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The 43rd President of the United States, George Walker Bush was born on July 6, 1946. The Republican is a two-term president, narrowly defeating Sen. Al Gore in the 2000 election and winning again in 2004 over Sen. John Kerry. His parents are Barbara Bush and former President George H.W. Bush. He's only the second President in history to be the son of a former President. Bush received his undergraduate degree from Yale and his MBA from Harvard. Bush was elected governor of Texas twice--in 1994 and 1998. Significant events during his presidency have included the 9/11 attacks on the U.S., the invasion of Afghanistan, the Iraq War, the capture of Saddam Hussein, Hurricane Katrina, the No Child...
The 43rd President of the United States, George Walker Bush was born on July 6, 1946. The Republican is a two-term president, narrowly defeating Sen. Al Gore in the 2000 election and winning again in 2004 over Sen. John Kerry. His parents are Barbara Bush and former President George H.W. Bush. He's only the second President in history to be the son of a former President. Bush received his undergraduate degree from Yale and his MBA from Harvard. Bush was elected governor of Texas twice--in 1994 and 1998. Significant events during his presidency have included the 9/11 attacks on the U.S., the invasion of Afghanistan, the Iraq War, the capture of Saddam Hussein, Hurricane Katrina, the No Child Left Behind Act and a $1.3 trillion tax-cut program in 2001.
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White House: Bush now would sign measure providing additional benefits to long-term jobless
Associated Press WriterWASHINGTON (AP) _ With weekly jobless claims benefits at a 16-year high, the White House said Thursday that President George W. Bush would quickly sign legislation pending in Congress to provide further unemployment benefits. The Senate this week is...Tags: Insurance, Labor Legislation, Parliament, Business, National Government
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Iowa family sending 2 turkeys to White House
Two turkeys from Iowa will travel to Washington, D.C., to be pardoned by President George Bush for Thanksgiving. The birds were raised at Circle Hill Farms in Ellsworth. Two were chose in case something happens to one of them along the way. Paul Hill,...Tags: Turkey, Anaheim, Public Holidays, The White House, Thanksgiving
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Jobless claims jump to 16-year high
The Associated PressNew claims for unemployment benefits jumped last week to a 16-year high, the Labor Department said Thursday, providing more evidence of a rapidly weakening job market expected to get even worse next year. The government said new applications for...Tags: Federal Reserve, Insurance, Labor Legislation, Business, Unemployment
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Bush and Olmert, close allies and friends, to hold talks at White House 1 more time
WASHINGTON (AP) _ President George W. Bush and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert — two leaders with just weeks left in office — will discuss a range of issues at the White House on Monday, including Iran's nuclear program, the global...Tags: Ehud Olmert, Corrupt Practices, National Government, Dick Cheney, Mahmoud Abbas
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Holder as AG: Why Marc Rich matters
Spin CycleObama, sources say, has settled on Eric Holder as his attorney general nominee, and has apparently concluded that Holder's role in the Marc Rich pardon -- which is now, disingenuously, being described as tangential -- won't be an obstacle......Tags: Eric Holder, Lawyers, Democratic Party, Justice System, Law Enforcement
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Ten for Wednesday: Levy seizes the airwaves
Spin CycleAfter a slow start following the hate murder of Marcelo Lucero, Suffolk exec Steve Levy tried to step up to the plate with a televised speech on racism last night. Janison says the speech could be a "defining moment"......Tags: Eric Holder, Marcello Lucero, Steve Levy, Parliament, National Government
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Barack Obama's (Clinton's) White House
The Swampby Mark Silva Barack Obama has gotten a good quick start at rebuilding Bill Clinton's White House. Now, if he can only rebuild Clinton's economy. With pick after pick, the president-elect appears to be turning toward talent that the 42nd......Tags: Ethics, Eric Holder, Bill Clinton, Rahm Emanuel , Bill Richardson
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AL-QAIDA NO. 2 BLASTS OBAMA
The Associated Press-Al-Qaida's No. 2 slurred President-elect Barack Obama with a derogatory racial term for a black American who does the bidding of whites in a new Web message Wednesday intended to dent the president-elect's popularity among Arabs and Muslims. Ayman al-...Tags: Terrorism, National Government, Malcolm X, Minority Groups, Guerrilla Activity
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Obama's turn to make terror rules
Washington BureauWASHINGTON—It's called the President's Daily Brief, or, more informally, the "threat matrix." And it could change the way President-elect Barack Obama views the world and the dangers that lie within. Obama began receiving daily intelligence...Tags: Federal Bureau of Investigation, Central Intelligence Agency, Local Authority, Terrorism, Justice System
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Antiwar groups fear Barack Obama may create hawkish Cabinet
Antiwar groups and other liberal activists are increasingly concerned at signs that Barack Obama's national security team will be dominated by appointees who favored the Iraq invasion and hold hawkish views on other important foreign policy issues. The...Tags: John Kerry, Bill Clinton, Rahm Emanuel , National Security, Defense
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Dog-greeting tips to help avoid a bite
denise.flaim@newsday.comIt made for a lot of cute jokes about being "biting mad" over everything from his master's imminent departure to liberal media bias. But there's nothing funny about the bite that Barney, President George W. Bush's Scottish terrier, gave a Reuters reporter...Tags: Baseball, The White House, Major League Baseball, Boston Celtics
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Pulling together the threads of our past
In near darkness, it appears almost as an apparition. Like reliquary, the tattered flag is displayed behind glass in a new temperature- and light-controlled chamber, the bones not of a saint but of a nation. So these are the broad stripes and, once,...Tags: Martin O'Malley, Julia Child, George Washington, Thomas Edison, Society
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