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Egypt, Deficit Bring Calls to End Foreign Aid -- But Should We?

WASHINGTON -- The unrelated crises roiling Egypt and the federal budget have at least one thing in common: They both have brought calls to eliminate foreign aid. Just as Punxsutawney Phil crawled from his hole this week, the perennial debate over sending taxpayer money to foreign lands emerged once more on Capitol...

Presidents Bush to Throw Out First Pitches at World Series Game 4

Former Presidents George W. Bush and George H.W. Bush will throw out ceremonial first pitches Sunday before Game 4 of the World Series between the Rangers and the Giants. George W. Bush was managing general partner of the Rangers from 1989-94 and continued to maintain a partial ownership stake through 1998. He now lives...

Obama: End of Iraq Combat Mission Not a Victory Lap

FORT BLISS, Texas (Aug. 31) -- Hours before addressing the nation, President Barack Obama told U.S. troops just back from Iraq that his speech outlining the withdrawal of combat forces "is not going to be a victory lap" nor a cause for celebration. "There's still a lot of work that we've got to do to make sure that Iraq...

Analysis: Obama 'Resigned' to Being Wartime President

WASHINGTON (Aug. 31) -- When President Barack Obama addresses the nation from the Oval Office tonight to announce the formal end of combat in Iraq, he will sit where another Democratic commander in chief explained to the nation how another war had defeated his hopes for re-election. If the Vietnam War ended Lyndon...

Last US Combat Brigade Leaves Iraq: Instant Reactions

(Aug. 18) -- They're coming home -- early. On Wednesday evening in America, the Web lit up with the news that the final designated combat brigade, made up of some 4,000 U.S. soldiers, was leaving Iraq two weeks ahead of the Aug. 31 deadline set by President Obama. The historic moment, as MSNBC noted, effectively "......

Background on president george w bush

George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is an American politician and businessman who was the 43rd President of the United States from 2001 to 2009 and the 46th Governor of Texas from 1995 to 2000. The eldest son of Barbara Bush and George H. W.

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