George W Bush

Bush pledges government support for Ike victims

U.S. President George W BushWashington- US President George W Bush offered the full support of the federal government in relief efforts following the onslaught of Hurricane Ike on the Texas coast, and vowed there will be a "better tomorrow" for the thousands of people who have been displaced.

"It's a tough situation on the coast," Bush said after arriving in his home state city of Houston Tuesday for a briefing on the humanitarian relief and reconstruction effort.

Bush''s drugs tzar blasts actors, models for glamorising cocaine use

George W. BushLondon, Sept 12 : Cocaine use is being glamorized by models and actors, according to George W Bush''s drugs tsar, who warns that the effect is encouraging young middle class professionals to start using the addictive drug.

While on a visit to London, Walters said that impressionable young professionals in their 20s were being sucked into drug addiction because celebrities were using them and not coming to any harm.

Bush administration initiates talks with Congress leaders on 123 Agreement

US says "no" to Cuba's request for hurricane embargo relief Washington, Sept 9 : Senior members of the United States Congress have been contacted by the Bush administration to initiate the process to endorse the 123 Agreement.

US State Department spokesperson McCormack said that senior members of Congress including Chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee Howard Berman and Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Senator Joseph Biden have been contacted to endorse the deal.

George W Bush describes Pak as a major battleground for war on terrorism

US President George W. BushWashington, Sep 9: US President George W. Bush is to describe Pakistan as a major battleground for the war on terrorism, like Afghanistan or Iraq on Tuesday, and is going to urge Islamabad to shoulder its responsibility to fight extremists.

Bush, in remarks prepared for delivery to the US National Defense University and released by the White House late on Monday, is to say that all three countries “pose unique challenges for our country” in the worldwide conflict.

George W Bush is America's most divisive figure, says Bob Woodward

US President George W BushWashington, Sept. 5: In a new 487-page book that is to be released on September 8, noted Washington Post journalist and author Bob Woodward has termed US President George W. Bush "the nation’s most divisive figure."

In the book titled “"The War Within", which is the fourth installment in a series of books that he has written on the president, Woodward criticizes Bush for failing to fulfill what some might view as impossible expectations.

George W Bush poised to punish Russia for invading Georgia

US President George W. BushWashington, Sept. 5: U. S. President George W. Bush is reportedly ready to punish Russia for its invasion of Georgia by canceling a once-celebrated deal for civilian nuclear cooperation between the two countries.

According to The Telegraph, the White House is planning to undertake this largely symbolic move, and it is expected that action could come quickly, within days at the most.

However, officials see no need to wait until Vice President Dick Cheney returns next Wednesday from an overseas trip to three former Soviet republics.

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