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Politics

President Makes Policy Stand in Rose Garden

May 31, 2005 • President Bush summons White House reporters to the Rose Garden to hear his views on a dozen issues, including the violence in Iraq, charges of abuse at Guantanamo Bay, his campaign for new federal judges and a new approach to Social Security.

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Politics

Bush Acknowledges Opposition to Social Security Proposals

May 31, 2005 • President Bush acknowledged his push to revamp Social Security has met strong opposition. He says that has only emboldened him and that he will keep traveling and pressing for his ideas. He made the statements during a press conference Tuesday morning at the White House.

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Marking Memorial Day

Bush Visits Arlington Cemetery for Memorial Day

May 30, 2005 • President Bush leads the nation in honoring those who have fallen in uniform. As the commander-in-chief does every year on Memorial Day, he visited Arlington National Cemetery this morning. The president spoke about service to country, sacrifice and the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.

Bush Visits Arlington Cemetery for Memorial Day

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Middle East

White House Pledges $50 Million in Aid to Palestinians

May 26, 2005 • Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas meets with President Bush at the White House in a bid to bolster relations with the United States and advance the peace process with Israel. Abbas came away from the meeting with a U.S. pledge of $50 million in aid for the Palestinian Authority.

White House Pledges $50 Million in Aid to Palestinians

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Social Security Debate

Bush Resumes Social Security Push

May 25, 2005 • President Bush focused on his proposals for reforming Social Security during a trip to Rochester, N.Y., Tuesday. The president has worked to distance himself from events on Capitol Hill, including the recent filibuster battle.

Bush Resumes Social Security Push

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World

Afghan Leader Receives Warm Welcome at White House

May 23, 2005 • President Bush meets at the White House with the president of Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai. The White House has carefully supported Karzai as he tries to control violence and manage Afghanistan's fledgling democracy.

Afghan Leader Receives Warm Welcome at White House

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Opinion

Pennsylvania Avenue

The Missing Man in the Filibuster Fight

May 19, 2005 • President Bush has been missing in the debate over the judicial filibuster but he and his top advisers are behind the action on Capitol Hill, David Greene says in the latest Pennsylvania Avenue column.

National

Security Scare Briefly Empties White House

May 11, 2005 • The White House and Capitol Building were briefly evacuated Wednesday after a small airplane entered restricted airspace over the capital. Staff members have since been allowed to return to their offices. Hear Andrea Seabrook and David Greene.

Security Scare Briefly Empties White House

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Politics

Energy Policy Lawsuit Thrown Out

May 10, 2005 • A federal appeals court has dismissed a lawsuit seeking to find out just who participated in meetings with a task force on energy policy directed by Vice President Dick Cheney. Journalists and some advocacy groups have been seeking the names of people the task force met with ever since it convened early on in the first Bush term.

Energy Policy Lawsuit Thrown Out

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Bolton's Nomination Comes to a Close

White House Works to Save Bolton Nomination

May 6, 2005 • The Senate Foreign Relations Committee votes next week on John Bolton's nomination to be U.N. ambassador, even as staffers continue to explore charges of Bolton's abusive behavior and misuse of intelligence. Bolton's supporters in the White House and elsewhere are working to win over key senators and the public.

White House Works to Save Bolton Nomination

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First Lady Promotes Progress for Boys

May 1, 2005 • First Lady Laura Bush spent three days on the West Coast this week, promoting her initiative to help America's youth -- in particular, America's young men. NPR's David Greene has this report of Mrs. Bush's trip.

First Lady Promotes Progress for Boys

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Media

Government-Produced News Endures in U.S.

April 21, 2005 • Despite recent publicity over government-produced news, the U.S. Department of Agriculture continues to crank out such programming for local radio stations. A look at journalistic independence and the government's involvement in local radio broadcasts.

Government-Produced News Endures in U.S.

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President Bush: Secrecy Needed to Protect Security

April 15, 2005 • President Bush warns journalists not to expect more openness from the White House, stressing the need to balance openness and security. He also acknowledges for the first time that his Social Security plans are not going well. The president spoke yesterday to the annual meeting of the American Society of Newspaper Editors.

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Opinion

Pennsylvania Avenue

Shaking Faith in Social Security

April 6, 2005 • By posing next to a federal filing cabinet in West Virginia, President Bush tries a new tack in his bid to change Social Security -- attacking the financial underpinnings of the system, David Green says in the latest Pennsylvania Avenue column.

Social Security Debate

Bush Questions Solvency of Social Security Trust

April 6, 2005 • President Bush takes his Social Security tour to the Federal Bureau of Public Debt in West Virginia to illustrate his concerns about the program. The bureau holds U.S. Treasury bonds backing the $1.7 trillion Social Security trust fund, which Bush says represents "I.O.U.s" — not real money.

Bush Questions Solvency of Social Security Trust

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