Bush hopes closing Guantanamo won't risk security

Former President George W. Bush said Wednesday that he hopes that his successor's plans to close the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, will not compromise domestic security. Bush, though, maintained during an appearance in northwestern Pennsylvania that he would not criticize President Barack Obama, though he did discuss his policies.

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Tax Breaks Given on Gas-Guzzling SUVs

New tax breaks are available to anyone who wants to help the environment by purchasing fuel-efficient hybrid vehicles. But if owners of small businesses really want to save money, they can get even bigger federal tax breaks by buying the largest gas-guzzling SUVs.

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The memoir by the mastermind of George W. Bush's two successful White House campaigns, titled "Courage and Consequence," will be released March 9 by a conservative imprint of Simon & Schuster that has published a best seller by Glenn Beck.

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Sarah Palin's new book reprises familiar claims from the 2008 presidential campaign that haven't become any truer over time. Ignoring substantial parts of her record if not the facts, she depicts herself as a frugal traveler on the taxpayer's dime, a reformer without ties to pow …

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Where do you try the 9/11 terrorists?

Let's use logic on this subject. The target chosen was civilian. Therefore, it should be tried in civilian courts. It worked out fine from the 1993 bombing of the WTC. The USS Cole is another matter. That was a military target. Military court.

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The George W. Bush Presidential Center will be the centerpiece of President and Mrs. Bush's ongoing commitment to improving our nation and the world.

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Rather than commit Harakiri, desperate Republicans take exception to Obama's Japanese bow

From Drudge on down -- if that is even possible -- the right-wing blogosphere is filled tonight with the latest "scandal" involving President Obama. This time (HORRORS!), he bowed to Japanese emperor Akihito and his wife.

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A senior Counsel for the 9/11 Commission, John Farmer, has written a book exposing the degree to which our response to 9/11 was disorganized and and outdated–geared to respond to an attack from Russia rather than from terrorists.

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Hamid Karzai begins another term as Afghanistan's president with a long to-do list. The Obama administration has made clear to him that he must crack down on corruption, install a team of technocrats to run the country and weed out warlords and narco-traffickers.

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When waging war "by way of deception," the motto of the Israeli Mossad, well-timed crises play a critical agenda-setting role by displacing facts with what a target population can be deceived to believe.

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Former President George W. Bush on Thursday warned that Washington is in danger of taking the country away from free-market principles in the wake of the recession, as he defended his decision to approve a Wall Street bailout package in the final months of his term.

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A nation which has chosen to depend on an all-volunteer military must have clear standards for admitting and retaining those courageous few who wish to serve in its name. Needless to say, they should not pose a threat to themselves or their fellow servicemen and women.

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"A couple of days ago I heard the news that George and Laura Bush paid a private visit to the wounded soldiers at Fort Hood. They specifically requested that the base commander not inform the media of their visit. They came.

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Conor Friedersdorf on how the GOP can repair its image—and the myths the left perpetuates.

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One of the Americans convicted in absentia by an Italian court for her part in the 2003 abduction of a Muslim cleric by CIA operatives has acknowledged they "broke the law" and complained she was given insufficient protection by her superiors in Washington.

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the war in Afghanistan worth the sacrifice of even one American life? Former U.N.

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U.S. Attorney Mary Beth Buchanan will leave her job on Nov. 16. The announcement was made late Thursday afternoon in a news release from Buchanan's office. The move had been expected for some time after President Barack Obama's election.

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Dale Haney has kept the White House grass green and the flowers blooming for 40 years, but he's cultivated something else just as important: relationships with the presidents' pooches. Haney has tended to all of them from Richard Nixon's King Timahoe to Barack Obama's Bo.

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Dale Haney has kept the White House grass green and the flowers blooming for 40 years, but he's cultivated something else just as important: relationships with the presidents' pooches. Haney has tended to all of them from Richard Nixon's King Timahoe to Barack Obama's Bo.

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The Obama administration has, yet again, asserted the broadest and most radical version of the "state secrets" privilege -- which previously caused so much controversy and turmoil among loyal Democrats (when used by Bush/Cheney) -- to attempt to block courts from ruling on the le …

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It started with the fist bump seen 'round the world. Soon there were stories of rousing family Scrabble battles and date nights.

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ONE year ago, a jubilant Barack Obama stood in Grant Park, Chicago, to claim victory before his exuberant supporters.

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A long and fascinating "debate" conducted by several expert authors looking from different perspectives at the Obama administration's record after nine months.

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Former President George W Bush, just gave a speech in New Delhi for the Hindustan Times Leadership Summit. He hasn't changed much. The article contains quotes covering numerous issues beside this one which is of most interest in India.

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The latest update from Al Jazeera includes a video and comments from former President George W. Bush

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It appears my post yesterday got the teabaggers all riled up.

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Famed Charles Manson prosecutor and three time #1 New York Times bestselling author Vincent Bugliosi stars in this most powerful, explosive, and thought-provoking documentary.

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