Gone are the days when stern words by a U.S. president could prevent rash action by an errant foreign leader like Musharraf.
By Sidney Blumenthal Nov 8, 2007
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James "Dow 36,000" Glassman gets the nod to succeed Karen Hughes as Undersecretary of Spin. Should we laugh or cry?
By Andrew Leonard
December 13, 2007
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The story Bush tells about how Billy Graham converted him is a fable, concocted during the 2000 presidential campaign. Here's the truth.
By Craig Unger
November 8, 2007
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The White House says it's "inappropriate" to judge Karen Hughes' performance by world opinion.
By Tim Grieve
October 31, 2007
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Your duty is to defend America's reputation in the world. To do so, you must persuade the Bush administration to renounce its abhorrent and hypocritical policy on torture.
By Sidney Blumenthal
October 11, 2007
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Another member of Bush's inner circle packs up for home.
By Tim Grieve
October 31, 2007
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Hoping that history will somehow vindicate him, the president has entered a phase of decadent perversity.
By Sidney Blumenthal
September 20, 2007
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On his 36th birthday, the counselor to the president, one of Bush's closest aides, announces his resignation.
By Alex Koppelman
June 1, 2007
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American Enterprise Institute scholar Michael Ledeen says Bush's female advisors are running the show.
By Page Rockwell
November 6, 2006
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Like Karen Hughes and Harriet Miers, Condi Rice dotes on her boss and shields him from critics. Meanwhile, the State Department suffers neglect.
By Sidney Blumenthal
September 7, 2006
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Karen Hughes once said she'd never heard George W. Bush utter a profanity.
By Tim Grieve
July 17, 2006
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Cut off from reality and surrounded by flatterers like Rice and Cheney, Bush clings to grandiose illusions of heroism.
By Sidney Blumenthal
March 2, 2006
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Karen Hughes takes her "Innocents Abroad" tour to the Middle East -- and plays into the hands of Osama bin Laden.
By Sidney Blumenthal
September 29, 2005
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The president's undersecretary of state teaches the Arab world about the U.S. Constitution. Perhaps she should read it first.
By Tim Grieve
September 29, 2005
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Bush's advisor is returning to Washington and may soon face a Senate confirmation hearing. We've got a few things to ask.
By Tim Grieve
March 14, 2005
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With Bush's victory, the Lone Star State's right-wing ethos reigns supreme.
By Robert Bryce
November 10, 2004
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Ron Suskind, who exposed the ruthless internal operations of Team Bush, tells Salon that many Republicans, too, are frightened by the White House's "kill-or-be-killed desire to undermine public debate based on fact."
By Eric Boehlert
October 20, 2004
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A 1968 document from the president's military file, posted on the Internet, merely reminds us of how far short he fell in fulfilling his service commitments.
By Eric Boehlert
September 14, 2004
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A Texas reporter explores Karen Hughes' cultlike devotion to George W. Bush.
By James C. Moore
May 13, 2004
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With amazing chutzpah, the Bush flack says reporters should ask more questions about John Kerry's military history. What they really ought to explore is her role in covering up Bush's spotty National Guard record.
By Joe Conason
April 27, 2004
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Laura Flanders talks about her book "Bushwomen," and why the media has given a free pass to Condi Rice, Christie Whitman, Elaine Chao and the other women who've put a pretty face on ugly policies.
By Suzy Hansen
April 12, 2004
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Weeks before 9/11, the president was "consumed" by a pressing policy matter -- but it wasn't al-Qaida.
By Eric Boehlert
April 8, 2004
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If 9/11 commission director Philip Zelikow is impartial, why did he allow the Bush White House to sit on 9,000 pages of Clinton documents?
By Joe Conason
April 6, 2004
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Conservatives accuse Richard Clarke of using 9/11 revelations to peddle his book, but plenty of Republicans are cashing in on the war on terror.
By Joe Conason
March 30, 2004
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Defending Bush's 9/11 ads, former White House speechwriter David Frum says terrorists will rejoice if Kerry wins the election.
By Mark Follman
March 10, 2004