A Bush Speech That Could Backfire
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The President tries to rally the country with good news on Iraq, but some Republicans question why he took the risk
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Amid the poetry and promise of Barack Obama's election-night address came this hard truth: "There will be setbacks," he said, "and we will make mistakes."
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George W. Bush doesn&#39;t like speaking at the United Nations. You can see it in his eyesâthe flicker of perplexity, bordering on distress, when he recites a line that draws surefire cheers on
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President Bush drew startling criticism Tuesday night from Republican White House hopefuls unhappy with his handling of the Iraq war, his diplomatic style and his approach to immigration.
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President Bush's disclosure of previously secret CIA prisons overseas and his unapologetic defense of hardball tactics in the war on terrorism may rub salt in a diplomatic wound his administration had hoped to heal.
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Comment is free: Jonathan Steele: However misguided were Bush's remarks this week, at least he didn't further fuel ethnic conflict by calling to split the country.
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President Bush delivered a scathing critique of Senator John Kerry's stands on national security and the economy.
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The presidency comes with powerful tools that can help incumbents keep their jobs: a mighty public-relations machine, a bully pulpit, a famous airplane. Yet President Bush has been powerless to halt a recent tide of bad news, from surging violence and missing weapons in Iraq, to missteps by his own campaign, to a potentially damaging new probe by his own FBI.
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The Iraq war that might have been President Bush's defining glory may instead turn out to be his Achilles heel -- or Democratic candidate Sen. John Kerry's complex inheritance.
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George W. Bush faces 90 of the most critical minutes of his presidency, with his rationale for war in Iraq in tatters and his bid for a second term threatened by challenger John Kerry.
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President Bush tried in advance today to deflate a report that will undercut some of his rationale for the Iraq war.
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Not a word on Iraq. President Bush's inaugural address contained 2,000 words of passion and promise for his second term, but no direct mention of the war that could sink it.
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Many are wondering what President Bush will say in his prime-time speech to the nation about the Iraq war, but it's worth noting one phrase they surely will not hear: "Stay the course."
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Gloves-off election-year rhetoric hit the radio Saturday, as President Bush argued that critics are wrongheaded to argue for a different policy in Iraq.
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If just listening could make policy, then George W. Bush might have found a way forward in Iraq nearly a year ago. After all, this past week is not the first time the White House has mounted a listening offensive to turn things around.
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President Bush warned yesterday that the United States is at risk of losing sight of past racial suffering, describing recent displays of nooses and jokes about lynching as "deeply offensive" in a speech to a largely African American audience invited to the White House.
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President Bush could face a hostile reception in the streets of Latin America as he begins a tour aimed at winning back friends in a region where his administration is deeply unpopular.