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Bush looks to bounce back from bad news
Oct 29 2005 10:56PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - George W. Bush hopes to find the path to recovery from a week of bad news that staggered his presidency in a nuts-and-bolts focus on governing.
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Prosecutor, White House at odds over Libby
Oct 29 2005 10:51PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The prosecution's conclusion: Vice President Dick Cheney's chief of staff zealously pursued information about a critic who said the Bush administration manipulated intelligence to make the case for war. The view of the president and vice president: I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby is a dedicated public servant who has worked tirelessly on behalf of his country.
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Unanswered questions in CIA leak probe
Oct 29 2005 11:39AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald will not produce a report that ties up all the loose ends of his nearly two-year investigation into the leak of the identity of CIA officer Valerie Plame. Despite the indictment of I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, Vice President Dick Cheney's chief of staff, several important questions are unanswered:
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Libby lawyer outlines defense in leak case
Oct 29 2005 10:44AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The lawyer for Vice President Dick Cheney's former top aide is outlining a possible criminal defense that is a time-honored tradition in Washington scandals: A busy official immersed in important duties cannot reasonably be expected to remember details of long-ago conversations.
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Bush says progress is being made in Iraq
Oct 29 2005 9:08AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - With the American death toll above 2,000, President Bush said Saturday that the war in Iraq has required "great sacrifice," but that progress is being made and the United States must remain steadfast.
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Indictment adds to White House woes
Oct 29 2005 5:13AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - These are dark days for the White House. And they could get darker. Less than a year after winning re-election by a comfortable margin, President Bush's approval ratings are at the lowest since he took office in 2001 and he is being whipsawed this week by events, some of his own making.
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Libby's quiet rise to power comes to end
Oct 29 2005 3:03AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby quietly rose to the highest corridors of power in Washington only to be brought down in a scandal that thrust him into the limelight that he so explicitly avoided.
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Fitzgerald sidesteps tricky questions
Oct 29 2005 3:03AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - For more than an hour, federal prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald spoke of almost nothing but the truth _ why it matters, what makes lying a crime, why a high-ranking official who tells a lie is no different than a truck driver who does the same thing.
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Bad blood exists between White House, CIA
Oct 29 2005 2:56AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Vice President Dick Cheney's former chief of staff is learning one Washington lesson the hard way: Don't do battle with people who run covert operations for a living.
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Bush stresses Libby is presumed innocent
Oct 29 2005 12:31AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney volunteered glowing endorsements and expressed no criticism of I. Lewis Libby on Friday as the senior White House adviser was indicted, resigned and lost his security clearance.
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