Presidents Join Mourners at King Funeral

Reunited at last in death, Coretta Scott King was laid to rest beside the tomb of her husband after a stirring funeral with 10,000 mourners that was both lyrical and mournful, and at times political.

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Bush Budget Plan a Headache for Congress

President Bush sent his GOP allies in Congress an austere budget for next year that is filled with political land mines and flush with difficult choices.

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Ignored by the west, Iraqis continue to suffer as the US's 'exit strategy' begins to unravel

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President Obama has already caught up with predecessor George W. Bush in one area: Rounds of golf.

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Hats off to Mark Mazzetti of the New York Times for reporting that it was after CIA Director Leon Panetta's holdover lieutenants finally told him that, under President Bush, they had farmed out assassinations to their Blackwater subsidiary, that he abruptly stopped the project an …

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Only one GOP leader stands for Healthcare reform! The Party of NO has really lost it!

Senator Olympia Snowe of Maine apparently is the only Republican on Capitol Hill who believes health-care reform is the right thing to do - and even she has deep reservations. I applaud her for operating in good faith and seriousness as this issue demands.

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Former President George W. Bush addressed a capacity crowd Wednesday night in Sevierville. Bush wowed a crowd of more than 9,000. Bush gave the enthusiastic crowd a patriotic message of joy, hope and faith in our families.

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Former President George W. Bush addressed a capacity crowd Wednesday night at the Wilderness Resort and Convention Center in Sevierville. Bush wowed a crowd of more than 9,000 that attended a three-day conference of the Phil Waldrep Ministries based in Decatur, Ala.

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…When the world's expert on this type of counterterrorism warfare recommends precisely the opposite strategy — "counterinsurgency," meaning a heavy-footprint, population-protecting troop surge — you have the most convincing of cases against counterterrorism by the man …

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Secretary of Defense Robert Gates on Sunday said that the United States has faced difficulties in the Afghanistan conflict because the Bush administration did not have the same kind of "comprehensive strategy" that President Barack Obama does for the nation.

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The Iraqi television reporter jailed for throwing his shoes at George W Bush was finally freed today and said that he had been subjected to electric shocks and even waterboarding while in custody.

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Is Al Qaeda growing stronger despite global anti-terrorism efforts?

(On the anniversary of 9/11, it seems a good time to ask the question, after the past eight years of President Bush's 'war on terror'.)

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Cheney said, "I just think it's an outrageous political act that will do great damage, long term, to our capacity to be able to have people take on difficult jobs, make difficult decisions, without having to worry about what the next administration is going to say." Dick Ch …

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Bush beats Obama---at seven months into first term with 56% approval vs. Obama's 52%.

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America's first secretary of homeland security, former Pennsylvania Governor Tom Ridge, says in his new book that he was pressured to raise the nation's terror alert level ahead of the election.

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Once this generation is dead - especially this generation of hate-filled leftists - then, and only then, will the full truth about President Bush come out. Certainly, a flawed man. A sinner, as we all are.

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A U.S. man convicted of joining al-Qaida and plotting to assassinate then-President George W. Bush is due back in court for resentencing.

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Strengthening Global Norms on Nuclear Proliferation

The single most damaging step for the global non-proliferation regime was the US-India Civilian Nuclear Technology Agreement with India that was pushed and signed by former President Bush.

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Democratic lawmakers criticized former Vice President Dick Cheney on Sunday for allegedly ordering that a CIA counter-terrorism program be kept secret from congressional leaders, with two senators questioning the legality of such concealment.

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EXCERPT: Will former US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and other senior Bush administration officials end up in jail for crafting the policies that led to the torture of prisoners at Guantánamo? As of yet, no government prosecutor is targeting them in the United States.

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On the issue of gay marriage -- which Clinton, like President Obama, personally opposes -- Clinton said of his position: "Frankly, it's evolving" as he sees more committed gay couples raising kids.

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Former President George W. Bush on Thursday repeated Dick Cheney's assertion that their enhanced interrogation program was legal and garnered valuable information that prevented future terrorist attacks.

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Dick Cheney clearly drives the liberal media nuts. As much as they'd like to bask in the glow of the new and glorious Obama Era, they simply cannot achieve that requisite state of nirvana with Cheney around.

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Will The Real Former President Please Stand Up

For years it appeared as if this nation was without a Vice President. The one that we thought was the VP was no where to be found. It was as if he had become a victim of Jack Bauer and had gone "poof" and vanished into thin air.

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Poll - Cheney vs Gore: Who do you think is performing better in his role as former Vice President?

How will history remember the 21st century's first two former Vice-Presidents?

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Asked by Bob Schieffer on Sunday how America could torture when it made a mockery of our ideals, Cheney blithely gave an answer that surely would have been labeled treasonous by Rush Limbaugh, if a Democratic ex-vice president had said it about a Republican president.

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Last week, former Secretary of State Condi Rice stated at Stanford University regarding torture: And so by definition, if it was authorized by the president, it did not violate our obligations under the Convention Against Torture." This week Rice backtracked, " The president sa …

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