Word: bush
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...flood of Haitian refugees into the U.S. But its greatest importance now is as a test of the President's ability to conduct an effective foreign policy. On Haiti, Clinton faltered early and embarrassed himself. In the opening days of his Administration, he felt obliged to continue George Bush's policy of sending all Haitian refugees back -- a policy he had denounced during the campaign as ''cruel.'' He had been well on the way to recovering, though. The U.S. brokered the agreement under which Aristide, who is living in Washington, was to be restored to power; it was signed...
Amid the current economic contraction, there is one thing in abundant supply: blame. Equally abundant is the desire to blame George W. Bush for the recession. Indeed, writers on these pages and others have used our shrinking economy as an excuse to indict President Obama’s predecessor on everything from poor health care to climate change to racism...
...years, the Bush Administration defended its harsh interrogation methods against accusations of torture by portraying them as a measured intelligence gathering tool that wouldn't be allowed to get out of hand. But with the release of the Justice Department interrogation memos ordered by President Obama last week, it has become clear that the use of waterboarding seemed to occasionally get out of control...
...used with substantial repetition, so that there is no possibility that severe physical pain could arise from such repetition. Accordingly, we conclude that these acts neither separately nor as part of a course of conduct would inflict severe physical pain or suffering with the meaning of the statute." (Read "Bush Torture Memo Approved Use of Insects in Interrogations...
...seems, does the rest of the region after this summit. To most Latin Americans, Obama could not present a starker contrast to his predecessor, George W. Bush, whom Chávez once called "the devil" and whose relations with the hemisphere were strained at best. Even Bill Clinton as President didn't set foot south of the border until five months into his second term. Latin America, according to many experts, has the worst gap between rich and poor of any region in the world - a big reason why the U.S. has so many immigration-policy headaches. And what Obama...