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GEORGE HW BUSH

Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Sep 21, 2015
Clinton urges U.S. to vet, admit thousands off refugees, sidesteps question of Syria crisis blame
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton on Sunday called for a drastic increase in the number of refugees the U.S. plans to take in.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 28, 2015
GOP candidate Jeb Bush finds his inner neocon
The world can't afford a rerun of George W. Bush's disastrous presidency under his brother, Jeb Bush.
WORLD / Politics
May 28, 2015
Blame Republican hawks who wanted to arm fighters for Islamic State's rise, candidate Rand Paul says
The rise of Islamic State extremists in the Middle East can be traced to Republicans who backed arming fighters in the region, presidential candidate Rand Paul said in an interview broadcast Wednesday.
WORLD / Politics
Dec 26, 2014
Former President George H.W. Bush spends Christmas in hospital
Former U.S. President George H.W. Bush remained hospitalized on Thursday near his home in Houston after experiencing shortness of breath this week, but was in "great spirits," his spokesman said.
WORLD / Science & Health
Dec 25, 2014
Former U.S. President Bush, 90, remains in Houston hospital
Former U.S. President George H.W. Bush, 90, remained in a Houston hospital on Wednesday as a precaution after experiencing a shortness of breath, a spokesman for the 41st president said.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 10, 2014
CIA misled Congress about brutal, ineffective terrorist interrogations, Senate report finds
The CIA misled Congress and White House officials about its interrogations of terror suspects and mismanaged a program that was far more brutal and less effective than publicly portrayed, according to a report by Democrats on the Senate intelligence committee.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Nov 11, 2014
George W. Bush likes the idea of Jeb vs. Hillary in 2016 presidential race
Never mind the potential for name fatigue. Former U.S. President George W. Bush likes the idea of a 2016 presidential matchup between his Republican brother Jeb Bush and Democrat Hillary Clinton.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 16, 2014
The blame for Iraq can wait
American efforts to assign immediate blame for Iraq's unraveling carry with them a whiff of the can't-do spirit — as if, unsure how to proceed in the world, we turn on each other instead.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Apr 21, 2014
How U.S. worsened its Putin problem
In September 2001, as the U.S. reeled from the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, Vladimir Putin supported Washington's imminent invasion of Afghanistan in ways that would have been inconceivable during the Cold War.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 16, 2013
Hapless qualities for which Obama will be remembered
The wars that he has not ended and the moral climate he has sustained in American government will be the remembered qualities of Barack Obama's presidency. This seems a disheartening.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 19, 2013
Panama detains ex-CIA operative convicted by Italy of kidnapping
A former CIA operative who was convicted by an Italian court of kidnapping a Muslim cleric in Milan in 2003 has been detained by authorities in Panama, raising the prospect that he could be extradited, according to Italian news reports.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Jun 12, 2013
Obama in Bush surveillance territory
For four years, President Barack Obama's approach to counterterrorism has been defined by his embrace of paramilitary power — the drones and the commando teams whose ruthless pursuit of al-Qaida helped cripple the terrorist network through a global targeted killing campaign.
COMMENTARY / World
May 6, 2013
Bush's long-shot campaign to be like Truman
The George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum, just dedicated in Dallas, is cleverly designed to subsume Bush's record within the burdens of the presidency.
COMMENTARY / World
May 1, 2013
Pressure cookers now WMD?
George W. Bush wasn't lying about Iraq after all. Saddam Hussein did have weapons of mass destruction — pressure cookers in the homes of Iraqi officials.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Apr 29, 2013
Bush library revives focus on maligned presidency
George W. Bush returned to the spotlight last week for the dedication of his presidential library, an event that has triggered fresh public debate about his eight fateful years in office. But he has re-emerged with a better public image than when he left Washington more than four years ago.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 10, 2013
Five myths about the Iraq war
That the war changed Iraq into a stable and peaceful democracy is a myth. It has been left a broken and dysfunctional country. The big winner is Iran.
EDITORIALS
Mar 29, 2013
Looking back at Iraq
Ten years after the U.S. invaded Iraq, there are still no answers to why Washington thought it could march the country to war without paying for it.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 25, 2013
Did success have a prayer in Iraq?
It is possible the invasion of Iraq was a mistake that might have still been executed much more effectively for a much better outcome after 10 years.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 20, 2013
Debunking five myths about Iraq
Today a new set of beliefs defines many discussions about the war in Iraq and its aftermath. Are they just as wrong as the 2003 prewar rhetoric

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