President George W. Bush publicly acknowledged for the first time Friday that the U.S. economy is in a recession and worried aloud that Detroit’s Big Three automakers may not all survive their mounting troubles.
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President Bush Acknowledges U.S. Economy in Recession, Automakers in Serious Trouble
December 5, 2008President Bush Says He’s Sorry for Economic Crisis that Has Cut Jobs, 401(k)s (Video)
December 2, 2008
President George W. Bush expressed remorse that the global financial crisis has cost jobs and harmed retirement accounts and said he’ll back more government intervention if needed to ease the recession.
Big Bling Thanks from the President-Elect to his First Lady
December 2, 2008
When Barack Obama took to the stage on election night, he was careful to court the dog lovers of the world by telling them he’d be buying his daughters a puppy. What he neglected to mention was the gift that he’d be giving his wife, Michelle.
President Bush: “I Was Unprepared for War”
December 2, 2008
President George W. Bush confessed he was “unprepared for war” and that the lowest point of his presidency was his administration’s mistake on Iraqi weapons of mass destruction.
President-Elect to Delay Repeal of ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’
November 25, 2008President-elect Barack Obama will not move for months, and perhaps not until 2010, to ask Congress to end the military’s decades-old ban on open homosexuals in the ranks, two people who have advised the Obama transition team on this issue say.
Bob Jones University President, Stephen Jones, Apologizes for ‘Racially Hurtful’ Policies of the Past
November 22, 2008
Bob Jones University is apologizing for racist policies that included a
one-time ban on interracial dating and its unwillingness to admit black
students until 1971.
President-Elect Plans to Create 2.5 Million Jobs by 2011 (Video)
November 22, 2008
Saying that moving quickly is imperative, President-elect Barack Obama on Saturday offered an outline of his economic recovery plan to create 2.5 million jobs by 2011, saying American workers will rebuild the nation’s roads and bridges, modernize its schools and create more sources of alternative energy.
Al-Qaeda Scorns President-Elect Obama with Racial Slur and Urges Attacks
November 19, 2008
Al Qaeda’s deputy leader accused Barack Obama of betraying his race and his father’s Muslim heritage on Wednesday and urged more attacks, as the group tried to counter the incoming U.S. president’s global popularity.
Former Obama Opponent, Alan Keyes, Suing to Prove President-Elect’s Citizenship
November 19, 2008
A former opponent of Barack Obama’s has come back to haunt him over questions regarding Obama’s citizenship.
Israel President says Syria Knows it will Get Land Back in Peace Deal
November 19, 2008
President Shimon Peres, on the first day of a state visit to Britain on Tuesday, devoted part of his speech on the issues of peace and globalization at Oxford University to United States President-elect Barack Obama. Peres’ speech was then disrupted by anti-Israel protesters.
