Analysts Note Gap Between Bush Rhetoric And Reality
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President Bush's soaring rhetoric Thursday that the United States will promote the growth of democratic movements and institutions worldwide is at odds with the administration's increasingly close relations with repressive governments in every corner of the world.
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President Bush's ability to stick to  a scripted defense of his policies on Iraq and terrorism should  give him an edge over Democratic rival Sen. John Kerry in  Thursday's presidential debate, analysts say.
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A new Powell biography is among the latest accounts of the divisions within the Bush administration over the Iraq war.
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A speech by President Bush illustrates the problem with using historical analogies to make foreign policy.
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Fifty days out from the US presidential election, the rhetoric is becoming nastier between George W. Bush and Democratic challenger John Kerry, as the US president's lead appears to be solidifying.
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President Bush stopped short of a formal recognition of independence in his comments on Monday.
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President George W. Bush's recent gains in approval ratings have improved Republican prospects in the November 7 fight for Congress, but analysts say Democrats still have the upper hand with a disaffected public in the mood for change.
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While President Bush and others have delivered optimistic public appraisals, officials who fight the Iraqi insurgency and study it believe the rebellion is deeper and more widespread than is being publicly acknowledged, officials say.
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President Bush is doggedly working to &quot;stay on message&quot; in defense of his Iraq policy, but a series of recent remarks and reports raises new questions about the rationale and the operation of the war.
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A more pointed attack on the Bush presidency.
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If the prime targets of President Bush's appeal for patience last night were moderates in his own party, his speech may have fallen flat.
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President Bush glossed over some complicating realities in Iraq, Afghanistan and the home front in arguing the case Americans are safer and his opponent cannot deliver.
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WASHINGTON - Now it is gaps in his service records that are beginning to dog US President George W. Bush in the US election campaign.
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New doubts are arising about the accuracy of U.S. intelligence on the nuclear programs in North Korea and Iran, only a few years after faulty warnings about weapons of mass destruction helped President Bush justify the invasion of Iraq.
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Division between President Bush and Congress over the Iraq war hardens.
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President Bush and Sen. John F. Kerry made few major factual errors in their first debate, although on occasion they stretched the truth or left out inconvenient facts -- or may have confused viewers as they spoke in policy shorthand.
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One report contradicted Bush administrationÂs assertions that were provided as evidence of a close relationship between Iraq and Al Qaeda.