Bush Is Losing Credibility On Democracy, Activists Say
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President Bush waxed eloquent about democracy in Prague's majestic Czernin Palace last week, pledging to the assembled dissidents from 17 countries that the United States "will never excuse your oppressors" and, "We will always stand for your freedom." It was the centerpiece speech of his European...
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Senior Arab officials attending a U.S.-sponsored conference to promote democracy in the Middle East emphatically rejected on Saturday the Bush administration's assertion that greater democracy in the region would help end terrorism. They argued that the administration's strong support of Israel made it difficult to undertake political reform or to stop extremists driven by hatred of U.S. policies.
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President Bush said Wednesday he worries that Russian President Vladimir Putin's overhaul of his country's electoral system "could undermine democracy."
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Crackdown by primer minister conflicts with Bush's pledge to promote democracy and freedom.
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Ever since Republicans were routed last month in what was widely seen as a repudiation of his Iraq strategy, President Bush has been busily listing why his policies there will not be changing.
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Still smarting from a public spat during the Democratic National Convention, labor leaders on Monday tried to shift attention to ousting President Bush.
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WASHINGTON -- President Bush urged Russian President Vladimir Putin yesterday to &quot;uphold the principles of democracy&quot; in a carefully worded message expressing concern about Putin's proposed political changes.
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Top Democrats on Tuesday accused   President George W. Bush of exploiting the September 11   anniversary to boost his faltering Iraq war policy and his   party's sagging popularity in an election year.
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Some say this is supposed to be the year President Bush and his flagging popularity bring down Republicans across the country.
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Elections in the Middle East, it appears, have increasingly become a tool used by authoritarian leaders to claim legitimacy.
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President Bush hasn't been surrounded by this many Democrats in quite some time, including several who spent much of this year unsuccessfully trying their best to oust him from the White House.
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U.S. News & World Report - The Bush administration's $75 million effort to promote democracy in Iran over the long run is likely to backfire, stiffening the resolve of the Islamic regime to hold on to power and landing democratic-minded activists in jail, a senior European diplomat tells U.S. News.
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The collapse of a White House-backed  overhaul of U.S. immigration laws was the starkest sign yet of  President George W. Bush&#39;s dwindling influence during a second  term undone by chaos in Iraq and last year&#39;s congressional  election losses, analysts said.
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President Bush's statement was a departure from his previous optimistic statements that the U.S. would eventually prevail.
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On Iraq, immigration, and Attorney General Gonzales, some staunch supporters have begun to defect.
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Americans remain sharply divided in their views of how President Bush is handling Iraq, and their confidence that a stable, democratic government will be established in that country has eroded, an Associated Press poll found.
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Some of President Bush&#39;s Republican allies on Capitol Hill are warning of a credibility gap between Mr. Bush&#39;s more optimistic statements concerning Iraq and what is actually taking place in the country.