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George W. Bush

• Bush seeks to bolster economic plan at APEC (AP)

  AP - President George W. Bush embarks Friday on most likely his final foreign mission: bolstering the nose-diving economy by rallying Asia-Pacific nations behind a united response. He is expected to emerge with modest gains, but world peers are peeking ahead to Barack Obama's administration.

• Bush backs extending unemployment benefits: White House (Reuters)

  Reuters - The White House said on Thursday that President George W. Bush supported legislation that would extend unemployment benefits to ease the impact of the current economic crisis.

• Bush, Olmert to hold final meeting in office (AP)

  AP - President George W. Bush and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert — two leaders with just weeks left in office — will discuss a range of issues at the White House on Monday, including Iran's nuclear program, the global financial crisis and efforts to find peace in the Middle East.

• Dems look to stop endangered species rule changes (AP)

  AP - With the Bush administration on the verge of relaxing regulations protecting endangered species, Democratic leaders are looking at ways to overturn any last-minute rule changes.

  
  

• Bush reopens renovated American history museum (AP)

  AP - President George W. Bush urged all Americans Wednesday to come visit the newly renovated National Museum of American History, which he called a "fantastic place of learning."

• Bush plans to attend Army-Navy game on Dec. 6 (AP)

  AP - President George W. Bush plans to take in the next chapter of one of college football's most-storied rivalries, going next month to watch the annual Army-Navy football game.

• Steps proposed to ease air travel congestion (AP)

  AP - The government is opening some military airspace to ease airline congestion over Thanksgiving and Christmas, though the effort is likely to have only limited results. And if the weather's bad, all bets are off.

  
  

• Iran aims for 2009 launch of nuclear plant (Reuters)

  Reuters - Iran is aiming to commission its first nuclear power plant in 2009 after years of delays, the official IRNA news agency reported on Tuesday.

  
  

• Bush says holiday air space to be expanded (Reuters)

  Reuters - President George W. Bush on Tuesday said the U.S. government will open up air space over the Midwest, Southwest and West Coast for holiday travel, similar to action taken last year when the military allowed civilian flights in its airspace to ease congestion over the East Coast.

  
  

• Bush welcomes US Ryder Cup team to White House (AP)

  AP - President George W. Bush celebrated Monday with American golfers who reclaimed the Ryder Cup for the U.S.

  
  

• Bush bestows medals on administration members, too (AP)

  AP - President George W. Bush brought something unusual to a White House awards ceremony Monday: some surprises.

  
  

• White House says doesn't want automakers to fail (Reuters)

  Reuters - The White House on Monday said it did not want automakers to fail but aid should be provided through government loans appropriated for the industry by Congress and not from the $700 billion financial rescue package.

  
  

• Bush hosts Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi (AP)

  AP - Fresh off presiding over a global financial summit, President George W. Bush on Sunday conferred privately about the world's economic downturn with the leader of a wealthy Persian Gulf emirate.

• Text of Bush's remarks on economic summit (AP)

  AP - Text of President George W. Bush's remarks Saturday after meeting with world leaders about the economic crisis, as provided by the White House:

  
  

• Bush says summit leaders agree to cooperate better (AP)

  AP - President George W. Bush, closing an emergency economic summit, said Saturday that decisive action had been required in recent weeks to save the United States from possibly falling into "a depression greater than the Great Depression."

  
  

• Bush's remarks upon arrival at summit (AP)

  AP - President Bush's remarks Saturday upon arriving at the economic summit in Washington:

• Michelle Obama gets sneak peak of WH closets (AP)

  AP - Touring the White House, Michelle Obama did what any prospective homebuyer might do: Check out the closet space.

  
  

• White House pushing to speed up loans for automakers (Reuters)

  Reuters - The White House has been in talks with Congress about finding a way to accelerate loans to automakers under a $25 billion program already appropriated for the troubled industry, spokeswoman Dana Perino said on Friday.

  
  

• Bush confident global leaders can overcome crisis (Reuters)

  Reuters - U.S. President George W. Bush said on Friday he was confident world leaders gathering for a summit would eventually resolve the global financial crisis and return their economies to a path of growth.

  
  

• Bush names prosecutor as TARP inspector general (Reuters)

  Reuters - President George W. Bush intends to nominate Assistant U.S. Attorney Neil Barofsky to be the special inspector general for the Troubled Assets Relief Program at the Treasury Department, the White House said on Friday.