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Budget deficit estimates see contraction
Jan 24 2007 7:34PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Budget estimates released Wednesday showed some improvement in the deficit but gave little solace to Democrats struggling to match President Bush's promise to balance the budget.
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Bush seeks action on Iraq confirmations
Jan 24 2007 6:10PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Bush asked the Senate Wednesday to quickly confirm the top commanders he has chosen to oversee the war in Iraq.
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Libby eager to reveal CIA role in events
Jan 24 2007 5:46PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Former vice presidential aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby was eager to make public that the CIA, not Vice President Dick Cheney, sent an ex-ambassador to check on Iraq's efforts to obtain nuclear material, a former agency executive said Wednesday.
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Libby eager to reveal CIA role in events
Jan 24 2007 5:46PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Former vice presidential aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby was eager to make public that the CIA, not Vice President Dick Cheney, sent an ex-ambassador to check on Iraq's efforts to obtain nuclear material, a former agency executive said Wednesday.
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Libby eager to reveal CIA role in events
Jan 24 2007 5:46PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Former vice presidential aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby was eager to make public that the CIA, not Vice President Dick Cheney, sent an ex-ambassador to check on Iraq's efforts to obtain nuclear material, a former agency executive said Wednesday.
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Constituents grumble over missing topics
Jan 24 2007 5:41PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - On the day after came the grumbling. The White House warned for days ahead of President Bush's State of the Union address that changed conditions demanded a speech stripped of the usual laundry list of proposals designed to please loyal constituencies. Still, disappointment abounded on Wednesday.
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New education reforms get mixed reviews
Jan 24 2007 5:15PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Democrats and teachers' unions are criticizing the Bush administration for proposing to let school officials override collective bargaining agreements and state laws in an effort to reshape the No Child Left Behind law.
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Cheney: Situation in Iraq not hopeless
Jan 24 2007 4:10PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Vice President Dick Cheney said Wednesday it's "hogwash" to suggest the Bush administration's credibility is on the line because of mistakes in Iraq.
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Bush pitches energy proposal
Jan 24 2007 2:18PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Without signing on to his solutions, lawmakers on Wednesday welcomed President Bush's appeal to take up problems in energy, health insurance and immigration, seeing a prospect for common ground starkly missing when it comes to the Iraq war.
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Bush takes energy plan on the road
Jan 24 2007 1:56PM (CT)
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) - President Bush, trying to generate traction from his State of the Union address, campaigned Wednesday for an energy plan that targets Americans' gas-guzzling habits.
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Son of 9/11 cop seeks meeting with Bush
Jan 24 2007 1:25PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - A day after his father's death, the grieving son of a Sept. 11 police officer said Wednesday he wants to meet with President Bush to describe his father's sacrifice and the health needs of other sick ground zero workers.
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Louisiana governor lashes out at Bush
Jan 24 2007 12:55PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Gov. Kathleen Blanco angrily criticized President Bush on Wednesday for not mentioning 2005's destructive hurricanes in his State of the Union speech, and said Louisiana is being shortchanged in federal recovery funding for political reasons.
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Bush reintroduces school voucher plan
Jan 24 2007 10:09AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Bush administration is calling on Congress to make changes to the No Child Left Behind law, including placing more emphasis on science and giving poor students private school vouchers.
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Democrats slam Bush war policy
Jan 24 2007 8:00AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Democrats blistered President Bush's war policy Tuesday night, challenging him to redeem the nation's credibility _ and his own _ with an immediate shift toward a diplomatic end to the bloody conflict in Iraq.
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New Orleans not part of Bush's speech
Jan 24 2007 7:57AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - New Orleans is still a mess and the pace of recovery across the Gulf Coast from Hurricane Katrina's strike remains achingly slow after 17 months. But none of this captured President Bush's attention on the year's biggest night for showcasing policy priorities.
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Bush to Seek Cutback in Gas Consumption
Jan 24 2007 7:53AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Bush is asking Congress to aggressively expand the use of alternative fuels, mainly ethanol, to reduce the need for gasoline and put the brakes on growing U.S. oil consumption.
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Bush speaks in hive of '08 contenders
Jan 24 2007 7:52AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Whenever a president's words wash over a crowd in Congress, it's a safe bet many in the chamber picture themselves in his position and think they could do better if only they had the chance.
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Democrats put the burden of Iraq on Bush
Jan 24 2007 7:43AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - After all the pomp and rhetoric, President Bush wasn't about to budge the new Democratic congressional majority from its two primary pursuits _ isolating him on Iraq and seizing control of the nation's domestic agenda.
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Bush: Pelosi's dad would have been proud
Jan 24 2007 12:58AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Bush took note of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's historic elevation to become the first female leader of the House, remarking that her father, a former congressman, would have been proud.
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