Bush Era

US Arms Exports Up, Oversight Down

By Maya Schenwar, t r u t h o u t The Bush administration hopes to push through two license-free arms sales treaties before the end of this Senate session. Both would eliminate much of […]

Bush Era

Auditors Warned Bush Admin About Poor Firefighting Plans

Michael Roston, Huffington Post As firefighters continue to risk their lives battling the inferno in southern California, evidence is growing that the Bush administration is not adequately prepared to support them. The Government Accountability Office, […]

Bush Era

War Supplemental Makes Room for Iran

By Maya Schenwar, t r u t h o u t The Bush administration’s $196.4 billion war supplemental spending request, released Monday, has Democrats reeling. Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Robert Byrd called the supplemental “short-sighted […]

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Bush offers to bomb Kurds

The Herald Sun THE Bush Administration is considering air strikes, including cruise missiles, against the Kurdish rebel group PKK in northern Iraq.  The move would be an attempt to stave off a Turkish invasion of that […]