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 denied that aides to President George W. Bush had a hand in crafting Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi's speech to the US Congress last week.
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The White House chief of staff faced possible contempt charges after a congressional panel on Thursday rejected President George W. Bush's attempt to limit the probe of the firing of federal prosecutors.
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The White House on Monday acknowledged  the U.S. economy had hit a rough patch but disagreed with  Democratic presidential contender Hillary Clinton's prediction  that a recession was looming.
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Already scrambling to make up ground lost after last week's debate, US President George W. Bush's campaign was forced further on the defensive by a report that the White House knew before invading Iraq that key intelligence on the country's alleged nuclear weapons program was questionable.
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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's own  Republican Party.
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The White House moved toward a showdown in court with the Democratic-led Congress on Monday by refusing to provide demanded information and testimony in an investigation into the firing of prosecutors.
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White House officials today found themselves explaining recent remarks by the former top American administrator in Iraq.
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The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff has taken a position at odds with the White House in urging Congress this week to restrict the powers of a new national intelligence
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The White House sought to explain the missing explosives in Iraq; John Kerry said the president had put U.S. troops at risk.
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An intelligence report showing an   upsurge in Islamic militancy put the White House on the   defensive on Wednesday in an election-year debate over whether   President George W. Bush has made America safer.
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The White House said it had concerns that Iraqi assets in American banks could be vulnerable to claims from victims of Saddam Hussein.
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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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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 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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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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The White House tries to shore up support for its Iraq strategy, under fire from two more Republican Senators.