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Obama and the U.S. Strategy of Buying Time
Source: Defence Web

Making sense of U.S. President Barack Obama's strategy at this moment is difficult.

Obama can't downsize to success in Afghanistan
Source: The L.A. Times

The president appears to be dragging his feet on more troops for the struggle, but that's what an effective counterinsurgency strategy requires.

Iraqi shoe-thrower says he was tortured in jail
Source: Al Arabiya

An Iraqi reporter who hurled his shoes at former American President George W. Bush was released from prison on Tuesday and greeted as a hero as he described how he was tortured in prison.

The Conservative Counter-Attack in Latin America
Source: CounterPunch.org

I would submit that events in Honduras are not isolated, but rather part of a conservative counterattack taking shape in Latin America.

Cheney "Got In The President's Face" On Libby Pardon: "He Just Wouldn't Give It Up"
Source: The Huffington Post

In next week's cover story, TIME magazine delves deep into the relationship between former President Bush and Vice-President Dick Cheney -- in particular, their falling-out over the pardon of Scooter Libby in the Valerie Plame leak.

"Tortured" Logic and Moral Posturing: The Debate

In his speech on May 21st, President Obama took up the issue of "enhanced interrogation techniques", more precisely the practice of waterboarding, and categorically declared:

Will Bob Woodward Do to Obama What Woodward Did to GW Bush?
Source: FOXNews.com

Best-selling journalist Bob Woodward has found the topic for his next book: The Obama administration. And apparently that has the Obama White House circling the wagons.

Throwing Our Protectors to the Wolves
Source: Campaign Standard

"We have been through a dark and painful chapter in our history," President Obama said when he ordered the release of the Justice Department interrogation memos. Actually, no. Not at all. We were attacked on 9/11.

The "Stimulus" and the Bush and GOP Legacy

Congressional Republicans are raising quite a ruckus over the spending portion of the economic stimulus legislation wending its way through the Congress but GOP bona fides in this area would be strengthened if they'd actually practiced what they now claim to preach when George W.

George W. Bush: Political Genius or an Old Boy from West Texas?

Now that President George W. Bush has exited stage right form the political theater, it is time to give him his due, not as a president but as a calculating politician. Bush's political dexterity is second to none. Critics downplay Mr.

A look at the new International Criminal Court: Bush renounced it. Will Obama honor it?
Source: International Herald Tribune

The International Criminal Court (ICC), which starts its first trial Monday, is the world's first permanent war crimes tribunal, headquartered in The Hague, Netherlands. It is an independent body, not a U.N. court.

Executive Fail: The Rise and Fall of Bush's Popularity
Source: BBC News

Every US president's popularity among the American public is measured by approval ratings; opinion polls conducted weekly or monthly by a host of polling companies.

Annual 'Banished Words' List Unveiled
Source: ClickOrlando.com

DETROIT -- You can finally call it a "recession," thanks to President George W. Bush's recent use of the term to describe the fragile state of the U.S. economy. But word-watchers far and wide forbid you to say the pain has spread from "Wall Street to Main Street."

Ex-aides: Katrina was beginning of end for Bush
Source: msnbc.com

Hurricane Katrina not only pulverized the Gulf Coast in 2005, it knocked the bully pulpit out from under President George W. Bush, according to two former advisers who spoke candidly about the political impact of the government's poor handling of the natural disaster.

Video: Iraqi Journalist Throws Shoes At Bush
Source: local6.com

President George W. Bush ducks as an Iraqi journalist throws two shoes at him.

Colson receives Presidential Medal
Source: www.demossnewspond.com

President Bush Presents Presidential Citizens Medal to Chuck Colson

Rick Warren takes on World AIDS Day -- again
Source: USA Today

President Bush received a medal to honor his contribution to the fight for HIV/AIDS awareness from Pastor Rick Warren, author of 'The Purpose Driven Life'

Obama's President - George W. Bush

Here is one of the more disturbing reports from the Presidential campaign trail:

Kristol: Powell to Address Dem Convention and Endorse Obama

At 4:50 PM this afternoon, on Fox News' "Your World with Neil Cavuto," Weekly Standard editor Bill Kristol reported that sources within the Barack Obama campaign have confirmed that former Secretary of State Colin Powell will speak at the Democratic National Convention, and endo …

Administration Fights Back Against Accusations of Al-Qaeda-Iraq Lies
Source: FOXNews.com

WASHINGTON — The White House is strongly fighting back against a new book by a Bush administration critic who claims that the CIA forged a letter from Saddam Hussein's intelligence chief that gave credence to claims Iraq had links to the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks.

Al-Qaeda #2 Man is Hit?
Source: FOXNews.com

BREAKING: According to CBS News ... and if true, it would be wonderful news in the war on terror ... wonderful, that is, unless you are on the side of the terrorists...

Iraqis Want U.S. Troops to Leave
Source: metimes.com

Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has made a substantial policy shift by insisting on a timetable for the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq, defying his close ally, U.S. President George W. Bush, and submitting to domestic pressure for an end in sight to foreign occupation.

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