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Senate approves $10.5B in hurricane aid
Sep 1 2005 10:01PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Congress rushed to provide a $10.5 billion down payment in relief aid for Gulf Coast victims of Hurricane Katrina on Thursday as President Bush ordered new action to minimize disruptions in the nation's energy supplies. The Senate approved the measure Thursday night, and the House will convene at noon on Friday to speed the measure to Bush's desk.
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Bush bypasses Senate to install official
Sep 1 2005 8:38PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Bush has used a constitutional provision to bypass the Senate and fill a top Justice Department slot with an official whose nomination stalled over tactics at the Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, naval facility.
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U.S. calls on Syria to cooperate with U.N.
Sep 1 2005 8:12PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Declaring the Lebanese people are owed an answer, the Bush administration on Thursday called on all parties to cooperate with a U.N. investigation into the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri of Lebanon.
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White House backpedals on flood control
Sep 1 2005 8:06PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The White House scrambled Thursday to defend itself against criticism that it has consistently proposed cutting the budget for Army Corps of Engineers water and flood control projects _ including several that could have mitigated the disaster in New Orleans.
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Aid offers will be accepted from countries
Sep 1 2005 6:09PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - In a turnabout, the United States is now on the receiving end of help from around the world as some two dozen countries offer post-hurricane assistance.
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Newsview: Bush faces challenge in Katrina
Sep 1 2005 8:16AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Bush, who crafted a take-charge image from the Sept. 11 attacks, faces a stiff challenge in responding to Hurricane Katrina.
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Bush: Help coming for desperate situation
Sep 1 2005 7:45AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Bush said Thursday that thousands more victims of Hurricane Katrina still need to be rescued and acknowledged the frustration of people who need food, water and shelter and are desperate for the federal government's massive relief effort to kick into high gear.
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U.S. gov't launches massive relief effort
Sep 1 2005 6:40AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Bush said Thursday the federal government has launched the most massive relief effort in history to help the victims of Hurricane Katrina, and that while thousands more victims still need to be rescued, help is on its way.
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U.S. pushing for U.N. sanctions on Iran
Sep 1 2005 3:24AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Bush administration is trying to rally other nations to agree to impose U.N. sanctions on Iran to force it to negotiate an end to its nuclear programs.
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Rice close ties with Bush gives her clout
Sep 1 2005 2:32AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - At least once or twice a day and sometimes much more often, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and President Bush talk on the telephone.
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