White House on Defensive After Bremer Talk
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WASHINGTON - The White House staunchly defended its Iraq policy Tuesday as new questions emerged about President Bush's prewar decisions and postwar planning. An impending weapons report undercut the administration's main rationale for the war, and the former head of the American occupation said the United States had too few troops in Iraq after the invasion...
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The White House on Friday played down a government report which said the war in Iraq is providing an important training ground and recruitment center for Islamic terrorists.
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Â· Bremer fury at president's recollection of events Â· Released letters show relaxed approach
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The White House gave a new vote of confidence on Friday to Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld amid growing criticism of him from members of President Bush&#39;s own Republican Party.
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Democrats and the White House tussle over a new GAO assessment.
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Since John Kerry bested Bush by 3-0 in a debate sweep against two-faced George, the White House has been fumbling for distracting character attacks to get the media off of discussing Bush&#39;s unpresidential performance.
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Although the step coincides with concern about tainted imports from China, the White House insisted that the safety effort was not aimed at that country.
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President Bush and Sen. John Kerry clashed yesterday about whether conditions are improving in Iraq as the president continued to question his opponent&#39;s ability to lead.
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The White House tried to distance President Bush from any political backlash from the page sex scandal Thursday, saying House Republicans were dealing with the matter and do not need to be told what to do.
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The White House on Tuesday defended President Bush&#039;s prolific use of bill signing statements, saying they help him uphold the Constitution and defend the nation&#039;s security.
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Two blunt statements cause a ripple in relations - but nothing a good White House meeting can't paper over
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The White House on Wednesday defended its response to disclosures about the CIA's destruction of videotapes that showed harsh interrogations of two terrorism suspects.
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Britain's opposition Conservatives accused the White House on Saturday of barring their leader from meeting President Bush because he had criticized Bush's ally Tony Blair over Iraq.
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The secretary of state's assertion to the president and British Prime Minister Tony Blair last month indicates that there was a tough debate behind closed doors as the Bush administration reexamined its handling of Iraq in the wake of the president's reelection victory.
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AUSTIN - Democrats seized on new questions about the president&#39;s service in the Texas Air National Guard on Thursday, while the Bush campaign dismissed the subject as old news.
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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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The White House on Thursday accused Democrat John Kerry and his surrogates of instigating a new attack on President Bush&#39;s Vietnam-era National Guard service because Kerry is dropping in opinion polls.