Getting two standing ovations at his first speech since leaving office, former President George W. Bush said that if President Obama wants help, “he can pick up the phone and call.” Otherwise, Bush said: “He deserves my silence.”
“There’s plenty of critics in the arena,” Bush told a crowd in Calgary, Canada. “I think it’s time for the ex-president to tap dance off the stage and let the current president have a go at solving the world’s problems. If he wants my help and I agree with him, I’ll give it.”
03/18/2009
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Tags: Bush, Obama, speech
A federal judge Tuesday ordered a former District of Columbia employee facing corruption charges to remain jailed in a case that prompted his former boss to take a brief leave of absence as President Barack Obama’s computer chief.
Yusuf Acar, who was the acting chief security officer in D.C.’s technology office, is accused of defrauding the city through a sophisticated bribery and fraud scheme.
03/18/2009
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Tags: Acar, jail, Turkey
The Democratic National Committee aims to create a year-round campaign apparatus in Florida and across the country to help President Obama implement his agenda.
03/18/2009
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Tags: Democrats, Obama, Republicans
Senior members of the Obama administration are pressing lawmakers to use a shortcut to drive the president’s signature initiatives on health care and energy through Congress without Republican votes, a move that many lawmakers say would fly in the face of President Obama’s pledge to restore bipartisanship to Washington.
03/18/2009
— Filed under: Politics
Tags: administration, budget, Obama
U.S. President Barack Obama and Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen on Tuesday praised Northern Ireland’s response to a spate of political violence as they marked a St. Patrick’s Day tinged with reminders of the provinces’s recent troubles.
03/17/2009
— Filed under: Politics
Tags: attacks, Cowen, Obama
