Bush Considering Tougher Syria Sanctions-Officials
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The Bush administration is considering tightening U.S. economic sanctions on Syria to put pressure on Damascus to pull its troops out of Lebanon and crack down on terrorism, administration officials said on Friday.
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The Bush administration might  reconsider sanctions imposed on two Indian scientists for  alleged nuclear cooperation with Iran if New Delhi offers  "significant and convincing" proof they were not involved, a  senior U.S. official said on Thursday.
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President George W. Bush, who is to announce more U.S. sanctions against Myanmar on Friday, will call on China and India to take more action to pressure that Asian country, the White House said.
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The United States and Syria   locked horns on Tuesday, with Washington urging others to join   it in imposing sanctions on Damascus and Syria telling America   to stop trying to impose its will on Arabs.
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President Bush on Friday set new sanctions against members of Myanmar's military junta and their associates in response to the junta's violent crackdown on democracy protesters.
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CRAWFORD, Texas  - President George W. Bush intends to veto defense legislation after Iraq objected to a provision that could freeze its assets in the United States if Americans sue the country, the White House said on Friday.
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Syrian President Bashar Assad said Wednesday his country will continue to challenge U.S. efforts to exert control over the Middle East, sounding a defiant tone ahead of President Bush's arrival in the region for talks on Iraq.
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President Bush said today that he would work to strengthen sanctions against Iran in the wake of a new report showing that the nation continues to defy U.N. demands to suspend its nuclear enrichment programs.
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The United States, European states and Israel are considering rapidly easing sanctions in the occupied West Bank to try to bolster Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, Western and Israeli officials said on Friday.
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The Bush administration said it  would work with Congress to avoid U.S. exports being hit with  potentially hundreds of millions of dollars in new sanctions  approved on Tuesday by the World Trade Organization.
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President Bush blamed Syria and Iran for new Middle East violence Wednesday, faced further defiance from Iran and North Korea and got an acerbic retort from Russian President Vladimir Putin to U.S. criticism.
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President Bush is weighing a range of options in Iraq, including a partial withdrawal of U.S. troops from violence-plagued cities and a troop buildup near the Iranian and Syrian borders, his top security aide said today.
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The United States would like other   nations to join it in imposing sanctions on Syria, U.S.   Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said in an interview   published on Tuesday.
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Syria calls for a "serious dialogue" with the US as the most senior US official in two years visits Damascus.
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US President Bush says he has lost patience with Syria's President Assad, and rules out opening a dialogue with him.
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The United States plans, most likely this week, to impose sanctions on an Iranian Qods force member for stoking violence in Iraq as well as on several Iraqi exiles in Syria and Iran, U.S. officials said on Wednesday.
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Talks with Syria suggests the U.S. may want out in the not-too-distant future