Education Bush Science Push Fails to Transform Critics February 26, 2006 President Bush's call for more science funding comes amid criticism of his administration's approach to scientific research. Scientists say the White House puts ideology first. The president's chief science adviser calls the complaints "irrelevant." Bush Science Push Fails to Transform Critics Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5232410/5234042" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Music Jessi Colter Finds Her Way 'Out of the Ashes' February 26, 2006 Out of the Ashes is Jessi Colter's first CD in 20 years. Since her last recording she cared for husband Waylon Jennings as he struggled with substance abuse and diabetes, which claimed his life in 2002. Jessi Colter Finds Her Way 'Out of the Ashes' Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5232832/5233683" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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World Iraqi Officials Consider Extension of Curfew February 26, 2006 Baghdad awakes Sunday to a third consecutive day under curfew. Iraqi authorities are trying to contain violence after Wednesday's attack on a sacred Shiite shrine. The curfew is meant to end Monday morning, but Iraqi officials say they may extend it for another day. Iraqi Officials Consider Extension of Curfew Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5234195/5234196" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Politics Cheney Endures 'Long Week' in Spotlight February 18, 2006 During a week when he dealt with the aftermath of an accidental shooting during a Texas hunting trip, Vice President Dick Cheney also hinted that he has an unprecedented vice-presidential role in the control of classified information. Cheney Endures 'Long Week' in Spotlight Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5223044/5223045" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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National White House Tries to Deflect Interest in Hunting Accident February 15, 2006 The White House has faced questions and criticism in its handling of the hunting accident involving Vice President Dick Cheney. The victim in the mishap, lawyer Harry Whittington, suffered a minor heart attack Tuesday. Cheney's office subsequently issued its first statement on the matter. White House Tries to Deflect Interest in Hunting Accident Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5206878/5206879" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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National VP's Shooting Victim Suffers Minor Heart Attack February 14, 2006 The man accidentally shot by Vice President Dick Cheney during a weekend quail hunt has suffered a minor heart attack. Harry Whittington has been moved into intensive care -- Madeleine Brand talks to NPR White House reporter Don Gonyea about Whittington’s condition. VP's Shooting Victim Suffers Minor Heart Attack Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5206208/5206209" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Politics Leak Report, Katrina Hearing Put Bush on Defensive February 10, 2006 President Bush speaks to House Republicans at a retreat in Maryland on issues dividing Congress and the White House. Among them are reports that senior officials authorized former Cheney aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby to leak classified data to boost the case for war in Iraq. Leak Report, Katrina Hearing Put Bush on Defensive Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5200989/5200990" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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National Bush Details Failed 2002 Al Qaeda Attack February 9, 2006 President Bush reveals what he said were new details of a failed al Qaeda plot in 2002 to crash a plane into the tallest building on the West Coast. The president also said that global cooperation has significantly weakened the terrorist network since the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. Bush Details Failed 2002 Al Qaeda Attack Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5199179/5199180" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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National Bush Details Foiled Terrorist Plot to Strike L.A. February 9, 2006 In a speech on Thursday, President Bush bolstered his assertion his administration is aggressively pursuing the so-called "war on terror" by detailing a foiled terrorist plot to strike a skyscraper in downtown Los Angeles in 2002. Bush Details Foiled Terrorist Plot to Strike L.A. Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5198544/5198545" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Bush: Al Qaeda Planned 2002 Los Angeles Attack February 9, 2006 President Bush says that in early 2002 the United States and its allies foiled an al Qaeda plot to hijack a commercial airplane using shoe bombs and fly it into the Library Tower in Los Angeles. Bush: Al Qaeda Planned 2002 Los Angeles Attack Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5198529/5198530" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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The Muhammad Cartoon Controversy Bush Urges Muslim Leaders to Calm Cartoon Furor February 8, 2006 President Bush asks Muslim leaders around the world to help stop the violence that has erupted in several countries over cartoons depicting Muhammad. At the same time, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice suggests that Syria and Iran are using the cartoons to further inflame tensions. Bush Urges Muslim Leaders to Calm Cartoon Furor Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5196763/5196764" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Politics Budget Boosts Defense Spending, Cuts Medicare February 6, 2006 The White House releases its budget for the 2007 fiscal year. The plan totals $2.77 trillion -- with sizeable increases in defense and homeland security spending. But it also reduces funding to more than 140 social programs, including Medicare -- and assumes some tax cuts will be made permanent. Budget Boosts Defense Spending, Cuts Medicare Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5192562/5192563" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Bush Promotes Competitiveness Initiative February 3, 2006 President Bush spoke Thursday in Maplewood, Minn., to promote his newly unveiled American Competitiveness Initiative. The president wants Congress to authorize tax credits for business research, increased money for federal science programs and improved math and science education in American high schools. Bush Promotes Competitiveness Initiative Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5186880/5186881" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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National President Defends Terrorism Policies in Speech February 1, 2006 In his State of the Union address Tuesday night, President Bush set forth goals including more science and math teachers, more tax cuts and less dependence on oil from the Middle East. The president called on lawmakers to set aside divisiveness, but he also took the fight directly to his critics -- especially on his policies in Iraq. President Defends Terrorism Policies in Speech Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5182148/5182149" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Politics Energy, Health Care Central to Upcoming Presidential Address January 31, 2006 President Bush delivers his fifth State of the Union address Tuesday night. The president is expected to talk about ways to reduce U.S. dependence on foreign oil, and control rising health care costs. Other key topics will include the war in Iraq, Iran's nuclear program and last week's Palestinian elections. Energy, Health Care Central to Upcoming Presidential Address Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5180065/5180066" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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