Showing posts with label george bush. Show all posts
Showing posts with label george bush. Show all posts

Monday, January 19, 2009

Waco Channel 10's Julie Hayes Interviews President Bush


News Ten’s Julie Hays began submitting requests for a one-on-one interview with President George W. Bush several years ago, but the answer every time was “no.”

Check Out Julie’s Behind-The-Scenes Blog

Then out of the blue came an early morning phone call from the White House.
"Julie. You're coming to the White House to interview the President,” one of the president’s assistants said.

And on Monday Jan. 12, Julie was one of just a handful of Texas journalists and the only reporter from Central Texas to be allowed to sit down with not only the president, but also the first lady, for a one-on-one interview.

The president talked about everything from his beloved Central Texas ranch to the decision on where to build his presidential library to Cindy Sheehan’s roadside vigil here, which served as a catalyst for the anti-war movement.

Bush Ranch Trips

Foreign Leader Visits

Click here to view the Interviews and a chance to vote on President Bush.

http://www.kwtx.com/centraltexasvotes/misc/37667684.html


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Wednesday, January 14, 2009

What Would Dick Do?


Obama’s Cheney Dilemma


Cheney pushed for expanded presidential powers. Now that he's leaving, what will come of his efforts? The new president won't have to wait long to tip his hand.

Dick Cheney, who will step down as vice president on Jan. 20, has been widely portrayed as a creature of the dark side, a monstrous figure who trampled on the Constitution to wage war against all foes, real and imagined. Barack Obama was elected partly to cleanse the temple of the Bush-Cheney stain, and in his campaign speeches he promised to reverse Cheney's efforts to seize power for the White House in the war on terror.


It may not be so simple. At a retirement ceremony recently for a top-level intelligence official, the senior spooks in the room gave each other high-fives. They were celebrating the fact that terrorists have not attacked the United States since 9/11. In the view of many intelligence professionals, the get-tough measures encouraged or permitted by George W. Bush's administration—including "waterboarding" self-proclaimed 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed—kept America safe. Cheney himself has been underscoring the point in a round of farewell interviews. "If I had advice to give it would be, before you start to implement your campaign rhetoric, you need to sit down and find out precisely what it is we did and how we did it, because it is going to be vital to keeping the nation safe and secure in the years ahead," he told CBS Radio.

Cont. here:
http://www.newsweek.com/id/178855