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Dec 1, 2011 11:59 AM CST

Obama on AIDS: We Will 'Win This Fight'

US increasing spending on HIV treatment by $50 million

(Newser) - President Obama marked World AIDS Day with a promise of more money and increased attention both in the US and abroad, reports AP :

The US will increase spending on HIV treatment within its own borders by $50 million.
He promised to help 6 million people in hard-hit countries get access

...

Why Wall Street Banks and Firms Are Profitable Under Obama

Why Wall Street Is
Richer Than Ever

wapo analysis

Nov 6, 2011 4:47 PM CST

Why Wall Street Is Richer Than Ever

Firms are more profitable under Obama than Bush: 'Washington Post'

(Newser) - President Obama is trying to harness public rage against Wall Street while bankers are whining about new financial regulations—but the inconvenient truth for both sides is that Wall Street has profited big-time during Obama's presidency. In fact banks are larger today than when Obama won the White House,...

Condi:
We Feared We
Were Poisoned

Nov 3, 2011 2:00 AM CDT

Condi: We Feared We Were Poisoned

But detected deadly White House toxin turned out to be false alarm

(Newser) - Condoleezza Rice recounted the day that she, President Bush, and Dick Cheney believed they had been exposed to a lethal toxin by terrorists. Cheney suddenly appeared on a secure video conference screen just weeks after 9/11 while Rice and Bush were traveling in China for the APEC summit. He warned...

Bush-Era Policies Account for Most of US Debt: Washington Post

Who's to Blame
for America's
Massive Debt?

'post' analysis

Oct 30, 2011 2:27 PM CDT

Who's to Blame for America's Massive Debt?

Bush policies account for $7T: Washington Post

(Newser) - The United States started 2001 with a cozy nest egg of more than $2 trillion, and now the country owes about $10 trillion—but who's to blame? Put simply, Obama-era policies account for $1.7 trillion of the debt, and Bush policies for over $7 trillion, the Washington Post...

Condoleezza Rice Recalls White House Clashes in New Memoir, 'No Higher Honor'

Condi Rice
Strikes Back
in New Memoir

Oct 22, 2011 3:35 PM CDT

Condi Rice Strikes Back in New Memoir

She recalls clashes with Cheney, Rumsfeld, Bush

(Newser) - It's time for Dick Cheney to take a little return fire from Condi Rice. Less than 2 months after his memoir described her as turning tearful during a political discussion , Condoleezza Rice has written her own book, No Higher Honor, which comes out next month, the New York Times...

Obama Looks to Bush '04
as Re-Election Role Model

Oct 22, 2011 8:45 AM CDT

Obama Looks to Bush '04 as Re-Election Role Model

Bush-Kerry race has echoes of current politics

(Newser) - Barack Obama has an unlikely role model in his bid for re-election: George W. Bush, circa 2004. So says the AP and New York Times , who separately report that Obama strategists are so struck by the similarities between Bush's campaign against John Kerry and the 2012 race that they...

Occupy's
Next Targets:
Bush, Clinton

PROTESTS ROUNDUP

Oct 20, 2011 7:58 AM CDT

Occupy's Next Targets: Bush, Clinton

And more Occupy developments across the globe

(Newser) - Not even Bill Clinton is safe from the ire of the Occupy movement. Occupy Surrey protests are expected near Vancouver today outside an economic summit featuring Clinton and George W. Bush, CNN reports. (Yep, this is the visit during which Amnesty International would like Canadian authorities to arrest Bush .)...

Amnesty
International
to Canada:
Bust Bush

Oct 13, 2011 4:35 AM CDT

Amnesty International to Canada: Bust Bush

Canada to Amnesty: No way, eh

(Newser) - George W. Bush is visiting Canada next week and international law requires the country to arrest him for torture and war crimes ... according to Amnesty International. The group has sent a thousand-page memorandum to Canadian authorities explaining why the former president should be behind bars, Politico reports. Bush's own...

Don't Trust
Ron Suskind
on Politics

opinion

Sep 23, 2011 12:08 PM CDT

Don't Trust Ron Suskind on Politics

New book on Obama full of dubious claims: Jacob Weisberg

(Newser) - You can’t always believe what you read—especially if it’s written by Ron Suskind. The wide-ranging claims made in Confidence Men , his account of the Obama administration, are as dubious as ever, writes Jacob Weisberg in Slate . “Issues of accuracy, fairness, and integrity come up nearly every...

Bush-Perry Rivalry Runs Deep

Sep 18, 2011 5:04 PM CDT

Bush-Perry Rivalry Runs Deep

Stems from a long-ago slight in Texas politics

(Newser) - Rick Perry took over George W. Bush's job as Texas governor, and he'd sure like to grab Bush's old gig in the Oval Office, but don't expect Dubya to leap up to help put him there. Seems there's long-running tension—if not an outright feud—...

Perry Dumb?
Like a Fox,
Maybe

kathleen parker

Sep 17, 2011 11:34 AM CDT

Perry Dumb? Like a Fox, Maybe

He's quite happy to be underestimated by his foes: Kathleen Parker

(Newser) - Modern politics has reduced Democrats and Republicans into stereotypes, writes Kathleen Parker. Democrats are the Ivy League know-it-alls who think government can solve all, while Republicans prefer guts and self-reliance over book smarts. Too bad, she writes in the Washington Post . "Would it be too much to ask that...

Obamas, Bushes
Pay Respects
at Ground Zero

Sep 11, 2011 7:47 AM CDT

Obamas, Bushes Pay Respects at Ground Zero

Moment of silence at 8:46, moment first plane hit

(Newser) - President Obama opened a sun-splashed day of solemn remembrance today by honoring the 9/11 dead with a visit to ground zero, bowing his head at the cascading pools of the North Memorial Pond created in the footprint of the demolished north tower of the World Trade Center. Obama, hand in...

Clinton, Bush, Biden
Speak at Flight 93 Memorial

pics inside

Sep 10, 2011 2:08 PM CDT

Clinton, Bush, Biden Speak at Flight 93 Memorial

Heroism on 93 an example of democracy in action: Bush

(Newser) - The 40 passengers and crew who fought back against their hijackers aboard Flight 93 on 9/11 performed one of the most courageous acts in US history, former President George W. Bush said today at a ceremony dedicating the first phase of a memorial at the nation's newest national park....

Bush Lays Wreath at Pentagon

Sep 10, 2011 10:18 AM CDT

Bush Lays Wreath at Pentagon

He will be in Pennsylvania later today and NYC tomorrow

(Newser) - The 9/11 ceremonies are starting to unfold across the nation, with George W. Bush laying a wreath at the Pentagon this morning as part of a silent tribute to the 184 people killed there a decade ago. Later today, he heads to Shanksville, Pa., to dedicate a memorial to Flight...

Kids With Bush on 9/11
Recall the Moment

Sep 10, 2011 8:52 AM CDT

Kids With Bush on 9/11 Recall the Moment

He looked like he got 'worst news in the world,' recalls one

(Newser) - In the let-no-stone-go-unturned spirit of 9/11 coverage, AP catches up with the Florida second-graders who were sitting around President Bush as he read My Pet Goat and got the news about the World Trade Center attacks. Samples:

"It was like a blank stare. Like he knew something was going

...

George Bush's Failure
Paved Way for Rick Perry

OPINION

Aug 31, 2011 1:49 PM CDT

George Bush's Failure Paved Way for Rick Perry

GOP wants a pure conservative, not a 'compassionate' one: Steve Kornacki

(Newser) - Rick Perry is sitting at or near the top of the GOP field mainly because of George W. Bush, writes Steve Kornacki in Salon . But it's not just because of the obvious— that Perry became governor of Texas when Bush defeated Al Gore. "It has to do with...

Colin Powell:
Cheney Took
'Cheap Shots'

Aug 29, 2011 12:13 AM CDT

Colin Powell: Cheney Took 'Cheap Shots'

Powell says former VP goes 'too far' in pitching his memoir

(Newser) - Colin Powell fired back at Dick Cheney and his revealing memoir yesterday, calling the former veep's revelations "cheap shots that he's taking at me and other members of the administration who served to the best of our ability for President Bush," reports Politico . In particular, Powell...

Americans
Down on
Economy,
Blame Bush

SAYS POLL

Aug 25, 2011 3:29 PM CDT

Americans Down on Economy, Blame Bush

86% cite 'poor' economy; 51% say it's Dubya's fault

(Newser) - Americans' views on the economy have dimmed this summer. But so far, the growing pessimism doesn't seem to be taking a toll on President Obama's re-election prospects. More people now believe the country is headed in the wrong direction, a new AP-GfK poll shows, and confidence in Obama'...

Cheney: I
Wanted to
Bomb Syria

More Memoir

Aug 25, 2011 11:52 AM CDT

Cheney: I Wanted to Bomb Syria

Former VP discusses his conflicts with Condoleezza, Powell, Tenet

(Newser) - And the revelations from Dick Cheney's new memoir just keep coming: yesterday, news of a secret resignation letter. Today, the New York Times , which obtained a copy of In My Time , reports that Cheney pushed Bush to bomb what the US believed to be a nuclear reactor site in...

Dick Cheney's Secret:
I Wrote a Resignation Letter

new memoir

Aug 24, 2011 5:17 PM CDT

Dick Cheney's Secret: I Wrote a Resignation Letter

...and other revelations from his new memoir, 'In My Time'

(Newser) - Warning: Reading Dick Cheney's memoir could be fatal. Or so says Cheney: "There are gonna be heads exploding all over Washington," he says in an interview to air on Dateline Monday. MSNBC has tidbits from In My Time, and the one generating plenty of waves is his...