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The 43rd President of the United States, George Walker Bush was born on July 6, 1946. The Republican is a two-term president, narrowly defeating Sen. Al Gore in the 2000 election and winning again in 2004 over Sen. John Kerry. His parents are Barbara Bush and former President George H.W. Bush. He's only the second President in history to be the son of a former President. Bush received his undergraduate degree from Yale and his MBA from Harvard. Bush was elected governor of Texas twice--in 1994 and 1998. Significant events during his presidency have included the 9/11 attacks on the U.S., the invasion of Afghanistan, the Iraq War, the capture of Saddam Hussein, Hurricane Katrina, the No Child...
The 43rd President of the United States, George Walker Bush was born on July 6, 1946. The Republican is a two-term president, narrowly defeating Sen. Al Gore in the 2000 election and winning again in 2004 over Sen. John Kerry. His parents are Barbara Bush and former President George H.W. Bush. He's only the second President in history to be the son of a former President. Bush received his undergraduate degree from Yale and his MBA from Harvard. Bush was elected governor of Texas twice--in 1994 and 1998. Significant events during his presidency have included the 9/11 attacks on the U.S., the invasion of Afghanistan, the Iraq War, the capture of Saddam Hussein, Hurricane Katrina, the No Child Left Behind Act and a $1.3 trillion tax-cut program in 2001.
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UPDATE 2-Blair says feared fight with Britain's media barons
Reuters* Former PM say media so powerful he could not confront it * Blair says offending media was dangerous for politicians * Blair heckled over Iraq war at Leveson inquiry By Kate Holton and Matt Falloon LONDON, May 28 (Reuters) - British leaders are...Tags: International Military Interventions, Iraq War (2003-2011), Wars and Interventions, Labor Legislation, Parties and Movements
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College transcripts replace birth certificate for Obama detractors
Now that the issue of the president’s birth certificate has been laid to rest (mostly)some conservatives are turning their attention to a new obsession: Barack Obama’s college transcripts. Last week, a website that already had offered a $10,...
Tags: Students, Education, Columbia University, Vietnam War (1955-1975), Crime, Law and Justice
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UPDATE 1-Blair says feared provoking British media wrath
Reuters* Former PM say media so powerful he could not confront it * Blair says offending media was dangerous for politicians By Kate Holton and Guy Faulconbridge LONDON, May 28 (Reuters) - Tony Blair said on Monday he decided to court the media in Britain...Tags: Iraq War (2003-2011), Wars and Interventions, Labor Legislation, Parties and Movements, Newspaper and Magazine
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Memorial Day: A stark reminder for families of the fallen
Just the other day, Dan Gautier had one of those flashbacks.
Five years ago on May 17, he was driving home from work when his phone rang. The caller ID said it was Lindsey Gautier, his daughter-in-law. She had married Dan's only son, Aaron Gautier, a 19-...Tags: Human Interest, Baghdad (Iraq), Newport News (Newport News, Virginia), Richmond (Richmond, Virginia), Iraq
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On picking an unprepared veep
Jules WitcoverWASHINGTON -- As aides to Mitt Romney busy themselves vetting prospective running mates, the man who recommended Sarah Palin to Republican presidential nominee John McCain four years ago says he stands by that advice. Inadvertently, he may be giving...Tags: Nikki Haley, The Wall Street Journal, Science and Technology, Elections, Walter Mondale
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The Obama-Romney battlefield: Electoral college ensures it's weird
There are 50 states on The Times’ cool, new "predict a winner" interactive map. But only about 10 of those states really matter for this presidential election, thanks to the electoral college. In a sea of blue and red, these states are gray —...
Tags: Elections, Benjamin Harrison, Los Angeles Times, John McCain, Mitt Romney
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Britain's Blair faces grilling over ties to Murdoch
Reuters* Questioning of Blair will throw spotlight on Labour's ties to media * Blair spoke to Murdoch three times in run-up to Iraq war By Kate Holton LONDON, May 28 (Reuters) - Tony Blair's decision to openly court Rupert Murdoch to win power and ensure...Tags: Iraq War (2003-2011), International Military Interventions, Wars and Interventions, Labor Legislation, Newspaper and Magazine
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U.S. and Cuban scientists work to save turtles and sharks
Though Cuba and the United States have limited the flow of people and goods across the Florida Straits, sea turtles, sharks and other endangered species swim unimpeded from one country's waters to the other's, linking their rich but fragile environments....Tags: Conservation, Mexico, Natural Resources, Forests, Republican Party
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Oscar-winning director attacks financial industry, seeking scalps
ReutersBy Bernard Vaughan NEW YORK, May 27 (Reuters) - Film maker Charles Ferguson's take on how the financial industry views the rest of America is summed up in the cover art for his new book, "Predator Nation: Corporate Criminals, Political Corruption, and...Tags: Bill Clinton, Iraq War (2003-2011), International Military Interventions, Wars and Interventions, Merrill Lynch & Company Inc.
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Hollywood a longtime friend of the CIA
WASHINGTON — Some Republican lawmakers were outraged when federal records released last week showed that the White House, CIA and Defense Department granted high-level access last year to a pair of acclaimed filmmakers researching an action thriller...
Tags: Lionel Chetwynd, Iraq War (2003-2011), Abbottabad (Pakistan), Docudramas (genre), Lone (music group)
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President, to president, to president
"You will be our president when you read this note," George Herbert Walker Bush wrote to Bill Clinton, the man who defeated him in the 1992 campaign, denying Bush the provisional vindication that reelection provides until history has its chance to judge...
Tags: Bill Clinton, Democratic Party, Richard Nixon, Camp David, Parties and Movements
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Synagogue withdraws invitation for Wasserman Schultz
Church and state — or at least politics and religion — clashed this week as a prominent synagogue withdrew a speaking invitation for U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz. Wasserman Schultz, D-Weston, was to have spoken Friday at Temple Israel...Tags: Religion and Belief, Republican Party, Miami-Dade County, Elections, Marco Rubio
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