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George W. Bush

• Obama meets with George H.W. and Jeb Bush (AP)

  AP - President Barack Obama met with former President George H.W. Bush and former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush in the Oval Office on Friday, joining in a bipartisan gathering in an election year.

• Secret Service: Man detained at Bush home had gun (Reuters)

  Reuters - A man detained outside the home of former President George W. Bush had a weapon in his car, but was released after questioning on Tuesday, a U.S. Secret Service spokesman said on Wednesday.

• Man with gun in car stopped at Bush home in Dallas (AP)

  AP - The Secret Service detained, questioned and released a man who had a firearm in his vehicle as he pulled up outside the north Dallas home of former President George W. Bush.

• Upgraded concourse: Bush Intercontinental Airport (AP)

  AP - Ground has been broken on a $160 million south concourse project at Houston's George Bush Intercontinental Airport.

• George and Laura Bush Endorsed ... Jeb Bush for President (The Atlantic Wire)

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• Ky. woman indicted on charges of threatening Bush (AP)

  AP - Federal prosecutors say a Kentucky woman has been indicted on charges of threatening former President George W. Bush and U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky.

• George W. Bush barely mentioned in GOP campaign (AP)

  AP - A funny thing happened recently in the presidential campaign in Iowa: The last Republican president's name actually surfaced.

  
  

• Why the Bush and Blair Convictions Will Not Be Recognized (ContributorNetwork)

  ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | In what's considered by most to be little more than symbolism, former U.S. President George W. Bush and former British Prime Minister Tony Blair have been convicted of war crimes by a Malaysian court for the 2003 invasion of Iraq. The "Kuala Lumpur Foundation to Criminalise War" [sic] charged that both men knowingly ordered the invasion of Iraq, under a false pretext of former dictator Saddam Hussein having stockpiled weapons of mass destruction.

• Unemployment Benefits Extensions Expiring, Related to Bush Tax Cuts (ContributorNetwork)

  ContributorNetwork - Unemployment benefits extensions are set to expire on Tuesday, Nov. 30. At the moment, there doesn't seem to be many on Capitol Hill overly concerned that another two million people, many of whom seem the extensions as their only financial lifeline in a flat and nearly jobless economy, will soon see their unemployment benefits disappear.

• Bush Tax Cuts Shed Light on Right-Wing’s Obsession with Greed Preservation (ContributorNetwork)

  ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | National Journal reported that the failed supercommittee was $678 billion apart over extending the George W. Bush tax cuts for 10 years. This figure is the amount the wealthy would've had to pay if the cuts weren't extended for them, which would pay for 5.5 years of unemployment benefits. The right wing in this country has a very dangerous obsession: Greed preservation at the expense of America which they claim to love so much.

• Chelsea Clinton Career Back in Public View (ContributorNetwork)

  ContributorNetwork - Chelsea Clinton will be working for NBC News. She will be a special correspondent for "NBC Nightly News" on a special segment called "Making a Difference." Clinton, the daughter of former president Bill Clinton and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, joins the network where two other famous political daughters have been working. Jenna Bush Hager, the daughter of former president George W. Bush, works for "The Today Show." Meghan McCain, daughter of Sen. John McCain, will be a contributor to MSNBC.

• Chelsea Clinton to join Jenna Bush Hager, Meghan McCain at NBC (The Ticket)

  The Ticket - Chelsea Clinton, daughter of former President Bill Clinton, has been hired to work on-air for NBC News, the network announced Monday, placing her beside fellow daughters of famous political figures including Jenna Bush Hager and Meghan McCain. Clinton "possesses an uncommon understanding of humanity -- on city streets, across this country and around the globe," [...]

• NBC hires Chelsea Clinton; former first daughter joins Jenna Bush, Meghan McCain at network (The Cutline)

  The Cutline - Chelsea Clinton will be working on-air for NBC News, the network announced on Monday. The former first daughter will be a "special correspondent" for NBC "Nightly News" and its new primetime newsmagazine, "Rock Center With Brian Williams"--essentially working on stories that fit within NBC's "Making a Difference" franchise, the network said. In a statement, NBC [...]

• Please, No More Clintons or Bushes (ContributorNetwork)

  ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | The country suffered through Clinton burn-out after eight years in the White House. Next, we suffered through Bush burn-out after W's war-torn eight years in the executive mansion.

• Poll: 56 Percent Say Obama 'About the Same' or 'Worse' Than Bush (ContributorNetwork)

  ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | To give an indication as to just how far President Barack Obama has fallen in the job approval polls, a USA Today/Gallup poll has indicated he is perceived by nearly six out of 10 Americans as performing on a level with former President George W. Bush or worse.

• Bush's No Child Left Behind Act and Obama's Updates Leave U.S. Children Behind (ContributorNetwork)

  ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | I find irony in the title No Child Left Behind.

• GOP Forgets ‘Class Warfare’ Started in Bush Administration (ContributorNetwork)

  ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | Republicans are calling President Barack Obama's plan to tax those who make more than $1 million per year "class warfare." Obama has stated he plans to use the extra revenue to help pay down the deficit by having millionaires pay the same tax rates as the middle class.

• Former President Bush Visits All Three National Memorials in Honor of 9/11 Victims (ContributorNetwork)

  ContributorNetwork - Former President George W. Bush has kept a relatively low profile since leaving office in January 2009. But as the 10-year anniversary of the terrorist attacks of 9/11 approached, he understandably began to be sought out again for his insights on that tragic day in American history and its aftermath.

• Update on Stanley Hilton, Man Who Sued Bush Over 9/11 (ContributorNetwork)

  ContributorNetwork - Stanley Hilton claims former President George W. Bush not only permitted 9/11 to occur, he helped orchestrate the terror attacks and signed an order authorizing them. He even sued Bush and his cabinet over these 9/11 allegations in 2002 (Taxpayers of the USA v. Bush, Case No. 3:03-cv-3927), but the District Court in Northern California dismissed the case under the doctrine of sovereign immunity.

• Condoleezza Rice becomes the third member of the Bush administration to accuse Cheney of lying in his memoir (The Ticket)

  The Ticket - Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is the third senior official from President George W. Bush's administration to accuse Dick Cheney of lying in his new memoir, "In My Time." Rice told Reuters in an interview Wednesday that she "kept the president fully and completely informed about every 'in and out' of the negotiations with [...]