Word: bushes
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...calling the summit, President Bush's actions represent a real commitment to improving education. Of course, Bush will never be a real "education president" until he commits more federal funding to education programs. But the serious tone of the conference and the agreement to reconvene this winter demonstrate that this conference represents more than simply "political pointscoring...
ALMOST a year after his election, President Bush continues to act as if he is running a political campaign. His strategy is to focus on a tremendous national problem, grab a few headlines, and then move on to the next issue without supporting substantive change. Months after Bush's famous press conference from a national park, he has yet to present tough clean air legislation to Congress. And he plans to fund his famed War on Drugs as if it were a minor skirmish...
LAST week, Bush turned the nation's attention to education, by sponsoring a three-day educational summit with 50 governors at the University of Virginia. The politicians talked about problems in the educational system, while trying to grab some positive publicity in the process. If governors keep their promise to follow up on the conference with concrete proposals, however, Bush may find himself with more than he bargained for. He may have to back up his words with actions...
...part, this attitude reflects Bush's deeply ingrained caution about doing "something dumb," as Baker put it last week. It also suits the hard-line doubters, like NSC deputy Robert Gates, Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney and Vice President Dan Quayle, who think Gorbachev is only a short-timer and the Soviet Union will never really change...
...followed up by renouncing intervention in the affairs of Eastern Europe. His steady march toward nuclear-arms reduction often caught the U.S. off guard and vastly impressed Western Europe. His sure hand on foreign policy has been so convincing that some American congressional leaders are complaining that the Bush Administration is responding too tentatively...