the State of Union Address, is arrested in the House gallery after refusing to cover up a T-shirt bearing an anti-war slogan. Capitol Hill police will later apologize and state that the House Rules were "unwritten." |
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At the same time that Exxon Mobil is reporting record profits and suggesting that production be cut to preserve those profits, US President George W. Bush tells congress in his State of the Union Address "Here we have a serious problem: America is addicted to oil, which is often imported from unstab ... |
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Newsweek reports that American diplomats in Iraq are engaging in face-to-face talks with high-level Iraqi Sunni insurgents in Anbar province as well as in Syria and Jordan. Some Iraqi leaders wish to prevent Iranian intervention and influence in the country. U.S. intelligence officials have admitt ... |
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The Bush administration announces that US deficit spending in the 2006 budget would soar above $400 billion, well over the July forecast. |
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New York congresswoman Louise Slaughter reveals that GOP activist James Guckert reported from the White House for the Talon News Service under the alias Jeff Gannon. "It appears that 'Mr. Gannon's' presence in the White House press corps was merely as a tool of propaganda for your administration," ... |
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US President Bush delivers his proposed $2.57 Trillion budget to Congress. The austere plan seeks deep spending cuts across 150 government programs and will cut health care payments for veterans and the poor and trim spending on education and the environment. Oddly, the budget does not include pro ... |
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George W. Bush delivers his State of the Union address. He briefly mentions North Korea, saying Washington was "working closely with governments in Asia to convince North Korea to abandon its nuclear ambitions." |
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During a news conference, James Guckert with the Talon News Service asks US President George Bush how he could deal with Democratic congressional leaders "who seem to have divorced themselves from reality." The question will lead to an investigation regarding his status as an activist with GOPUSA, ... |
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U.S. President George W. Bush is inaugurated for his second term in Washington, DC. |
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Chris Savido's crtical portrait of US President George W Bush, formed using monkey heads, is displayed over the entrance to the Holland Tunnel in Manhattan. The actual painting is being auctioned on eBay to raise money for parents of US soldiers who want to provide their children with body armour i ... |
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US President Bush, citing the "complexity" of the role of Secretary of Defense, uses his end-of-year address to state again that he has asked Donald Rumsfeld to continue on for his second term because he had faith in his ability to do a complex job. "It's complex in times of peace. And it's complex ... |
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Managing editor Jim Kelly announces that Time selected George W. Bush "for sticking to his guns (literally and figuratively), for reshaping the rules of politics to fit his 10-gallon-hat leadership style and for persuading a majority of voters this time around that he deserved to be in the White Hou ... |
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The Bush administration agrees to write off Iraq's debts to the United States totalling $4.1 billion, racked up during the regime of Saddam Hussein. |
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White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan announces that "Secretary Rumsfeld is doing a great job leading our efforts at the Department of Defense to win the war on terrorism and to help bring about a free and peaceful Iraq, and the president is focused on working closely with him on those matters ... |
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Chevy Chase, hosting an awards ceremony staged by People for the American Way at the Kennedy Center, used his final time at the podium to unleash a expletive laden rant against President Bush that stunned the crowd. Chase called the president a "dumb [expletive]." and uttered "This guy in office is ... |
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US President George W. Bush awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom to ex-CIA director George Tenet, General Tommy Franks, and Paul Bremer, the former US administrator in Iraq. According to the Medal of Freedom Website, "this great honor is reserved for ... |
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The truth is revealed that George Bush's choice for Homeland Security Director was much worse than revealed in Bernard Kerik's statement of withdrawal. New reports show simultaneous extra-marital affairs and unreported gifts of thousands of dollars in cash and other items from associates at a New J ... |
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President George W. Bush chose U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Leavitt on Monday to take charge of the Department of Health and Human Services. The White House did not name a successor for Leavitt, whose brief tenure at the helm of the EPA did little to please environmenta ... |
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Former New York Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik abruptly withdraws his nomination to be homeland security secretary claiming that questions about the immigration status of a former housekeeper and nanny would not be in the best interests of President's Bush's cabinet. |
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The American media reveals a two-page e-mail that references an Executive Order by which President Bush directly authorized interrogation techniques including sleep deprivation, stress positions, the use of military dogs, and "sensory deprivation through the use of hoods, etc." The FBI e-mail, which ... |
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President Bush nominates Kellogg CEO Carlos Gutierrez to be secretary of Commerce. |
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Colombian Defense Secretary Jorge Alberto Uribe said FARC rebels had been plotting to kill Mr Bush during his visit to Cartagena. Mr Uribe refused to reveal any more details, and the US Secret Service, which protects the President, also refused to comment. FARC has long accused the US of backing ... |
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