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Mitt Romney basks in Republican accolades – for now
“By the way, the endorsement of George W Bush has so far been conspicuous by its absence. In fact, you could be forgiven for thinking that W has gone into a witness protection programme.”
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The Venezuelan president was a polarising figure – someone who could bait George W Bush on TV while championing the poor and presiding over a unique social experiment in the country he led.
Hugo Chavez rekindled the dreams of the Latin American left. Watch Jonathan Rugman’s obituary of a man who referred to George W Bush as a donkey and the devil.
America’s so called “war on terror” did not end when George W Bush left office. Under Barack Obama the covert war entered a new phase, one of increasing reliance on missile strikes from aerial drones.
“By the way, the endorsement of George W Bush has so far been conspicuous by its absence. In fact, you could be forgiven for thinking that W has gone into a witness protection programme.”
I was about to say this has been the most intense and packed year for news I can remember. The Arab Spring, the English riots, the killing of Bin Laden, the Japanese Tsunami, the hacking scandal, global economic crises and much more besides has made 2011 feel bewildering, turbulent and exciting. But then I remembered 1991 (Moscow coup, collapse of the USSR, Croatian war) 2001 (George W Bush, British election, 911 attacks, Afghanistan war) and other years I start to wonder : is it the news or the way we see the news now?
A new Channel 4 News/You Gov poll suggests that Brits love President Barack Obama as much as they hated President George W Bush, Gary Gibbon blogs.
Will Japan premier Naoto Kan’s handling of the tsunami disaster mark him out as a great leader – or could events of the last few days do for him what Hurricane Katrina did for George W Bush?
The Channel 4 News Iraq Inquiry blogger says there has been a flurry of excitement among journalists as details emerge about intelligence concerning Saddam Hussein’s chemical weapons plan, received on the eve of the conflict led by Tony Blair and George W Bush.
The Channel 4 News Iraq Inquiry blogger says there has been a flurry of excitement among journalists as details emerge about intelligence concerning Saddam Hussein’s chemical weapons plan, received on the eve of the conflict led by Tony Blair and George W Bush.
In the US, control of both the House and Senate are in play.
States with stricter gun laws have lower firearms deaths – but is one causing the other?
The stage is set for a potential legal battle over the legitimacy of America’s democratic process. We speak to Tom Dupree.
President Trump visited the Saint John Paul II shrine in Washington DC today after threatening to deploy the military to quash a week of unrest and protests over the death of George Floyd.
David Frum describes himself as a “conservative Republican” and was a speechwriter for President George W Bush. But he says he voted for Hillary Clinton in last year’s Presidential election and is now a semior editor at The Atlantic magazine.
Sir John Chilcot’s statement, just delivered, was starker than the report itself in its criticism of the Iraq War.