Tag: president 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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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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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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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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October 27, 2005 02:01 PM EDT --
Today's Question: Why do you think Harriet Miers withdrew her Supreme Court nomination? Source: MSNBC.com
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June 06, 2006 06:53 AM EDT --
President Bush took time out of his schedule to re-address the Constitutional Amendment that would ban gay marriage by making the only legal definition of marriage at the federal level between a man and . . .
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June 08, 2006 08:50 AM EDT --
This morning at 7:30am EDT, President Bush announced that Abu Musab al Zarqawi was killed by a US air strike near Baquba, a cause for much celebration by all involved in the fight against al Qaeda . . .
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June 19, 2006 06:30 AM EDT --
President Bush has made some positive strides in the past two weeks. The death of Zarqawi, the filling of the Iraqi cabinet, and visiting the troops, plus the unexpected appointment of Henry Paulson from . . .
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June 20, 2006 05:28 AM EDT --
Iraq is not the only country causing the U.S. and its allies concern. Iran and North Korea are also testing diplomatic mettle. Iran continues to enrich uranium under what it claims is its energy program. . . .
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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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August 22, 2006 09:18 AM EDT --
While Saddam Hussein stands trial on charges of genocide, Iraq's turmoil continues to escalate. President Bush said he was concerned about talk of a civil war at a news conference Monday, but said . . .
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September 06, 2006 07:26 PM EDT --
President Bush revealed the existence of secret prisons run by the C.I.A. that held 14 individuals suspected of terrorism ("Bush acknowledges secret CIA prisons"). These detainees are being transferred . . .
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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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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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October 27, 2006 03:09 AM EDT --
A controversial film portraying a fictional 2007 assassination of President George W. Bush is being released today to limited audiences around the United States ("Kiss of death for 'President'?"). . . .
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October 29, 2006 11:49 PM EST --
With Midterm Elections only eight days away, the Republican and Democratic Parties are stepping up their respective get-out-the-vote efforts for the final push of the campaign season ("The Ground . . .
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November 01, 2006 11:18 PM EST --
Senator John Kerry of Massachusetts has become the center of criticism from Republicans and some Democrats because of remarks he made while stumping for California gubernatorial candidate Phil Angelides . . .
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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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