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The Obama administration will no longer employ the controversial term, but is the announcement really a significant policy shift?
By Alex Koppelman
March 13, 2009
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The defender of George Bush's legacy seems to have misplaced two or three trillion dollars of the national debt.
By Andrew Leonard
March 13, 2009
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The president has repudiated some of George W. Bush's signing statements, but the one he released Wednesday was similar to some of his predecessors'.
By Alex Koppelman
March 11, 2009
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The president needs to end Bush's disastrous policies at the Bagram Air Base prison in Afghanistan.
By Karen Greenberg
March 9, 2009
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On Monday, the president will reportedly sign an executive order regarding the ban instituted by President Bush.
By Alex Koppelman
March 6, 2009
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At a hearing on the idea, Republican Senators give a glimpse into the kind of opposition they'll put up against it.
By Mark Benjamin and Alex Koppelman
March 4, 2009
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Secret memos from the former administration reveal the breadth of the Bush team's claims of executive branch power.
By Vincent Rossmeier
March 3, 2009
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Some Iraq war critics are fretting about Obama's speech on Friday, and his plan to stay a little longer. But here's why there's no reason for alarm.
By Juan Cole
March 2, 2009
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Budgets are about priorities, not numbers, and President Obama's first budget marks a sea change from the past eight years.
By Mike Madden
February 27, 2009
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The Rhode Island Democrat takes to the floor of the Senate to advocate for a commission to look into allegations of torture.
By Mark Benjamin
February 25, 2009
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Is there a lot America doesn't know about Bush torture policies? There is, says Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse. "This is going to be big."
By Mark Benjamin
February 24, 2009
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The former vice president apparently made a last-minute push for a pardon for Scooter Libby, and is angry it was unsuccessful.
By Alex Koppelman
February 17, 2009
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A truth commission is a good idea. But unlikely. Instead Obama should grant immunity to those who publicly testify about torture and spying.
By Joe Conason
February 13, 2009
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It's time for Washington's ex-celebrities to diversify. I'm seeing Rush making action movies, and Ann Coulter single-handedly reviving female pro wrestling.
By Garrison Keillor
February 11, 2009
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Liberals are unhappy about some parts of the bailout plan announced Tuesday, but there's at least one bit of good news in there.
By Alex Koppelman
February 10, 2009
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Despite recent high-profile withdrawals, President Obama's selections haven't fared much worse than his predecessors' did.
By Vincent Rossmeier
February 3, 2009
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Just as Republican congressmen moved President Bush to the right, so Washington's Democrats are now pushing Obama to the left.
By David Sirota
January 31, 2009
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Never mind the last eight painful years. We see the new, fresh faces in Washington and we expect them to do the right thing and serve the common good.
By Garrison Keillor
January 28, 2009
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In the tech-challenged White House, the prez's BlackBerry-savvy aides feel like they've stumbled into the Carter administration.
By Mike Madden
January 27, 2009
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By rejecting Bush's torture tactics, the new president is urging Americans to reclaim their principles -- and their courage.
By Gary Kamiya
January 27, 2009
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Texas used to run Washington. Now Bush is the latest Texas politician to be run out of Washington. The quickest path back to power may lie in accepting demographic reality.
By Mark Schone
January 26, 2009
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In his first week, the new president reverses Bush's Mexico City order from eight years ago.
By Thomas Schaller
January 23, 2009
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On Day 2 of his administration, President Obama reverses key Bush "war on terror" policies, signing orders that end torture, close the CIA's black sites and phase out Guantanamo.
By Mike Madden
January 23, 2009
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A new executive order contains a stinging rebuke of the Bush administration's legal justifications for its policy.
By Alex Koppelman
January 22, 2009
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The former vice president says he disagreed with his old boss' decision not to give a last-minute pardon to Scooter Libby.
By Alex Koppelman
January 22, 2009
DOJ drops "enemy combatant" designation
Karl Rove's funny numbers
Obama's Guantánamo?
Bush's own set of laws
We're really leaving Iraq
This is not George Bush's budget
Senate will advance torture commission
Pardon the Bush miscreants
America loves its second acts
Moving the center to the left
You don't have mail
Obama's call to arms
The power of the pen
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