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U.S. statesman Lawrence Eagleburger diesupdated: Sat Jun 04 2011 15:46:00

Lawrence S. Eagleburger, the only career foreign service officer to rise to the position of secretary of state, was remembered Saturday for strengthening ties with allies and dealing with despots.

1989: Eagleburger on foreign policyupdated: Sat Jun 04 2011 15:46:00

CNN spoke with Lawrence Eagleburger in 1989 about how he got into foreign policy and his role as Deputy Secy. of State.

President George H.W. Bush, 14 others receive Medal of Freedomupdated: Tue Feb 15 2011 21:00:00

President Barack Obama paid tribute to "the best of who we are and who we aspire to be" in awarding America's highest civilian honor Tuesday to 15 people, including former President George H.W. Bush, poet Maya Angelou, baseball slugger Stan Musial and cellist Yo-Yo Ma.

Fifteen receive Medal of Freedomupdated: Tue Feb 15 2011 21:00:00

Extraordinary politicians, artists, activists and athletes are honored at the Presidential Medal of Freedom ceremony.

Political Circus: Barbara Bush jokes hubby should be House speakerupdated: Tue Feb 15 2011 11:55:00

Politics is serious business -- but not all the time.

Elder Bush brings team together 20 years after Gulf Warupdated: Thu Jan 20 2011 07:23:00

Former President George H.W. Bush is getting his old foreign policy team back together on the 20th anniversary of the Gulf War.

Tax deal good but shows bipartisan amnesia on deficitupdated: Thu Dec 16 2010 06:17:00

Compromise has come to Washington, and the all-or-nothing activists on either side are not happy.

Fortune: Deficit reduction pleas fall on deaf earsupdated: Tue Nov 23 2010 12:49:00

Twenty years ago last month, a new breed of Republicans was asserting itself in Congress. President George H.W. Bush thought he had bipartisan support for a budget deal to tackle the deficit through steep spending cuts and some tax increases.

George H.W. Bush: There's no rivalryupdated: Tue Nov 23 2010 06:00:00

George H.W. Bush tell's CNN's Larry King the speculative stories that he had a clash with George W. made him upset.

President George H.W. Bush to receive highest civilian honorupdated: Wed Nov 17 2010 17:05:00

Former President George H.W. Bush is one of 15 individuals who will receive America's highest civilian honor early next year, the White House announced Wednesday.

Fortune: Who can magically fix the economy? No one - Full versionupdated: Fri Oct 15 2010 07:39:00

Let us tell you an ugly truth about the economy, a truth that no one in power or who aspires to power wants to share with you, at least until after the midterm elections are over.

Fortune: Who can magically fix the economy? No oneupdated: Fri Oct 15 2010 07:38:00

Let us tell you an ugly truth about the economy, a truth that no one in power or who aspires to power wants to share with you, at least until after the midterm elections are over.

Disabilities debate rages 20 years laterupdated: Mon Jul 26 2010 11:43:00

When President George H.W. Bush signed the Americans with Disabilities Act on July 26, 1990, he addressed concerns the sweeping civil rights law would be ''too vague or costly, or may lead endlessly to litigation.''

Barbara Bush hospitalized for routine testsupdated: Sun Mar 28 2010 00:37:00

Former first lady Barbara Bush was admitted Saturday to a hospital in Texas for routine tests, a spokeswoman said.

Commentary: Tax promise could cost Obama his jobupdated: Thu Aug 06 2009 08:43:00

Like an early clue in a mystery novel, you could see that the line used by George H.W. Bush in his convention speech ("Read my lips. No new taxes.") was going to cause the first-term president some major problems when he ran for re-election.

George H.W. Bush chats with HLN's Robin Meadeupdated: Tue Jun 16 2009 14:36:00

On Friday afternoon, Robin Meade, HLN anchor of "Morning Express with Robin Meade," sky-dived just before former President George Herbert Walker Bush, who was commemorating his 85th birthday.

Robin Meade ready to skydiveupdated: Tue Jun 16 2009 14:36:00

HLN's Robin Meade discusses her interview and skydive with President George H. W. Bush.

Borger: Shouldn't GOP wait for a better target?updated: Sat May 30 2009 16:32:00

All told, Sonia Sotomayor spent six hours at the White House last week, one of them with President Obama.

Clinton, Bush appearanceupdated: Fri May 29 2009 21:11:00

Arianna Huffington and Tony Blankley comment on former Presidents Clinton and Bush joint appearance.

Bush: White House pressure made marriage strongerupdated: Fri May 29 2009 21:11:00

Former President Bush said that if Laura Bush hadn't been his wife, he isn't sure he could have counted on her vote.

People.com: Barbara Bush Rests After Open-Heart Surgeryupdated: Thu Mar 05 2009 12:10:00

The former first lady undergoes an operation to replace her aortic valve

Barbara Bush has heart surgery in Houstonupdated: Thu Mar 05 2009 10:17:00

Former first lady Barbara Bush underwent heart surgery Wednesday at Methodist Hospital in Houston, Texas, a hospital spokeswoman told CNN.

First lady heart surgeryupdated: Thu Mar 05 2009 10:17:00

CNN's Elizabeth Cohen has information on former first lady Barbara Bush's open heart surgery.

Presidential regrets? They have a fewupdated: Tue Jan 27 2009 01:40:00

Two former presidents reflected on their greatest regrets in office Monday, each looking back to issues that continue to plague the nation years later.

Views soften on 2 former presidents, CNN poll findsupdated: Wed Jan 07 2009 08:02:00

A new national poll appears to validate the adage that time heals all wounds, at least when it comes to two former presidents of the United States.

History of environmental movement full of twists, turnsupdated: Mon Dec 15 2008 10:49:00

It was one of the most surreal images in American history: A river, so fouled with industrial waste that it caught fire and burned. In June 1969, Cleveland's Cuyahoga River become the poster child for the birth of the modern American environmental movement.

Ex-first lady Barbara Bush hospitalized for testsupdated: Wed Nov 26 2008 03:29:00

Former first lady Barbara Bush will spend the night in a Houston, Texas, hospital Tuesday night after falling ill, according to a family spokeswoman.

Commentary: Bush should do something to stop crisisupdated: Mon Nov 24 2008 07:07:00

The lame-duck president is believed to be one of the more impotent figures in American politics -- a commander in chief who is unable to do much because he lacks political muscle.

SI.com: Austin Murphy: Guessing the politics of college football coachesupdated: Fri Oct 31 2008 12:38:00

I missed the Barack Obama infomercial on Wednesday night, which is too bad. I'm told the segment with Suzanne Somers, where she instructs him on proper Thighmaster techniques, is must-see TV. I'm over it, though. At T-minus four days and counting till Nov. 4, I'm approaching full political saturation.

Commentary: Candidates should computer date their VP choiceupdated: Mon Aug 18 2008 11:57:00

One of the great dilemmas of modern romance is computer or Internet dating. Put in all the qualities you think you want in a future mate or date and out pops "Mr. or Ms. Whoever!" More often than not, it turns into a big disappointment. Picking vice presidents has also become a form of computer dating.

Bush speaks of free expression at U.S. Embassy dedicationupdated: Fri Aug 08 2008 03:15:00

U.S. President George W. Bush cut the ribbon Friday on the massive new U.S. Embassy in Beijing, China, and said societies that allow free expression tend to be more prosperous.

Bush opens embassyupdated: Fri Aug 08 2008 03:15:00

President Bush speaks at the dedication of the new U.S. embassy in Beijing.

Bush lifts executive ban on offshore oil drillingupdated: Mon Jul 14 2008 14:44:00

President Bush lifted an executive order banning offshore oil drilling on Monday and urged Congress to follow suit.

First lady talks wedding plansupdated: Mon May 05 2008 18:25:00

First lady Laura Bush talks about plans for daughter Jenna's upcoming wedding.

Commentary: An 'average' American will never be presidentupdated: Tue Apr 15 2008 21:06:00

Can we all just stop the silly nonsense over who is an elitist and whether an "average American" will occupy the White House?

Senior Bush endorses McCainupdated: Mon Feb 18 2008 20:06:00

Former President George H.W. Bush endorses Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain.

Fortune: Campaigning in hard timesupdated: Mon Feb 11 2008 04:37:00

In case there was any doubt before, exit polls from the primaries now confirm a central truth of the '08 presidential election: The economy has replaced Iraq as the No. 1 concern of voters, and they are deeply worried. Slowing growth, rising home foreclosures, cranky consumer spending, nausea-inducing market swings, and the possibility of $4-a-gallon gas - that pileup of economic indicators has blanketed this presidential campaign with a chill not seen in 16 years. "Pessimism is not as deep as it was leading up to the 1980 or 1992 elections, but it could get there," says Karlyn Bowman, public opinion scholar at the American Enterprise Institute.

Bush arrives in Kuwait on Mideast peace missionupdated: Sat Jan 12 2008 05:41:00

President Bush arrived Friday at the first of five Arab nations on his Mideast mission to seek support for an Israeli-Palestinian peace agreement.

Schwarzenegger slams Bush, EPAupdated: Fri Dec 21 2007 12:30:00

California's governor slammed the Bush administration's decision to deny a waiver to restrict greenhouse gas limits.

Time.com: George W. Bush: Diplomatupdated: Thu Nov 29 2007 15:00:00

It's true; in the waning of his presidency, he has discovered some of his dad's old tricks

Former president parachutes inupdated: Sun Nov 11 2007 18:03:00

Former President George H.W. Bush, 83, parachutes in for the reopening ceremony of his presidential library.

Time.com: Mideast Talks Set for Septemberupdated: Thu Jul 19 2007 14:05:00

A Mideast peace conference called for by President Bush will take place in September on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly meeting in New York

Time.com: Bush Ups the Executive Privilege Anteupdated: Wed Jul 04 2007 14:15:00

The President's claim that even former staffers won't testify gives him another bargaining chip with Congress

Vladimir Putin Arrives In USupdated: Mon Jul 02 2007 23:45:00

Vladimir Putin Arrives In US

Time.com: Behind Bush's Missile Defense Pushupdated: Thu Jun 07 2007 02:30:00

The President's Cold War rhetoric upset the Russians. But he's looking for a foreign policy achievement to offset Iraq

Tyrrell: Sell out?updated: Fri Jan 05 2007 16:37:00

The story here in this great city is that President George W. Bush, leader of the vanquished Republicans, is reaching out to the triumphant Democrats on Capitol Hill. He has had meetings with their leaders. He greeted even their newly elected representatives and senators -- one being Sen. Jim Webb, who blew him off. This kind of friendly politicking has the president's Republican base anxious. Its rank and file fears a sell-out on tax cuts and perhaps on some social policies.

Poll: More Americans prefer Bush's father updated: Tue Nov 21 2006 09:30:00

Only one in four Americans believe President Bush is a better president than his father, George H. W. Bush, a new CNN poll has found.

The realists take charge in Washingtonupdated: Sun Nov 12 2006 04:22:00

(Time.com) -- This was a big deal. Certainly, it was the end of George W. Bush's radical experiment in partisan governance. It might have been even bigger than that: the end of the conservative pendulum swing that began with Ronald Reagan's revolution.

Greenfield: Fear a popular theme in political adsupdated: Fri Oct 20 2006 18:15:00

If President Roosevelt were around today, he might amend that famous line from his first inaugural address.

Greenfield: A break from your regularly scheduled scandalupdated: Mon Oct 09 2006 14:49:00

So, one of the most secretive and repressive nations on Earth has tested a nuclear device: the "real" question, obviously, is not what this means for the peace of the world, but whether it pushes the Mark Foley scandal to the political sidelines. So let's ask: When does an unexpected news event change the subject?

Fortune: The long, strange resurrection of New Orleansupdated: Tue Aug 29 2006 12:38:00

Ruthie Frierson's dining room does not look like the birthplace of a populist rebellion. The room is quiet, insulated from any street noise, with treatments in heavy fabric around the windows.

Ivins: Wow! Some real diplomacy!updated: Thu Jun 08 2006 16:57:00

It occasionally occurs to me that if I could understand the Bush administration's foreign policy, I might like it. After months of threatening Iran with everything up to and including nuclear war, we are now full of Sweet Reason and offering to have diplomatic talks with the very people we have been denouncing as Beyond Vile.

Fox anchor named Bush press secretaryupdated: Wed Apr 26 2006 08:55:00

Acknowledging the challenges ahead, former Fox News anchor and talk show host Tony Snow began his second stint at the White House on Wednesday, this time as press secretary.

White House shake-up touches McClellan, Roveupdated: Wed Apr 19 2006 13:13:00

A shake-up in U.S. President George W. Bush's administration widened Wednesday as White House press secretary Scott McClellan announced his resignation and a senior administration official said longtime Bush confidant Karl Rove will no longer oversee policy development.

White House chief of staff resignsupdated: Tue Mar 28 2006 08:26:00

Amid calls to inject fresh blood into his White House staff, President Bush announced Tuesday that his chief of staff, Andrew Card, has resigned and will be replaced by budget director Josh Bolten.

Hey, big spender ...updated: Mon Jan 23 2006 16:20:00

The White House's Roosevelt Room is wired for PowerPoint presentations, and most officials also bring handouts when they brief George W. Bush and his inner circle. But Budget Director Josh Bolten, who has spent months walking the President through a problem that could dramatically affect his legacy, sticks to colorful charts on old-fashioned easels. The lights stay on, so nobody dozes off, and there's no paper to wander through. It's dense material, after all. "I keep everyone's attention focused on what I want them to focus on," Bolten said.

Bush: Holidays a time to mourn the war deadupdated: Sat Dec 24 2005 09:39:00

In a Christmas Eve message, President Bush said the holidays are a time to mourn U.S. troops who have died in overseas missions and to find ways to help others in need, especially those whose lives were shattered by Hurricane Katrina.

Bush's search for a new grooveupdated: Mon Dec 12 2005 12:32:00

The Yuletide decorations at the White House are simpler this year. The gaudy tinsel and the 155,000 lights of 2004 have given way to a more natural look of Christmas trees decorated with white lilies and pink roses that are replaced as they wilt. Guests at the holiday parties are noticing a different tone to George Bush, too. He has never liked the 26 receptions, the thousands of punishing or limp handshakes, the graceless requests for souvenir cuff links with the presidential seal. But at some of the smaller gatherings this year, Bush has freed himself from the photo line to circulate with an intensity his friends haven't seen before. An adviser who encountered Bush on one of these reconnaissance missions through the Red Room last week tells TIME, "He's listening a little more because he's looking for something new. He's looking for ideas. He wants to hear what people are saying, because something might strike him as worth following up on."

How many more Mike Browns are out there?updated: Mon Sep 26 2005 16:50:00

A TIME inquiry finds that at top positions in some vital government agencies, the Bush Administration is putting connections before experience.

Bush tells displaced: 'A lot of help coming'updated: Thu Sep 01 2005 08:11:00

President Bush sought Thursday to reassure victims of Hurricane Katrina that the federal government is doing its best to send aid to the thousands of displaced and stranded people.

Bush tells victims: 'A lot of help coming'updated: Wed Aug 31 2005 15:15:00

President Bush sought Thursday to reassure victims of Hurricane Katrina that the federal government was doing its best to send aid to the thousands of displaced and stranded people.

Senior Bush plugs Jeb for president 'someday' updated: Tue May 31 2005 22:23:00

Florida Gov. Jeb Bush would be "awfully good" in the job of president, but the timing isn't right, his father and former President George H.W. Bush told CNN Tuesday.

Then & Now: Joseph Wilsonupdated: Mon Mar 07 2005 05:52:00

In 1991, the acting U.S. ambassador to Iraq, Joe Wilson, sheltered 800 Americans at the embassy in Baghdad during Saddam Hussein's invasion of Kuwait. Twelve years later, Wilson was thrust back onto the international stage when he accused President Bush of misleading the American people into another war with Iraq.

Like father, like son? updated: Thu Jan 20 2005 13:12:00

It's like father, like son -- up to a point. Both George H.W. Bush, the 41st president of the United States, and George W. Bush, the 43rd president, ran for and won the highest office in the U.S. government.

Fortune: Tax advice for Mr. Bush: Consider the VATupdated: Mon Dec 13 2004 00:01:00

PRESIDENT BUSH HAS PUSHED THROUGH SOME DELIGHTFUL changes in the tax code over the past four years: lower income tax rates, rebates, and increased business depreciation allowances, to name a few. I...

Fortune: Congrats, Sir! Now please fix the $50 trillion mess we're in.updated: Mon Nov 29 2004 00:01:00

A WEEK AFTER George W. Bush won a second term, the leaders of the Concord Coalition--the deficit fighters' club founded in the dark days of 1992--gathered at the Pierre Hotel in New York City to co...

Plane crash kills 3; was to pick up ex-president Bushupdated: Mon Nov 22 2004 13:24:00

A plane that had been scheduled to take former President George H.W. Bush to Ecuador crashed Monday morning in Houston, Texas, killing all three crew members.

Democrats' melancholy tripupdated: Mon Nov 08 2004 11:26:00

As you might have noticed, and been too kind to mention, my confident prediction of last week -- that on Jan. 20 John Kerry would give his first presidential inaugural address -- turned out to be 100 percent wrong.

President Bush declares victory 'historic'updated: Wed Nov 03 2004 15:32:00

President Bush called his victory over John Kerry "historic" Wednesday as he became the first Republican president to win re-election since Ronald Reagan in 1984.

Ignore the point spreadupdated: Mon Oct 11 2004 12:01:00

If anyone tells you that the latest authoritative national poll shows President George W. Bush either running 4 percentage points ahead of or 2 points behind Massachusetts Sen. John F. Kerry, pay him no attention. Ignore the messenger completely.

Bush steps into the spotlightupdated: Thu Sep 02 2004 06:31:00

Despite a solid first three days, the likely impact of the Republican National Convention will not be determined until President Bush's speech Thursday night.

Bush v. Kerry on the Deficitupdated: Mon Aug 23 2004 13:20:00

John Kerry uses all the right terms for a solution, complaining of "deficits as far as the eye can see" and promising to restore "fiscal responsibility" and "pay as you go" principles."

The practice of endorsing Bushupdated: Mon Aug 09 2004 08:31:00

Check out the links below to hot political stories around the country this morning.

Fahrenheit 9/11 come again?updated: Mon Jul 05 2004 13:19:00

Some of the most memorable moments in the film are also the most contested. A sampler:

Mourning in Americaupdated: Thu Jun 10 2004 07:17:00

Returning from a tense day in Sea Island, Georgia, where his call for a stronger NATO role in Iraq was met with reservations, and facing troubling new poll numbers, President Bush today plans to visit briefly with Nancy Reagan and her family then view Ronald Reagan's casket in the Capitol Rotunda at 7 p.m. ET.

Mark Shields: Honor your father and motherupdated: Mon Jun 07 2004 15:29:00

The story is told of how well and, yes, brilliantly, Lyndon B. Johnson understood the political importance of a politician's relationship with his parents.

A former president's mad dash to 80updated: Mon May 31 2004 11:13:00

Former President George H.W. Bush is the only person on this planet who can casually prowl by jet, ship and train the upper reaches of power from London to Beijing, dine intimately with heads of state, call the President of the U.S. when he wants, e-mail any of 14 grandchildren about school and baseball ("Astros might go to the World Series"), talk details with a handyman making repairs on the house that has been his spiritual home for eight decades, track menacing chipmunks in the flower beds and then turn and embrace a visiting billionaire.

WWII veterans honored at memorial dedicationupdated: Sat May 29 2004 08:21:00

Thousands of people gathered on Washington's National Mall on Saturday to pay tribute to the millions of Americans who served during World War II in the military and on the home front.

Cue parachutes for Bush 41updated: Mon Apr 05 2004 15:28:00

Former president George H.W. Bush will turn 80 in June, and gifts are definitely requested. Tickets to the bash, billed as 41@80, will cost from $5,000 to $1 million.

Fortune: The Deficit: America's Credibility Gap Growing deficits. Out-of-control federal spending. Rising debt. With the budget suddenly updated: Mon Mar 08 2004 00:01:00

When Alan Greenspan testified before congress in mid-February, the Fed chairman delivered a Valentine's Day garland to the recent performance of the U.S. economy, lauding the "stunning increases in...

Bush releases his Vietnam-era military filesupdated: Fri Feb 13 2004 14:16:00

Hundreds of pages of President Bush's Vietnam-era military files were released to the media Friday amid questions about whether he completed his required service in the Air National Guard.

Fortune: Here We Go Again Supply-side economics is back! But this is not 1981--and that's why Bush's tax plans don't quite cut it.updated: Mon May 12 2003 00:01:00

The economy is sputtering. A Republican President vows to cut taxes to get it moving again. Critics say the proposed cuts will leave the rich richer, federal deficits bigger, and the economy worse ...

Fortune: What Do George Bush, Arthur Levitt, Jim Baker, Dick Darman, And John Major? Have In Common (They All Work For updated: Mon Mar 18 2002 00:01:00

Are you the sort of person who believes in conspiracies--the Trilateral Commission secretly runs the world, that sort of thing? Well, then, here's a company for you. The Carlyle Group, a Washington...

Fortune: The Making Of A President 2001 Bush shines as a wartime leader. But his toughest tests are ahead.updated: Mon Nov 12 2001 00:01:00

Almost everyone agrees that George W. Bush is a different President than he was two months ago. Historians, his Republican allies, even Democrats believe he has stepped up to the job just when the ...

Fortune: Bush's Bulldog Collars Congressupdated: Mon Sep 03 2001 00:01:00

The President gave a thoughtful, eloquent, well-delivered speech explaining the limits he'd impose on federal stem-cell research. But that wasn't the final word. The issue now joins a long list of ...

Fortune: ¡Viva Zapata!updated: Mon Jul 09 2001 00:01:00

Remember Zapata? The stock raised eyebrows back in 1998 when it shot up more than 100% in one day on speculation that the company's planned portal, Zap.com, would rule the Net. Zapata's primary bus...

Fortune: Mr. CEO Goes to Washington It's not easy to be a bureaucrat after you've been the boss. Here's the story of updated: Mon Mar 19 2001 00:01:00

As CEO of Alcoa for 12 years, Paul O'Neill spent a lot of time giving orders. As President Bush's new Treasury Secretary, he's learning how to be more collegial. It hasn't been easy. In reply to a ...

Fortune: Feud? What Feud? W. Presents The Courtship of Alan Greenspanupdated: Mon Feb 05 2001 00:01:00

To hear the chatter in the capital these days, you'd think a war was brewing between George W. Bush and Alan Greenspan. After all, Bush retainers still accuse the Fed chairman of instigating George...

Fortune: Meet W.'s Biggest Problemupdated: Mon Jan 08 2001 00:01:00

A tuxedo-clad Republican leaned across the linen tablecloth and whispered, "He's George Bush's worst nightmare." This Washington insider wasn't referring to Al Gore, Tom Daschle, or Dick Gephardt. ...

Money Magazine: The President and His Money Believe it or not, there's a budget surplus in Washington -- and it belongs to the First Family. Herupdated: Thu Jun 01 1989 00:01:00

George Herbert Walker Bush. The very sound of the name -- resonant, patrician, rock solid -- bespeaks privilege. And indeed, the 41st President of the U.S., the son of a Greenwich, Conn. financier ...

Fortune: BUSH AND BUSINESS: WHAT HE WILL DO Though the President-elect will propose many domestic programs, he will find it hard to pay fupdated: Mon Dec 05 1988 00:01:00

TOWARD THE END of the campaign, Ronald Reagan said he felt as if he were on the ballot himself, that the election was a referendum on his vision, his dream of America. So voters could reasonably be...

Fortune: THE BATTLE OVER HEALTH INSURANCE Without getting into the details or the dollar signs, Governor Dukakis promises ''health care fupdated: Mon Sep 26 1988 00:01:00

SURPRISE, Kina, you're a campaign issue. At least the engaging 4-year-old and her mother pictured here are as fitting representatives as any of the 23 million American workers and their families no...

Fortune: STOP KIDDING US! The next President will inherit a $150 billion deficit. Neither Michael Dukakis nor George Bush is being forthrupdated: Mon Aug 15 1988 00:01:00

CYNICS -- or idealists -- might call them profiles in cowardice. Both George Bush and Michael Dukakis promise that as President they would make deficit reduction their No. 1 economic priority. But ...

Fortune: WHO'S AHEAD IN THE '88 MONEY RACE Hard cash has never been more important to winning the American presidency. Out in front in fuupdated: Mon Jun 08 1987 00:01:00

EVEN BEFORE Miami model Donna Rice -- and how she spent the night of May 1 -- made headlines, Gary Hart's presidential campaign was in trouble. Though he led the Democratic polls, Hart lagged behin...

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