Bush promotes aide to tighten grip on power
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PRESIDENT BUSH named another close White House aide to a key Cabinet position yesterday, part of an aggressive post-election strategy of gaining tight personal control over his foreign and domestic agenda.
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As the Bush administration inches closer to its concluding months, more top aides are headed out to the private sector. Sara M. Taylor , the White House political director and microtargeting guru who has been with George W.  Bush from the outset of his first presidential campaign, is the latest...
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Some of President Bushâs aides acknowledge that the surge of American forces that Mr. Bush defended so ardently today is already on borrowed time.
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Frustrated with Iraq's deadlocked central government, the Bush administration is pushing for more power to be given to Iraq's provincial councils, in the hope that local elected leaders will be more accountable to the people they serve.
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This important book points out that the Bush White House has repeatedly sought to expand its powers, often doing so in secret, while sidelining Congress and the judiciary.
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WASHINGTON -- US President George W. Bush signed executive orders yesterday designed to strengthen the CIA director&#39;s power over US intelligence agencies and create a national counter-terrorism centre, responding to election-year pressure to enact changes
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President Bush reached into his  inner circle on Tuesday and nominated a trusted confidante,  national security adviser Condoleezza Rice, to replace Colin  Powell as secretary of state.
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WASHINGTON President George W. Bush is preparing to issue an executive order that would immediately grant more power to the director of central intelligence, designating him to fill much of the role envisioned for a future national intelligence director
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President Bush on Friday signed executive orders designed to strengthen the CIA director's power over the nation's intelligence agencies and create a national counterterrorism center, responding to election-year pressures to enact changes called for by the Sept. 11 commission.
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President Bush, who didn't veto a bill for nearly six years, is now embracing the power to constrain the Democratic-controlled Congress even as his popularity remains low.
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Margaret Spellings has been a close adviser to President Bush since his days as Texas governor.
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President Bushâs tour seems in part geared to counter the influence of President Hugo ChÃ¡vez of Venezuela.
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - President Bush turned is turning the tables on Sen...
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President Bush will give the CIA director new powers as he sets up a counter-terrorism centre, the White House says.
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President Bush mobilized the federal emergency assistance establishment today on behalf of Southern California officials struggling with devastating wildfires that are forecast to get bigger
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President Bush, embroiled in a  fierce campaign battle over national security, on Friday will  give the post of CIA director some of the broad authority that  the Sept. 11 commission envisioned for a new intelligence czar.
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Support from Bush leads to role as international envoy helping Palestinians.