Environment Bush May Scale Back Plans For Marine Reserve December 8, 2008 • The White House is considering the designation of a new marine reserve in the Northern Mariana Islands, but it may not get the same amount of protection as an area created two years ago near Hawaii. The same could be true for other sites in the Pacific that are also under consideration. Bush May Scale Back Plans For Marine Reserve Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/97967207/97974464" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Politics Obama Visits White House For Meeting With Bush November 10, 2008 • President George W. Bush welcomed President-elect Barack Obama to the White House on Monday. While the two men met to discuss affairs of state, first lady Laura Bush gave Michelle Obama a tour of the second-floor residence of the Executive Mansion. Obama Visits White House For Meeting With Bush Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/96827323/96827871" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Law Fresh Details Emerge In Special Counsel's Ouster October 28, 2008 • New details are emerging about the White House's dismissal of Scott Bloch as special counsel, head of the office that protects federal whistle-blowers from mistreatment. Bloch has been under investigation amid allegations he violated the rights of his own employees.
Financial Turmoil Grips World Markets Bush To Unveil Expanded Bank Bailout Details October 13, 2008 • The Bush administration plans to spend as much as $250 billion of the $700 billion bailout buying stock in private banks, greatly expanding protections for the U.S. financial system out of deep concern for the faltering economy.
Bush Makes Final Address As President To U.N. September 23, 2008 • President Bush has made his final address to the U.N. General Assembly. He leaves behind many problems for the next U.S. president: unfinished wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and a tarnished image that has undercut America's moral authority in the world. Bush Makes Final Address As President To U.N. Listen · 3:29 3:29 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/94953511/94953485" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Politics 'Angler' Takes Measure Of Cheney's Influence Fresh Air September 16, 2008 • Dick Cheney is arguably one of the most powerful vice presidents in American history, but much of his work is done behind the scenes. In his new book, Angler, journalist Barton Gellman details the forty-year political career of Bush's second in command. 'Angler' Takes Measure Of Cheney's Influence Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/94662546/94662548" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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Iraq Bob Woodward Details A White House Divided Fresh Air September 9, 2008 • The surge in Iraq is one of the issues that divides the presidential candidates, but Bob Woodward's new book, The War Within, reveals that it also divided the Bush administration and the military. Bob Woodward Details A White House Divided Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/94414058/94414240" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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Politics Farewell Themes in the State of the Union January 28, 2008 • President Bush delivers the final State of the Union speech of his two-term presidency Monday night. If similar speeches by Presidents Reagan and Clinton are any indication, Bush will highlight his accomplishments and set the agenda for his last year in office. Farewell Themes in the State of the Union Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/18432001/18467547" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Interviews Pulitzer Winner Explains 'Signing Statements' Story April 17, 2007 • Journalist Charlie Savage of the Boston Globe just won a Pulitzer Prize for national-affairs reporting. In an April 2006 article, he detailed how often President Bush has used "signing statements" to assert the right to bypass provisions of new laws; Savage's article prompted Sen. Arlen Specter (R-PA) to call for hearings investigating the matter. Rebroadcast from May 9, 2006. Pulitzer Winner Explains 'Signing Statements' Story Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/9621251/9621257" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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Politics Is Alaska Primary a Preview of GOP's November? August 23, 2006 • Alaska Gov. Frank Murkowski suffered a huge defeat in the state's Republican primary on Tuesday, finishing third in the three-way race with just 18 percent of the vote. Does Murkowski's loss signal trouble ahead for GOP incumbents in November's midterm elections? Is Alaska Primary a Preview of GOP's November? Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5696517/5696518" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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