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Bush's Military Service

Earlier this week on Morning Edition, NPR's Juan Williams interviewed Marc Racicot, chairman of President Bush's re-election campaign. In the interview, Racicot said President Bush had volunteered to go to Vietnam. That raised some eyebrows, as the president has not spoken about such an effort. NPR's Don Gonyea reports.

Bush's Military Service

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Bush Favors Constitutional Ban on Gay Marriage

President George Bush announces he would actively support a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage. The president said the move, requiring the approval of two-thirds of Congress and ratification by three-fourths of the states, is needed to protect the institution of marriage. NPR's Don Gonyea reports.

Bush Favors Constitutional Ban on Gay Marriage

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Bush Backs Gay Marriage Ban

President Bush calls for a constitutional amendment defining marriage as a union between a man and a woman, saying he wants to stop activist judges from changing the definition of the institution. His remarks come as court decisions in Massachusetts and city officials in San Francisco have opened the door to gay marriages. Hear NPR's Steve Inskeep and NPR's Don Gonyea.

Bush Backs Amendment Banning Gay Marriage

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Bush Aims at Kerry in Speech

In what many see as the launch of his re-election campaign, President Bush aggressively defends his policies in a speech before the Republican Governors Association. Bush takes aim at Democratic frontrunner Sen. John Kerry, suggesting Kerry would raise taxes and offer unsteady leadership in the face of terrorist threats. Hear NPR's Don Gonyea.

In Full Campaign Mode, Bush Aims at Kerry

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Bush Discusses Democrats, Security

President George Bush defends his record in office and derides Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. John Kerry as he speaks at a Republican Governors Association fund-raiser. The state officials are currently assembled in Washington for the winter meeting of the National Governors Association. Hear NPR's Michele Norris and NPR's Don Gonyea.

Bush Discusses Democrats, Security

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Bush Appoints Pryor to Bench

President Bush announces late Friday he is using his recess appointment power to name Alabama Attorney General William Pryor to a federal appeals court, circumventing the opposition to Pryor by Democrats in the U.S. Senate. NPR's Don Gonyea reports.

Bush Names Pryor to Bench, Dodging Democrats

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Bush Addresses Job Creation

President George Bush says lower taxes have helped the U.S. economy recover, citing a rise in factory orders and a drop in the nation's unemployment rate. Bush, saying lower taxes are crucial to new job creation, did not address criticism of his administration's recent estimate of 2.6 million new jobs to be created in 2004 -- a figure critics say is unattainable. Hear NPR's Don Gonyea.

Bush Addresses Job Creation

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Bush Guard Records Released

The White House makes more than 300 pages of documents available to the news media in an effort to answer questions about whether President Bush fulfilled his National Guard service during the Vietnam War. It's presented as the complete record of the president's service, but there are few specifics to place Bush at an Alabama air base in 1972 and 1973. NPR's Don Gonyea reports.

White House Releases Bush Guard Records

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Bush Records Released

After a week of intensifying political pressure, White House officials release what they say are all of President Bush's medical and military records. The new documents cover the president's personal medical history, as well as his time in the National Guard in Alabama in the 1970s. Hear NPR's Melissa Block and NPR's Don Gonyea.

Bush's Vietnam-Era Military, Medical Records Released

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White House Struggles with Jobs Outsourcing Criticism

As the White House responded to media questions about President Bush's military service records, the administration had another political headache to deal with this week. The President's top economic adviser, Greg Mankiw, said the outsourcing of jobs overseas was "probably a plus for the economy in the long run." His comments provoked criticism from both Democrats and Republicans, concerned about the number of jobs lost since the President took office. Mankiw yesterday said he didn't mean to praise the shifting of American jobs abroad. NPR's White House correspondent Don Gonyea says the controversy highlights the disconnect between economics and politics.

White House Struggles with Jobs Outsourcing Criticism

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Records Put Bush at Guard Base

The White House releases records of a 1973 dental exam President Bush received while at the Air National Guard base in Alabama. White House officials say the documents should put to rest allegations that Bush failed to show up for Guard duty at the base between 1972 and 1973. Hear NPR's Don Gonyea.

Dental Records Place Bush at Guard Base

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New Doubts About Bush's Guard Service

The White House released documents Tuesday it says confirm President Bush fulfilled his Air National Guard duties during the Vietnam War era. Democrats have recently revived charges that Bush abandoned his Guard post. But many say the new documents are incomplete, and some question why the White House can't produce anyone who remembers serving with Bush. Hear NPR's Don Gonyea.

New Doubts About Bush's Guard Service

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Bush Releases Military Records

The White House releases pay records and other information about President Bush's time in the National Guard. The White House said the new documents support the president's contention that he fulfilled his duty as a member of the Air National Guard during the Vietnam War. Democratic presidential candidates had begun to take up the question of Bush's military service. NPR's Don Gonyea reports.

Bush Releases Military Records

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