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Bush Hits Campaign Trail in NH

As his potential Democratic rivals move elsewhere on the campaign trail, President Bush visits New Hampshire with an eye to the November election. At an event focusing on the economy, Bush cites signs of an economic turnaround, which he credits to his tax cuts. But critics say weak job growth undermines the president's message. Hear NPR's Don Gonyea.

Bush Hits Campaign Trail in N.H.

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White House Alters Tone of Iraq Weapons Talk

President Bush and his top aides are modulating the tone of their discussion of the question of whether Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction prior to the US invasion of Iraq last year. The change comes a week after former U.S. arms inspector David Kay expressed doubts that Iraq possessed the weapons. NPR's Don Gonyea reports.

White House Alters Tone of Iraq Weapons Talk

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Bush Takes Message on the Road

President Bush visits community colleges in Ohio and Arizona Wednesday, carrying forward his theme of education and training as the keys to job creation. Bush stressed the role of community colleges in that process in his State of the Union address Tuesday night. NPR's Don Gonyea reports.

Bush Takes Education Talk to Colleges

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Bush Set to Give Union Speech

President George W. Bush delivers the State of the Union speech Tuesday night, an event that raises the curtain on his re-election campaign. The president is expected to proclaim the United States a safer nation, citing the war on terrorism and efforts at homeland security. Insiders believe Bush will also describe an improved economy. NPR's Don Gonyea reports.

Bush Readies State of the Union Speech

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Bush Preps for State of Union

President Bush prepares to deliver his third State of the Union Address Tuesday, one day after the Iowa caucuses. The timing gives Bush a chance to share the limelight with politicking Democrats. Presidential advisers say Bush's speech will offer an optimistic vision of Iraq, other foreign policy issues and the state of the U.S. economy. NPR's Don Gonyea reports.

Bush Preps for State of the Union Address

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Bush's State of the Union: A Preview

NPR's Brian Naylor talks to NPR's Don Gonyea about the State of the Union speech President Bush will deliver Tuesday night. Gonyea expects the President to tout the capture of Saddam Hussein and Libya's acceptance of weapons inspections. He also expects the president to urge Congress to make the tax cuts they enacted permanent.

Bush's State of the Union: A Preview

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Hot-Button Issue: The Bush Factor

Democratic presidential candidates have discovered a way to fire up the Democratic core: vilify the incumbent and all he stands for. NPR's Don Gonyea reports on how talk about President Bush and politics makes the electorate think in extremes.

Hot-Button Issue: The Bush Factor

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Bush Outlines Moon, Mars Plans

President Bush tells a cheering crowd at NASA headquarters that he would revitalize the agency's mission with a commitment to return to the moon. The president's plan calls for retiring the space shuttle and establishing a moon base by 2020 that would serve as a launching pad for a mission to Mars. Hear NPR's Don Gonyea.

Bush Makes Case for Moon, Mars Missions

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O'Neill Document Probed

The White House denies accusations by former Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill that the decision to oust Saddam Hussein was made during the earliest days of the Bush presidency. The Treasury Department investigates whether O'Neill showed a classified document during a TV show in which he aired his allegations against the Bush administration. NPR's Don Gonyea reports.

Treasury Probes 'Secret' O'Neill Document

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O'Neill Takes White House to Task

Paul O'Neill, President George W. Bush's former treasury secretary, is the first top-level administration insider to publicly criticize the Bush White House. O'Neill, who was forced out a year ago, says in a new book that the Bush team was discussing invading Iraq nearly eight months prior to the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks. The White House has dismissed the O'Neill book and said it will have no further response. NPR's Don Gonyea reports.

O'Neill Takes White House to Task

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Bush Expected to Propose Moon, Mars Missions

President Bush is expected to announce next week a major recommitment to the U.S. space program. Senior officials say the president will call for establishing a permanent human settlement on the moon and an eventual manned flight to Mars. Critics say the plan, which could cost at least $1 trillion, is unadvisable at a time of record deficits. Hear NPR's Don Gonyea.

Bush Expected to Propose Moon, Mars Missions

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Bush to Call for Moon Camp

President Bush is expected to announce next week a major recommitment to the U.S. space program. Senior officials say Bush will call for establishing a permanent human settlement on the moon and an eventual manned flight to Mars. Critics say the plan, which could cost at least $1 trillion, is unadvisable at a time of record deficits. Hear NPR's Don Gonyea.

Officials: Bush to Call for Moon, Mars Missions

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Bush Eyes Immigration Reforms

President Bush proposes a shift in U.S. policy that would allow undocumented workers currently in the country to apply for temporary worker status. The workers could also apply for permanent residency. Under the plan, workers outside the United States would be able to apply for temporary worker status for jobs not claimed by U.S. citizens. NPR's Don Gonyea reports.

Bush Proposes Revision of Immigrant Work Rules

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