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Former surgeon-general attacks Bush
Law & Politics 07/11/2007The first surgeon-general appointed by US President George Bush has accused his Administration of political interference and muzzling him on issues such as embryonic stem cell research.Dr Richard Carmona, a Bush nominee who served from 2002 to 2006, ...
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Bush Denies Congress Access to Aides
Law & Politics 07/09/2007[##_1L|1324010630.jpg|width="110" height="128" alt=""|_##]President Bush invoked executive privilege Monday to deny requests by Congress for testimony from two former aides about the firings of federal prosecutors. The White House, however, did offer...
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Bush Heads Home to Contentious Congress
Law & Politics 06/11/2007[##_1L|1140165663.gif|width="135" height="114" alt=""|_##]President Bush says Monday's debate over a vote of no confidence in Attorney General Alberto Gonzales will have no bearing on whether the long-time legal adviser stays in office."I guess it re...
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Bush's new plan to tackle climate change
Law & Politics 06/01/2007[##_1L|1050822681.gif|width="135" height="114" alt=""|_##]His plan comes before Mr Bush attends next week's G8 summit, where the US will block proposals for binding cuts in greenhouse gas emissions. Instead, he tabled his own plan for tackling climat...
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Bush Attacks Immigration Deal Opponents
Law & Politics 05/29/2007[##_1L|1038250398.gif|width="135" height="114" alt=""|_##]President Bush attacked opponents of an immigration deal Tuesday, suggesting they "don't want to do what's right for America." "The fundamental question is, will elected officials have the cou...
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Democrat hopefuls face critical vote on Iraq
Law & Politics 05/24/2007The U.S. House advanced a final $120 billion Iraq war spending bill today that would keep military operations afloat through September.The bill was a major concession by Democrats who wanted to include a timetable for U.S. troop withdrawals, but rele...
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White House defends immigration reform deal
Law & Politics 05/22/2007[##_1L|1335739669.jpg|width="180" height="135" alt=""|_##]The White House over the weekend defended an immigration reform agreement reached Thursday with key Republican and Democratic senators which has drawn opposition from both aisles of Congress, ...
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Bush vetoes war spending bill with pullout timetable
Law & Politics 05/01/2007[##_1L|1237133879.gif|width="135" height="114" alt=""|_##]U.S. President George W. Bush Tuesday vetoed a war spending bill that aimed to set a timetable for American troops to withdraw from Iraq, branding the bill "unacceptable." In a national televi...
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Bush presses Japanese PM over beef trade dispute
Law & Politics 04/28/2007[##_1L|1115211297.jpg|width="110" height="128" alt=""|_##]President George W. Bush pressed Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Friday over a beef trade standoff, telling the leader in an official visit that Japanese consumers should be eating U.S. ...
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Virginia governor may close gun loophole
Law & Politics 04/26/2007[##_1L|1287362237.jpg|width="142" height="117" alt=""|_##]Virginia Gov. Timothy M. Kaine said during a Tuesday radio interview that he may be able to issue an executive order to close the loophole that allowed Virgina Tech gunman Seung-Hui Cho to pur...
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Democrats raise more money in 2007 first quarter
Law & Politics 04/20/2007[##_1L|1248060544.jpg|width="101" height="100" alt=""|_##]For the first time since the so-called passage of campaign finance reform in 2002, U.S. national Democrats have outpaced their Republican rivals in the race for campaign cash in the first thre...
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Democrats reject Bush offer on writing war bill
Law & Politics 04/12/2007Deadlocked in a political impasse over a war funding bill, U.S. President George W. Bush and Democrats failed on Wednesday to agree on how to conduct discussions on the issue. Bush insisted that Democratic leaders should come to the White House next ...