Neoconservatives Gain Strength in New Bush Team
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Neoconservatives, seen as the  ideological architects of the U.S. invasion of Iraq, appear to  be gaining strength in President Bush's second administration,  foreign policy analysts said on Wednesday.
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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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Whether Republican George W. Bush or Democrat John Kerry wins the Nov. 2 election, Americans are likely to see some familiar faces in the Cabinet of either man as president.
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President Bush yesterday tapped veteran GOP strategist and lobbyist Edward W. Gillespie as White House counselor, adding another Washington insider to a key position in his administration as it continues to battle with Congress over Iraq, the Justice Department and immigration.
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Extremists' rise can be traced in part to Bush policy, analysts say.
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More voters consider President Bush a strong leader who can do a better job combatting terrorism even though they widely agree that Democratic Sen. John Kerry won the first debate focused solely on foreign policy.
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The Republican Party nominated President Bush for a second four-year term in the White House on Tuesday with a ringing call for his re-election and a torrent of praise for his strength and "compassionate" leadership.
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An new era of uncompromising and perhaps harder line US foreign policy dawned yesterday as President Bush formally nominated Condoleezza Rice as his new Secretary of State, and promoted her former deputy, Stephen Hadley, to be national security adviser at
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An important ally when George W. Bush first won the presidency, the Christian Coalition of America says it's poised again to help a conservative win the White House. Whether it can back up that pledge is an open question.
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President Bush is focusing on new American alliances with the tribes and local groups that Washington once feared would tear the country apart.
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NEW YORK -- The soaring confidence that George W. Bush&#39;s political team takes into the final weeks of the campaign stems from more than belief its candidate is vastly underestimated.
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NEW YORK--Republicans marshaled their forces to bolster US President George W. Bush&#39;s image as a strong leader in treacherous times as they open their national convention in the city that felt the brunt of the worst terrorist attacks in US history.
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John McCain picked up former President George H.W. Bush's support on Monday, a critical blessing by a pillar of the Republican establishment whose members aren't completely sold on the party's next standard-bearer.
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The man President Bush describes as the architect of his successful re-election campaign says this may be a turning point for the Republican Party, which has also expanded its majority in both houses of Congress.
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Stephen J. Hadley, President George W. Bush&#39;s new national security adviser, is a veteran of Republican administrations back to Richard Nixon&#39;s who boasts close ties to Vice President Dick Cheney.
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President Bush has signaled that he intends to hit the ground running with an aggressive second-term agenda by replacing a majority of his first-term Cabinet with leaders more in tune with his conservative line of thinking.
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The top Republican  presidential contenders pledged support for President George W.  Bush&#39;s strategy in Iraq on Wednesday at a debate overshadowed  by the candidate who did not attend -- newly minted contender  Fred Thompson.