Ending his eight-year presidency marked by two wars, 9/11 attacks and recession, George W Bush has said he has no regrets and history will be the judge of his decisions which he said were based on a set of clear principles. "I'm coming home with my head held high and a sense of accomplishment," Bush said hours after vacating the White House.
With their stay at the White House coming to an end, outgoing US President George W Bush and his wife Laura will take only a few treasured mementos with them from the eight years they spent at the mansion.
A new analysis by the American City Business Journal has revealed that America's employment base grew at an annual rate of 0.28 per cent during Bush's eight years as President, by far the slowest pace for any of the 11 postwar presidents. The previous low had been set by Bush's father, George HW Bush, with an annual job growth rate of 0.59 per cent. The elder Bush served between 1989 and 1993.
Barack Obama will be sworn in as America's 44th and first black President on Tuesday, bringing a message of hope to a nation hungry for change after eight years of George W Bush regime.The 47-year-old would be sworn in by US Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts at noon today (2230 IST) at the Capitol Hill.Braving severe cold, an estimated two million people from all over the country have thronged Washington to be a witness to the historic occasion.
A majority of US voters think the presumptive presidential nominees -- Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain -- are 'flip-floppers', a phenomenon that apparently led to the defeat of incumbent George W Bush's rival John Kerry in the 2004 polls, a new opinion poll says. Asked if Obama and McCain are willing to stick to their principles regardless of the political consequences, the latest CNN/Opinion Research Corp. survey says that the people do not think so.
Bush said Musharaf's taking off his uniform and stepping down as Pakistan's army chief was a strong first step toward democracy in that country.
President George W Bush cited his popularity in India to reject criticism that the US had lost moral authority during his presidency.Addressing his final press conference at the White House a week before he hands over the presidency to Barack Obama on January 20.
Although the US was among the first to formally recognise his government in 1959, it began working to oust him as Fidel moved into the Soviet bloc.
"See, the interesting thing is that a president has got plenty of advisors, but what a president never has is someone who gave him unconditional love. And therefore when I talked to my dad, I was more interested in the father-son relationship," explained Bush the President. "You got a lot of people who can give you advice, but your rarely have people who can pick up the phone and say, 'I love you, son,' or, 'Hang in there, son'."
Just days before leaving office, American President George W Bush has revealed that he not only likes Barack Obama but is also impressed by the US President-elect's Cabinet picks.
How did we get to this point, where the US President -- the ostensible leader of the free world -- is disrespected in a most serious manner and the incident is considered funny and deserving? What happened?
"I know people are saying, 'Let us have a cease-fire'. And those are noble ambitions. But any cease-fire must have the conditions in it so that Hamas does not use Gaza as a place from which to launch rockets," Bush said in a media availability following a meeting with the Sudanese Vice President.
In an interview to Times, US president Bush says he has been misunderstood mainly because of his rhetoric.
Karzai told CBS television network that he had recently delivered the message privately to President George W Bush.
George W. Bush on Friday handed the fate of US carmakers to president-elect Barack Obama as he announced plans to lend General Motors and Chrysler $17.4bn to survive the next three months.
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.
At last count today, over 6 lakh (0.6 million) shoes had hit the "target" in each of the on line games that replicated the press meet scene telecast on television news channel all day long the world over.
Bush was on a 'farewell' trip to Iraq, a month shy of demitting office, when Muntazer al-Zeidi, a reporter with the Al-Baghdadia channel, said it with shoes -- in Iraq, as in most nations, one of the direst forms of insult.
Jindal faces significant challenges as the chief executive of Louisiana, a state which was devastated by hurricans Katrina and Rita.
In the corridors of Washington, the dominant metaphor in discussions about President-elect Barack Obama's foreign policy is baseball.
The Tibetan Buddhist leader has been bestowed with the Congressional Gold Medal. The event also saw first time a US President sharing a big-stage event with the Dalai Lama.
Ignoring China's objections, United States President George W Bush met the Dalai Lama at the White House on Tuesday, on the eve of a Capitol Hill ceremony to give the Tibetan spiritual leader the Congressional Gold Medal, America's highest civilian honour. the Dalai Lama and Bush were joined by First Lady Laura Bush for a discussion on violations of human rights in Burma. According to a report, Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi demanded cancellation of the award ceremony.
Washington on Tuesday said that it is hopeful that New Delhi will continue its efforts to implement the agreement. Without disclosing the details of the conversation between US President George W Bush and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday night, the State Department said the deal was 'positive and good' for both the countries as well as for the broader efforts of non-proliferation.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is expected to brief United States President George W Bush on the developments about the India-United States nuclear agreement in the wake of stiff opposition by the Left parties. In his telephonic conversation, Singh is likely to apprise Bush about the hurdles faced by his government in taking the next steps to operationalise the deal. The Left parties have repeatedly threatened the govt of grave consequences.
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.
"I have seen the press reports about this particular reaction. And certainly nobody in the US is trying to single out the government or is expressing the sentiment that it is not a good thing that there's greater calorie intake among more people around the world than ever before. That is a positive thing," McCormack said in his briefing.
In the new generation diplomacy, the US definitely occupies the most important place on Indian thinking wavelength but India is no sub-contractor of America in the global context wherein Uncle Sam can decide what and how much Indians should eat or not! US President George W Bush blaming the 'wealthy' lifestyle of India's huge middle class for the spiraling global food prices endorsing his Secretary of State Condeleezza Rice views only adds insult to the injury for Indians.
"We think it is a good thing that countries are developing, that more and more people have higher and higher standards of living," Deputy White House Press Secretary Scott Stanzel said in reply to a question in Washington on Monday. The White House official said, "The point I think is that as you increase your standard of living, the food that you eat can venture more into meats that require more commodities to feed the livestock, which uses more of those commodities, whether
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday said that he was not aware of Pakistan's proposal that both India and Pakistan should release every prisoner belonging to the neighbouring country. Asked when he was planning to visit Pakistan, Dr Singh said that he would wait till things settle down in the neighbouring country. However, Dr Singh steered clear of the controversy about United States George W Bush attributing the global food crisis to the prosperity in India.
US election results may not reverse Indian markets' bearish trend, says Devangshu Datta
Porter Goss has stepped down as director of the Central Intelligence Agency plunging into uncertainty the world's biggest spy agency shaken by recent intelligence failures and internal turmoil.
Looking for crumbs from Obama doesn't say much for India Shining.
Bush said he would not have committed US troops if he had not been convinced the objective was achievable.
United States President George W Bush on Thursday ordered an indefinite suspension in troops withdrawal from Iraq after July, to enable military commanders evaluate future troop reductions, in the war-torn country. Making it clear that the bulk of the American fighting force in Iraq is going to stay put right through the end of his tenure next year, Bush reduced the combat tours of US soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan to 12 months from 15 months.
Reports say homeland security secretary Michael Chertoff will be the likely successor
Energy security concerns figured prominently during talks Minister of Science and Technology Kapil Sibal had with several US senators and Congressmen in Washington.
United States President George W Bush has decided to waive a domestic law for Pakistan to pump in US$ 300 million security assistance. Bush has decided to exempt Pakistan from a law, which restricts funding to countries where the legitimate head of state has been deposed in a military coup, with a view to facilitating the transition to democratic rule. Bush has given the waiver to Pakistan every year since 2003.
USIBC officials attended the White House Signing Ceremony to witness President Bush's endorsement of the legislation passed by an overwhelming bipartisan majority of the US Congress on December 9, 2006.
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