Tag: bush
member name: Gather Editorial Team
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December 26, 2006 08:01 PM EST --
President Bush announced last week his intention to increase the size of the U.S. Army and Marines, and is awaiting recommendations from new Defense Secretary Robert Gates about how to best go about doing . . .
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February 06, 2007 10:11 AM EST --
Despite a report that emerged from a large group of scientists last week indicating the man-made cause for global warming, just over half of Gather members voted that they do not expect policy changes . . .
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July 05, 2007 11:48 AM EDT --
Former President Bill Clinton certainly knows what it's like to be in the middle of a commutation controversy. When he left office in 2001, he pardoned several controversial figures including . . .
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May 18, 2006 06:42 AM EDT --
Bush's immigration speech on Monday night fell on deaf ears while a country groused over missing the Oprah ball and the start of the Grey's Anatomy season finale. Frank J. put some catchy thoughts . . .
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June 26, 2006 06:43 AM EDT --
Yesterday, Representative Peter King (R. – NY), Chairman of the Homeland Security Committee, urged the Bush Administration to press charges against The New York Times for publishing a story exposing . . .
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November 15, 2006 02:12 PM EST --
Rumsfeld resigned the day after the election. Gather poll-takers did not think an earlier resignation would have helped the Republicans retain power.
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January 09, 2007 09:00 AM EST --
With a Congress newly led by Democrats, 81% of Gather members believe that President Bush will exercise his veto power. To date, he has only vetoed one bill sent to him by Congress.
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October 17, 2006 10:08 PM EDT --
On Tuesday, President Bush signed into law the Military Commissions Act, a law which spells out in further detail the protocols for interrogating and trying terror suspects ("Bush signs bill to interrogate, . . .
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July 03, 2007 10:08 AM EDT --
"I respect the jury's verdict. But I have concluded that the prison sentence given to Mr. Libby is excessive. Therefore, I am commuting the portion of Mr. Libby's sentence that required . . .
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April 24, 2006 07:06 AM EDT --
In a 60 Minutes interview on CBS last night, the retired highest-ranking CIA officer in Europe, Tyler Drumheller, said that the Bush administration "chose to ignore" evidence that there were . . .
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July 13, 2006 10:57 PM EDT --
Former President George H.W. Bush and wife Barbara were among the long list of friends and family of Enron founder Kenneth Lay that paid their respects at his memorial service Wednesday in Houston. The . . .
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December 14, 2006 08:59 AM EST --
Gather members overwhelmingly believe that President Bush should adopt the recommendation presented in the bi-partisan Iraq Study Group report.
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October 23, 2006 09:19 PM EDT --
With eight days left in the month, October has already become the deadliest month yet in 2006 for U.S. forces in Iraq. Eighty-nine American soldiers have been killed, and 2,300 have died since 2003. . . .
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July 06, 2006 07:37 AM EDT --
On Tuesday and Wednesday, North Korea launched 7 missiles, some long range and some short range, which wound up in the Sea of Japan. While the test was considered unsuccessful, the attempt by the North . . .
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November 08, 2006 02:03 PM EST --
President Bush announced Wednesday afternoon that Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld will resign his post, to be replaced by former CIA Director Robert Gates ("Rumsfeld quitting as defense secretary"). . . .
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March 01, 2006 04:19 PM EST --
Based on the latest polls, Bush now only has support from one-third of the country:
This from the Salt Lake City Tribune (Bush job approval at all-time low):
"Bush's . . .
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January 12, 2007 09:21 AM EST --
Gather members are largely unimpressed with President Bush speech on Iraq on Wednesday night. Two-third of Gather members were hoping for some modeerate to major annoucement about troop withdrawals -- . . .
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March 19, 2007 01:14 PM EDT --
Four years ago today, the United States and its coalition partners unleashed missiles and bombs on Iraqi targets officially beginning the War in Iraq. Back then, most Americans supported the effort. . . .
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November 14, 2006 01:01 AM EST --
Last week's Democratic victory and the subsequent announcement that Donald Rumsfeld is stepping down as Defense Secretary have caused a stir in Washington. Speculation is that President George W. Bush . . .
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October 13, 2006 12:17 AM EDT --
With the Midterm elections now less than 4 weeks away, the Republican Party continues to weather the "perfect storm" of scandal and exposé. The Mark Foley scandal continues to dominate . . .
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