Bush has said he "intends" to nominate the Career Minister to the post. Boucher's nomination has to be confirmed by the US Senate.
On why he was determined to go his own when most of the nations have not back his plan, Bush asserted that he is not going to change his principle just to be popular.
The 50 per cent increase ordered by Bush in the CIA's clandestine operations calls for a new training facility and aggressive recruiting or lowering the quality of people, a former CIA official said.
Originally the bill had earmarked $300 millions for Islamabad but lawmakers have withheld $50 millions until Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice send a report to Capitol Hill saying Pakistan was restoring democratic rights.
It was yet another feather in her cap for Pallavi Shah, an accomplished math teacher and coach in northern California, who has been honored twice by President George W Bush in the Oval Office when her students took first place and were the top individual scorers in the Mathcounts National Competition.
Describing the meeting as "a very good one", Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran told reporters that basically what 'she (Rice) did was to set the stage for the important meeting between President Bush and the prime minister'
The US ambassador said "every effort" is being made to conclude the deal before President George W Bush arrives here.
Bush said he would not have committed US troops if he had not been convinced the objective was achievable.
Bloggers, who have picked up on this order and have begun pointing out its inequities, point out that the wording of this EO is deliberately vague.
National Security Advisor M K Narayanan, who was part of the Indian delegation that held talks with the US side, on Thursday confirmed that the deal was clinched.
The notes do not provide any indication of what Bush meant by including Saudi Arabia and Pakistan on the list of concern over so-called weapons of mass destruction.
"We will use these resources to provide assistance to affected nations in rebuilding vital infrastructure that re-energises economies and strengthens societies," Bush said
With the financial meltdown in the US gripping his administration, President George W Bush told Prime Minister Manmohan Singh that the one person he wanted to spend time with was the Indian leader for his calming and serene effect.
The two leaders discussed the status of the deal and a range of issues covering Indo-US strategic partnership at the Oval Office in the White House. The meeting slated for 5.10 pm local time (2.40 am IST) started 20 minutes late as Bush was engaged in talks with presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain on the financial crisis in the US.
A CNN-USA Today-Gallup poll said the president's approval ratings has bounced back to 56 per cent.
Former United States President George W Bush invited Osama bin Laden's son Omar to the White House in the final days of his presidency in a last-ditch attempt to track down the world's most wanted terrorist, bin Laden junior has claimed.
Mohamed Makhafa, a retired school teacher, says he considers the size 10s a "medal of freedom and more valuable than everything he owns", Al Jazeera news channel reported.
Indian Parliament would need to ratify New Delhi's commitment to the agreement by June in order for Congress to have the time to pass the nuclear pact into US law before President George W Bush leaves office, The Wall Street Journal noted, citing State Department officials. "But a lack of action in India in recent months is leading many in Washington to believe the Bush administration has run out of time," the paper said.
Overwhelming evidence of torture by the George W Bush administration should compel United States President Barack Obama to order a criminal investigation into allegations of detainee abuse authorised by his predecessor and other senior officials, Human Rights Watch said in a report released on Tuesday.
A news report had claimed that Bush had threatened Dr Singh with regard to voting for Venezuela in the elections for non-permanent members of UN Security Council.
As he prepares for his second term in office, US President George W Bush has said his administration will give top priority to the war on terrorism and the hunt for Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden.
While there is 'incontrovertible evidence' that Teheran's Quds force inside Iraq is responsible for violence against Americans, Bush said he cannot say for sure if Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmajinejad gave the direct orders.
Over 12,000 police personnel drawn out from different wings of Andhra Pradesh police have been pressed into service
'The West has always opposed a strong nationalist leader in India and Narendra Modi is no exception.' 'The West prefers weak leaders who are amenable to Western pressure and Mr Modi's independent stance is not to the liking of the West,' asserts Colonel Anil A Athale (retd).
United States President George W Bush intends to appoint current US Ambassador to Iraq Zalmay Khalilzad as the country's ambassador to the United Nations to replace John Bolton
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