Clear mandate will boost Bush&#39;s authority, reach
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His margin of victory in the Electoral College was close enough that for a while it seemed possible Ohio&#39;s provisional ballots could change the outcome.
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A confident, lighthearted President Bush vowed on Thursday to move quickly and vigorously to enact the ambitious agenda he set out during the campaign, saying &quot;the people made it clear what they wanted.
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George W Bush moved yesterday to seize the political advantage after Osama bin Laden&#39;s extraordinary intervention in the US presidential election on Friday night.
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President Bush on Friday will sign a series of executive orders giving the CIA director some of the authority envisioned by the Sept.
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Hard-line Syria, sanctioned and criticized by the U.S. administration over the Arab-Israeli conflict and Iraq, says President Bush's new mandate could mean hope for solutions in a troubled Middle East.
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The head of the US Central Intelligence Agency will have broad new powers under a plan by President Bush to streamline intelligence gathering in an era of terrorist threats.
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President Bush has made a sweeping  promise to stand with oppressed people if they challenge  tyrannical leaders, an ambitious goal that may put the United  States at odds with some of its anti-terrorism allies who lack  popular support.
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Bush plans to emphasize building alliances, but without softening the policies that rankled many in his first term.
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The Bush administration expressed cautious optimism that security would be strong enough to assure valid results.
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World leaders at odds with George W. Bush  are hoping he will change his policies to rebuild global trust  shattered by the Iraq war, but his strengthened mandate means  they could be the ones left making the changes.
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President George W. Bush said Thursday that he earned &quot;political capital&quot; from the 59 million people who voted for him and will use it to advance a broad agenda that includes protecting America and reforming the intelligence community, the tax code and
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President Bush claimed a re-election mandate Wednesday after a record 59 million Americans chose him over Democrat John Kerry and voted to expand Republican control of Congress as well. He pledged to pursue his agenda on taxes and Iraq while seeking "the broad support of all Americans."
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A confident, lighthearted President Bush vowed yesterday to move quickly and vigorously to enact the ambitious agenda he set out during the campaign, saying &quot;the people made it clear what they wanted.
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The first-born son achieved what the father could not &#151; a second term in the White House &#151; and now, an emboldened President Bush envisions using his tenure to push for far-reaching policy changes on issues from Social Security to taxes.
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The expected arrival here on Friday of President Bush, who personifies for Latin Americans the economic and political power of Washington, is being greeted with an
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WASHINGTON - President Bush tried to make the case for an election mandate Thursday, holding a news conference to discuss his goals for his next term.
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The Bush administration has undertaken a campaign aimed at getting Sunnis to vote in next month&#39;s assembly elections and is ready to help